Pawtucket Slaters (baseball)

American minor-league baseball team

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Mural on the concourse of McCoy Stadium

The Pawtucket Slaters were a minor-league baseball team based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. From 1946 through 1949, the team played its games at McCoy Stadium as a member of the class-B New England League, and was affiliated with the Boston Braves of the National League. The Slaters made the league playoffs in each season of their four-year existence; in each case, they were eliminated in the first round, including three consecutive playoff losses at the hands of the eventual league champion Nashua Dodgers.[1]

The Slaters were preceded in the New England League by the Pawtucket Maroons (1894–1896), Pawtucket Phenoms (1897) and Pawtucket Tigers (1898) and Pawtucket Colts.[2][3]

Pawtucket led the New England League in attendance in 1947.[1] The team disbanded with the league after the 1949 season.

## Season-by-season record

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Year | Record | Finish
Full Season | Attendance | Manager | Postseason

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1946 | 70–54 | Fourth | n/a | Hughie Wise | Lost to Nashua Dodgers
in first round
1947 | 65–60 | Fourth | 92,787 | Pete Fox | Lost to Nashua
in first round
1948 | 61–64 | Fourth | 60,432 | Hughie Wise | Lost to Nashua
in first round
1949 | 83–43 | First | 68,767 | Ripper Collins
Dutch Dorman
Earl Browne | Lost to Springfield Cubs
in first round

## Notable alumni

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* Dave Cole
* George Crowe
* Ernie Johnson
* Don Liddle
* Johnny Logan
* Normie Roy
* Chuck Tanner
* Pete Whisenant

## References

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1. ^ a b Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
2. ^ "1899 Pawtucket Colts minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com".
3. ^ "Pawtucket Phenoms minor league baseball Statistics and Roster on StatsCrew.com".

* David Borges, The Pawtucket Red Sox (Images of Baseball). Arcadia Publications, 2002.

## External links

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* "New England League 1946–1949"

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