Pawtucket Slaters (baseball)



The Pawtucket Slaters were a minor-league baseball team based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. From 1946 through 1949, the team played its games at McCoy Stadium as a member of the class-B New England League, and was affiliated with the Boston Braves of the National League. The Slaters made the league playoffs in each season of their four-year existence; in each case, they were eliminated in the first round, including three consecutive playoff losses at the hands of the eventual league champion Nashua Dodgers.

The Slaters were preceded in the New England League by the Pawtucket Maroons (1894–1896), Pawtucket Phenoms (1897) and Pawtucket Tigers (1898) and Pawtucket Colts.

Pawtucket led the New England League in attendance in 1947. The team disbanded with the league after the 1949 season.

Notable alumni

 * Dave Cole
 * George Crowe
 * Ernie Johnson
 * Don Liddle
 * Johnny Logan
 * Normie Roy
 * Chuck Tanner
 * Pete Whisenant