{{short description|Defunct minor-league professional baseball team}} {{distinguish|Toledo Blue Stockings}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox Minor League Baseball | name = Toledo Sox | firstseason = 1953 | lastseason = 1955 | allyears = | city = Toledo, Ohio | logo = | caplogo = | past class level = Triple-A (1953–1955) | league = | conference = | division = | past league = American Association (1953–1955) | pastmajorleague = Milwaukee Braves (1953–1955) | pastnames = | pastparks = | classchamps = | leaguenum = | leaguechamps = | conferencechamps = | divisionchamps = }}
The '''Toledo Sox''' were a minor league baseball team based in Toledo, Ohio. They played in the American Association from 1953 to 1955 at the Triple-A level as an affiliate of the Milwaukee Braves.
==History== Entering the 1952 season, Toledo, Ohio, had been home to the Toledo Mud Hens for nearly every season since 1896. Mid-season in 1952, owner Danny Menendez moved the Mud Hens to Charleston, West Virginia,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/out-of-nowhere-in-1952-charleston-had-a-chance-for-class-aaa-baseball/article_8e7c8a29-d64f-5770-ad43-add52e4e1d77.html |title=Out of nowhere in 1952, Charleston had a chance for Class AAA baseball |first=Mike |last=Whiteford |website=Charleston Gazette-Mail |date=August 17, 2019 |accessdate=July 27, 2021}}</ref> where they competed as the Charleston Senators through 1960.
Starting in 1953, Toledo fielded a replacement franchise in the American Association, the Toledo Sox, which was the former Milwaukee Brewers minor-league team. The Sox played in Toledo through the 1955 season. The first game the team played, in April 1953, was also the first game broadcast on radio by sports announcer Frankie Gilhooley, who went on to broadcast baseball games in Toledo through 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-15512876 |title=Frank Gilhooley - A Toledo Broadcast Legend |first=John R. |last=Husman |website=MiLB.com |date=November 19, 2010 |accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref> Sox manager George Selkirk was named the American Association Manager of the Year in 1953.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82328066/selkirk-the-best/ |title=Selkirk the Best |newspaper=Kansas City Times |page=23 |date=November 14, 1953 |accessdate=July 28, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
In 1956, the Sox moved to Wichita, Kansas, where they competed as the Wichita Braves through 1958. Toledo was without a minor-league team from 1956 through 1964; in 1965, a new Mud Hens team began playing in the Triple-A International League.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Toledo&state=OH&country=US |title=Toledo, Ohio Encyclopedia |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref>
==Season records== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" !Season !! Manager(s) !! W–L !! Win % !! Finish || Playoffs (games) || Ref. |- | 1953 || Tommy Holmes<br>George Selkirk || 90–64 || .584 || 1st of 8 || defeated Louisville Colonels, 4–3<br>lost to Kansas City Blues, 4–3 || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82327253/yanks-dodgers-in-little-series-too/ |title=Yanks, Dodgers in Little Series, Too |agency=UP |newspaper=Coshocton Tribune |location=Coshocton, Ohio |page=5 |date=October 1, 1953 |accessdate=July 28, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=encyc/>{{rp|467}} |- | 1954 || George Selkirk || 74–80 || .481 || 6th of 8 || did not qualify || <ref name=encyc/>{{rp|474}} |- | 1955 || George Selkirk || 81–73 || .526 || 5th of 8 || did not qualify || <ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor1-first=Lloyd |editor1-last=Johnson |editor2-first=Miles |editor2-last=Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=Baseball America |date=2007 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Minor-League-Baseball-Johnson/dp/1932391177/ |isbn=1932391177}}</ref>{{rp|481}} |}
==See also== * Toledo Sox players
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