Elmira Pioneers

• Location: Elmira, NY

• League: New York State League 1895, 1900; New York-Pennsylvania League 1935-1936; Eastern League 1938-1955; New York-Pennsylvania League 1957-1961; Eastern League 1962-1970, 1972; New York-Pennsylvania League 1973-1995; Northeast League 1996-1998; Northern League East 1999-2002; Northeast League 2003-2004; Can-Am Association 2005

• Affiliation: Boston Red Sox 1936; Brooklyn Dodgers 1938-1940; Detroit Tigers 1941-1942; Philadelphia A's 1943-1944; St. Louis Browns 1945-1949; Brooklyn Dodgers 1950-1955; Washington Senators 1957-1958; Philadelphia Phillies 1959-1961; Baltimore Orioles 1962-1968; Kansas City Royals & San Diego Padres 1969-1970; Cleveland Indians 1972; Boston Red Sox 1973-1980, 1984-1992; Florida Marlins 1993-1995

• Ballpark: Dunn Field

• Famous Alumni: Brady Anderson, Randy Winn, Ellis Burks, Todd Benzinger, Bo Diaz, Mike Greenwell, Curt Schilling, Jim Hardin

The Elmira Pioneers were long-time members of the both the Eastern League and New York-Penn League.Throughout their affiliation with the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s, the team was also called the Elmira Red Sox and Elmira Pioneer-Red Sox both formally and informally.

In 1996 the team moved to Lowell, MA and were renamed the Lowell Spinners. Despite losing affiliated baseball a new Pioneers team sprang up in the independent Northeast League where they played until 2006, when ownership decided to go the summer collegiate route and the Pioneers joined the New York Collegiate Baseball League.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Notes
1895	29-23	3rd	William Heinie
1900	11-27 (31-72 overall)	8th	W. Preston / Abner Powell	none	Oswego moved to Elmira July 30
1935	58-79	7th	Bill Hunnefield / Frank Bedenk / Emmett McCann / Fred Coumbe
1936	79-61	3rd	Rabbit Maranville	Lost League Finals
1938	71-65	3rd	Clyde Sukeforth	League Champs
1939	75-64	2nd	Clyde Sukeforth	Lost in 1st round
1940	67-72	6th	Bill Killefer
1941	71-67	3rd	Ray Brubaker	League Champs
1942	62-77	6th	Ray Brubaker
1943	79-60	2nd	Ray Brubaker	League Champs
1944	58-80	6th	Al Todd
1945	64-73	6th	Jimmy Adair
1946	65-72	5th	Ralph Winegarner
1947	54-86	7th	Ralph Winegarner
1948	49-91	7th	Packy Rogers
1949	58-82	7th	Don Heffner (10-4) / Sal Madrid (1-1) / Jack Tobin / Don Heffner / Sal Madrid (9-16)
1950	58-81	7th	Greg Mulleavy (23-30) / George Fallon (35-51)
1951	74-64	3rd	George Fallon	Lost League Finals
1952	72-68	5th	George Fallon
1953	70-80	5th	Al Brancato
1954	77-63	2nd	Tommy Holmes	Lost in 1st round
1955	56-83	7th	Ray Hathaway
1957	51-66	6th	Bill Brightwell
1958	50-74	8th	Mel Kerestes (26-44) / Packy Rogers (24-30)
1959	67-57	3rd	Andy Seminick	Lost League Finals
1960	56-74	5th	Jack Phillips
1961	61-63	5th	Moose Johnson
1962	72-68	2nd	Earl Weaver	League Champs
1963	76-64	2nd	Earl Weaver	none
1964	82-58	1st	Earl Weaver	none League Champs
1965	83-55	2nd	Earl Weaver	none
1966	88-51	1st	Darrell Johnson	none League Champs
1967	74-65	3rd	Billy DeMars	Lost League Finals
1968	77-63	3rd	Cal Ripken	Lost in 1st round
1969	70-71	3rd	Harry Bright	cancelled
1970	55-84	6th	Harry Malmberg	none
1972	46-91	8th	Len Johnston
1973	32-37	6th	Dick Berardino	none
1974	34-35	3rd	Dick Berardino	none
1975	38-30	2nd	Dick Berardino	none
1976	50-20	1st	Dick Berardino	none League Champs
1977	33-36	6th	Dick Berardino
1978	21-48	10th	Dick Berardino
1979	34-35	5th	Dick Berardino
1980	39-35	4th	Dick Berardino
1981	25-48	7th	Dick Berardino
1984	35-38	8th	Dick Berardino
1985	28-49	11th	Dick Berardino
1986	39-36	5th	Bill Limoncelli
1987	26-50	11th	Bill Limoncelli
1988	28-48	11th	Bill Limoncelli
1989	30-46	13th	Mike Verdi
1990	32-45	10th	Mike Verdi
1991	47-30	3rd	Dave Holt	Lost in 1st round
1992	31-44	13th	Dave Holt
1993	31-44	12th	Lynn Jones
1994	30-43	11th	Jim Hendry
1995	25-51	14th	Paul Kirsch
1996	34-45	4th	Ken Oberkfell
1997	44-38	5th	Dan Shwam	League Champs
1998	32-51	8th	Dan Shwam
1999	43-42	4th	Dan Shwam
2000	47-39	3rd	Jon Debus	Lost in 2nd round
2001	51-38	1st	Jon Debus	Lost in 2nd round
2002	54-38	2nd	Mitch Lyden	Lost in 1st round
2003	42-46	5th	Mitch Lyden
2004	32-60	7th	Greg Keagle
2005	28-64	8th	Greg Keagle