Former major league player Jim Bucher managed the team beginning in 1946, leading the Chix to a 4th-place finish in the 1948 National Baseball Congress tournament in Wichita, Kansas.
[2][3] Following the 1948 season, owners of the semi–pro Chix team purchased the Bloomingdale Troopers of the North Atlantic League and moved the franchise to Lebanon, to play in the recently built Grimes Stadium.
Brothers Cole and Charlie Grimes, local business owners, built the ballpark and were financers of the team.
[6] Lebanon joined the Bangor Pickers, Carbondale Pioneers, Hazleton Mountaineers, Mahanoy City Bluebirds, Nazareth Barons, Peekskill Highlanders and Stroudsburg Poconos in beginning league play on May 3, 1949.
The opening ceremonies began at 8:00 P.M., featuring a flag raising and music by the Palmyra American Legion Band.
[11] With Hal Contini returning as manager, the Lebanon Chix won the regular season pennant in the North Atlantic League.