The Pawtucket Slaters were a minor-league baseball team based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 71,148 at the 2010 census. It is the fourth largest city in the state.-History:...

. From 1946 through 1949, the team played its games at McCoy Stadium

McCoy Stadium

McCoy Stadium is a Minor League baseball stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It is currently home to the Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League.-History:...

 as a member of the class-B New England League

New England League

The New England League was a mid-level league in American minor league baseball that played sporadically in five of the six New England states between 1886 and 1949. After 1901, it existed in the shadow of two Major League Baseball clubs in Boston and alongside stronger, higher-classification...

, and was affiliated with the Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....

 of the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

. The team disbanded with the league after the 1949 season.

Sources

David Borges, The Pawtucket Red Sox (Images of Baseball). Arcadia Publications, 2002.

"New England League," page on baseball-reference.com http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/New_England_League#1946-1949 .

"New England League 1946-1949," http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/newengland4649.htm&date=2009-10-25+13:33:35 .