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unusual facts about Short season


Short season

Teams in Short-Season A leagues are generally in small-to-medium-sized cities (Aberdeen, Maryland; Eugene, Oregon; Burlington, Vermont; State College, Pennsylvania; Lowell, Massachusetts; Spokane, Washington), although exceptions exist—one team is in Vancouver (the only Canadian team currently in the affiliated minor leagues), another is in the Seattle suburb of Everett, Washington, and two are in New York City, each affiliated with one of that city's MLB teams.


Andrew Davie

Davie played 10 games for the New Jersey Cardinals of Short-Season A ball in 2004, hitting .154 with one home run and two RBIs.


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Baseball in Canada

The Vancouver Canadians, currently an affiliate of the Blue Jays, play in the Northwest League at the Short-Season A level.

Jacob Goebbert

2009: Goebbert was sent to the short season A affiliate for Houston, the Tri-City ValleyCats, where he would hit .238 while driving in 18 runs.

Nat Bailey Stadium

The following season, a second incarnation of the Canadians began playing in the short-season Class A Northwest League.

P. J. Carey

From 1976 through 1979, Carey coached on Phillies' farm teams before launching his managerial career in 1980 with the Bend Phillies of the Short Season-A Northwest League.

Western International League

In 1955, it changed its name to the Northwest League, and still operates today as a Short Season A loop under that name.