New England League (1896–1899) Atlantic Association (1908)
Major league affiliations
Team
None
Minor league titles
League titles (1)
1897
Conference titles (1)
1899
Team data
Name
Newport Colts (1896–1899) Newport Ponies (1908)
Ballpark
Basin Field (Cardines Field) (1897–1899, 1908)
The Newport Colts were a minor league baseball team based in Newport, Rhode Island from 1897 and to 1899. The Newport Colts teams played as members of the New England League, winning the league championship in 1897 and a spilt–season pennant in 1899. The Newport Ponies succeeded the Colts in minor league play, becoming members of the short–lived 1908 Atlantic Association.
Newport teams played home minor league games at Cardines Field, then called Basin Field, built in 1893 and still in use today.
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