Allentown Chiefs

The Allentown Chiefs were a minor league baseball team. They played in the Class A Eastern League, and started the 1957 season in Syracuse, New York. The team was purchased by the Boston Red Sox and was moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania, mid-season on July 13, 1957, and finished the season playing at Breadon Field in Whitehall Township, just north of Allentown.

Allentown Chiefs
Minor league affiliations
Previous classesClass A (1957)
LeagueEastern League
Major league affiliations
Previous teamsunaffiliated (Independent)
Team data
Previous parks
Breadon Field
40°37′47″N 075°29′00″W

The 1957 team was not affiliated with any major league team, however, the Chiefs were a longtime affiliate of the Detroit Tigers prior to the 1957 season. After finishing the season in Allentown, the team was re-designated as the Allentown Red Sox, with Boston moving their Eastern League Class A team from Albany, New York, to Allentown for the 1958 season.

A new Detroit-affiliated team in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, began operations for the 1958 Eastern League season.

Team
  • 1957 Season (Combined Syracuse/Allentown)
Won: 56 Lost: 84 Pct: .400 5th Place Eastern Division, 19 GB
Manager: Frank Calo
Pos Player Avg Pos Player W-L ERA
1B Edward Kneuper .263 SP Leverette Spencer 16-14 2.90
2B Clell Hobson .230 SP John Isaac 9-10 5.05
SS Julio Palazzini .279 SP George Aitken 9-13 4.97
3B Tom Sarna .253 SP John Wall 7-10 4.50
C Jim Tolleson .249 SP Cliff Ross 3-15 5.32
OF Jerry Elder .223 SP Marv Rotblatt 8-5 4.01
OF Andrew Rellick .248 SP Ralph Birkofer 2-8 4.90
OF Jim Kirby .267 RP Larry Kendig 2-6 3.36

1957 Complete Team Statistics

Major league players
Chicago Cubs, NL, 1949
New York Mets, NL, 1962, 1965
  • John Romonosky
Chicago White Sox, AL, 1948, 1950, 1951
  • Cliff Ross
Cincinnati Reds, NL, 1954
Chicago White Sox, AL, 1948, 1950, 1951

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