Winnipeg Maroons
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The Winnipeg Maroons were a minor League Baseball team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Canada
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 that played in the Northern League
Northern League (baseball, 1902-71)
This article refers to the original incarnations of the Northern League, which operated between 1902 and 1971. For the more recent league, see Northern League ...

 from 1902-1942. They played at Happyland Park
Happyland Park
Happyland Park was an amusement park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Construction started on May 1, 1906, on 13 hectares of land between Aubrey and Dominion streets. Portage Avenue bounded it to the north and the Assiniboine River was to the south. Today this area is part of the Wolseley district of...

 from 1906-1922. It had a seating capacity
Seating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...

 of 4,000. They subsequently played at Sherbourne Park
Sherbourne Park
Sherbourne Park was a baseball stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was the second home of the Winnipeg Maroons of the Northern League. It had a seating capacity of 3,500, and was considered to be the finest ball park in the League at the time....

, which had a seating capacity of 3,500. One of the most successful teams in the league, they won league championships 8 times (1902, 1903, 1907, 1912, 1916, 1935, 1939, 1942).
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