The Vermont Mariners are a defunct minor league baseball team. They played in the Eastern League at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont in 1988. They were affiliated with the Seattle Mariners .
5-736: Prior to their four-year stint as the Vermont Mariners, this franchise was known as the Vermont Reds from 1984 to 1987 and served as the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds . Prior to that, the franchise was known as the Lynn Sailors from 1980 to 1983 and served as the Double-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners (1980 to 1982) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1983). By September 1988, with
10-756: A four-year agreement with the Cincinnati Reds . The club was renamed the Vermont Reds. After the stint as the Vermont Reds, the franchise again served as the Double-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners in 1988, becoming the Vermont Mariners . Today, the franchise is the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians and is known as the Akron RubberDucks . This article about a baseball team in Vermont
15-565: The Cincinnati Reds . The team won the Eastern League Championship in 1984, 1985 and 1986. Prior to their four-year stint as the Vermont Reds, this franchise was known as the Lynn Sailors from 1980 to 1983 and served as the Double-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners (1980 to 1982) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1983). In 1984, owner Mike Agganis moved the Lynn Pirates from Lynn, Massachusetts to Burlington, and Agganis signed
20-583: The 1988 season, affiliated with Cleveland , and became the Canton–Akron Indians . This article about a baseball team in Vermont is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vermont Reds The Vermont Reds are a defunct minor league baseball team. They played in the Eastern League at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont from 1984 to 1987. They were affiliated with
25-752: The team in the Eastern League playoffs, team owner Mike Agganis had decided to move the franchise to Canton, Ohio . Canton was building a brand-new ballpark, Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium , which would have a capacity of 5,700. More so, the Canton metropolitan area offered twice the population of Burlington. Agganis told the New York Times , "Our attendance has averaged out to about 85,000 over five years in Burlington. In Canton, we can probably do between 225,000 and 300,000 attendance." The franchise moved to Canton after
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