The Haverhill Hustlers were a minor league baseball team located in

Haverhill, Massachusetts Haverhill ( ) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Haverhill is located 35 miles north of Boston on the New Hampshire border and about 17 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The population was 67,787 at the 2020 United States Cen ...

. They played in the

New England League The New England League was a mid-level league in American minor league baseball that played intermittently in five of the six New England states (Vermont excepted) between 1886 and 1949. After 1901, it existed in the shadow of two Major League B ...

from 1901 to 1914. The team's roster included player-manager and

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member Billy Hamilton. The Haverhill Hustlers were preceded by two "Haverhill" teams that played in 1877 and 1895 as members of the

New England Association The New England Association was an Independent level minor league baseball league that played in the 1877 season and briefly in the 1895 season. The league franchises were based in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The New England Ass ...

. Following the Hustlers as members of the New England League were the Haverhill Orphans (1919) and the Haverhill Hillies (1926-1929). All Haverhill minor league teams played at Athletic Park.

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