York White Roses

From BR Bullpen

• Location: York, PA

• League: Keystone Association 1884; Eastern League 1884; Pennsylvania State League 1893; Tri-State League 1909-1914; New York-Pennsylvania League 1923-1933, 1936; Interstate League 1943-1952; Piedmont League 1953-1955; Eastern League 1958-1959, 1963-1967

• Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers 1933; Pittsburgh Pirates 1943-1950; St. Louis Browns 1952-1953; Baltimore Orioles 1954-1955; St. Louis Cardinals 1958-1959; Washington Senators 1963-1967

• Ballpark:

Seemed to end up in the same league as the Lancaster Red Roses often. Minor league baseball returned to York in 2007 when the York Revolution began play in the independent Atlantic League, competing against the Lancaster Barnstormers.

[edit] Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1884	10-10	2nd	Frank Burnham	Keystone Association disbanded June 7
	10-21	5th	John Murphy		York replaced the disbanded Harrisburg team July 18
1893	51-55	6th	William Stevens / Bill Sharsig
1909	41-73	8th	Frank Reisling / William Poole	none
1910	37-74	8th	Louis Simmel / Jacob Weitzel / Curt Weigand	none
1911	50-58	6th	Curt Weigand	none
1912	45-65	7th	John Manning	none
1913	59-52	4th	George Heckert	none
1914	16-37	--	George Heckert / Eddie Hooper		York moved to Lancaster (10-46) July 8
1923	73-51	2nd	Rube Dessau	none
1924	80-48	2nd	Rube Dessau	none
1925	77-55	1st (t)	Rube Dessau	League Champs
1926	79-57	2nd	Rube Dessau	none
1927	79-58	3rd	Rube Dessau / Johnny Tillman	none
1928	65-72	5th	Win Clark	none
1929	71-66	4th	Jack Bentley	none
1930	66-73	6th	Jack Bentley	none
1931	73-67	5th	Jack Bentley / Frank Uzmann	none
1932	72-66	3rd	Russ Wrightstone / Rube Dessau	none
1933	59-78	8th	Rube Dessau	none
1936	24-45	--	Dutch Dorman / Walter Smallwood		York moved to Trenton (16-54) July 2
1943	73-66	4th	John "Bunny" Griffiths	Lost League Finals
1944	69-68	3rd	John "Bunny" Griffiths	Lost in 1st round
1945	49-90	6th	John "Bunny" Griffiths
1946	68-70	5th	Boom-Boom Beck
1947	67-70	5th	Edward Turchin
1948	77-62	3rd	Frank Oceak	Lost League Finals
1949	66-72	6th	Frank Oceak
1950	65-73	6th	Frank Oceak
1951	51-88	7th	Joe Bowman / Edward Waleski / Eugene Crumling
1952	74-62	3rd	Jimmie Crandall	Lost in 1st round
1953	59-70	5th	Mark Christman / Bill Enos / George Hausmann
1954	72-67	3rd	George Staller	Lost in 1st round
1955	64-65	3rd	George Staller	Lost in 1st round
1958	68-61	3rd	Joe Schultz	Lost in 1st round
1959	59-81	6th	Mike Ryba / Ed Lyons
1963	63-77	5th	Danny O'Connell / Johnny Schaive	none
1964	55-85	6th	Jim Lemon	none
1965	67-72	3rd	Billy Klaus	none
1966	62-77	6th	Billy Klaus	none
1967	43-95	8th	Billy Klaus / George Case