Cranston, RI
Cranston is a suburb of Providence, RI, located south of downtown on the Providence River. A couple of Providence-based team used Cranston Stadium as their home ballpark in the 1940s.
Teams from Cranston played in the 1996 and 2015 Little League World Series.
Teams that have played here[edit]
- Providence Chiefs, New England League 1946-1947
- Providence Grays, New England League, 1948-1949
Persons who were born here[edit]
- Charlie Babington, outfielder
- Jimmy Cooney, infielder
- Jimmy Cooney Jr., infielder
- Johnny Cooney, pitcher/outfielder
- Hugh Duffy, outfielder, manager; Hall of Fame
- Tom Healey, pitcher
- Bobbie Liebrich, AAGPBL infielder
- Thomas Pannone, pitcher
Persons who died here[edit]
- Jimmy Cooney, infielder
- Rip Egan, pitcher, minor league umpire
- Hi Ladd, outfielder
- Mike Roarke, catcher
- Dave Stenhouse, pitcher
- Gurdon Whiteley, outfielder
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