Williamsport Crosscutters
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| Location: | Williamsport, PA |
| Established: | 1994 |
| MLB Affiliation: | Philadelphia Phillies |
| League: | New York-Penn League |
| Level: | A |
| Ballpark: | Bowman Field |
| Championships: | 2 (2001, 2003) |
| Division Titles: | |
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The Williamsport Crosscutters are a Minor League Baseball team that plays in the New York-Penn League, and are a Single-A affiliate to the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Franchise History
Through 1993, the club was the Geneva Cubs, playing in Geneva, New York. For the 1994 season, the club moved to Williamsport, occupying an historic facility that had not been used for professional baseball for the previous two seasons. The club became known as the Williamsport Cubs, a Class A short season affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, retaining that name through 1998. In 1999, the team switched affiliations from the Chicago Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the team name became "the Crosscutters". At the end of the 2006 season, the team became an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, with the Pittsburgh affiliation switching to the State College Spikes.
The name "Crosscutters" reflects the logging heritage of Williamsport, once known as the "Lumber Capital of the World." The city, historically having the largest amount of millionaires per capita, is on the West Branch Susquehanna River, and logging barons once lived in mansions along Fourth Street, which became known as "Millionaires' Row". To this day, sports teams at Williamsport Area High School are known as the Millionaires.
Major League Affiliations
- Philadelphia Phillies (2007-present)
- Pittsburgh Pirates (1999-2006)
- Chicago Cubs (1993-1998)
Team Names
- Williamsport Crosscutters (1999-present)
- Williamsport Cubs (1994-1999)
- Geneva Cubs (1993-1998)
Notable Alumni
- José Bautista
- Matt Capps
- Ryan Doumit
- Tom Gorzelanny
- J. R. House
- Paul Maholm
- Chris Shelton
- Ian Snell
Notable Red Sox Who Played Here
Trivia
- In 2001, the Crosscutters and Brooklyn Cyclones were declared the New York-Penn League's co-champions. The Crosscutters lost the first game of the best of three championship series, and the rest of the series was cancelled after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
