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Newark was the home of several former minor league baseball teams, from the formation of the Newark Indians in 1902 and the addition of the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League in 1936. A Federal League team, the Newark Peppers, also played in 1915. The original Newark Bears were a team in the International League from 1926 to
Fred Brainard, who also played for the New York Giants 1914–1916, later played for the Newark Bears between 1922–1924 and was the Bears' player-manager in 1923 and 1924. Other former Major League players who managed the Newark Bears include Hall of Fame members Walter Johnson in 1928 and player-manager Tris Speaker in 1929–1930. [7]
Newark Bears (3) 1926 1949 Newark, New Jersey: Relocated to Springfield, Massachusetts, as the Springfield Cubs: Newark Indians (1) 1912 1915 Newark, New Jersey: Relocated to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the Harrisburg Senators, during the 1915 season Newark Indians (2) 1916 1916 Newark, New Jersey: Renamed the Newark Bears (1) Norfolk Tides ...
It was the home field of the Newark Bears, who played in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent minor baseball league. The Bears played in the stadium from 1999 until 2013 when they announced a move to the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, but the team was folded shortly thereafter.
For the current baseball team, see Category:Newark Bears players. This category includes players for the Newark Bears, the original baseball team who played from 1926 through 1949 in the International League
The Newark Bears were a minor-league professional baseball franchise that were part of the independent Atlantic League (which also includes the Somerset Patriots and the Camden Riversharks). [18] They played at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, a 6,200-seat ballpark that is also home to local college baseball teams.
The Newark Bears is the name of four different sports teams: Newark Bears, a team that played from 1998 to 2013 in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball. Newark Bears (International League), the original baseball team beginning in 1917 that last played in 1949.
The first such team was the St. Louis Cardinals, which was owned by Helene Hathaway Britton from 1911 to 1917, and the second such team was the Indianapolis ABCs who were owned by Olivia Taylor from 1922 to 1926. [7] The Eagles shared Ruppert Stadium with the minor league Newark Bears. The Eagles were to (black) Newark what the Dodgers were to ...