The team began in 1970 as the Niagara Falls Pirates, and were affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates until 1977. In 1982, the team became affiliated with the Chicago White Sox and took up the new name the Niagara Falls Sox. The affiliation with the White Sox would last until 1985. Then after a four-year hiatus the team was reestablished and affiliated with the Detroit Tigers under the Rapids name. However, in 1993 the team relocated to Jamestown, New York, and became the Jamestown Jammers.[1]
niagara, falls, rapids, were, class, minor, league, baseball, team, located, niagara, falls, york, team, played, york, penn, league, throughout, existence, team, played, their, home, games, maglie, stadium, 1970, 1993, 1970, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, niaga. The Niagara Falls Rapids were a Class A minor league baseball team located in Niagara Falls New York The team played in the New York Penn League throughout its existence The team played all of their home games at Sal Maglie Stadium Niagara Falls Rapids1970 1993 1970 1979 1982 1985 1989 1993 Niagara Falls New YorkMinor league affiliationsPrevious classesShort Season ALeagueNew York Penn LeagueDivisionStedler Division 1989 1993 West Division 1982 1985 Wrigley Division 1978 1979 West Division 1977 Major league affiliationsPrevious teamsDetroit Tigers 1989 1993 Chicago White Sox 1982 1985 Pittsburgh Pirates 1970 1978 Minor league titlesLeague titles2 1982 1993 Division titles1 1982 Team dataPrevious namesNiagara Falls Rapids 1989 1993 Niagara Falls Sox 1982 1985 Niagara Falls Pirates 1970 1979 Previous parksSal Maglie StadiumThe team began in 1970 as the Niagara Falls Pirates and were affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates until 1977 In 1982 the team became affiliated with the Chicago White Sox and took up the new name the Niagara Falls Sox The affiliation with the White Sox would last until 1985 Then after a four year hiatus the team was reestablished and affiliated with the Detroit Tigers under the Rapids name However in 1993 the team relocated to Jamestown New York and became the Jamestown Jammers 1 Contents 1 Notable alumni 2 Categories 3 References 4 External linksNotable alumni EditDale Berra 1975 John Cangelosi 1982 Tony Clark 1992 MLB All StarTerry Collins 1971 Chuck Cottier 1971 1972 Miguel Dilone 1972 Doug Drabek 1983 MLB All Star 1990 NL Cy Young AwardSteve Farr 1977 Bobby Higginson 1992 Al Holland 1975 MLB All StarRick Honeycutt 1976 2 x MLB All Star 1983 AL ERA TitleOdell Jones 1972 Brian Moehler 1993 Omar Moreno 1970 1972 2 x NL Stolen Base LeaderEd Ott 1970 Larry Parrish 1992 1993 2 x MLB All StarAurelio Rodriguez 1990 Luis Salazar 1976 Rod Scurry 1974 Bobby Thigpen 1985 MLB All StarRandy Velarde 1985 Categories EditCategory Niagara Falls Pirates players Category Niagara Falls Rapids players Category Niagara Falls Sox playersReferences Edit Michel Lou October 16 1993 Falls Rapids Baseball Team Moving to Jamestown Buffalo News External links EditBaseball Reference Minors This article about a baseball team in New York is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Niagara Falls Rapids amp oldid 987521012, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
