The baseball team in Trois-Rivières , Quebec has gone through many incarnations.
8-766: 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 Royals , an affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers through 1950. In 1951, the team moved to the Provincial League as an independent team before becoming an affiliate of
16-471: A successful independent league at a time when few existed, and was a haven for black and indigenous players excluded from organized baseball. The Provincial League was part of a long history of Quebec-based minor leagues. The first iterations played in 1894 and 1900. Later, the Ontario–Quebec–Vermont League played from 1922 to 1924, spending two years as an independent league before joining
24-524: A time when very few such leagues existed. Especially in the late 1930s, it was known as safe haven for black and indigenous players who were excluded from the organized leagues. During this time, the opportunities it offered drew black players from across North America, and it even once included a team representing the Caughnawaga Mohawk reservation. Other notable players included Maurice Richard , Pete Gray , Adrián Zabala , Roland Gladu , and
32-482: The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues , the governing body of minor league baseball, in its last season. Like later incarnations of the league, it was the product of Canadian Pacific Railway sports promoter Joseph Page and retired Major League Baseball pitcher Jean Dubuc , who laboured extensively to set up teams in towns with Canadian Pacific stops. The Provincial League concept
40-692: The New York Yankees in 1952 and changing its name to the Trois-Rivières Yankees . From 1954–1955 they were a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate known as the Trois-Rivières Phillies . When the league folded in 1955, so did the team. This article about a baseball team in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Quebec Provincial League The Provincial League , sometimes known as
48-459: The Quebec Provincial League , was a minor league baseball league based in the Canadian province of Quebec . It went through a number of incarnations during the 20th century, spending time as both an independent baseball league (1922–23, 1935–1939, 1948–49, and 1958–1971) and as a member of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (1924, 1940, and 1950–1955). It is notable as
56-535: The purview of the NAPBL. In 1950 it rejoined the NAPBL as a Class C circuit, following a similar pattern to earlier successful independent organizations. It lasted until 1955 before folding. In 1958 the final iteration of the Provincial League launched; it lasted until 1971 as an independent organization. The Provincial League has drawn some scholarly attention as a professional independent circuit during
64-443: Was relaunched in 1935. The league spent five seasons as an independent circuit before joining the NAPBL as a Class B league in 1940. Throughout this time, the most successful clubs were Quebec City and Trois-Rivières . The Provincial League took a hiatus during World War II , and returned afterward as an independent league with inconsistent levels of success. By 1948 it was again a fully professional six-team league, though outside
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