{{Short description|Minor League Baseball team}} The '''Cornwall Bisons''' was a Minor League Baseball club that played in the Class-C Canadian–American League during the 1938 season. The team was based in Cornwall, Ontario, and played its home games at Cornwall Athletic Grounds.<ref name=BOOK>Pietrusza, David (2005). ''Baseball's Canadian-American League''. Mcfarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2529-7}}</ref><ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?code=CAML&class=C Canadian-American League (C) Encyclopedia and History]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on February 22, 2016.</ref>

Cornwall served as farm club of the Buffalo Bisons, a member of the original International League. At the time, a few lower minor league clubs, ''e.g.'', classes A, B, C and D, were affiliated to Double-A and Triple-A teams, the highest level of play in the Minor Leagues.<ref name=BOOK/>

Managed by Steve Yerkes, the Cornwall Bisons finished in second place with a 74-47 record in the eight-team league, and later defeated the Amsterdam Rugmakers, two to one games, in the final round of the playoffs.<ref name=HISTORY>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070222152425/http://www.canamleague.com/history.php Can–Am League History]}}. ''Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball''. Retrieved on February 22, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=9074e378 1938 Cornwall Bisons]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on February 22, 2016.</ref>

In 1939, the team became an affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs, also a member of the International League, and was renamed as the '''Cornwall Maple Leafs'''.<ref name=BOOK/><ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=f1c5959b 1939 Cornwall Maple Leafs]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on February 22, 2016.</ref>

This time, Cornwall ended in fourth place with a 62-56 record and lost the first round of the playoffs. Yerkes repeated as their manager, but was replaced by Emil Graff during the midseason.<ref name=HISTORY/> Players included outfielders Frank Colman and Whitey Platt, as well as pitchers Dick Fowler and Phil Marchildon.<ref name=BOOK/>

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