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Altoona Curve. The Altoona Curve are a Minor League Baseball team based in Altoona, Pennsylvania, named after nearby Horseshoe Curve (but also alluding to the curveball, a type of pitch). The team plays in the Eastern League and is the Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Curve play in Peoples Natural Gas Field, located in Altoona ...
Designated. April 01, 1947 [ 8 ] Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census. [ 9 ] It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area, which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,822 in 2020.
A Double-A baseball game between the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and Altoona Curve at Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire, in August 2016. Double-A (officially Class AA[ 1 ]) is the second-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States since 1946, below only Triple-A. There are currently 30 teams classified at ...
List of Double-A baseball stadiums. There are 30 stadiums in use by Double-A Minor League Baseball teams. The Eastern League uses 12 stadiums, the Southern League uses 8, and the Texas League uses 10. The oldest stadium is Synovus Park (1926) in Columbus, Georgia, which will be the home of the Southern League's Columbus Clingstones in 2025.
A topographic map of the area around the Horseshoe Curve. Horseshoe Curve is 5 miles (8 km) west of Altoona, Pennsylvania, in Logan Township, Blair County.It sits at railroad milepost 242 on the Pittsburgh Line, which is the Norfolk Southern Railway Pittsburgh Division main line between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The league expanded to 12 teams in 1999 with the addition of the Altoona Curve and the Erie SeaWolves. The two divisions were restructured and renamed for the 2010 season as the Eastern Division and the Western Division because the Connecticut Defenders moved to Richmond, Virginia, after the 2009 season, becoming the Richmond Flying Squirrels.
The ballpark set a record for game attendance on July 3, 2011, when the Thunder played the Altoona Curve. The game had the fortune of falling on the Independence Day holiday weekend, as well as featuring an injury rehabilitation appearance by Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees, the Thunder's major league affiliate at the time. The official ...
The team was initially formed in 1989 and based in Welland, Ontario, as a member of the New York–Penn League called the Welland Pirates and played their home games at Welland Stadium. After six unsuccessful seasons, they were relocated to Erie, Pennsylvania, following the departure of the city's prior baseball team, the Erie Sailors.