West Haven A's

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The West Haven A's were an American Minor League Baseball team that played in the Double-A Eastern League from 1972 to 1982. They were located in West Haven, Connecticut, and played their home games at Quigley Stadium.[1] From 1972 to 1979, the team was known as the West Haven Yankees after their Major League Baseball affiliate, the New York Yankees. They became an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics in 1980 and changed their name to the West Haven Whitecaps for that season before becoming the West Haven A's through their final two years of play.[2]

History

New York Yankees (1972–1979)

From 1972 to 1979, the team was affiliated with and named for the New York Yankees. During that eight-year period, West Haven — managed by future Major League skippers Bobby Cox, Doc Edwards, Mike Ferraro, and Stump Merrill — won four Eastern League championships and compiled a regular-season win–loss record of 611–496 (.552). In 1975, first baseman Dave Bergman was selected for the Eastern League Most Valuable Player Award.[3] Edwards (1973), Ferraro (1977), and Merrill (1979) each won the Eastern League Manager of the Year Award.[3]

Notable Yankees alumni

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Oakland Athletics (1980–1982)

The Yankees entered into a deal with a new Double-A team, the Nashville Sounds of the Southern League, after the 1979 season.[4] The West Haven franchise relocated to Lynn, Massachusetts, and became the Lynn Sailors. Concurrently, the Waterbury, Connecticut, franchise moved to West Haven in time for the 1980 season, bringing their affiliation with the Oakland Athletics, and renaming the team the West Haven Whitecaps.

The franchise changed its name again in 1981, this time to the West Haven A's.[5] The last West Haven team, managed by Bob Didier, won the team's fifth and final Eastern League title, defeating the Lynn Sailors in the finals.[6] In 1983, the franchise moved to Albany, New York, becoming the Albany A's.[2][7]

Notable alumni

Season-by-season results

Season Division Record Win % Finish GB AttendanceTemplate:Sfn Manager Postseason MLB affiliate Ref.
1972 American 84–56 .600 1st — 102,537 Script error: No such module "Sort". Won American Division title
Won EL championship vs. Trois-Rivières Aigles, 3–0Template:Sfn		 New York Yankees [8]
1973 American 72–66 .522 2nd 4 75,128 Script error: No such module "Sort". — New York Yankees [9]
1974 American 58–79 .423 4th 17 42,878 Script error: No such module "Sort". — New York Yankees [10]
1975Template:Efn-la — 66–71 .482 4th 18 26,549 Script error: No such module "Sort". — New York Yankees [11]
1976 South 80–59 .576 1st — 28,331 Script error: No such module "Sort". Won South Division title
Won EL championship vs. Trois-Rivières Aigles, 3–0Template:Sfn		 New York Yankees [12]
1977 New England 86–52 .623 1st — 41,072 Script error: No such module "Sort". Won New England Division title
Won EL championship vs. Trois-Rivières Aigles, 3–0Template:Sfn		 New York Yankees [13]
1978Template:Efn-la — 82–57 .590 1st — 46,048 Script error: No such module "Sort". — New York Yankees [14]
1979Template:Efn-la — 83–56 .597 1st — 71,302 Script error: No such module "Sort". Won First and Second Half titles
Won EL championship		 New York Yankees [15]
1980Template:Efn-la Southern 47–92 .338 4th 32 30,112 Script error: No such module "Sort". — Oakland Athletics [16]
1981Template:Efn-la Southern 71–67 .514 3rd <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />8+1⁄2 55,552 Script error: No such module "Sort". — Oakland Athletics [17]
1982Template:Efn-la Southern 86–54 .614 1st — 51,791 Script error: No such module "Sort". Won First and Second Half Southern Division titles
Won Southern Division title
Won EL championship vs. Lynn Sailors, 3–0		 Oakland Athletics [18]

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References

Specific

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  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd ed. Durham, NC: Baseball America, 2007, p. 600
  7. ↑ A's, Angels Play to Curfew Before 9,211 in Heritage Park Debut by Bill Palmer at news.google.com, URL accessed July 2, 2010. Archived 07-02-10
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General
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check New York Yankees
Double-A affiliate
1972–1979 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Oakland Athletics
Double-A affiliate
1980–1982 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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