They played in the American Association from 1953 to 1955 at the Triple-A level as an affiliate of the Milwaukee Braves.
Mid-season in 1952, owner Danny Menendez moved the Mud Hens to Charleston, West Virginia,[1] where they competed as the Charleston Senators through 1960.
Starting in 1953, Toledo fielded a replacement franchise in the American Association, the Toledo Sox, which was the former Milwaukee Brewers minor-league team.
The Sox played in Toledo through the 1955 season.
Toledo was without a minor-league team from 1956 through 1964; in 1965, a new Mud Hens team began playing in the Triple-A International League.