Brantford Red Sox

Brantford Red Sox
League	Intercounty Baseball League (1919–present)
Location	Brantford, Ontario
Ballpark	Arnold Anderson Stadium
Year founded	1911
League championships	15
Colours	Red and White, Blue
Ownership	Connie and Rick Pomerleau
Manager	Romeo Shannelly
General Manager	Michael Bonanno
Media	Brantford Expositor, Rogers Television
Website	www.brantfordredsox.com

The Brantford Red Sox are an independent, minor league baseball team of the semi-pro, Intercounty Baseball League based in Brantford, Ontario. They play their home games at Arnold Anderson Stadium.

The Brantford Red Sox were founded in 1911 when they joined the Canadian Baseball League.

In 1915 the league folded due to World War I, and after a short hiatus the team played in the Michigan-Ontario League from 1919 to 1922. After another break they joined the Ontario League in 1930, which folded due to the Great Depression. After which they joined the Intercounty League, in which they have won nine championships to date.

In 1934 they joined the Intercounty Baseball League. They won the championship 15 times.

Won the Pennant 11 times.

London, Ontario-born left-handed pitcher, Ron Stead, for example, led Brantford to five league titles (1960-1963, 1965) and was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on June 24, 2006, in St. Marys, Ontario. Stead also won an Intercounty title with the Guelph C-Joys in 1970.

A legend of the Intercounty loop, Stead is first in all-time wins (104), strikeouts (1,231), shutouts (25), most appearances (198), most innings pitched (1,365) and complete games (116). Stead was a 10-time All-Star and four-time MVP (1960, 1963, 1965 and 1967). He was also the starting pitcher for Team Canada at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

On August 25, 2006, the Brantford Red Sox won the Intercounty title for the first time since 1981 by defeating the London Majors 7-3 in Brantford before 2,000 fans at Arnold Anderson Stadium in Cockshutt Park.

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