Lynn Papooses
The Lynn Papooses hosted minor league home games at the General Electric Athletic Field, which still contains the ballpark today.
[11][14] Lynn joined the Haverhill Hillies, Lawrence Merry Macks, Lewiston Twins, Lowell Highwaymen, Manchester Blue Sox, Nashua Millionaires and Portland Eskimos teams in beginning play for the reformed league on May 11, 1926.
In 1925, Whelan had managed the semi-professional Lynn General Electric team in the Greater Boston Twilight League.
The team played at the newly built baseball field within the General Electric Athletic Park.
[21] In the era of segregated baseball, Oscar Estrada, a native of Cuba had played the 1924 and 1925 season for the integrated Cuban Stars (East) in the Eastern Colored League.
[25] After finishing in second place the previous season, the 1927 Lynn Papooses won the New England League pennant and championship.
Playing under manager Tom Whelan, Lynn finished 7.5 games ahead of the second place Portland Eskimos.
[14][26][27] Lynn pitcher Bill Dunlap led the New England League with both 15 wins and a 1.28 ERA on the season.
In the playoff, the Blue Sox defeated Lynn 4 games to 1 and captured the New England League championship.
[14][32][33] "Double" Joe Dwyer of Lynn led new England League hitters with 192 total hits in 1929.
[14] "Double" Joe Dwyer had played for the 1926 Newark Bears prior to beginning a three-season tenure with Lynn in 1927.
Paul Block, the owner Bears, wouldn't pay Dwyer a $300.00 option bonus after he batted .359 for Newark in 1926.
Felt he was owed the money, Dwyer wrote a letter to baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who investigated the situation.
On the date the 1930 New England League folded, Lynn ended their season with a record of 19–12 under manager Tom Whelan.
[42][14] The Lynn Papooses hosted minor league home games at the General Electric Athletic Field.
[45][21] In 2024, the ballpark was scheduled to undergo major renovations to improve the playing field and surrounding facilities.
