The Eastern League is a minor league baseball league which operates primarily in the northeastern United States, although it has had a team in Ohio since 1989. The Eastern League has played at the AA (Double-A) level since 1963. The league was founded in 1923 as the New York-Pennsylvania League. In 1936 the first team outside of the two original states was created, when the York White Roses of York, Pennsylvania moved to Trenton, New Jersey and renamed the Trenton Senators. When, in 1938, the Scranton Miners of Scranton, Pennsylvania team moved to Hartford, Connecticut and renamed the Hartford Bees, the league was renamed as the Eastern League.

Since 1923, there have been Eastern League teams in 51 different cities located in 12 different states and two Canadian provinces. The league consisted of six to eight teams from 1923 until 1993. In 1994, the league expanded to ten teams with the addition of the Portland Sea Dogs and the New Haven Ravens, and split into two divisions, the Northern Division and the Southern Division. In 1999, the league expanded again with the addition of the Altoona Curve and the Erie SeaWolves.

Teams presently in the Eastern League include the Akron Aeros, Altoona Curve, Binghamton Mets, Bowie Baysox, Connecticut Defenders, Erie SeaWolves, Harrisburg Senators, New Britain Rock Cats, New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Portland Sea Dogs, Reading Phillies, and the Trenton Thunder.

The Crowley Collection has images of the following teams:

Eastern League (AA)

 

Akron Aeros (Cleveland Indians)

Binghamton Mets (New York Mets)

Bowie Baysox (Baltimore Orioles)

Connecticut Defenders (San Francisco Giants)

Erie SeaWolves (Detroit Tigers)

Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals)

New Britain Rock Cats (Minnesota Twins)

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays)

Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox)

Trenton Thunder (New York Yankees)

The Crowley Collection also offers images of professional baseball teams in the American League (MLB), the National League (MLB), and the International League (AAA).

Permission to use our copyrighted images of teams in the Eastern League, and all other professional baseball leagues, can be obtained from The Crowley Collection, which has extensive photographic libraries of general stock photography and golf images. Additional information can be obtained, and orders placed, by using the contact link at the bottom of this page to reach our principal, Ron Crowley.