Nashua Millionaires

[5] The other league members were the Fitchburg, Haverhill, Lawrence Indians, Lowell Ladies Men and Salem teams.

In the shortened season, Lawrence won the New England Association championship with a 33–19 record, followed by the Nashua Rainmakers (27–21), Lowell (24–24) and Salem/Haverhill (20–28).

[9][10] The Augusta Live Oaks, Bangor Millionaires, Haverhill Hustlers, Lewiston, Lowell Tigers, Manchester, Nashua and Portland teams began league play on May 15, 1901.

Many of the 500 fans in attendance at Lawndale Park mobbed Gaffney, who required a police escort to leave the field.

Lowell manager Fred Lake changed Gaffney's call to a foul ball, taking away his team's home run.

Each team provided a player to umpire the for remainder of the game in which Nashua eventually lost to Lowell by the score of 7-1.

As it was, the play of the team was so loose that the game was lost when it ought to have been won...He and McManus (also suspended) were outfielders and they seldom made an error."

Van Zandt played in 76 total games for Nashua, posting a .367 batting average and a had 1-2 record as manager.

[12][17] Playing home games at Landale Park, the Nashua team ended the season in sixth place in the 1902 New England League standings.

[21][22] Nahusa joined the Brockton Shoemakers, Concord Marines, Fall River Indians, Haverhill Hustlers, Lawrence Colts, Lowell Tigers and Manchester teams in league play.

Ed Ashenbach, Chub Collins and Tommy Dowd served as the managers as Nashua continued play in the eight–team Class B league.

In 1903, while pitching for the Philadelphia Athletics, Pinnance had become the first full-blooded American Indian to play in a regular season game in the major leagues.

[36] With an overall record of 62–62, Nashua finished 20.5 games behind the first place Lowell Tigers in the final standings and ended the season in a direct tie with the Concord Marines.

Jack Carney and Sid Rollins served as the managers in leading Nashua in the New England League season.

Nashua and the Concord Marines were replaced in league play by the Worcester Hustlers and Manchester Textiles teams.

[43] The Nashua "Millionaires" team played the 1925 season as members of the semi-professional Boston Twilight League.

On May 11, 1926, the Haverhill Hillies, Lawrence Merry Macks, Lewiston Twins, Lowell Highwaymen, Lynn Papooses, Manchester Blue Sox and Portland Eskimos teams joined the Nashua Millionaires in beginning league play.

[48] The "Millionaires" nickname for the Nashua team, The Boston Globe said was due to the "lavish manner in which they were supported by the owners.

Lake had owned and managed the Lowell Tigers in the New England League decades earlier before becoming a scout for the Boston Red Sox.

[50] With a 37–56 record, Fred Lake, Chick Keating, Sandy McGregor and Johnny Mitchell managed the Millionaires during their last place season.

After the spring ended, Sukeforth played for the Nashua Millionaires of the Class B New England League, before Reds recalled him in late May, where he made his big-league debut on May 31, 1926.

After appearing in four games for the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association, Sukeforth spent the rest of 1926 with the Manchester Blue Sox before making the Reds roster in 1927.

"Please understand that I do not have any reservations in praise for the role that Clyde Sukeforth played in the growth and development of my beginnings in baseball.

I have been very appreciative of the fact that whenever there were problems in the earlier days, I could always go to you, talk with you, and receive the warm and friendly advise that I always did," the letter said in part.

[59] After graduating from high school, Tebbetts signed a contract with the Detroit Tigers after they agreed to pay his college tuition.

[62][63][64] In 1927, the Nashua Millionaires continued New England League play and improved to a third-place finish, led by manager Bill Stewart.

Bill Stewart was the home plate umpire for Johnny Vander Meer's second consecutive no-hitter in 1938, and served as the crew chief for the 1951 three-game pennant playoff series between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

After beginning the season in Lowell, poor attendance and financial issues forced Merritt to sell the team to Nashua owners.

[74] The Manchester Blue Sox won the New England League championship and finished 31.5 games ahead of the seventh place Millers/Millionaires.

Hal Weafer and Paul Wolff served as managers in the three cities and the team did not qualify for the four-team leageue playoffs.