London Werewolves
Encyclopedia
The London Werewolves were an independent Frontier League
baseball
team based in London
, Ontario
, Canada
. The team had previously been known as the Kalamazoo Kodiaks, from Kalamazoo
, Michigan
. The team arrived in London for the 1999 season and left after the 2001 season to Canton, Ohio
. The Werewolves won the Frontier League championship in 1999. They played their home games at Labatt Memorial Park, believed to be the oldest operating baseball grounds in the world.
The team was operated by part-owner and general manager, John Kuhn, who now is the vice-president of the Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Canaries Baseball Club.
The team was named after the Warren Zevon
song Werewolves of London
. The team's mascot was a werewolf named "Warren Z. Vaughn".
A softball team in the United Kingdom bears the same London Werewolves name. Created in 2010, they play in the Greater London Softball Mixed League.
Won 1st Round Playoff 2-0 over Johnstown
Won Frontier League Championship 2-0 over Chillicothe
2000: 46-37 2nd Place Eastern Division:
Lost Eastern Division Playoff 2-0 to Johnstown
2001: 37-47 5th Place Eastern Division
Frontier League
The Frontier League, based in Sauget, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States, Western Pennsylvania, and Southern Ontario. It operates mostly in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either...
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...
team based in London
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
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...
. The team had previously been known as the Kalamazoo Kodiaks, from Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. The team arrived in London for the 1999 season and left after the 2001 season to Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. The Werewolves won the Frontier League championship in 1999. They played their home games at Labatt Memorial Park, believed to be the oldest operating baseball grounds in the world.
The team was operated by part-owner and general manager, John Kuhn, who now is the vice-president of the Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...
Canaries Baseball Club.
The team was named after the Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.Zevon's work has often been praised by well-known...
song Werewolves of London
Werewolves of London
"Werewolves of London" is a rock song composed by LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, and Warren Zevon and performed by Zevon. Included on Zevon's 1978 album Excitable Boy, it featured accompaniment by bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac.The single was released by Asylum as...
. The team's mascot was a werewolf named "Warren Z. Vaughn".
A softball team in the United Kingdom bears the same London Werewolves name. Created in 2010, they play in the Greater London Softball Mixed League.
Seasons
1999: 54-30 1st Place Eastern Division:Won 1st Round Playoff 2-0 over Johnstown
Won Frontier League Championship 2-0 over Chillicothe
2000: 46-37 2nd Place Eastern Division:
Lost Eastern Division Playoff 2-0 to Johnstown
2001: 37-47 5th Place Eastern Division