Category:Allentown Red Sox
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Allentown Chiefs
[edit]In July 1957, the Syracuse Chiefs, an unaffiliated Eastern League team moved to Allentown. The Allentown Chiefs, as they were known, played their home games at Breadon Field in Whitehall Township for the balance of the season (27 Games).
Allentown Red Sox
[edit]In 1958, the Chiefs were replaced in Allentown by a Boston Red Sox franchise, the Allentown Red Sox, locally known as the A-Sox. The team played in the Class AA Eastern League between 1958 and 1960. In December 1958, Max Hess, Jr., purchased a 50-acre tract of land north of the US 22 Thruway, with plans to build a Hess Brothers suburban store and shopping center. Along with the undeveloped farmland, it included the 18 acre the Breadon Field baseball stadium. Hess worked out a deal with the Red Sox to continue to operate the baseball franchise in the stadium.
After the 1960 season, the team was relocated due to a lack of attendance (average of 650 fans per game in 1960), the team moved to Johnstown, Pennsylvania on December 5, 1960,
It was the last minor league club in Allentown affiliated with Major League Baseball until 2009
Media in category "Allentown Red Sox"
The following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total.
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1957 - Allentown Chiefs - 17 Jul MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,197 × 1,058; 208 KB
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1957 - Allentown Chiefs - 4 Aug MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,981 × 1,246; 426 KB
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1957 - Allentown Chiefs Program Allentown PA.jpg 1,053 × 1,400; 197 KB
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1958 - Allentown Red Sox - 21 Apr MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,217 × 2,568; 475 KB
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1958 - Allentown Red Sox Program Allentown PA.jpg 983 × 1,400; 285 KB
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1958 - Allentown Red Sox Ticket - Allentown PA.jpg 800 × 294; 66 KB
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1959 - Allentown Red Sox - 16 Jul MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,176 × 1,091; 210 KB
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1959 - Allentown Red Sox - 22 Feb MC - Allentown PA.jpg 876 × 676; 139 KB
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1959 - Allentown Red Sox - 7 Jun MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,680 × 1,804; 588 KB
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1959 - Allentown Red Sox - 7 May MC - Allentown PA.jpg 831 × 2,306; 296 KB
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1959 - Allentown Red Sox - Program - Allentown PA.jpg 968 × 1,400; 295 KB
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1959 - Allentown Red Sox - Team Photo - Allentown PA.jpg 1,000 × 778; 292 KB
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1959 - Allentown Red Sox Program Allentown PA.jpg 933 × 1,400; 248 KB
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1959 - Max Hess Stadium - 2 Jul MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,640 × 2,786; 511 KB
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1959 - Press Pass - Allentown Red Ssox - Allentown PA.jpg 1,403 × 843; 259 KB
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1960 - Allentown Red Sox - 18 Jul MC - Allentown PA.jpg 845 × 1,361; 195 KB
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1960 - Allentown Red Sox - 22 Apr MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,288 × 1,334; 360 KB
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1960 - Allentown Red Sox - 3 Jul MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,209 × 1,468; 254 KB
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1960 - Allentown Red Sox - Business Card - Allentown PA.jpg 632 × 368; 80 KB
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1960 - Allentown Red Sox - Passes and Tickets - Allentown PA.jpg 934 × 1,398; 328 KB
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1960 - Allentown Red Sox - Program - Allentown PA.jpg 991 × 1,400; 228 KB
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1960 - Allentown Red Sox Schedule Allentown PA.jpg 1,298 × 2,078; 519 KB
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1960 - Allentown Red Sox Ticket - Allentown PA.jpg 1,158 × 621; 188 KB
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1960 - Allentown Red Sox Ticket 2 - Allentown PA.jpg 878 × 1,008; 180 KB
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1960 - Parking Ticket - Allentown Red Sox - Allentown PA.jpg 1,371 × 821; 277 KB
