The Lakewood BlueClaws became the ‘Low-A’ minor league affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies beginning with their relocation to that New Jersey community for the 2000 season.
The BlueClaws play their home games at FirstEnergy Park. Built in 2001, the ballpark seats nearly 6,600 fans and has hosted outdoor concerts by big names, including the legendary Bob Dylan.
Lakewood, New Jersey is approximately 69 miles northeast of Philadelphia. It is about an hour-and-twenty-minute drive starting out either on I-95 or the New Jersey Turnpike, and finishing up along I-195.
In the 2018 season the BlueClaws finished in first place in the North Division of the South Atlantic League.