The Cambridge Cantabs were a minor league baseball team based in Cambridge, Massachusetts . In 1934, the Cantabs briefly played as members of the Northeastern League before relocating during the season. The Cantabs played home games at Russell Field.
6-770: The 1899 Cambridge Orphans played in the New England League before the franchise transferred to Lowell during the season. In 1934, the Cambridge "Cantabs" returned to minor league play as members of the eight–team Class B level Northeastern League . Cambridge entered the league at the beginning of the second half of the season, along with the Watertown Townies , expanding the league from six teams to eight. The Hartford Senators , Lowell Hustlers , Manchester Indians , New Bedford Whalers , Springfield Ponies and Worcester Rosebuds resumed 1934 play with
12-571: Is still in use today with a multipurpose stadium and adjacent ballfields. The site is off of Rindge Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge Cantabs players Cambridge Orphans The Cambridge Orphans were a minor league baseball team based in Cambridge, Massachusetts . In 1899, the Orphans briefly played as members of the New England League before relocating mid-season. The team played their home games at Charles River Park, which
18-637: The 1900 season. In 1900, Cambridge mayor Charles H. Porter led a group that attempted to secure a Boston franchise in the new American League . Porter negotiated for the club to play in Charles River Park and had selected a person to run the franchise, but the Cambridge group backed out after American League supporters met with a rival group. Consequently, Boston joined the American League in 1901 and formed today's Boston Red Sox . The Orphans were followed in minor league play by
24-608: The New England League folded during the season after Cambridge had relocated prior to the league folding. On May 29, 1899, Cambridge had a 3–13 record when the franchise transferred to Lowell . The franchise quickly folded on June 1, 1899, after four games in Lowell. The Cambridge/Lowell Orphans of the New England League ended their 1899 season with an overall record of 4–16, with G.H. Spalding serving as manager in both cities. The New England League did not return to play in
30-860: The two new members. The team use of the "Cantabs" moniker was noted to have derived from Cambridge, England being known as Cantabulum, in Roman times. On July 17, 1934, Cambridge began their schedule with a 1–12 record when the franchise moved to become the Wayland Birds . The Cambridge Cantabs/Wayland Birds of the Northeastern League ended the 1934 season with a record of 19–42, as Bill Morrell , Mack Hillis , Dick Phelan and Tom O'Brien served as managers. Wayland did not return to play in 1935. Cambridge, Massachusetts has not hosted another minor league team. The Cambridge Cantabs hosted 1934 minor league home games at Russell Field . Russell Field
36-512: Was later used in an unsuccessful attempt to secure a charter American League team in 1900, after the Orphans had folded. The 1899 Cambridge Orphans began minor league play when New England League expanded to eight teams, adding a franchise in Cambridge. The team joined the Brockton Shoemakers, Fitchburg, Manchester Manchesters , Newport Colts , Pawtucket Colts Portland Phenoms and Taunton Herrings in league play. However,
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