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The Canadian League was a minor league

Minor league

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baseball

Baseball

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league that operated in Canada in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The first version of the league operated from 1885-1899, becoming a Class-D league in 1899 and merging into the International League

International League

The International League is a minor league baseball league that operates in the eastern United States. Like the Pacific Coast League and the Mexican League, it plays at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It was so named because it had teams in both the United States...

in 1900.

In 1905 there was a four-team class D loop known as the Canadian League. Another league using that title ran from 1911 through 1915 - it was originally ranked a D league as well, moved to a C rating a year later and in 1914 got a B classification. Frank Shaughnessy

Frank Shaughnessy

Francis Joseph "Shag" Shaughnessy was an American athlete and sports executive. Shaughnessy played both baseball and football and was an executive in baseball, football and ice hockey. He was born in the United States and moved to Canada in the 1910s, where he was involved with football and ice...

managed the Ottawa team from 1913-1915

The league briefly returned in 1905 and then operated again from 1911-1915.

1899

Chatham, Ontario
Chatham, Ontario
Chatham is the largest community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Formerly serving as the seat of Kent County, the governments of the former city of Chatham, the county of Kent, and its townships were merged into one entity known as the Municipality of Chatham-Kent in 1998.Located on...

(ON): Chatham Reds
Guelph, ON: Guelph Maple Leafs
Hamilton, ON: Hamilton Blackbirds
London, ON: London Cockneys
St. Thomas, ON: St. Thomas Saints
Stratford, ON: Stratford
Woodstock, ON: Woodstock

1899 Canadian League

Secretary: Cal Davis

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
London Cockneys	64	28	.696	0	Pete Lohman Pete Lohman George F. "Pete" Lohman , was an American professional catcher in Major League Baseball for the 1891 Washington Statesmen. He played in the minor leagues through 1905 and also managed in the minor leagues in parts of 6 seasons.-External links:...
Hamilton Blackbirds	49	43	.533	15	Bill Collins
Guelph Maple Leafs	42	48	.467	21	Bob Black Bob Black Bob Black is an American anarchist. He is the author of The Abolition of Work and Other Essays, Beneath the Underground, Friendly Fire, Anarchy After Leftism, and numerous political essays.-Writing:Some of his work from the early 1980s includes...
Stratford Stratford, Ontario Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was... #Woodstock	34	53	.391	27.5	NA
Chatham Reds ##	19	23	.452	NA	Charles Snyder Charles Snyder Charles Snyder may refer to:Charles Snyder , American catcher and rightfielder in Major League BaseballCharles B. J. Snyder , architect*Charles P. Snyder , West Virginia lawyer, politician...
St. Thomas Saints ##	11	24	.314	NA	Joe Knight Joe Knight Jonah William "Quiet Joe" Knight was a professional baseball player. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Quakers and Cincinnati Reds , primarily as a left fielder....

#Stratford (5-20) moved to Woodstock June 8.
##Chatham and St. Thomas disbanded July 4. Player Statistics>

Player	Team	Stat	Tot	Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Bunk Congalton Bunk Congalton William Millar "Bunk" Congalton was a Major League Baseball right fielder. A native of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, he stood 5'11" and weighed 190 lbs....	Hamilton	BA	.391	Thomas Cooper	London	W	23
Kid Mohler Kid Mohler Ernest Follette "Kid" Mohler was a Major League Baseball player. He played in three games for the Washington Senators of the National League in 1894. His minor league career stretched from 1890 through 1900, mostly in the Western Association....	London	Runs	73	Thomas Cooper	London	SO	103
Billy Reed	London	Hits	99	Thomas Cooper	London	Pct	.885: 23-3

Home Runs, four players tied with 5.

1905

Brantford, ON: Brantford Indians
Ingersoll, ON: Ingersoll
St. Thomas, ON: St. Thomas Saints
Simcoe, ON: Simcoe
Woodstock, ON: Woodstock Maroons

1905 D Canadian League

President: NA

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Woodstock Maroons	48	32	.600	0	Will Roche
Ingersoll Ingersoll, Ontario Ingersoll is a town in Oxford County on the Thames River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The nearest cities are Woodstock to the east and London to the west....	45	38	.542	4.5	Weldon
St. Thomas Saints	39	39	.500	8	Ponsford
Brantford Indians	31	38	.449	11.5	Watty Lee Watty Lee Wyatt Arnold "Watty" Lee was a Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until , for the Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates....
Simcoe Simcoe, Ontario Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada located near Lake Erie. It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County.... #	10	27	.270	NA	Barwell Barwell Barwell is a civil parish and large village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 8,750 people. The name literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from a boar that used to drink from the well near a brook in Barwell. It was originally known as Borewell,...

#Simcoe disbanded around July 15.
No Individual Statistics Available.

1911-1915

Berlin, ON: Berlin Green Sox 1911; Berlin Busy Bees 1912-1913
Brantford, ON: Brantford Red Sox
Brantford Red Sox
The Brantford Red Sox are an independent, minor league baseball team of the, semi-pro, Intercounty Baseball League based in Brantford, Ontario. They play their home games at Arnold Anderson Stadium.-History:...

1911-1915
Erie, PA: Erie Yankees 1914
Guelph, ON: Guelph Maple Leafs 1911-1913; Guelph Maple Leafs 1915
Hamilton, ON: Hamilton Kolts 1911-1912; Hamilton Hams 1913-1915
London, ON: London Cockneys 1911; London Tecumsehs
London Tecumsehs
The historic London Tecumsehs were a professional men's baseball team in London, Ontario, Canada, that were first formed in 1868 — a merger of the Forest City Base Ball Club and the London Base Ball Club — which, according to George Railton's 1856 London directory, consisted of officers J.K. Brown,...

1912-1915
Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

1912-1915
Peterborough, ON: Peterborough White Caps 1912; Peterborough Petes
Peterborough Petes
The Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team has played in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league.-History:...

1913-1914
St. Thomas, ON: St. Thomas Saints 1911-1915
Toronto, ON: Toronto Beavers 1914

1911 D Canadian League

President: Donald Ferguson

Donald Ferguson

Donald Ferguson, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Marshfield, Prince Edward Island, originally a livestock farmer, Ferguson spent much of his life in public service; from 1872–1873 he served as a justice of the peace, resigning that position in prior to his first of unsuccessful bid for...

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Berlin Green Sox	70	40	.637	0	George Deneau
London Cockneys	59	51	.536	11	Lou Bierbauer Lou Bierbauer Louis W. Bierbauer was a German-American professional baseball player who was a second baseman in Major League Baseball during the late 1880s and 1890s... / Jim Keenan Jim Keenan James William Keenan was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of eleven seasons in the majors, between and . He played most of his major league career with the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association and later National League, after they became the Cincinnati...
Hamilton Kolts	58	52	.527	12	Watty Lee Watty Lee Wyatt Arnold "Watty" Lee was a Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until , for the Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates....
Bradford Red Sox	53	58	.477	17.5	Harry Kane Harry Kane Harry Kane - was a twentieth century illustrator and artist who was born Harry Kirchner and was of Russian/Jewish descent...
Guelph Maple Leafs	45	62	.421	23.5	Abbie Johnson Abbie Johnson Ebenezer Tremayne Johnson , was a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Louisville Colonels during the 1896 and 1897 seasons.- External links :... / William Lane William Lane William Lane was a journalist, advocate of Australian labour politics and a utopian.-Early life:Lane was born in Bristol, England, eldest son of James Lane,from Ireland a Protestant Master Gardener , and his English wife Caroline, née Hall... / Frank Shannon Frank Shannon Francis Connolly Shannon , better known as Frank Shannon, was an Irish-born actor and writer.A stage actor and silent film pioneer, Shannon made his screen debut in 1913's The Artist's Joke. He later appeared in dozens of films through the mid-1920s, including The Prisoner of Zenda and Monsieur...
St. Thomas Saints	43	65	.398	26	Chaucer Elliott Chaucer Elliott Edwin S. "Chaucer" Elliott was a Canadian sportsman and a Hall of Fame referee and linesman. He is the grandfather of Bob Elliott , one of Canada's most respected sports writers....