The Stroudsburg Poconos, located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Poconos region of the state, approximately five miles from the Delaware Water Gap, at the confluence of the Brodhead and Pocono Creeks. It is the county seat of Monroe County. Stroudsburg is part of the...

, were a minor league baseball team that played in the Interstate League

Interstate League

The Interstate League was the name of five different American minor baseball leagues that played intermittently from 1896 through 1952. The longest tenured of these was the last incarnation, which played in the Middle Atlantic States from 1939 through 1952, and was one of the few mid-level minor...

 in 1932 and in the North Atlantic League

North Atlantic League

The North Atlantic League was the name of two minor baseball leagues. The first was a Class D affiliated system that operated from 1946 until 1950, and the second was an independent minor league that played from 1995 until 1996...

 from 1946 to 1950. They were affiliated with the New York Yankee in 1947 and the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 in 1949. They played their home games at Gordon Gifels Field

Gordon Gifels Field

Gordon Gifels Field was a baseball ballpark in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania that served as the home field for the minor league Stroudsburg Poconos of the North Atlantic League in the 1940s and 1950s....

.

They went 19-7 in their first season of existence. The league folded on June 20, with them leading in the standings. No team known as the Stroudsburg Poconos would play again until 1946.

Their 1949 team is considered one of the top 100 minor league teams in the history of baseball. They went 101-36 that year.

Following the 1950 season, the North Atlantic League folded and the Stroudsburg Poconos did as well.

Year-by-year record

(from Baseball Reference)

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1932	19-7	1st	Ed Murphy	League disbanded June 20
1946	72-47	3rd	Joe Antolick Joe Antolick Joseph Antolick was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. The 28-year-old rookie was a native of Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania....	Lost first round
1947	57-69	6th	Jack Farmer Jack Farmer Floyd Haskell "Jack" Farmer was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for two seasons. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1916 and the Cleveland Indians in 1918.-External links:...
1948	72-59	5th	Frank Radler
1949	101-36	1st	Frank Radler	League Champs
1950	80-50	2nd	Frank Radler	Finals stopped by weather with Lebanon ahead 3-2