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Yearly Summaries
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1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 
1965 1966             1960s70s

Stats (All Leagues)
                                                                      1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949  
1950
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959  
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966

Rosters (All Leagues)
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1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949                                                     
1950
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1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966

Tournaments / Exhibitions (All Leagues)         
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1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949  
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959  
1960
1961 1962 1963 1964
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 Saskatchewan & Western Canada League Game Summaries
                                                                      1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 

1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949  
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959  
1960
1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966

Saskatchewan & Western Canada League Photo Galleries
                                                                      1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949  
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959  
1960
1961 1962 1963  1964
1965 1966

Saskatchewan & Western Canada League Snapshots
                                                                      1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 
1950
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959  
1960
1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966
  

 

Northern Saskatchewan Game Reports/Playoffs
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966

Northern Saskatchewan Photo Gallery
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966
                                                                                                                                             

 

Southern SK Game & Playoff Reports
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1950
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966
  

 

Southern SK Photo Gallery
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966

Southern SK Snapshots
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966
  

 

Northeastern Saskatchewan  Game Reports

  

 

Manitoba Senior & Manitoba-Saskatchewan Game Reports/Playoffs
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966

Manitoba Senior & Manitoba-Saskatchewan Photo Galleries
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958  1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966

Manitoba Senior & Manitoba-Saskatchewan Snapshots
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966
  

 

ManDak Game Reports
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957

ManDak Playoffs
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957

ManDak Photo Galleries
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957

ManDak Snapshots
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
  

 

Southern Alberta Game Reports/Tournaments/Playoffs
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Southern Alberta Photo Galleries
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Southern Alberta Snapshots
                                                            1946 1947 1948 1949 
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
  

   
 

Northern Alberta Game Reports/Tournaments/Playoffs
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Northern Alberta Photo Galleries
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Northern Alberta Snapshots
                                                            1946 1947 1948 1949 
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
  

 

East Kootenay Senior League Game Reports
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
 

 

Basin League Game Reports/Playoffs
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973

Basin League Photo Galleries
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973

Basin League Snapshots
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973

  

 

Ontario Intercounty League
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966

Ontario Intercounty Game Reports
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966

Ontario Intercounty Photo Galleries
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966

Ontario Intercounty Snapshots
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966
 

 

 

 

Team Photos

Swift Current  1909  
Medicine Hat Hatters  1909
Lethbridge Miners  1909
Regina Bone Pilers  1909
Calgary Bronchos  1910  
Edmonton Eskimos 
1910 
Brandon Angels 
1910
Swift Current 
1911  
Calgary Bronchos   1911
Edmonton Gray Birds  1913  
Edmonton Eskimos  1914
Swift Current  1919  
Saskatoon Quakers 
1919
Winnipeg Colored Giants 
1920  
Edmonton Eskimos 
1921
Calgary Black Sox 
1921  
Calgary Bronchos 
1921
Swift Current 
1922
Broadview 
1934
Bismarck 
1935
Broadview 
1937
Liberty Eagles  1937  
Wilcox Cardinals 
1937
Moosomin 
1938
Texas Black Spiders  1938 
Saskatoon Lions  1939 

Wilcox Cardinals  1940
Magrath Eagles  1941 
Mexico  1944 
London Majors  1945
Vancouver Norvans  1945

Calgary Purity 99s  1946
Sceptre  1946
Magrath Eagles  1946 
Wiseton  1946
Notre Dame Hounds  1946  
Wilcox Cardinals  1946

Edmonton Eskimos  1946 
Winnipeg Reos  1947

C.U.A.C Blues  1947
North Battleford Beavers  1947
Aberdeen  1947
Weyburn Beavers  1947
Moose Jaw Canucks  1947
Minot Merchants  1948
Brandon Greys  1948
Ligon All-Stars  1948
Gilbert Plains  1948
Bowsman Maroons  1948
Delisle Gems  1948 
London Majors  1948  
Fort Wayne Electrics  1948
Saskatoon Legion  1948
Brandon Greys  1949
Carman Cardinals 
1949 
Colonsay Monarchs  1949
St. Louis Black Cardinals  1949
Marquis Cubs  1949
Buchanan / SF Sea Lions 
1949 
Delisle Commodores 
1949
Indian Head Rockets 
1950
Marquis Cubs 
1950
Carman Cardinals 
1950
Minot Mallards  1950
California Mohawks-1
1950
California Mohawks-2
1950
North Battleford Beavers 1950
Cal's Edmonton Dodgers  1950
Sceptre  1950
Ligon All-Stars  1950
Winnipeg Buffaloes  1950
Regina Caps  1950 
Swift Current Indians  1950 
Birmingham Black Barons  1950 
Avonlea Arrows  1950 
Claresholm Meteors  1950 
Edmonton Eskimos  1950

Saskatoon 55s  1951
Sceptre Nixons 1951
Sceptre  1951  
Colonsay Monarchs  1951
Medicine
Hat California Mohawks 1951
Indian Head Rockets 1951 
Swift Current Indians  1951 
Trail Smoke Eaters  1951
Eston Ramblers  1951 
Dauphin Red Birds-1  1951 
Dauphin Red Birds-2  1951
Brooks Monarchs  1951 
Claresholm Meteors  1951 
Regina Caps  1951  
Avonlea Arrows  1951
Marquis Cubs  1952

Grandview Maroons  1952
Gilbert Plains  1952
North Battleford Beavers 1952
Kamsack Cyclones  1952
Minot Mallards  1952
Saskatoon Gems  1952
Florida Cubans  1952 
Lethbridge Cubs  1952
Indian Head Rockets  1952 
Brooks Buffaloes  1952 
Baton Rouge Hardwood Sports  1952

Kansas City Monarchs  1953
Saskatoon Gems  1953
Indian Head Rockets  1953  
Kamsack Cyclones  1953
Bowsman Maroons  1953
Minot Mallards  1953
Beverly Edmonton Drakes  1953
Foremost Braves  1953 
Kindersley Klippers  1953
Regina Red Sox  1953

 

Beverly Edmonton Drakes  1954
Lloydminster Meridians  1954
Saskatoon Gems  1954
Carmangay Eagles  1954
Yorkton Cardinals  1954
Fort Whyte (Manitoba)  1954
Foam Lake Falcons  1954
Minot Mallards 1954

Moose Jaw Lakers  1954
Kamsack Cyclones  1954 
Nanton Palominos  1954
Huron Elks  1954  
Valentine Hearts  1954 
Rosetown Phillies 
1954
St. Boniface Native Sons
  1955
Beverly Edmonton Drakes  1955
Edmonton Eskimos 1955
Saskatoon Gems 1955
Lloydminster Meridians 1955
Canada, Global Series  1955 
Vulcan Elks  1955
Granum White Sox  1955
Williston Oilers  1955

Nanton-Stavely Combines  1955
Moose Jaw Mallards 1955
Regina Jr. Cardinals   1955
Brandon Cloverleafs  1955 
Valentine Hearts  1955  
Lexington Minute Men  1955  
Saskatoon Royals  1955
Notre Dame Hounds  1955  
Lloydminster Meridians 1956
Edmonton Eskimos  1956

North Battleford Beavers 1956
Granum White Sox  1956 
Moose Jaw Mallards 1956
Picture Butte Indians  1956 
Magrath Eagles  1956  
Estevan Maple Leafs  1956

Edmonton Eskimos 1957
Edmonton Global Series 1957 

Moose Jaw Mallards  1957  
College of Sequoias  1957 
USC Trojans  1957
Texas Jasper Steers  1957 
Mitchell Kernels  1957 
Estevan Maple Leafs  1957
Kindersley Klippers  1957
Lloydminster Meridians  1957
M-Jaw Mallard Juveniles  1957 
Vulcan Elks  1958
Drain Black Sox  1958 
Medicine Hat Superiors
1958
USC Trojans 1958
Edmonton Eskimos  1958
Lloydminster-North Battleford  1958
Bow Island Combines  1958 
St. Boniface Native Sons  1959 
Edmonton Eskimos 1959
Regina Senators  1959
Lethbridge White Sox 1959
Fresno State Bulldogs 1959

Stenen  1959 
The Pas Tee Pees  1959
Bow Island Combines  1959
Olean Athletics  1959
Saskatoon Commodores  1959
Lloydminster Meridians
1960
Saskatoon Commodores 1960
Stenen  1960 
Indianapolis Clowns  1960 
Swift Current Indians  1960
Melville Millionaires  1960
Kindersley Klippers  1960
Regina Red Sox  1960
Lethbridge White Sox
1961
Moose Jaw Steelers  1961 
Regina Red Sox  1961  
Neilburg Monarchs  1961

Moose Jaw Steelers  1962  
Regina Red Sox  1962   
North Battleford Beavers  1963
Carman Cubs  1963  
Melville Millionaires  1963
Notre Dame Hounds  1963
Northern Saskatchewan All-Stars  1963
Peace River Stampeders  1963?
Moose Jaw Regals  1963
Swift Current Indians  1963
Peace River Stampeders  1964?
Edmonton Oilers  1964  
Calgary Giants  1964 
Lethbridge Cardinals  1964 
Saskatoon Blues  1964 
St. Lazare Athletics  1964 
Virden Oilers  1964  
North Battleford Beavers  1964 
Rapid City Chiefs  1965
Biggar Nationals  1965  
Regina Red Sox  1965
Unity Cardinals  1966
Melville Millionaires  1966 
Regina Red Sox  1966
Unity Cardinals  1967
Peace River Stampeders  1967
Regina Red Sox  1967
Unity Cardinals  1968
Peace River Stampeders  1968
Drummondville Royals  1969 
Drummondville Royals  1970 
Swift Current Indians  1972

 

 

 

Player profiles :
Tom Alston    
Jack Altman 

Gabby Anderson 

Pete Beiden  
Len Breckner
Chet Brewer 
Barney Brown

Marion Sugar Cain  
Johnny Ford 
Bruce Gardner  

Pat Gillick  
Slim Haynes  
Hubert Glenn 

Bennie Griggs
Rick Herrera
Stan Karpkinski 
Jim Lester 
Darrell Martin 
Chuck McGuigan

Zoonie McLean

Tom Mulcahy
 


Conrad Munatones
Cliff Pemberton
Modie Risher
Don Stewart
Roy Taylor

Ron Teasley  

Len Tucker
Willie Walasko
Ray Washburn
Max Weekly

Jimmy Wilkes

Willie 'Curly' Williams
Steve Wylie
  

Teams  :
Alpine Cowboys
Drain Black Sox
Sinton Plymouth Oilers

Areas :
Amber Valley, Alberta
 

 
 

Major Leaguers   Western Canada players who progressed all the way to the major leagues or former major leaguers who found a home in Western Canada as they wrapped up their careers.
  

 

Negro Leagues/Cuban Connection   The prairies become a summer home to many "coloured" (the term generally in use in the 50s) players who found opportunity here with the demise of the Negro Leagues in the United States.  In pre-Castro times, Cuba was a prime source of baseball talent for prairie teams. 

Barnstorming   Touring clubs, from the Negro League Kansas City Monarchs and the House of David to the Japanese team which became the Tokyo Giants were a highlight of the spring and summer program in the west.  

Indian Head Rockets   For a few seasons in the early 1950s, the Rockets were among the prime attractions in Western Canada baseball, both in league, tournament and exhibition play.  In 1950, their first season, the Rockets were the Jacksonville, Florida, Eagles, in new uniforms. 

The Ligon Colored All-Stars   During the late 40s and early 50s, the Ligon All-Stars were among the most prominent of the barnstorming teams. 
  

 

College Connection    Beginning in the late 40s, prairie leagues began to showcase some of the best of the American university players as US college coaches recognized an opportunity to provide high calibre competition for their players in a setting aware from the watching eyes of the NCAA.

Fresno State Connection    Pete Beiden, the FSU coach, was a leader in finding lineup spots for his players in Canada.  Fresno was, by far, the leading supplier of college players to Western Canada teams.

College of the Sequoias   Roy Taylor, the COS coach, not only brought up dozens of Sequoias' players to his teams in Canada, but recruited Canadian stars for his Visalia school program.

The Basin League   The mainly South Dakota semi-pro circuit became a training ground for collegiate stars.  The league operated for 21 years, 1953 to 1973. 

Barnstorming California Mohawks   The California club, led by Pete Beiden and Roy Taylor, led the college invasion.  

Portrait of a Young Arm   In an era where 200-inning seasons and complete games are rarities and young pitchers are guided by pitch counts, we look back 50 years, game-by-game,  at Jack Altman's 365-inning, 34 complete game, 431 strikeout  season
  

 

I remember   personal recollections of the people and places in the 50s & 60s

Lethbridge Reunion    Nearly a dozen pages of info and pictures on the 2000 reunion of players who suited up with George Wesley's Granum and Lethbridge ball clubs in the 50s & 60s. 
  

 

List of Players    the list of who played where

Biographies  (off-line for the time being until I get a chance to really do something with this section)
  

 

Hockey Connection   there was a time when some of the best stars on ice were also regulars on prairie diamonds
  

 

Timeline   it was a tumultuous time,  marking the beginning of space exploration, the start of rock and roll, personal computers, and the framework for the the suburban lifestyle.  
  

 

Links  Other sites of interest

Prairie Halls of Fame   

Books   links to information on books used in researching Western Canada baseball.  
  

 

The Writers  
  

 

Old-Time Data  The Professional Baseball Player Database, one of the major sources of player stats.
  

 

Bibliography    a list of sources of information for Western Canada Baseball

     
 
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