The Calgary Expos were a minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 team located in Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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 from 1977-84. The team was a member of the Rookie level Pioneer League. The team was known as the Calgary Cardinals in 1977-78 after their affiliation with the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

. Calgary picked up the Expos moniker in 1979 when they switched affiliations to the Montreal Expos

Montreal Expos

The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...

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Calgary was joined by the Medicine Hat A's as expansion teams in 1977. The Expos relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

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 to become the Salt Lake City Trappers

Salt Lake City Trappers

The Salt Lake City Trappers were an independent Pioneer League minor league baseball team, based in Salt Lake City from 1985 to 1992. The Trappers played their home games at Derks Field, located at the present-day site of Spring Mobile Ballpark. The team is best known for winning 29 consecutive...

 in 1985 to make room for the Calgary Cannons

Calgary Cannons

The Calgary Cannons were a minor league baseball team located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for 18 seasons, from 1985 until 2002. They were a member of the AAA Pacific Coast League and played at Foothills Stadium. The Cannons replaced the Calgary Expos who played in the rookie level Pioneer League...

 of the Pacific Coast League

Pacific Coast League

The Pacific Coast League is a minor-league baseball league operating in the Western, Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Along with the International League and the Mexican League, it is one of three leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball.The...

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Season by season results

Season			W-L	Finish	Win%
1977			34-36	4th	.486
1978			37-32	3rd	.536
1979			34-36	2nd	.486
1980			23-46	3rd	.333
1981			46-24	1st	.657
1982			25-45	3rd	.357
1983			48-28	1st	.600
1984			28-42	4th	.400
Total			255-243	---	.512

Playoffs

The Expos qualified for the playoffs twice in their seven year run, losing to the Butte Copper Kings 3-2 in the 1981 league championship series, and to the Billings Mustangs

Billings Mustangs

The Billings Mustangs are a minor league baseball team based in Billings, Montana. The Mustangs are the Pioneer League Rookie affiliate of the Major League Cincinnati Reds. The team has been a part of the Pioneer League since 1948 with a five-year gap between 1964 and 1968, and has been affiliated...

3-1 in the 1983 series.