Hamilton Red Wings (baseball)
| Hamilton Red Wings 1939–1956 (1939–1942, 1946-56) Hamilton, Ontario |
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| League titles | 1 (1955) |
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The Hamilton Red Wings were a minor league baseball team based in Hamilton, Ontario. The team was a charter member of the PONY League, which is still in existence as the New York–Penn League. Hamilton played within the league during their team's entire existence.
The club was founded in 1939 and was associated with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League for each year the team was in existence, with the lone exception being the 1956 season. After the team restarted play after World War II, the franchise changed its name to the Hamilton Cardinals. In 1955 the Cardinals won the league championship. The team was then renamed the Hamilton Red Wings the very next season. However, on May 18, 1956 the Red Wings disbanded. Hamilton would not have another minor league team until 1988, when the Hamilton Redbirds began play.
Year-by-year record
(from Baseball Reference Bullpen) (from Baseball Reference Bullpen)
| Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Notes |
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| 1939 | 61-44 | 2nd | Don Hurst | Lost League Finals |
| 1940 | 47-53 | 4th | Fred Lucas | Lost in 1st round |
| 1941 | 50-57 | 4th | Roy Pfleger | Lost League Finals |
| 1942 | 36-90 | 8th | Roy Pfleger / Ken Blackman / Joe Sugden | |
| 1946 | 53-73 | 5th | John Newman | |
| 1947 | 49-76 | 7th | John Newman | |
| 1948 | 73-52 | 3rd | George Kissell | Lost in 1st round |
| 1949 | 75-50 | 3rd | George Kissell | Lost League Finals |
| 1950 | 68-57 | 3rd | Vedie Himsl | Lost in 1st round |
| 1951 | 66-60 | 4th | Vedie Himsl | Lost in 1st round |
| 1952 | 83-43 | 1st | Harold Contini | Lost in 1st round |
| 1953 | 69-57 | 3rd | Harold Contini | Lost League Finals |
| 1954 | 61-65 | 6th | Jimmy Brown | |
| 1955 | 82-43 | 1st | Ed Lyons | League Champs |
| 1956 | 6-8 | -- | Cart Howerton | Team disbanded May 18 |
