{{Infobox Minor League Baseball |name = Ottawa Giants |founded = 1951 |city = Ottawa, Ontario |misc = |logo = |uniformlogo = |class level = AAA (1951) |past class level= |current league = International League |conference = |division = |past league = |majorleague = New York Giants (1951) |pastmajorleague = |nickname = |pastnames = |ballpark = Lansdowne Park (1951) |pastparks = |classchamps = |leaguechamps = |divisionchamps = |owner = New York Giants |manager = Hugh Poland |gm = Charlie Stoneham (cousin of Horace Stoneham) }} The '''Ottawa Giants''' were a professional minor-league baseball team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that operated in 1951 after the relocation of an existing Triple-A team, the Jersey City Giants. It played at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa and finished with a 62–88 record, in seventh place in the eight-team International League and 31 games in arrears of the regular season and playoff champion Montreal Royals. The Ottawa Giants drew 117,411 fans<ref name="liz">{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}</ref> through the Lansdowne Park turnstiles, also seventh in the league. thumb|right|150px|Lansdowne Park, 1950s
==History== As radio and television broadcasts of New York City area baseball teams increased, Jersey City's attendance plunged from 337,000 in 1947 to 63,000 in 1950. Ottawa had most recently hosted the ''Nationals'' and the ''Senators'' of the Class C Border League from 1947 to 1950, leading that league in attendance for three of its four seasons and making the playoffs each year.
The Jersey City team was owned by the New York Giants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-26-1951-ottawa-giants-bring-triple-baseball-back-canadas-capital |title=April 26, 1951: Ottawa Giants bring Triple-A baseball back to Canada's capital |author=Belleville, Gary |date= |website=Society for American Baseball Research |publisher= |access-date=2020-03-01 |quote=}}</ref> Tommy Gorman, who held the exclusive rights to baseball at Lansdowne Park, engineered a deal to have the New Yorkers move their Jersey City team to Ottawa for the 1951 season. The '''Ottawa Giants''' and the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association were the two Triple-A farm clubs of the New York Giants in 1951. However, the parent club decided to scale back and only operate one Triple-A club in 1952. After one season, the Ottawa team was sold to the Philadelphia Athletics, who operated the team as the Ottawa Athletics from 1952 to 1954.
==Roster== *Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=667f5da5 |title=1951 Ottawa Giants |website=Baseballreference.com |access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=18em}} *P George Bamberger *OF Johnny Barrett *P Charlie Bishop *1B Marv Blaylock *P Roger Bowman *P Pete Burnside *1B Lorenzo Cabrera *P Al Corwin *P Walter Cox *1B/2B/OF Piper Davis *P Chuck Eisenmann *P Jerry Fahr *P Frank Fanovich *3B Billy Gardner *OF Harvey Gentry *1B/OF Fred Gerken *P Red Hardy *P George Heller *2B Bobby Hofman *SS Ziggy Jasinski *OF Milt Joffe *OF Stan Jok *OF Pete Karpuk *P Alex Konikowski *P Dick Libby *P Raúl López (Cuban) *OF Paul Mauldin *OF Dutch Mele *OF John Metkovich *2B William Metzig *P Harry Nicholas *C Edward Sokol *P Andy Tomasic *C Pat Tomkinson *2B/SS Mylon Vukemire *C Neal Watlington *IF Artie Wilson *P Ed Wright {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=667f5da5 1951 Ottawa Giants page] at Baseball Reference
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