The Sherbrooke Canadians were a

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baseball team in the

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during the 1946 season. The team was based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, and was affiliated with the

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of the

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; Rochester itself was a farm team of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Canadians played at Sherbrooke Ball Park, a facility that burned down in September 1951. The Canadians played to a record of 46–71, a winning percentage, and finished last in the six-team league. The franchise folded in September 1946 due to lack of financial support, and the league announced in January 1947 that the team would not return for a second season. One of the players on the team was shortstop

Manny McIntyre Vincent Churchill "Manny" McIntyre (October 4, 1918 – June 13, 2011) was a Canadian professional athlete who played both ice hockey and baseball. He is an inductee of the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and the C ...

, who had a .310 batting average in 30 games. With Sherbrooke, McIntyre became the first

Black Canadian Black Canadians (also known as Caribbean-Canadians or Afro-Canadians) are people of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin, though t ...

to play professional baseball. He was inducted to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2021. Also on the team were outfielders

Gilles Dubé Joseph Albert Gilles Dubé (June 2, 1927 – September 29, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 12 regular season games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1949–50 season. He also playe ...

and

Norm Dussault Joseph Normand "Ti-Nomme" Dussault (September 26, 1925 – August 28, 2012) was a professional ice hockey player who played 206 games in the National Hockey League. Dussault was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where his father worked as an ic ...

, both of whom played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pitcher Stan Landes later was an umpire in the National League from 1955 to 1972.

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Profile of Manny McIntyre
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