Beaver Falls Bees

Beaver Falls Bees 1907–1941 (1907, 1931, 1937–1941) Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Class-level
Previous	Class D (1937–1941) Class C (1931) Class C (1907)
Minor league affiliations
League	Pennsylvania State Association (1937–1941)
Previous leagues	Middle Atlantic League (1931) Western Pennsylvania League (1907)
Major league affiliations
Previous	St. Louis Browns (1939) Boston Bees (1937)
Team data
Previous names	Beaver Falls Bees (1937, 1939, 1941) Beaver Falls Browns (1938, 1940) Beaver Falls Beavers (1907, 1931)

The Beaver Falls Bees was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania between 1937 and 1941. The team can be traced back to 1931 as the Beaver Falls Beavers who first played in the Middle Atlantic League. An earlier traceable Beavers team played in the Western Pennsylvania League in 1907. In 1937, Bees were an affiliate of the Boston Bees in the Pennsylvania State Association. The team then changed its name each year between the Bees and the Beaver Falls Browns.^[1]

Notable alumni

• George Barnicle
• Bob Barr
• Bill Burgo
• Rags Faircloth
• Nick Goulish
• Earl Jones
• Lou Lucier
• Red Nonnenkamp
• Saul Rogovin
• Chet Ross
• Jim Russell
• Bill Strickland
• Whitey Wietelmann

References

1. Falls&state=PA&country=US "Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Minor League history". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 28, 2014.