[2] The Hazleton franchise competed in the New York–Penn League through 1932, was inactive in 1933, then was revived the following season as a NY-PL farm system affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.
It would be affiliated with the Phillies (1934–1936), Boston Red Sox (1937–1938), and Brooklyn Dodgers (1950).
The 1938 Hazleton Red Sox finished second during the regular season and made it to the finals of the Eastern League playoffs, but drew only 45,000 fans.
Boston moved its affiliation to Scranton for 1939 and Hazleton's Eastern League club transferred to Springfield, Massachusetts.
Hazleton then fielded teams in lower classification leagues from 1939 to June 12, 1940, and in 1949–1950.