Reading, PA

Reading is located in southern Pennsylvania, 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, PA and 50 miles east of Harrisburg, PA.

Teams that have played here

• Reading Actives, Interstate Association 1883
• Reading Actives, Eastern League 1884
• Reading Actives, Pennsylvania State Association (1887)
• Reading, Middle States League (1889)
• Reading Active, Pennsylvania State League 1892, 1893-1896
• Reading Coal Heavers, Atlantic League 1897-1900
• Reading, Pennsylvania State League (1902)
• Reading Pretzels, Tri-State League (1907-1912, 1914)
• Reading Pretzels, New York State League (1916-1917)
• Reading Coal Barons, International League (1919)
• Reading Marines, International League (1920)
• Reading Aces, International League (1921-1922)
• Reading Keystones, International League (1923-1932)
• Reading Red Sox, New York-Penn League (1933-1934)
• Reading Brooks, New York-Penn League (1935)
• Reading Chicks, Interstate League (1940)
• Reading Brooks, Interstate League (1941)
• Reading Indians, Eastern League (1952-1961, 1965)
• Reading Red Sox, Eastern League (1963-1964)
• Reading Phillies, Eastern League (1967-2012)
• Reading Fightin Phils, Eastern League (2013-2019, 2022- )
• Reading Fightin Phils, Double-A Northeast (2021)

Persons who were born here

• Gus Alberts, infielder
• Tim Bittner, minor league pitcher
• J. Fred Bohler, college coach
• George Bradley, pitcher
• Mike Bucci, minor league infielder
• Ryan Buchter, pitcher
• Joe Consoli, minor league infielder
• Dom Dallessandro, outfielder
• Rich DeLucia, pitcher
• Harry Ely, pitcher
• George Eyrich, pitcher
• Jesse Foppert, pitcher
• Dick Gernert, infielder
• Fred Gunkle, catcher/outfielder
• Frank Heifer, infielder
• Buddy Hernandez, minor league pitcher
• Charles Hoffman, minor league infielder
• Jack Holland, umpire
• Alice Hoover, AAGPBL infielder
• Whitey Kurowski, infielder
• Henry Larkin, infielder
• Jesse Levan, outfielder
• Zach Lutz, infielder
• Wade Miller, pitcher
• Shadow Pyle, pitcher
• Paul Russell, infielder
• Harry Schaeffer, pitcher
• Matt Swarmer, pitcher
• Rich Thompson, outfielder
• Phil Tomney, infielder
• David Voigt, historian
• Charlie Wagner, pitcher
• Harrison Wickel, minor league infielder

Persons who died here

• Hal Bamberger, outfielder
• Bill Dunlap, outfielder
• Harry Ely, pitcher
• George Eyrich, pitcher
• John Frill, pitcher
• Dick Gernert, infielder
• Jake Goodman, infielder
• Frank Heifer, infielder
• Charles Hoffman, minor league infielder
• Jack Holland, umpire
• Alice Hoover, AAGPBL infielder
• Henry Larkin, infielder
• Jesse Levan, outfielder
• Kohly Miller, infielder
• Shadow Pyle, pitcher
• Larry Ressler, outfielder
• Epp Sell, pitcher
• Lew Simmons, manager
• Charlie Snell, catcher
• Phil Tomney, infielder
• Charlie Wagner, pitcher

Educational institutions located here

• Albright College
• Albright Preparatory School
• Alvernia University
• Exeter Township Senior High School
• Penn State Berks
• Reading High School

Further Reading

• Brian C. Engelhardt: Reading's Big League Exhibition Games, Images of Baseball, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, SC, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4671-3380-7