New Haven, CT

New Haven is located in southern Connecticut, on Long Island Sound, 20 miles southwest of Meriden, CT and 25 miles southeast of Waterbury, CT.

Teams that have played here

• New Haven Elm Citys, National Association (1875)
• New Haven, Southern New England League (1885)
• New Haven, Eastern League (1887)
• New Haven, Atlantic Association (1889-1890)
• New Haven Nutmegs, Eastern Association (1891)
• New Haven Nutmegs, Eastern League (1892)
• New Haven Texas Steers, Atlantic League (1896)
• New Haven Edgewoods, Connecticut State League (1896)
• New Haven Students, Connecticut State League (1898)
• New Haven Blues, Connecticut League (1899-1908)
• New Haven Black Crows, Connecticut League (1909)
• New Haven Prairie Hens Connecticut League (1910)
• New Haven Murlins, Connecticut League (1911-1912)
• New Haven White Wings, Eastern Association (1913-1914)
• New Haven Murlins, Eastern League (1916-1918)
• New Haven Weissmen, Eastern League (1919-1920)
• New Haven Indians, Eastern League (1921-1922)
• New Haven Profs, Eastern League (1923-1930)
• New Haven Bulldogs, Eastern League (1931-1932)
• New Haven Ravens, Eastern League (1994-2003)
• New Haven County Cutters, Northeastern League (2004)
• New Haven County Cutters, Can-Am League (2005)

Persons who were born here

• Jay Anderson, minor league manager
• Brad Ausmus, catcher, manager
• Bob Barthelson, pitcher
• George Bone, shortstop
• Chick Bowen, outfielder
• Craig Breslow, pitcher
• Scott Burrell, minor league pitcher
• George W. Bush, owner
• Art Ceccarelli, pitcher
• Roy Clark, outfielder
• Al Clauss, pitcher
• Tommy Corcoran, infielder
• Jim Donnelly, infielder
• Pete Falsey, pinch-hitter
• Hod Ford, infielder
• Pop Foster, outfielder
• Casey Frawley, minor league infielder
• Bill Gannon, outfielder
• Fred Goldsmith, pitcher
• Dan Gooley, college coach
• Jason Grabowski, outfielder
• Adam Greenberg, pinch-hitter
• Donald Hall, author
• Isaac Hartenstein, umpire
• Fred Hopke, minor league infielder
• Bill Hutchison, pitcher
• Jim Keenan, catcher
• Tom Leahy, catcher
• Jack Leary, infielder
• Jim Lillie, outfielder
• Brian Looney, pitcher
• John Murphy, infielder
• Mike Olt, infielder
• Jim Pascarella, minor league infielder
• Ed Rapuano, umpire
• Spec Shea, pitcher
• Jim Sheehan, catcher
• Dick Tettelbach, outfielder
• George Weiss, general manager; Hall of Fame
• Pat Winkel, minor league catcher
• Frank Woodward, pitcher
• Josh Zeid, pitcher

Persons who died here

• Chick Bowen, outfielder
• Al Clauss, pitcher
• Carmen Cozza, minor league outfielder
• Jim Donnelly, infielder
• Jerry Dorgan, outfielder
• Jim Egan, outfielder
• John Ellis, infielder
• Dennis Fitzgerald, infielder
• Henry Gruber, pitcher
• Tom Leahy, catcher
• Jack Leary, infielder
• Al Mahon, pitcher
• Charlie Pabor, outfielder
• Ed Sales, shortstop
• Heinie Scheer, infielder
• Jim Sheehan, catcher
• Jim Tipper, outfielder
• George Townsend, catcher
• Frank Woodward, pitcher

Educational institutions located here

• Albertus Magnus College
• Hillhouse High School
• New Haven High School
• Sheffield Scientific School
• Southern Connecticut State University
• Yale University

Further Reading

• David Arcidiacono: Major League Baseball in Guilded Age Connecticut: The Rise and Fall of the Middletown, New Haven and Hartford Clubs, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2010.