[2] In 1931, banker and factory owner[3] Oren Sterling owned and managed the Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania Senators, part of the Lower Circuit of the semi-professional West Branch League.
[9] Sterling moved virtually the entire physical structure of the park from Mifflenburg to Sunbury to construct Meredith Field.
[12] Sterling was a major proponent of the creation of the fully professional Class C Interstate League in 1939 and his club became one of its charter members.
[16] The pitching staff was led by right-hander Joseph Kleskie (14 wins to 13 losses, 3.13 earned run average (ERA), 187.0 innings pitched (IP)) and left-hander Jacob Yaros (11 wins to 7 losses, 4.44 ERA, 144.0 IP).
[17] First baseman Kelly and shortstop Michael Shimko were named to the 1939 Interstate League End of Season All-Star Team.
In the Interstate League championship, Sunbury gained a 3 games to 1 lead in the series over the Allentown Fleetwings.
Oren Sterling fired the field manager, Bill Kerstetter, and the business manager, Charles Sterling (Oren's uncle), after the team went on strike during a game at Allentown over the player allowance for food while on road trips.
[21] As a team Sunbury led the league with a .288 batting average; however, their fielding percentage was next to last at .952 with 216 total errors.
[14] On July 2, 1940, Kepler threw the Interstate League's first no-hitter, winning 6-0 in a seven inning game against the York Bees.
[23] Carl McNabb was the only player from the 1939–1940 Sunbury teams to make an appearance in major league baseball.
[2] Several players made the move to Hagerstown including Carl McNabb, Harold Cheney, John Kramer and player-manager Dutch Dorman.
[30] After selling the team, Sterling returned to Mifflinburg, where he operated an antique business until he died on January 16, 1960, at the age of 70.