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Minor league baseball team

Waterbury Baseball
1884–1986 (1884–1888, 1891, 1894–1895, 1897–1902, 1906–1914, 1918–1928, 1947–1950, 1966–1971, 1973–1986) Waterbury, Connecticut
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes	Class AA (1966–1986) Class B (1947–1950) Class A (1919–1928) Class B (1906–1914, 1918) Class D (1902) Class F (1897–1901) Class B (1894) Class E (1891)
League	Eastern League (1966-1986)
Previous leagues	Colonial League (1947–1950) Eastern League (1918–1928) Eastern Association (1913–1914) Connecticut State League (1900–1902, 1906–1912) Connecticut League (1899) Connecticut State League (1888, 1891, 1894–1898) Eastern League (1885–1887) Southern New England League (1885) Connecticut State League (1884–1885)
Major league affiliations
Previous teams	Cleveland Indians (1985–1986) California Angels (1984) Cincinnati Reds (1980–1983) Oakland Athletics (1979) San Francisco Giants (1977–1978) Los Angeles Dodgers (1973–1976) Pittsburgh Pirates (1970-1971) Cleveland Indians (1968–1969) San Francisco Giants (1966–1967)
Minor league titles
League titles	3 (1924, 1925, 1970)
Team data
Previous names	Waterbury Indians (1985–1986) Waterbury Angels (1984) Waterbury Reds (1980–1983) Waterbury A's (1979) Waterbury Giants (1977–1978) Waterbury Dodgers (1973–1976) Waterbury Pirates (1970–1971) Waterbury Indians (1968–1969) Waterbury Giants (1966–1967) Waterbury Timers (1947–1950) Waterbury Brasscos (1920–1928) Waterbury Nattatucks (1918–1919) Waterbury Contenders (1913–1914) Waterbury Spuds (1912) Waterbury Champs (1911) Waterbury Finnegans (1910) Waterbury Invincibles (1909) Waterbury Authors (1906–1908) Waterbury Rough Riders (1899–1902) Waterbury Pirates (1898) Waterbury Indians (1897) Waterbury Brassmen (1895) Waterbury (1888, 1891, 1894) Waterbury Brass City (1887) Waterbury Brassmen (1886) Waterbury (1884–1885)
Previous parks	Municipal Stadium

Several differentMinor League Baseball teams have been located in the city ofWaterbury, Connecticut since 1884.

Teams

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Connecticut State League teams

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The earliest Waterbury teams played in theConnecticut State League between 1884 and 1912. These teams went by several different nicknames during this period, including theBrassmen, Brass City,Indians, Pirates, Rough Riders, Authors, Invisibles, Finnegans, Champs andSpuds.

Waterbury Brasscos

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TheWaterbury Brasscos (also called theNattatucks) played in theEastern League from 1918 to 1928. They won two league titles in 1924 and 1925.

Waterbury Timers

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TheWaterbury Timers played in theColonial League between 1947 and 1950.

Eastern League MLB affiliate

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Waterbury became home to professional baseball again in 1966 when theWaterbury Giants, an affiliate ofMajor League Baseball'sSan Francisco Giants came to town. From 1966-1986 (with the exception of 1972), the Waterbury team played in theEastern League as an affiliate of the Giants,Cleveland Indians,Pittsburgh Pirates,Los Angeles Dodgers,Oakland Athletics,Cincinnati Reds andCalifornia Angels. The team name changed every time the affiliation agreement changed hands. Waterbury did not have an Eastern League team at the start of the 1972 season. However, midway through the season, flooding inElmira, New York made the home ballpark of theElmira Pioneers unusable, forcing them to play their "home games" in the second half of the 1972 season in Waterbury.

Waterbury Spirit

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The IndependentNortheast League chose to place a team in Waterbury in 1997 as the Waterbury Spirit, but they folded after the 2000 season, only to be resurrected in 2003 under a new owner, relocating toLynn, Massachusetts and becoming theNorth Shore Spirit.