Allentown, PA

Allentown is an industrial city located in eastern Pennsylvania, 65 miles north of Philadelphia, PA and next to Bethlehem, PA. In 1894, the city nominally was home to the Allentown Buffalos, but they really played their games in Yonkers, NY.

Teams that have played here

• Allentown Dukes, Eastern League (1884, 1929-1930)
• Allentown Peanut Eaters, Pennsylvania State Association (1887)
• Allentown Peanuts, Central League (1888)
• Allentown, PA Eastern Interstate League (1889-1890)
• Allentown Colts, Pennsylvania State League (1892-1893)
• Allentown Kelly's Killers, Pennsylvania State League (1894)
• Allentown Goobers, Pennsylvania State League (1895)
• Allentown Peanuts, Atlantic League (1898-1900)
• Allentown, PA Pennsylvania State League (1901)
• Allentown, Tri-State League (1912-1914)
• Allentown Buffaloes, Eastern league (1894,1931-1932)
• Allentown, PA Atlantic League (1916)
• Allentown Brooks, New York-Penn League (1935-1936)
• Allentown Dukes, Inter-State League (1939)
• Allentown Wings, Inter-State League (1940-1943)
• Allentown Cardinals, Inter-State League (1944-1952)
• Allentown Cardinals, Eastern League (1954-1956)
• Allentown Chiefs, Eastern League (1957)
• Allentown Red Sox, Eastern League (1958-1960)
• Allentown Ambassadors, Northeast League (1997-1998, 2003)
• Allentown Ambassadors, Northern League East, (1999-2002)
• Lehigh Valley IronPigs, International League, (2008-2019; 2022-)
• Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Triple-A East, (2021)

Persons who were born here

• Johnny Bucha, catcher
• Slim Emmerich, pitcher
• Bob Heffner, pitcher
• Lee Kuntz, trainer
• Matt Maradeo, minor league pitcher
• Edward Martin, college coach
• Tim Mayza, pitcher
• John Meister, infielder
• Jeff Mutis, pitcher
• Anthony Recker, catcher
• Todd Ruyak, minor league pitcher
• Dave Schneck, outfielder
• Michael Schneider, minor league catcher
• Karl Winsch, minor league pitcher

Persons who died here

• John Barletta, minor league catcher
• Joe Bauldree, minor league pitcher
• Joe Bird, minor league catcher
• Slim Emmerich, pitcher
• Neal Finn, infielder
• Horace Heist, college coach
• Claude Hendrix, pitcher
• Jim Honochick, umpire
• Evelyn Keppel, AAGPBL player
• Bert Kuczynski, pitcher
• Ernest Landgraf, minor league manager
• Cy Morgan, minor league outfielder
• Andy Tomasic, pitcher
• Ted Wieand, pitcher
• Jerry Witner, minor league outfielder
• Eddie Zimmerman, infielder

Educational institutions located here

• Allentown Central Catholic High School
• Muhlenberg College
• William Allen High School