Canadian League (Class D)

The Canadian League was a minor league baseball league that operated in Canada in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The first version of the league operated in 1885, then from 1896–1899, becoming a Class-D league in 1899 and merging into the International League 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 managed the Ottawa team from 1913 to 1915.

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

Team statistics

1885

• Guelph, ON: Guelph Maple Leafs
• Hamilton, ON: Hamilton Clippers
• Hamilton, ON: Hamilton Primroses
• London, ON: London Cockneys
• Toronto, ON: Toronto Torontos

1899

• Chatham, Ontario (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<br /> Secretary: Cal Davis

1. Stratford (5–20) moved to Woodstock June 8.<br />##Chatham and St. Thomas disbanded July 4.

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<br /> President: NA

1. Simcoe disbanded around July 15.<br />No Individual Statistics Available.

1911–1915

• Berlin, ON: Berlin Green Sox 1911; Berlin Busy Bees 1912–1913
• Brantford, ON: Brantford Red Sox 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 1912–1915
• Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators 1912–1915
• Peterborough, ON: Peterborough White Caps 1912; Peterborough Petes 1913–1914
• St. Thomas, ON: St. Thomas Saints 1911–1915
• Toronto, ON: Toronto Beavers 1914

1911 D Canadian League<br /> President: Donald Ferguson No Playoffs Scheduled.

1912 C Canadian League<br /> President: J. P. Fitzgerald No Playoffs Scheduled.

1913 C Canadian League<br /> President: J. P. Fitzgerald No Playoffs Scheduled.

1914 B Canadian League<br /> President: J. P. Fitzgerald No Playoffs Scheduled.

1915 B Canadian League<br /> President: J. P. Fitzgerald No Playoffs Scheduled.

League records, 1911–1915

External links

• Baseball Reference