South Starrucca Ainspans

1902-1974

Marty Fiehl, GM

Franchise #8

History Brief

After seventy-seven amazing seasons in South Starrucca, Franchise #8 was sold to a California investment group in Santa Cruz in 1976. Using the proceeds from that sale, a new Franchise #11 was established by South Starrucca's former owners. The new Ainspan team won a division crown in 1977, but then suddenly closed the gates, selling what remained of a legendary franchise to Irish investor Paul McGowan. The upstart Franchise #11 has changed hands eleven times since then and is currently represented by the Rochester Cheetahs. After being sold at the end of the 1977 season, the original South Starrucca Franchise #8 changed hands five more times before being rescued by Stick Fiehl's boyhood friend, Frank Tedeschi, who moved the team to Bethesda in 1989. Stick Fiehl returned to the league in 1981, ironically rescuing Franchise #18, which had been abandoned by Tedeschi in late 1978. Fiehl moved the team from Boston in 1982, establishing what would become one of the league's most powerful and successful organizations in Scranton.

All-Time Statistics

Season Records

YearWonLostPlaceDivisionDCLC
1977 99 55 1 Eastern DC
1976 85 69 3 Eastern
1975 71 55 2 Eastern
1974 72 90 3 Hackbart
1973 92 70 3 Hackbart
1972 88 74 2 Hackbart
1971 74 88 4 Hackbart
1970 110 51 1 Hackbart DC
1969 113 49 1 Hackbart DC
1968 74 88 4 Hackbart
1967 105 57 1 Hackbart DC LC
1966 108 53 1 Hackbart DC LC
1965 112 51 2 Hackbart
1964 101 61 2 Hackbart
1963 117 45 1 Hackbart DC LC
1962 113 49 1 Hackbart DC LC
1961 98 56 1 Hackbart DC
1960 86 68 3 Hackbart
1959 99 54 2 Hackbart
1958 110 45 2 Hackbart
1957 62 92 4 Hackbart
1956 72 81 4 Hackbart
1955 105 49 1 Hackbart DC
1954 106 48 1 Hackbart DC LC
1953 72 82 3 Hackbart
1952 92 62 1 Hackbart DC
1951 94 60 2 Hackbart
1950 104 50 1 Hackbart DC LC
1949 99 55 2 Hackbart
1948 109 45 1 Hackbart DC
1947 105 50 2 Hackbart
1946 95 59 1 Hackbart DC
1945 66 88 3 Hackbart
1944 103 51 2 Hackbart
1943 121 32 1 Hackbart DC LC
1942 102 52 1 Hackbart DC
1941 105 48 1 Hackbart DC
1940 96 58 1 Hackbart DC
1939 97 57 1 Hackbart DC LC
1938 99 55 2 Hackbart
1937 102 52 1 Hackbart DC
1936 103 50 1 Hackbart DC
1935 81 69 3 Hackbart
1934 79 75 3 Hackbart
1933 93 61 2 Hackbart
1932 104 49 1 Hackbart DC LC
1931 108 46 2 Hackbart
1930 108 46 1 Hackbart DC
1929 83 69 2 Hackbart
1928 68 86 3 Hackbart
1927 102 52 3 Hackbart
1926 111 43 1 Hackbart DC
1925 111 44 2 Hackbart
1924 88 66 2 Hackbart
1923 65 89 3 Hackbart
1922 56 97 3 Hackbart
1921 56 98 3 Hackbart
1916 102 52 1 Mahley LC
1915 103 51 1 Mahley DC LC
1914 101 53 1 Mahley DC
1913 115 39 1 Mahley DC
1912 107 47 1 Mahley DC
1911 91 64 1 Mahley DC LC
1910 92 61 1 Mahley
1909 98 56 1 Mahley DC
1908 58 96 4 Mahley
1907 51 103 4 Mahley
1906 79 75 2 Mahley
1905 91 63 2 Mahley
1904 94 59 2 Mahley
1903 74 80 3 Mahley
1902 35 119 4 Mahley