in their one season of existence in 1947, the raiders finished the regular season in fourth place with a 50-67 record and 31 games behind regular season champion waterbury timers. that was enough to make the playoffs. they then beat #2 seed poughkeepsie giants 4 games to 3 in the first round of the playoffs but lost the championship series to #3 seed stamford bombers 4 games to 1.