Scranton Miners (baseball)

The final incarnation of the Scranton team used the Miners' moniker from 1904–1953.

The only exceptions were the years 1939–1943 and 1946–1951, when the team was known as the Scranton Red Sox.

The 1946 Red Sox were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.

In 1932 the team began playing their Sunday games at Crystal Gardens Stadium in Dickson City due to Blue Laws banning games from being played on the Sabbath.

According to the May 17th 1932 article in the Hazleton Plain Speaker, Centerfield at the new Crystal Gardens Stadium was so large (788 feet) that anyone who could hit a home run out of the new ballpark would "inherit the new stadium".