Provincial League (baseball minor league)
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The Provincial League was a lower- to mid-level circuit in North American minor league baseball
. It spent seven seasons in "organized baseball" as a member of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues in 1940 and from 1950-55, the first year as a mid-level Class B league, and the last six seasons as a Class C loop with many of its clubs affiliated with Major League Baseball
farm systems.
The league was almost exclusively quartered in Québec
, with only the 1955 Burlington A's dwelling outside the Canadian
province. The Quebec Braves, minor league affiliate of the Boston/Milwaukee Braves
, won the PL's last four playoff championships.
The Provincial League also was the name of associations of semi-professional and independent professional clubs that played in various Québec cities between 1922 and 1970.
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. It spent seven seasons in "organized baseball" as a member of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues in 1940 and from 1950-55, the first year as a mid-level Class B league, and the last six seasons as a Class C loop with many of its clubs affiliated with Major League Baseball
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farm systems.
The league was almost exclusively quartered in Québec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, with only the 1955 Burlington A's dwelling outside the 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...
province. The Quebec Braves, minor league affiliate of the Boston/Milwaukee Braves
Atlanta Braves
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, won the PL's last four playoff championships.
The Provincial League also was the name of associations of semi-professional and independent professional clubs that played in various Québec cities between 1922 and 1970.
Member clubs (1940; 1950-55)
- Burlington A's
- Drummondville A's
- Drummondville Cubs
- Drummondville Royals
- Drummondville Tigers
- Farnham Pirates
- Granby Phillies
- Granby Red Socks/Red Sox
- Quebec Athletics
- Quebec Braves (Champions, 1952-53-54-55)
- St. Hyacinthe A's
- St. Hyacinthe Saints
- St. Jean Braves (Champions, 1950)
- St. Jean Canadiens
- Sherbrooke Athletics (Champions, 1951)
- Sherbrooke Braves
- Sherbrooke Indians
- Thetford Mines Mineurs
- Trois-Rivières Foxes (Champions, 1940)
- Trois-Rivières RoyalsTrois-Rivières RoyalsThe baseball team in Trois-Rivières, Canada has gone through many incarnations.They began as the Trois-Rivières Renards and played in the Quebec Provincial League and the original Canadian-American League from 1940-1942 when they were shut down due to World War II.The team returned in 1946 as the...
- Trois-Rivières Phillies
- Trois-Rivières Yankees