Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | 2003 |
Founder | Tony Riviera |
First season | 2003 |
Ceased | 2003 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | Canada |
Last champion(s) | Calgary Outlaws (declared winner) |
Most titles | Calgary (1) |
TV partner(s) | The Score (18 regular season games, CBL All-Star Game and Jenkins Cup Championship) |
The Canadian Baseball League was an independent minor league that operated in 2003. The league's only Commissioner was Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame member Ferguson Jenkins. The league featured former major league players such as Francisco Cabrera, Floyd Youmans, Rich Butler, Steve Sinclair.
The CBL was based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The championship trophy was the Jenkins Cup, named after the commissioner of the league, Ferguson Jenkins.