Midwest League
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The Midwest League is a Minor League Baseball league established in 1947 and based in the Midwestern United States. A Class A league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues.
Classification | High-A (2021–present) Class A (1947–2020) |
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Sport | Baseball |
Founded | 1947 (77 years ago) (1947) |
No. of teams | 12 |
Country | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | Cedar Rapids Kernels (2023) |
Most titles | Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Lansing Lugnuts (9) |
The Midwest League began as the Illinois State League (1947–1948) and then became the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League (1949–1955). In 1956, the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League was renamed the Midwest League.[1][2] The circuit temporarily operated for the 2021 season as the High-A Central before reassuming its original moniker in 2022.
The Lansing Lugnuts and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers franchises jointly have won the most Midwest League championships, with nine each.