The Berkshire Black Bears were a minor league baseball team in the independent Northeast League. Originally known as the Pittsfield Electrics (1913–14) and later, the Pittsfield Hillies (1919–30), they would move to the Canadian American League, becoming the Pittsfield Electrics (1941–48), Pittsfield Indians (1949–50), and Pittsfield Phillies (1951). Later they became Eastern league and turned into the Pittsfield Red Sox (1965–69), Pittsfield Senators (1970–71), Pittsfield Rangers (1972–75), Berkshire Brewers (1976), Pittsfield Cubs (1985–88), Pittsfield Mets (1989–2000) and Pittsfield Astros (2001). Soon after, they became the Berkshire Black Bears in 2002.