The Pittsfield Senators were a minor league

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team that played from 1970 to 1975 in the Washington Senators minor league system. In 1972 when the Senators moved to Texas and became the Texas Rangers, Pittsfield changed its name to the Pittsfield Rangers (1972 to 1975). They were located in

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, played in the Double-A Eastern League. Their home ballpark was

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. The Rangers moved their Double-A affiliate to

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of the

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in 1976 and were immediately replaced in Pittsfield by the

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, who renamed the team the

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Yearly record

Future Major Leaguers

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(1970) * Dave Moates (1970–1972) * Rick Stelmaszek (1970) *

John Wockenfuss Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss (February 27, 1949 – August 19, 2022), sometimes known by the nicknames "Fuss" and "Johnny B.", was an American professional baseball player and minor league manager who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the ...

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(1970) * Bill Gogolewski (1970) *

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(1970–1971) * Jeff Terpko (1970–1971, 1974) * Mike Thompson (1970) * Bill Fahey (1971) *

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(1971–1972) * Joe Lovitto (1971) *

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Rick Waits Michael Richard Waits (born May 15, 1952) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Waits, who threw left-handed, played all or part of twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers (1973), Cleveland Indians (1975 ...

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(1971–1972) * Lew Beasley (1972–1975) *

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(1972–1973) * Pete Mackanin (1972) *

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(1972, 1974) * Tom Robson (1972–1973) * Dave Criscione (1973) * Mike Cubbage (1973) * Ken Pape (1973–1974) *

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(1973) * Stan Thomas (1973) *

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(1974–1975) * Brian Doyle (1974) *

Ron Pruitt Ronald Ralph Pruitt (born October 21, 1951) is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers (1975), Cleveland Indians (1976–80 and 1981), Chicago White Sox (1980) an ...

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Roy Smalley III Roy Frederick Smalley III (born October 25, 1952) is a former professional baseball shortstop, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1975 through 1987 for the Texas Rangers (1975–76), Minnesota Twins (1976–82; 1985–87), New York Y ...

(1974) *

Jim Umbarger James Harold Umbarger (born February 17, 1953) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He attended Grant High School in Van Nuys, California, and was the 33rd pick in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft by the Cleveland Indians, bu ...

(1974) *

Len Barker Leonard Harold Barker III (born July 7, 1955) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He pitched the tenth perfect game in baseball history. Barker pitched with the Texas Rangers (1976–78), Cleveland Indians (1979–83) ...

(1975) *

Tommy Boggs Thomas Winton Boggs (October 25, 1955 – October 5, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and college baseball coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Texas Rangers (1976–1977, 1985) and the ...

(1975) * Dan Duran (1975) *

Greg Mahlberg Gregory John Mahlberg (born August 8, 1952) is an American former professional baseball catcher, manager and coach. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . Mahlberg attended Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee and the ...

(1975) *

John Poloni John Paul Poloni (born February 28, 1954) is a left-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in two games for the Texas Rangers in 1977. Career Poloni was originally drafted out of Lutheran West High School in Detroit, Michigan ...

(1975) * Keith Smith (1975) * John Sutton (1975) *

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(1975)

Players with previous Major League experience

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(1970) * Gene Martin (1970) * Charley Walters (1971–1972) *

Dick Such Richard Stanley Such (born October 15, 1944) is a former pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). A right-handed hurler who batted left-handed, Such stood tall and weighed . Playing career Born in Sanford, North Carolina, Such attende ...

(1973) *

Tommy Cruz Cirilo "Tommy" Cruz Dilan (born February 15, 1951) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals () and Chicago White Sox (). Cruz batted and threw left-handed. He is the brother of Héctor and José Cru ...

(1974) *

Marty Martínez Orlando Martínez Oliva (August 23, 1941 – March 8, 2007) was a utility player, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 0" , 170 lb. , Martínez was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. Born in Havana, Cuba, Martín ...

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