Kenny Lofton ย holds up the President's Trophy after the Toros championship win over Calgary in game 5 of the PCL championship. Arizona Daily Star file photo taken 9/13/91 by David Sanders.

The Tucson Toros won the PCL championship in 1991 and 1993 and fans filled Hi Corbett to cheer them on.

Former UA basketball star Kenny Lofton played for the Toros, and fan-favorite Joe Mikulik helped them win both championships.

The Toros drew in excess of 300,000 for six consecutive seasons.

1991: 317,347.

1992: 300,134.

1993: 307,791.

1994: 309,623.

1995: 301,963.

1996: 307,082.

The Toros left Tucson in 1998. Minor-league baseball left in 2013.


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