St. Thomas Elgins | |
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League | Intercounty Baseball League (1948–61, 1963–96) |
Location | St. Thomas, Ontario |
Ballpark | Pinafore Park diamond, now Emslie Field |
Founded | 1948 (as the Legion; as Elgins in 1952) |
Disbanded | 1996 |
League championships | 5
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The St. Thomas Elgins were an independent, minor league baseball team of the semi-professional Intercounty Baseball League based in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. They began play as the St. Thomas Legion in 1948 and were renamed the Elgins in 1953; the team disappeared in 1961 and re-emerged as few years after and lasted until 1996. The team was folded in 1996 and were replaced by the Storm in 2000.
Intercounty League
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