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Toronto Maple Leafs (semi-pro baseball)
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are a team of the Intercounty Baseball League, based in Toronto, Ontario. They play their home games on "Dominico Field" at Christie Pits. They are also known colloquially as the Intercounty Maple Leafs or the Intercounty Leafs to disambiguate themselves from the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team.
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History
The Maple Leafs baseball team began to play in 1969, the second season after the original Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team of the Triple-A International League moved to Louisville, Kentucky.
In their inaugural year, the new Leafs lost 23 games, finishing 18 games out of first place. But they have never ended a season that far back since then. They have been in first place 19 times in the subsequent years and have the best winning percentage of any active team in the League.
The team was owned by husband and wife Jack and Lynne Dominico for the first 40 years of its existence and was then owned exclusively by Jack after Lynne's death on November 8, 2008, until his death on January 12, 2022. The Inter-county Baseball League Championship is also named in their honour, the Jack and Lynne Dominico Trophy.
On December 3, 2024, the Leafs announced they had signed Ayami Sato, making her the first female player in the Intercounty Baseball League as well as the first female player to play professional baseball in Canada.[1]
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Championships
Since its inception, the team has won the Jack and Lynne Dominico Trophy as Intercounty Baseball champions eight times, the first in 1972. During the 2002 season, the Leafs were undefeated at home, a first for the league. They also won the championship that year. They have also achieved many individual awards and All-Star nominations.
- Championships (8): 1972, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2007
Notable players
Former Major League Baseball player Pete Orr once played for the Intercounty Leafs as did former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Rich Butler (2001–2002). Rich's brother, Rob Butler, who was also a former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder, also played with the Leafs (2001–2005), as did former Blue Jays pitcher Paul Spoljaric (2002–2007). Chris Leroux (2009–2014), Dustin Richardson (2009–2010), and Angel Castro (2015) are also former major leaguers that have played for the Leafs.
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Team Operations
- Keith Stein - CEO
- Andreas Kloppenborg - Director
- Rob Godfrey - Director
- Anant Patel - Baseball Operations
- Matt Warren - Head of E-Commerce
- Rob Butler - Manager
- Alex Lanigan - Player Advisor
- Jeremy Margles - Operations
Current roster
- SP Luis Florentino
- SP Wilgenis Alvarado
- SP Ayami Sato
- RP Marek Deska
- RP Adam Marra
- RP Sebastian Rodriguez
- RP Eugene Lee
- RP Dustin Richardson
- RP Sebastian Rodriguez
- RP Jeremy Newton
- RP Adam Jafine
- RP Chris Nagorski (2nd most saves in IBL History)
- P Taylor Lepard
- P Josh Berenbaum
- P Drew Howard
- OF Connor Lewis
- OF Greg Carrington
- OF Ryan Dos Santos
- OF Dennis Dei Banning
- OF Marcus Knecht
- INF Jordan Castaldo
- INF Randy Moreno
- INF Mike Cecchetto
- INF Spencer Ross
- INF Zack Lampreia
- INF INF Rando Moreno
- INF Dan Marra
- INF Jeffrey Mejia
- C Justin Marra
- C Jhon Javier
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Retired numbers
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References
External links
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