Ottawa Giants
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Ottawa Giants Founded in 1951 Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Class-level | |
|---|---|
| Current | AAA (1951) |
| Minor league affiliations | |
| League | International League |
| Major league affiliations | |
| Current | New York Giants (1951) |
| Team data | |
| Ballpark | Frank Clair Stadium (1951) |
Owner(s)/ Operator(s) | New York Giants |
| Manager | Hugh Poland |
| General manager | Tommy Gorman |
The Ottawa Giants were a professional minor-league baseball team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that operated in 1951. The team was a relocation of an existing franchise, the Jersey City Giants. The team played at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa and finished with a 62-88 record.
Lansdowne Park, 1950s
History
As radio and television broadcasts of New York City area baseball teams increased, Jersey City's attendance plunged from 337,000 in 1947 to 63,000 in 1950. The franchise was purchased by Tommy Gorman and moved to Ottawa in 1951 becoming the Ottawa Giants, a farm team of the New York Giants. After one season, and disappointing attendance, the Giants folded. However, the Philadelphia Athletics were interested and in 1952, the Ottawa Athletics were formed.
Roster[1]
- P George Bamberger
- OF Johnny Barrett
- Charlie Bishop
- 1B Marv Blaylock
- P Roger Bowman
- P Pete Burnside
- 1B Lorenzo Cabrera
- P Al Corwin
- P Walter Cox
- 1B/2B/OF Lorenzo Davis
- P Chuck Eisenmann
- P Jerry Fahr
- P Frank Fanovich
- 3B Billy Gardner
- OF Harvey Gentry
- 1B/OF Fred Gerken
- P Red Hardy
- P George Heller
- 2B Bobby Hofman
- SS Ziggy Jasinski
- OF Milt Joffe
- OF Stan Jok
- OF Peter Karpuk
- P Alex Konikowski
- P Dick Libby
- P Raul Lopez (Cuban)
- OF Paul Mauldin
- OF Dutch Mele
- OF John Metkovich
- P William Metzig
- P Harry Nicholas
- P Edward Sokol
- P Andy Tomasic
- C Pat Tomkinson
- 2B/SS Mylon Vukemire
- C Neal Watlington
- P Artie Wilson
- P Ed Wright
See also
References
Notes
Sources
- Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 1997 edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America.