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that played between 1893 and 1943. The team competed as the Ponies through its history except for single seasons as the
Maroons (1895), Tips (1915), and Green Sox (1917); and three seasons each as the Rifles (1932, 1942–1943) and Nationals (1939–1941). The team played its home games at
281:
The team finished atop league standings three times at the end of a full regular season (1895, 1908, 1911) and once at the end of a truncated regular season (1932). The team won playoff series twice (1895 and 1927), although it played mostly in leagues without postseasons.
326:
1899:
1919:
1914:
275:
147:
1637:† designates a year in which the team's nickname was not Ponies: 1895 as Maroons, 1915 as Tips, 1917 as Green Sox, 1939–1941 as Nationals, and 1932/1942/1943 as Rifles.
1894:
1879:
1929:
1889:
1934:
1874:
1904:
1884:
1939:
254:
The team was a member of several baseball leagues, including three that were known as the
Eastern League. The team's longest tenure was in the second
1662:
1652:
332:
1657:
948:
353:
These early teams were simply known as
Springfield or the Springfields. The teams of 1879, 1885 and 1887 failed to complete their seasons.
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266:
team, as much of its history predated formal affiliations. When operating as the Rifles, the team was affiliated for one season with the
1672:
1667:
1909:
1852:
1506:
87:
1924:
1677:
466:
338:
906:
286:
111:
361:
The following table lists each season between 1893 and 1943, when teams from
Springfield competed primarily as the Ponies.
73:
964:
572:
310:
306:
271:
243:
142:
105:
50:
1520:
1349:
627:
117:
1474:
1732:
1727:
1705:
1700:
1005:
991:
541:
396:
347:
321:
Prior to 1893, teams from
Springfield competed in six minor league seasons, each in a different league:
263:
255:
239:
123:
99:
410:
1460:
93:
1848:
1572:
298:
17:
1844:
1646:
267:
152:
1299:
920:
301:(manager in 1941). Two fellow inductees played for Springfield late in their careers:
1868:
1191:
1057:
302:
258:, in which it played from 1916 to 1932. During most of its history, the team had no
641:
545:
290:
248:
227:
1428:
1376:
1164:
1293:
259:
1599:
1086:
274:(1943). When operating as the Nationals, it was affiliated with the
1649:, a baseball team based in Springfield from 1948 to 1953
285:
Three of the team's managers were later inducted to the
1701:"Dan Brouthers Minor Leagues Statistics & History"
289:
in recognition of their major-league playing careers:
1728:"Jim O'Rourke Minor Leagues Statistics & History"
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195:
190:
177:
164:
159:
138:
133:
80:
65:
60:
35:
8:
1920:Baseball teams in Springfield, Massachusetts
1915:Professional baseball teams in Massachusetts
1900:Defunct Eastern League (1938–present) teams
1839:Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007).
1841:The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball
1834:
1832:
1830:
1828:
1826:
1824:
1822:
1820:
1818:
1816:
1814:
1812:
1810:
1808:
1806:
1804:
1802:
1800:
1798:
1796:
1794:
1792:
1790:
1788:
1786:
1784:
1782:
1780:
1778:
1776:
1774:
1772:
1770:
1490:
1444:
611:
363:
1895:Defunct baseball teams in Massachusetts
1880:1934 disestablishments in Massachusetts
1768:
1766:
1764:
1762:
1760:
1758:
1756:
1754:
1752:
1750:
1689:
343:1885 in the Southern New England League
45:(1893–1900, 1902–1932, 1934, 1939–1943)
1930:Defunct Connecticut State League teams
32:
1890:Baseball teams disestablished in 1934
1695:
1693:
313:in 126 games for the Ponies in 1897.
7:
1875:1893 establishments in Massachusetts
204:Springfield Rifles (1932, 1942–1943)
1905:Defunct minor league baseball teams
309:(1903, 1907). Brouthers had a .415
270:(1932) and for one season with the
69:A (1893–1900, 1919–1932, 1939–1943)
1885:Baseball teams established in 1893
25:
1940:Defunct Eastern Association teams
207:Springfield Nationals (1939–1941)
1935:Eastern League (1916–1932) teams
339:Massachusetts State Association
27:Professional baseball franchise
287:National Baseball Hall of Fame
251:(also known as Hampden Park).
71:B (1902–1914, 1916–1918, 1934)
1:
1663:Springfield Nationals players
1653:Springfield Green Sox players
18:Springfield Rifles (baseball)
1424:
1297:
864:
789:
464:
458:
210:Springfield Green Sox (1917)
1658:Springfield Maroons players
1032:William Carey / John O'Hara
1956:
1673:Springfield Rifles players
1668:Springfield Ponies players
244:Springfield, Massachusetts
216:Springfield Maroons (1895)
51:Springfield, Massachusetts
30:Minor league baseball team
1910:Northeastern League teams
327:International Association
134:Major league affiliations
61:Minor league affiliations
40:
1925:Connecticut League teams
1678:Springfield Tips players
1434:league disbanded July 17
1063:league suspended July 22
881:Connecticut State League
856:Connecticut State League
831:Connecticut State League
806:Connecticut State League
781:Connecticut State League
756:Connecticut State League
731:Connecticut State League
706:Connecticut State League
681:Connecticut State League
656:Connecticut State League
628:Connecticut State League
293:(manager in 1902–1903),
238:was the primary name of
118:Connecticut State League
297:(manager in 1914), and
213:Springfield Tips (1915)
1733:Baseball-Reference.com
1706:Baseball-Reference.com
186:1895, 1908, 1911, 1932
1403:Frank "Bud" Stapleton
278:for the 1939 season.
264:Major League Baseball
240:minor league baseball
333:National Association
276:Washington Nationals
148:Washington Nationals
1525:lost in first round
1461:Northeastern League
936:Eastern Association
907:Eastern Association
262:arrangement with a
160:Minor league titles
112:Eastern Association
94:Northeastern League
1843:(Third ed.).
385:Postseason (games)
236:Springfield Ponies
36:Springfield Ponies
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1573:Rabbit Maranville
357:Records by season
299:Rabbit Maranville
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619:
467:Providence Grays
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305:(1896–1899) and
268:New York Yankees
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1381:did not qualify
1350:George J. Burns
1300:Albany Senators
965:Colonial League
617:
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519:did not qualify
516:Thomas E. Burns
494:did not qualify
491:Thomas E. Burns
462:Thomas E. Burns
437:Thomas E. Burns
411:Thomas E. Burns
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319:
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272:New York Giants
242:teams based in
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1626:Spencer Abbott
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1621:
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1615:
1614:Eastern League
1612:
1608:
1607:
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1597:
1594:
1591:
1588:
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1567:
1564:
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1558:
1554:
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1551:
1548:
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1542:
1539:
1536:
1535:Eastern League
1533:
1529:
1528:
1526:
1523:
1521:Spencer Abbott
1518:
1515:
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1254:
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1210:
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1153:
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1146:
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1131:
1128:
1127:Eastern League
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1120:
1118:
1115:
1112:
1109:
1106:
1103:
1102:Eastern League
1100:
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1095:
1093:
1090:
1084:
1081:
1078:
1075:
1074:Eastern League
1072:
1068:
1067:
1065:
1060:
1055:
1052:
1049:
1046:
1045:Eastern League
1043:
1039:
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1036:
1033:
1030:
1027:
1024:
1021:
1020:Eastern League
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1000:
997:
994:
992:Eastern League
989:
985:
984:
982:
979:
976:
973:
970:
967:
962:
958:
957:
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952:
949:Billy Hamilton
946:
943:
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934:
930:
929:
927:
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921:Frank Corridon
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799:
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788:
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1620:46–88 (.343)
1566:50–85 (.370)
1541:68–69 (.496)
1514:74–66 (.529)
1491:
1475:Bobby Murray
1468:41–62 (.398)
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1433:
1422:53–26 (.671)
1397:65–74 (.468)
1370:78–89 (.467)
1343:71–83 (.461)
1318:78–73 (.517)
1287:86–68 (.558)
1262:78–71 (.523)
1237:76–76 (.500)
1212:87–66 (.569)
1185:76–77 (.497)
1158:77–76 (.503)
1133:70–82 (.461)
1108:74–63 (.540)
1080:54–52 (.509)
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1051:21–35 (.375)
1026:48–57 (.457)
999:70–53 (.569)
978:Henry Ramsey
972:47–50 (.485)
942:63–61 (.508)
914:60–70 (.462)
887:50–70 (.417)
862:71–45 (.612)
837:58–68 (.460)
812:60–63 (.488)
787:84–41 (.672)
762:72–49 (.595)
737:70–56 (.556)
712:74–44 (.627)
687:69–46 (.600)
668:Roger Connor
662:40–61 (.396)
642:Roger Connor
635:65–45 (.591)
612:
593:61–63 (.492)
566:52–56 (.481)
546:Billy Barnie
535:48–63 (.432)
510:68–55 (.553)
485:54–64 (.458)
456:79–36 (.687)
431:57–54 (.514)
404:64–44 (.593)
360:
352:
346:1887 in the
337:1884 in the
331:1879 in the
325:1878 in the
320:
307:Jim O'Rourke
291:Roger Connor
284:
280:
253:
249:Pynchon Park
235:
234:
228:Hampden Park
49:
44:
1429:Billy Meyer
1377:Kid Gleason
1165:John Hummel
893:John Zeller
868:John Zeller
843:John Zeller
818:John Zeller
126:(1893–1900)
120:(1902–1912)
114:(1913–1914)
102:(1916–1932)
90:(1939–1943)
74:Independent
1869:Categories
1684:References
1139:John Flynn
1114:John Flynn
1006:John Flynn
542:Billy Lush
173:1895, 1927
1406:none held
1354:none held
1327:none held
1324:Joe Benes
1298:defeated
1294:Joe Benes
1271:none held
1246:none held
1221:none held
1196:none held
1169:none held
1142:none held
1117:none held
1092:none held
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1010:none held
1002:3rd of 10
981:none held
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671:none held
646:none held
602:none held
577:none held
573:Tom Brown
550:none held
465:defeated
440:none held
415:none held
260:farm-team
191:Team data
179:Pennants
1739:April 1,
1712:April 1,
1641:See also
1623:7th of 8
1600:Les Bell
1596:8th of 8
1569:8th of 8
1544:5th of 8
1517:3rd of 8
1471:6th of 8
1425:1st of 8
1400:3rd of 8
1373:3rd of 8
1346:6th of 8
1321:6th of 8
1290:2nd of 8
1265:4th of 8
1240:5th of 8
1215:2nd of 8
1188:4th of 8
1161:5th of 8
1136:6th of 8
1111:2nd of 8
1087:Ed Holly
1083:5th of 8
1054:6th of 8
1029:7th of 8
975:5th of 8
945:5th of 8
917:6th of 8
890:5th of 6
865:1st of 8
840:6th of 8
815:5th of 8
790:1st of 8
765:3rd of 8
740:2nd of 8
715:2nd of 8
690:2nd of 8
665:7th of 8
638:2nd of 8
596:5th of 8
569:5th of 8
538:7th of 8
513:4th of 8
488:6th of 8
459:1st of 8
434:4th of 8
407:2nd of 8
224:Ballpark
1492:no team
1446:no team
613:no team
382:Manager
1851:
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379:Finish
376:Record
370:League
155:(1932)
150:(1939)
145:(1943)
108:(1915)
96:(1934)
81:League
76:(1915)
1611:1943†
1584:1942†
1557:1941†
1532:1940†
1503:1939†
1486:1935–
1413:1932†
1302:(3–0)
1017:1917†
961:1915†
469:(4–2)
447:1895†
388:Ref.
373:Class
66:Class
1849:ISBN
1741:2021
1714:2021
1488:1938
1457:1934
1442:1933
1388:1931
1361:1930
1334:1929
1309:1928
1278:1927
1253:1926
1228:1925
1203:1924
1176:1923
1149:1922
1124:1921
1099:1920
1071:1919
1042:1918
988:1916
969:Ind.
933:1914
903:1913
878:1912
853:1911
828:1910
803:1909
778:1908
753:1907
728:1906
703:1905
678:1904
653:1903
624:1902
609:1901
584:1900
557:1899
526:1898
501:1897
476:1896
422:1894
393:1893
367:Year
139:Team
181:(4)
168:(2)
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1716:.
1617:A
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1538:A
1511:A
1465:B
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1315:A
1284:A
1259:A
1234:A
1209:A
1182:A
1155:A
1130:A
1105:A
1077:A
1048:B
1023:B
996:B
939:B
911:B
884:B
859:B
834:B
809:B
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759:B
734:B
709:B
684:B
659:B
632:B
590:A
563:A
532:A
507:A
482:A
453:A
428:A
401:A
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