The St. Catharines Blue Jays were a minor league baseball team which played at

Community Park Neighborhood parks, which generally range in size up to , serve as a social and recreational focal points for neighborhoods and are the basic units of a park system. Many include a playground. Neighborhood parks provide relief from the built envi ...

in St. Catharines, Ontario. They were the Short-Season A affiliate of the

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in the

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History

The team began play in 1986 as the Blue Jays, though were later renamed the St. Catharines Stompers in 1995. The team left St. Catharines after the 1999 season to become the

Queens Kings The Queens Kings were the Toronto Blue Jays' Short-Season A classification team in the New York–Penn League in the 2000 season. The team was formerly the St. Catharines Stompers and was sold by the Blue Jays and relocated to Queens, New York C ...

in 2000. On 4 July 2007, it was reported in the St. Catharines Standard the Stompers were going to return in the summer of 2008. Former team owner, Terrence O'Malley was quoted as saying: "the Stompers are back ... We'll be playing at Community Park beginning next summer." This article prompted a number of responses, though, in the end this turned out to be only a satirical piece. The Blue Jays won the New York-Penn league title in 1986.

Notable players

Managers

* Cloyd Boyer 1986 * Joe Lonnett 1987 * Eddie Dennis 1988 *

Bob Shirley Robert Charles Shirley (born June 25, 1954) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or parts of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1977 to 1987, for the San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yanke ...

1989 *

Doug Ault Douglas Reagan Ault (March 9, 1950 – December 22, 2004) was an American professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter who played for the Texas Rangers (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977–1978, 1980). He is best known for hitting t ...

1990–1991 * Joe Cannon 1992–1995 As Stompers *

Rocket Wheeler Ralph Norman "Rocket" Wheeler (born January 11, 1955, at Houston, Texas) is a former minor league infielder and the current minor league manager for the Class A Short Season Auburn Doubledays. Wheeler attended the University of Houston where h ...

1996–1997 *

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1998 * Eddie Rodriguez 1999

References

Baseball teams established in 1986 Sports clubs disestablished in 1999 Defunct New York–Penn League teams Defunct baseball teams in Canada Sport in St. Catharines Toronto Blue Jays minor league affiliates Baseball teams in Ontario 1986 establishments in Ontario 1999 establishments in Ontario {{Canada-baseball-team-stub