Ottawa Giants

Ottawa Giants
Minor league affiliations
ClassAAA (1951)
LeagueInternational League
Major league affiliations
TeamNew York Giants (1951)
Team data
BallparkLansdowne Park (1951)
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
New York Giants
General managerCharlie Stoneham (cousin of Horace Stoneham)
ManagerHugh Poland

The Ottawa Giants were a professional minor-league baseball team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that operated in 1951 after the relocation of an existing Triple-A team, the Jersey City Giants. It played at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa and finished with a 62–88 record, in seventh place in the eight-team International League and 31 games in arrears of the regular season and playoff champion Montreal Royals. The Ottawa Giants drew 117,411 fans[1] through the Lansdowne Park turnstiles, also seventh in the league.

Lansdowne Park, 1950s
  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.