# Cornwall Bisons

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The '''Cornwall Bisons''' was a [Minor League Baseball](/source/Minor_League_Baseball) club that played in the Class-C [Canadian–American League](/source/Canadian%E2%80%93American_League) during the 1938 season. The team was based in [Cornwall, Ontario](/source/Cornwall%2C_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](/source/Buffalo_Bisons), a member of the original [International League](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs_(International_League)), 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 [outfielder](/source/outfielder)s [Frank Colman](/source/Frank_Colman) and [Whitey Platt](/source/Whitey_Platt), as well as [pitcher](/source/pitcher)s [Dick Fowler](/source/Dick_Fowler_(baseball)) and [Phil Marchildon](/source/Phil_Marchildon).<ref name=BOOK/>

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