Tucson Lizards

Tucson Toros
1915–2010
(1915, 1928–1932, 1937–1941, 1947–1958, 1969–2010)
Tucson, Arizona


Team logo	Cap insignia

Class-level

Independent (2009–2010)
Triple-A (1969–2008)
Class-C (1940–1941, 1947–1958)
Class-D (1915, 1928–1932, 1937–1939)

Minor league affiliations

League

Golden Baseball League (2009–2010)

Previous leagues

Pacific Coast League (1969–2008)
Arizona–Mexico League (1955–1958)
Arizona–Texas League (1952–1954)
Southwest International League (1951)
Arizona–Texas League (1931–1932, 1937–1941, 1947–1950)
Arizona State League (1928–1930)
Rio Grande Association (1915)

Major league affiliations

Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2008)
Milwaukee Brewers (1997)
Houston Astros (1980–1996)
Texas Rangers (1977–1979)
Oakland A's (1973–1976)
Chicago White Sox (1969–1972)
Cleveland Indians (1947–1950)
Cincinnati Reds (1940–1941)

Minor league titles

Class titles

2006

League titles

1941, 1953, 1991, 1993, 2006

Conference titles

2006

Division titles

1973, 1991, 1993, 2006

Team data

Previous names

Tucson Toros (2009–2010)
Tucson Sidewinders (1998–2008)
Tucson Toros (1969–1997)
Tucson Cowboys (1937–1941, 1947–1958)
Tucson Lizards (1932)
Tucson Missions (1931)
Tucson Cowboys (1929–1930)
Tucson Waddies (1928)
Tucson Old Pueblos (1915)

Previous parks

Hi Corbett Field (2009–2010)
Tucson Electric Park (1998–2008)
Hi Corbett Field (1969–1997)
Randolph Park (1937–1958)

The Tucson Toros were a professional baseball team based in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.

The original Toros were a Triple-A minor league baseball team in the Pacific Coast League from 1969 to 1997, where they won the PCL Championship in 1991 and 1993. They were affiliated with several Major League Baseball teams over the years, most notably with the Houston Astros.

The most-recent Toros were created as a new team in the independent Golden Baseball League on September 1, 2008. They were originally the Mesa Miners (2005) and Reno Silver Sox (2006–2008) before being purchased by Tucson Baseball LLC and relocating to Tucson. The new Toros play their home games at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, home of the original Toros team, starting May 21, 2009, at the start of the league's fifth anniversary. They played in the South Division in the GBL along with the Long Beach Armada, Orange County Flyers, St. George RoadRunners and Yuma Scorpions. (The expansion Tijuana Potros were supposed to play in the same division, but their season was postponed until 2010 due to the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.)

Tucson had a number of baseball teams between 1915 and 1958, including the Tucson Old Pueblos, the Tucson Waddies, the Tucson Cowboys (several teams), the Tucson Missions and the Tucson Lizards. None of these were part of the Pacific Coast League. When the last iteration of the Cowboys folded in 1958, Tucson was left with no professional baseball until the advent of the Toros.

Hiram "Hi" Corbett, a former Arizona state senator, helped to bring the Pacific Coast League to Tucson, in recognition of which the 1937 ballpark in midtown Tucson's Reid Park was eventually renamed Hi Corbett Field. The Tucson Toros, a AAA team in the league's southern division, began play in 1969. The name Toros was suggested by name-the-team contest winner Clarence Dupnik, who went on to become the Sheriff of Pima County, Arizona.

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