Image Not Available
for Elmira Pioneers (Baseball team)
BiographyThe Elmira Pioneers were long time members of the Eastern League and New York-Penn Leagues and played in these in 1895, 1900, 1935–1936, 1938–1955, 1957–1970. "The 1973 team was known as the Pioneers, but the team was called the Elmira Red Sox from 1974 to 1976 and the Elmira Pioneer-Red Sox in 1977 and '78. The Pioneers name returned for the 1979 season, though the team actually wore "Red Sox" uniforms. In 1982, Lou Eliopulos bought the team and changed its name to the Elmira Suns to match other teams he owned. The name proved unpopular in Elmira and the Pioneers name returned in 1984. The Pioneers were affiliated with the Florida Marlins from 1993 to 1995, after which Smoll moved the team to Lowell, Massachusetts and affiliated with the Red Sox as the Lowell Spinners."-- Wikipedia
