Midwest League
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The Midwest League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the Midwestern United States. Six teams formed the Illinois State League in 1947, but they changed their name to the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League when a team in Paducah, Kentucky was added. In 1956, with the addition of Iowa teams, the league became known as the Midwest League.
The league plays a 140-game schedule that begins in April and ends in early September. Since 2000 it has been divided into an Eastern Division and a Western Division, with four teams from each division (the winners of each half of the season and one or two runners-up) qualifying for the first round of playoffs. The first two rounds of playoffs are best-of-three series; the league championship series is a best-of-five.
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Current member teams
Eastern Division
- Dayton Dragons -- Cincinatti Reds
- Fort Wayne Wizards -- San Diego Padres
- Lansing Lugnuts -- Toronto Blue Jays
- South Bend Silver Hawks -- Arizona Diamondbacks
- Southwest Michigan Devil Rays -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- West Michigan Whitecaps -- Detroit Tigers
Western Division
- Beloit Snappers -- Minnesota Twins
- Burlington Bees -- Kansas City Royals
- Cedar Rapids Kernels -- Los Angeles Angels
- Clinton LumberKings -- Texas Rangers
- Kane County Cougars -- Oakland Athletics
- Peoria Chiefs -- Chicago Cubs
- Swing of the Quad Cities -- St. Louis Cardinals
- Wisconsin Timber Rattlers -- Seattle Mariners
External links
- Official Midwest League website (http://www.midwestleague.com)
- A Fan's Guide to the Midwest League (http://www.mwlguide.com)