Nashua Pirates

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{{Infobox Minor League Baseball

| name = Nashua Pirates

| firstseason = 1983

| lastseason = 1986

| city = Nashua, New Hampshire

| misc =

| past class level = Double-A

| conference =

| division =

| past league = Eastern League

| pastmajorleague = {{plainlist|

• Pittsburgh Pirates (1984-1986)
• California Angels (1983)

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| pastnames = {{plainlist|

• Harrisburg Senators (1987-present)
• Nashua Pirates (1984-1986)
• Nashua Angels (1983)

}}

| nickname =

| pastparks = Holman Stadium

| mascot = The Nashua Chicken (1983-1986)

| owner = Jerome Mileur, Ben Surner & George Como

| manager =

| gm =

}}

The Nashua Pirates were a minor league baseball team, based in Nashua, New Hampshire. The team started in 1983 as the Nashua Angels, an affiliate with the California Angels in the Eastern League. The club changed affiliations in 1984 to the Pittsburgh Pirates and were then renamed the Nashua Pirates. The team's home ballpark was Holman Stadium.{{cite news|title=5th Minor League Team at the Plate. Competing Atlantic League Teams. Upstart Atlantic League Teams Looking for Fan Base, Home Ballparks.|date=1998-05-16|publisher=New Hampshire Union Leader|pages=a9}}{{cite news|title=Nashua Targeted By Class A League|date=1995-02-01|publisher=New Hampshire Union Leader|pages=Sports}}

During the mid-1980s, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania initiated a plan to construct a ballpark for a new Minor League Baseball team in the city. This ballpark, named Riverside Stadium, attracted the Pirates, which moved the Nashua affiliate to Harrisburg. The team was renamed the Harrisburg Senators, a nod to the previous Senators franchise.{{cite news|title=A History of the Harrisburg Senators|publisher=MiLB|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-486270|first1=Bill|last1=Weiss|first2=Marshall|last2=Wright|access-date=March 24, 2016}}