The Worcester Farmers were a minor league baseball team that played from 1899 to 1900 in the
Eastern League. Under manager
Frank Leonard in 1899, they went 58-51, and in 1900 they went 62-63.
They were renamed the Worcester Quakers in 1901 and the Worcester Hustlers in 1902. In 1903, they became the Worcester Riddlers, but the team collapsed during the season and moved to become the
Montreal Royals
The Montreal Royals were a minor league professional baseball team in Montreal, Quebec, during 1897–1917 and 1928–1960. A member of the International League, the Royals were the top farm club (Class AAA) of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1939; pi ...
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1899 establishments in Massachusetts
1900 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Baseball teams established in 1899
Baseball teams disestablished in 1900
Farmers
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mi ...
Defunct Eastern League (1938–present) teams
Defunct baseball teams in Massachusetts
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