Winnipeg Whips

The Winnipeg Whips were a professional Triple-A minor league baseball team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that played in the International League from 1970 to 1971. The team was affiliated with the Montreal Expos of Major League Baseball and played its home games at Winnipeg Stadium.

From Buffalo to Winnipeg

The franchise was founded as the

The Whips did not fare well on the field or at the gate, again finishing next-to-last in the standings and in attendance in 1970. Things got even worse in 1971 -- the third-year Expos barely had enough quality players at the major league level, let alone for their minor-league affiliates -- as the Whips only won 44 of its 140 games, and only 17 of its final 74.[4] McCullough was replaced as manager during the year by Jim Bragan, and Steve Shea would also take his turn as manager of the ballclub.^[5] Skyrocketing costs and continued poor attendance figures (they drew only 88,438 in 1971, again next-to-last in the IL) coupled with the failed bid to join the American Association, forced the Expos to give up on Winnipeg and move the team to Hampton, Virginia after the 1971 season. (Winnipeg would be without pro baseball for a generation, until the Winnipeg Goldeyes joined the reborn, independent Northern League in 1994.)

After Winnipeg

After spending 87 years in Buffalo, the franchise was sent wandering for the next few decades. In 1972, the team became the Peninsula Whips and played two seasons out of

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