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Pittsfield Senators

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Pittsfield Senators
Pittsfield Rangers after 1971
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
League
Major league affiliations
Previous teams
Minor league titles
Division titles 1973
Team data
Previous parks
Wahconah Park

The Pittsfield Senators were a minor league baseball team that played from 1970 to 1975 in the Washington Senators minor league system. In 1972 when the Senators moved to Texas and became the Texas Rangers, Pittsfield changed its name to the Pittsfield Rangers (1972 to 1975).

They were located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, played in the Double-A Eastern League. Their home ballpark was Wahconah Park.

The Rangers moved their Double-A affiliate to San Antonio of the Texas League in 1976 and were immediately replaced in Pittsfield by the Milwaukee Brewers, who renamed the team the Berkshire Brewers.

Yearly record

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Year Record Finish
Full Season
Attendance Manager Postseason
1970 72–66 Third 49,875 Dick Gernert
Joe Klein
No playoffs held
1971 68–69 Second
(American Division)
49,770 Joe Klein DNQ
1972 66–73 Second
(American Division)
47,199 Joe Klein DNQ
1973 75–61 First
(American Division)
44,333 Joe Klein Lost to Reading in finals
1974 69–70 Second
(American Division)
29,234 Joe Klein Lost to Thetford Mines in finals
1975 66–73 Sixth 34,878 Jackie Moore
Marty Martínez
DNQ

Future Major Leaguers

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Players with previous Major League experience

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