ManDak (Manitoba-Dakota) League 1950-1957


1950 MANDAK LEAGUE
Brandon Greys 32 16  
Winnipeg Buffaloes 25 23 7.0
Minot Mallards 24 24 8.0
Carman Cardinals 21 27 11.0
Elmwood Giants 18 30 14.0
1950 Game Reports
1950 Playoffs
1950 Photo Gallery
1950 Snapshots
1950 Carman Cardinals
1950 Minot Mallards

1950 Winnipeg Buffaloes
       
1951 MANDAK LEAGUE 
Brandon Greys 37 26  
Winnipeg Buffaloes 34 29 3.0
Minot Mallards 32 32 5.5
Carman Cardinals 29 33 7.5
Elmwood Giants 25 37 11.5
1951 Game Reports
1951 Playoffs
1951 Photo Gallery 
1951 Snapshots   
       
1952 MANDAK LEAGUE
Minot Mallards   32 22  
Carman Cardinals 27 27 5.0
Winnipeg Giants 25 29 7.0
Brandon Greys  25 29 7.0
1952 Game Reports
1952 Playoffs
1952 Photo Gallery
1952 Snapshots
1952 Minot Mallards
       
1953 MANDAK LEAGUE
Minot Mallards 43 31  
Brandon Greys 43 31  
Carman Cardinals 37 37 6.0
Winnipeg Royals 37 37 6.0
(Interlocking schedule with Western Canada League. Minot won a best-of-three playoff, in two straight, to determine first place, Carman won a sudden-death playoff to determine 3rd place.)
1953 Game Reports/Playoffs
1953 Photo Gallery 
1953 Snapshots 
1953 Minot Mallards
       
1954 MANDAK LEAGUE
Minot Mallards
47
21
Brandon Greys
39
32
9.5
Williston Oilers
28
40
19.0
Carman Cardinals
24
45
23.5
1954 Game Reports/Playoffs
1954 Photo Gallery
1954 ManDak Snapshots
1954 Minot Mallards
       
1955 MANDAK LEAGUE
Bismarck Barons 47 31  
Williston Oilers 41 37 6.0
Minot Mallards 38 40 9.0
Dickinson Packers 30 48 17.0
(Minot over Dickinson 4-0 in the playoff final)
1955 Game Reports/Playoffs
1955 Photo Gallery
1955 Snapshots
1955 Williston Oilers
       
1956 MANDAK LEAGUE
Williston Oilers 49 29  
Bismarck Barons 47 31 2.0
Minot Mallards 43 35 6.0
Dickinson Packers  30 46 18.0
(Interlocking schedule with Western Canada League)
1956 Game Reports/Playoffs
1956 Mandak Photo Gallery  
1956 Manitoba Photo Gallery     
1956 Snapshots  
       
1957 MANDAK LEAGUE
Bismarck Barons 38 33  
Minot Mallards 36 35 2.0
Williston Oilers 34 37 4.0
Brandon Greys 34 37 4.0
1957 Game Reports/Playoffs
1957 Mandak Photo Gallery   
1957 Manitoba Photo Gallery     
       
       
 

 

ManDak, Future Hall of Famers in Manitoba

For a great read on the history of the ManDak League and particulary the role of former Negro Leaguers check out Gary Gillette's piece for SABR (Society for American Baseball Reseach) - The True Greatness of the ManDak League.

And, of course, my late colleague Barry Swanton's excellent book The Mandak League: Haven for Former Negro League Ballplayers, 1950-1957.

1950
Winnipeg Buffaloes League Champions
Managers :
Brandon Greys - Ian Lowe
Carman Cardinals - Charley Red House/Ted Novak
Elmwood Giants - Curly Haas/Cy Snead
Minot Mallards - Ev Faunce/Wilf Lefty Lefebvre
Winnipeg Buffaloes - Willie Wells Sr.

Batting - Lomax "Butch" Davis, Winnipeg Buffaloes, .456
Home runs - Rafe Cabrera Brandon Greys, 6
Pitching - Art Hunt, Brandon, 9-0, Gentry Jessup. Carman Cardinals, 9-4

1951
Brandon Greys League Champions
Managers :
Brandon Greys - Ian Lowe
Carman Cardinals - Gentry Jessup
Elmwood Giants - Wesley Barrow/Double Duty Radcliffe
Minot Mallards - Otto Huber/Zoonie McLean/Wally Jako
Winnipeg Buffaloes - Willie Wells Sr.

Batting - Lomax "Butch" Davis, Winnipeg Buffaloes, .406
Home runs - Bob Harvey, Elmwood Giants, 9
Pitching - Gread McKinnis, Brandon, 11-4, Ray Finch, Elmwood, 10-12

1952
Minot Mallards League Champions
Managers :
Brandon Greys - Lou Tost/Skeeter Watkins/Willie Wells Sr.
Carman Cardinals - Jack Schaeffer
Minot Mallards - Zoonie McLean
Winnipeg Giants - Bill Pederson/Ted Double Duty Radcliffe/Jesse Douglas

Batting - Zoonie McLean, Minot Mallards, .369
Home runs - Yogi Giammarco Minot, 11
Pitching - Hal Price, Winnipeg Giants, 10-5

1953
Minot Mallards League Champions
Managers :
Brandon Greys - Willie Wells Sr.
Carman Cardinals - Chet Brewer
Minot Mallards - Ed Albosta
Winnipeg Royals - Ken Myers/Dee Moore

Batting - Dean Scarborough, Minot, .356
Home runs - Pete Hughes Winnipeg Royals, 12
Pitching - Sugar Cain, Minot, 12-5, Dirk Gilbbons Winnipeg 11-5, Bill Washburn, Winnipeg 10-7, Walter McCoy, Carman 10-8 (best % Bob Griffith Brandon, 8-2)

1954
Minot Mallards League Champions
Managers :
Brandon Greys - Dee Moore
Carman Cardinals - Ed Albosta
Minot Mallards - Zoonie McLean
Williston Oilers - Lloyd Gearhart/Bert Shepard

Batting - Roy Weatherly, Williston Oilers, .412 (Sugar Cain, .452, but not enough ABs to qualify)
Home runs - Lloyd Gearhart, Williston, 17
Pitching - Sugar Cain, Minot, 11-1 (.917), Neil Lettau, Minot, 13-2 (.867),

1955
Minot Mallards League Champions
Managers :
Bismarck Barons - Al Cihocki
Dickinson Packers - Ron Bowen
Minot Mallards - Zoonie McLean/Bernard Busse
Williston Oilers - Roy Weatherly/Bob Hogue

Batting - Roy Weatherly, Williston, .371, Butch Davis, Minot, .369
Home runs - Weatherly, Williston, 21
Pitching - Sugar Cain, Minot, 2.94 (8-4), Mike Lotz, Bismarck Barons, 2.95 (8-2), Preston Elkins, Williston, 2.34 (7-0) (but not enough IP to qualify)

1956
Williston Oilers League Champions
Managers :
Bismarck Barons - Al Cihocki
Dickinson Packers - Ev Johnson/Bill Red Rose
Minot Mallards - Joe Lutz/Joe Piercey/Hal Daugherty
Williston Oilers - Dee Moore/Preston Elkins

Batting - Dolph Regelsky, Williston, .362, Art Pennington, Bismarck, .357
Home runs - Al Leap, Bismarck, 23
Pitching - Sugar Cain, Minot, 2.29 (10-5), Preston Elkins, Williston, 2.71 (15-4), Jack Sanoff, Williston, 3.00 (14-3), Roger Higgins, Bismarck, 4.91 (12-1)

1957
Bismarck Barons League Champions
Managers :
Bismarck Barons - Bill Hockenbury
Brandon Greys - Dee Moore
Minot Mallards - Zoonie McLean
Williston Oilers - Preston Elkins

Batting - Len Van De Hey, Bismarck, .404
Home runs - Bill Raehse, Williston, 19
Pitching - Jackie Bowes, Bismarck, 3.34 (10-5), Jack Ackers, Bismarck, 6.21 (10-6)