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Buffalo Bisons hosting Nashville Sounds for their final game at War Memorial Stadium, August 1987. The Cleveland Indians replaced the Pittsburgh Pirates as Major League Baseball affiliate of the Buffalo Bisons prior to the 1995 season. [12] The team won division titles in 1996 and 1997, and won the final American Association championship in 1997.
Their newest affiliate is the Buffalo Bisons of the International League, which became the Blue Jays' Triple-A club in 2013. Geographically, Toronto's closest affiliate is the Buffalo Bisons, which are approximately 95 kilometres (59 mi) away.
The Buffalo Bisons were a professional Triple-A minor league baseball team based in Buffalo, New York that was founded in 1886 and last played in the International League from 1912 to 1970. Over the course of their existence, the Bisons won the Junior World Series three times (1904, 1906 and 1961).
Overview of International League teams Team Division City State Stadium Capacity Affiliate Buffalo Bisons: East Buffalo: New York: Sahlen Field: 16,600
For the 2021 season, the Buffalo Bisons temporarily relocated to Trenton, New Jersey, where they played their home games at Trenton Thunder Ballpark. The Bisons' parent club, the Toronto Blue Jays, used Sahlen Field in Buffalo since the 2020 MLB season due to border restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. This marked the first time in ...
Rich owned three minor league baseball teams, most notably the Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A International League affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. [7] The other two teams are the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Double-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals), and the West Virginia Black Bears (formerly the Jamestown Jammers, the Single-A Short Season affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates).
In 1969, Rich was an investor and member of the inaugural board of directors of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League and later became Vice Chairman of that professional hockey team. In 1983 Rich Products Corp. purchased the Buffalo Bisons minor league baseball team. [3] The Bisons are the AAA affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Baltimore Orioles become an affiliate for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Buffalo Bisons end their affiliation with the Cleveland Indians and become an affiliate for the Detroit Tigers. The Syracuse Chiefs become an affiliate for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Toronto Maple Leafs become an affiliate for the Philadelphia Athletics.