St. Paul Saints history by the numbers
May 4, 2021 at 12:31AM
6: Former Saints in the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Miller Huggins, Bill McKechnie, Lefty Gomez, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella and Walter Alston).
6: Times the Saints played in the Junior World Series.
9: First-place finishes (the same number as the Minneapolis Millers) in the American Association.
60: Seasons played — 1897-1956 — at Lexington Park.
28: Seasons as an independent minor league franchise (1993-2020). The Saints won four Northern League titles (between 1993 and 2004) and one American Association title (between 2005 and 2020).
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