The name Elmwood Giants is used today and was used in the past by various baseball teams since 1905. The current Elmwood Giants Baseball Club, Inc. operates four teams: The Elmwood Giants Juniors (AAA) (members of the Manitoba Junior Baseball League), The Elmwood Giants Juniors (AA) (members of the Winnipeg Junior Baseball League), the Elmwood Giants Seniors (members of the Winnipeg Senior Baseball League) and the Kildonan Mudcats (also members of the Winnipeg Senior Baseball League). In past decades, earlier versions of the club have operated teams at different age levels and in various leagues, including the Mandak League

Mandak League

The Manitoba-Dakota League was an independent league in North Dakota and Manitoba that was founded in 1950. It became the home for many African-American and Latino players. The league lasted through the 1957 season...

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The Elmwood Giants have always been and are a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 minor league baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 organization, based in the Elmwood community of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

. Teams operated by the organization at various levels have known considerable success.

Last year's (2010) edition of the Junior team won the MJBL pennant and the Western Canada Baseball Association Junior AAA championship.

Last year's (2010 edition of the Senior team won the WSBL pennant and the Baseball Manitoba Senior AA All-Stars tournament. They were also finalists (Silver medailsts) in the Western Canaada Baseball Associaation Senior AA Championship. They will compete again this year in that same championship.

Notable players

• Bob Harvey
• Tom Parker
• Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe
  Ted Radcliffe
  Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe was at his death thought to be the oldest living professional baseball player , one of only a handful of major league players who lived past their 100th birthdays, and a former star in the...
  
  
• Terry Sawchuk
  Terry Sawchuk
  Terrance Gordon Sawchuk was a Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers.-Early life and playing career:Sawchuk was born and raised...
  
  
• John Washington
  John Washington
  John Washington was an English Virginia planter and politician. He was the immigrant ancestor and great-grandfather of George Washington, first president of the United States of America.-Early life and family:...
  
  
• Solly Drake
  Solly Drake
  Solomon Louis Drake was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played in 141 games for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies during the 1956 & 1959 baseball seasons...
  
  
• Corey Koskie
  Corey Koskie
  Cordel Leonard "Corey" Koskie is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• Trevor Kidd
  Trevor Kidd
  Trevor Kidd is a former NHL goaltender who last played for the Hannover Scorpions in Germany. Throughout his 12-year National Hockey League career, Kidd played for the Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs...
  
  
• Carey Candy
• Bill Kinley
• Mike Foster
• Bob Kinley
• Terry Kirlin