Watertown Athletics

[2] Professional baseball returned in 1936, when the Watertown Grays, also known as the "Bucks," became charter members of the Class C level Canadian–American League, playing as an affiliate of the Boston Bees.

The six–team league standings featured the Auburn Cayugas (72–44), Granby Red Sox (54–60), Kingston Ponies (58–55), Ogdensburg Maples (50–68), Sherbrooke Canadians (46–71) and Watertown Athletics (69–51).

In the Finals, the Watertown Athletics defeated the Kingston Ponies 4 games to 2 to claim the championship.

With a 70–54 regular season record to place second in the Border League, as manager Bob Shawkey led the team into the 1947 Playoffs.

There, the Ogdensburg Maples defeated the Watertown Athletics 4 games to 3 in the first round of the playoffs to end their season.

[10] Manager Fred Gerken led the team to a 63–65 record and a fourth place regular season finish.

[15] In the playoffs, the Athletics fell in the first round, as the Ogdensburg Maples defeated the Watertown 4 games to 1.

On July 1, 1951, with a 22–30 record under manager Bob Shawkey, the Watertown franchise folded.>[17] The season attendance to that date was 18,055, an average of 694.

[19] The Watertown Athletics teams were noted to have played minor league home games at Duffy Fairgrounds.