Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are a Minor League Baseball team from Moosic, Pennsylvania, in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. They play baseball at the Triple-A (AAA) level, the most difficult level before Major League Baseball, against other baseball teams in the International League (a group of 20 baseball teams at the same level). The Bats are partnered with the New York Yankees, a Major League Baseball team. When a player shows that he plays well at this level, he may be moved up to play for the Yankees.

The team started playing baseball in 1989 as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons. The team changed their name to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in 2007 and the RailRiders in 2013 because Northeastern Pennsylvania is home to the first trolley system in the United States.

The RailRiders have played at a stadium called PNC Field since 1989. They played at a few different stadiums in 2012 while their home stadium was being rennovated.

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Other websites

The team's website
The team's statistics from Baseball-Reference

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