List of Midwest League champions


The Midwest League of Minor League Baseball is one of three High-A baseball leagues in the United States. It was previously known as the Illinois State League from 1947 to 1948 and as the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League from 1949 to 1955, but has been the Midwest League since 1956. A league champion is determined at the end of each season. Champions have been determined by postseason playoffs, winning the regular season pennant, or being declared champion by the league office. For 2019, eight teams qualified for the postseason: the first- and second-half winners within each division, Eastern and Western, and wild card teams from each half in each division. Teams within each division met in a best-of-three quarterfinal round. The winners met in a best-of-three semifinal series to determine division champions. Then, the Eastern and Western division winners played a best-of-five series to determine a league champion. As of 2022, the winners of each division from both the first and second halves of the season meet in a best-of-three division series, with the winners of the two division series meeting in a best-of-three championship series.

Championship wins by team

Active Midwest League teams appear in bold.
WinsTeamChampionship years
9Fox Cities Foxes/Appleton Foxes/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2012
9Waterloo Hawks/Royals/Indians/Lansing Lugnuts1958, 1959, 1960, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1986, 1997, 2003
8Quad City Angels/Cubs/River Bandits1968, 1971, 1979, 1990, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2021
7West Michigan Whitecaps1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2025
6Decatur Commodores/Wausau Timbers/Kane County Cougars1952, 1953, 1957, 1981, 2001, 2014
5South Bend White Sox/Silver Hawks/Cubs1989, 1993, 2005, 2019, 2022
4Burlington Bees1965, 1977, 1999, 2008
4Cedar Rapids Reds/Kernels1988, 1992, 1994, 2023
4Wisconsin Rapids Twins/Kenosha Twins/Fort Wayne TinCaps1973, 1985, 1987, 2009
2Clinton C-Sox/Giants1963, 1991
2Danville Dans1951, 1954
2Danville Warriors1972, 1974
2Dubuque Packers1955, 1962
2Lake County Captains2010, 2024
2Quincy Giants/Cubs1961, 1970
2Michigan Battle Cats/Great Lakes Loons2000, 2016
1Belleville Stags1947
1Beloit Snappers1995
1Bowling Green Hot Rods2018
1Centralia Sterlings1950
1Paducah Chiefs1949
1Paris Lakers1956
1Peoria Chiefs2002
1West Frankfort Cardinals1948