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Midwest League
The Midwest League was established in 1947 as the Illinois State League. It changed its name to the Mississippi-Ohio Valley (MOV) in 1949 with the addition of a team from Kentucky. It finally became known as the Midwest League in 1956.
The Midwest League is currently comprised of 14 teams organized into two divisions (MID Eastern and MID Western) each with 7 teams. Teams play a 140 game season. The Midwest League also has an All-Star game at the mid-point of the season.
The Midwest League has a three-round playoff system at the end of the regular season. The the winners of each half of the season and one or two runners-ups for each division (8 teams) make the first round and play best of three games series. 4 teams advance to round two and again play best of three game series. The two remaining teams advance to round 3, the championship round, and compete in a best of five game championship series.
Midwest League - Eastern
- Dayton Dragons - Dayton, Ohio
(Affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) - Fort Wayne Wizards - Fort Wayne, Indiana
(Affiliate of the San Diego Padres) - Great Lakes Loons - Midland, Michigan
(Affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers) - Lansing Lugnuts - Lansing, Michigan
(Affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) - South Bend Silver Hawks - South Bend, Indiana
(Affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks) - West Michigan Whitecaps - Comstock Park, Michigan
(Affiliate of the Detroit Tigers)
Midwest League - Western
- Beloit Snappers - Beloit, Wisconsin
(Affiliate of the Minnesota Twins) - Burlington Bees - Burlington, Iowa
(Affiliate of the Kansas City Royals) - Cedar Rapids Kernels - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
(Affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) - Clinton LumberKings - Clinton, Iowa
(Affiliate of the Texas Rangers) - Kane County Cougars - Geneva, Illinois
(Affiliate of the Oakland Athletics) - Peoria Chiefs - Peoria, Illinois
(Affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) - Swing of the Quad Cities - Davenport, Iowa
(Affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals) - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - Appleton, Wisconsin
(Affiliate of the Seattle Mariners)
South Atlantic League
While there have been many South Atlantic Leagues operating off and on since 1904, the current league owes its origin to the Western Carolinas League, Which was founded in 1948. It changed its name to the South Atlantic League in 1980.
The South Atlantic League currently consists of 16 teams organized into two divisions (SAL Northern and SAL Southern) each with 7 teams. Teams play a 140 game split-season (first half/second half) schedule. The South Atlantic League also has an All-Star game at the mid-point of the season.
The South Atlantic League has a two-round playoff structure. The first and second half divisional champions for each division meet in round 1 in a best of 3 game series. Winners advance to the championship which is a best of 7 game series.
South Atlantic League - Northern
- Delmarva Shorebirds - Delmarva, Maryland
(Affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles) - Greensboro Grasshoppers - Greensboro, North Carolina
(Affiliate of the Florida Marlins) - Hagerstown Suns - Hagerstown, Maryland
(Affiliate of the Washington Nationals) - Hickory Crawdads - Hickory, North Carolina
(Affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates) - Lake County Captains - Eastlake, Ohio
(Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) - Lakewood BlueClaws - Lakewood, New Jersey
(Affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies) - Lexington Legends - Lexington, Kentucky
(Affiliate of the Houston Astros) - West Virginia Power - Charleston, West Virginia
(Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers)
South Atlantic League - Southern
- Asheville Tourists - Asheville, North Carolina
(Affiliate of the Colorado Rockies) - Augusta GreenJackets - Augusta, Georgia
(Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants) - Charleston RiverDogs - Charleston, South Carolina
(Affiliate of the New York Yankees) - Columbus Catfish - Columbus, Georgia
(Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays) - Greenville Drive - Greenville, South Carolina
(Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox) - Kannapolis Intimidators - Kannapolis, North Carolina
(Affiliate of the Chicago White Sox) - Rome Braves - Rome, Georgia
(Affiliate of the Atlanta Braves) - Savannah Sand Gnats - Savannah, Georgia
(Affiliate of the New York Mets)
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