Clinton, Newark

[Tailwind Tommy]

Does anyone have information (pics, history, etc.) on the 1969 - 1973 Clinton Pilots and Newark Co-Pilots?
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[Brian McKenna]

1969 clinton pilots
class-a midwest lg
72-51 - second place 11 gb
59,430 attendance
mgrs - sibby sisti, karl kuehl, tom giordiano
all-star team - gary holland 3b, francis kimball c.

1969 newark co-pilots
class-a new york-penn lg
43-34 - third place 8.5 gb
20,499 attendance
mgr - earl torgeson

[kid 123]

baseball with team signatures

I am not a huge baseball fan. But as a kid my Dad got me a baseball signed by the team of the 1969 Newark Co-Piots. I did a google search and found your post. Do you know any team members? Are any famous? I did a search and found Earl Torgenson's name and some info on him. But was wondering about it when i uncovered the ball in a box in my storage.
Any help would be cool.
I am also going to post on this forum too and ask.
Thanks.

[Baseball fan in Milwaukee]

Chiming in very late here, so I don't know if anyone will check back, but, here goes. I have a little information on the two teams during that era. I attended a Clinton Pilots game in August of 1973, a 5 - 0 victory over the Quincy Cubs. Jim Leyland was the manager. Future Detroit Tiger shortstop, Mark Wagner was also on that team. The 1973 Newark Co-Pilots had Robin Yount in his only minor league season. I'll check back to see if I can provide more later as well.