1898 - Allentown Peanuts Baseball - Allentown PA

Allentown Peanuts refers to two

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teams: one that played in the

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in 1888, and another that played in the

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from 1898 to 1900. They were based in

Allentown, Pennsylvania Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in eastern Pennsylvania, United States. The county seat of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, it is the List o ...

and had no big league affiliations.Baseball Reference
/ref> In 1898, they went 55-67 under managers James McGeehan and Billy Sharsig, and in 1899 they went 37-47 under manager Sharsig.

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