They were located in West Haven, Connecticut, and played their home games at Quigley Stadium.
During that eight-year period, West Haven — managed by future Major League skippers Bobby Cox, Doc Edwards, Mike Ferraro, and Stump Merrill — won four Eastern League championships and compiled a regular-season win–loss record of 611–496 (.552).
In 1975, first baseman Dave Bergman was selected for the Eastern League Most Valuable Player Award.
[3] Edwards (1973), Ferraro (1977), and Merrill (1979) each won the Eastern League Manager of the Year Award.
[3] The Yankees entered into a deal with a new Double-A team, the Nashville Sounds of the Southern League, after the 1979 season.