Lowell Spinners

Lowell Spinners
Lowell Spinners
Founded in 1996 ; Lowell, Massachusetts ;
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Minor league affiliations
Class	Short-Season A
League	New York - Penn League
Division	Stedler Division
Major league affiliations
Team	Boston Red Sox (1996-present)
Minor league titles
Division titles	2008
Team data
Name	Lowell Spinners (1996-present)
Previous names	Elmira Pioneers
Ballpark	Edward A. LeLacheur Park (1998-present)
Previous parks	Stoklosa Alumni Field (1996-1997)
Owner(s)/; Operator(s)	Drew Weber
General manager	Tim Bawmann
Manager	Bruce Crabbe

The Lowell Spinners are a Short-Season A minor league baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.

History

Founded in 1996 after Clyde Smoll moved the Elmira Pioneers to Lowell, Massachusetts, the Spinners play in the New York - Penn League, which has a Short-Season A classification with 76 games a year. The Spinners play 38 of the 76 games at their home park, Edward A. LeLacheur Park, in Lowell, near the Merrimack River. The official mascots of the Spinners are The Canaligator, Alligator, and Millie-Gator.

In 2005, the Spinners offered to pay for the uniforms to all Little Leagues in New England so that they would change all teams named "Yankees" into "Spinners".^[1]

In 2007 WLLH 1400 A.M. (at that time Lowell's ESPN Radio affiliate) was the flagship of Lowell Spinners baseball, after several years on Lowell talk station WCAP. As of 2008, Spinners games are back on WCAP.^[2]

On September 1 2008, the Spinners reached the NYPL (New York-Penn League) playoffs for the first time capturing the Stedler Division title.

As of the conclusion of the 2008 Spinners season, the franchise had sold out the past 346 games dating back to prior decade.