Toronto Maple Leafs (International League)

Toronto Maple Leafs
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
  • Triple-A (1946–1967)
  • Double-A (1912–1945)
  • A (1902–1911)
  • not classified (1896–1901)
LeagueInternational League (1896–1967)
Major league affiliations
Previous teams
Minor league titles
League titles 1897, 1902, 1912, 1917, 1918, 1926, 1934, 1960, 1965, 1966
Team data
Previous names
  • Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Toronto Baseball Club 1885–1890
Previous parks

The Toronto Maple Leafs were a high-level minor league baseball club located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which played from 1896 to 1967.

While the Maple Leafs had working agreements with numerous Major League Baseball clubs after the introduction of farm systems in the 1930s, they achieved great success as an unaffiliated club during the 1950s, when they were the strongest team on the field and in attendance in the Triple-A International League. The 1902, 1918, 1920, 1926, and 1960 teams were recognized as being among the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.[1]

Toronto was without professional baseball from 1968 to 1976, when the American League added the Toronto Blue Jays via the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion.

  1. ^ "Top 100 Teams". MiLB.com. 2001. Retrieved May 9, 2017.