The Jersey City A's were a
minor league baseball
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team based in
which played in the
Eastern League for the 1978 season and was the AA affiliate of the
Oakland Athletics.
History
The team changed their name from the
Jersey City Indians after being affiliated with the
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. Since , the team ...
the previous year. After the team's home,
Roosevelt Stadium, suffered damage in a winter storm (two light stanchions were toppled and not repaired), the team moved to
Waterbury, Connecticut for the 1979 season and became the
Waterbury A's. This marked the end of professional baseball in Jersey City, with the stadium being torn down in 1985 for residential development. One notable player on the 1978 A's team was
Baseball Hall of Fame member
Rickey Henderson. Henderson reportedly called the stadium "a dump" and that "it should have been blown up" (it would indeed be demolished a few years later). The team's franchise was acquired in 1979 and used to revive the
Buffalo Bisons, a team from the early days of baseball had sat dormant for the previous nine years.
Seasons
Roster
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Mike Norris RHP
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Darrell Woodard 2B
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Rickey Henderson LF
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Rick Lysander RHP
See also
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Jersey City Skeeters
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Jersey City Giants
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Jersey City Jerseys
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Jersey City Indians
References
The Hudson Reporter: Jersey City's Baseball History
Defunct Eastern League (1938–present) teams
Oakland Athletics minor league affiliates
Sports in Hudson County, New Jersey
Professional baseball teams in New Jersey
Defunct baseball teams in New Jersey
Baseball teams disestablished in 1978
Baseball teams established in 1978
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