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While our league lives in America's heartland, its teams live in towns and cities. This page is an index to pages documenting each MWL town's participation in the league. You'll find lists of team officers. You'll find yearly results. You'll find affiliation information. You'll find yearly leaders in a number of hitting and pitching categories. These are a start on a team history for each town.
The following lists summarize each town's MWL history. The links are to pages with more detailed information about the town's participation in our league. Many of these pages linked below are incomplete. Things will improve; it's a big project, and I'm not rushing to complete it.
City (Last Championship)
Link to information
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MWL
Seasons
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Wins
Leader
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League
Champs
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Playoff
Winner
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Playoff
Finals
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Playoff
Qualifier
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Burlington (2008)
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48
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1
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4
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3
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5
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9
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Cedar Rapids (1994)
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48
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3
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3
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3
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4
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18
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Clinton (1991)
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56
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5
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2
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1
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5
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18
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Davenport (1990)
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50
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1
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4
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4
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9
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22
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includes teams called Quad City & Quad Cities
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Dubuque (1962)
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18
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1
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2
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2
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3
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5
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Keokuk
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5
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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includes 1962 Midwest Dodgers
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Waterloo (1986)
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36
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9
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7
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5
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9
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12
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City (Last Championship)
Link to information
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MWL
Seasons
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Wins
Leader
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League
Champs
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Playoff
Winner
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Playoff
Finals
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Playoff
Qualifier
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Paducah (1949)
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2
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0
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1
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1
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1
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2
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City (Last Championship)
Link to information
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MWL
Seasons
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Wins
Leader
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League
Champs
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Playoff
Winner
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Playoff
Finals
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Playoff
Qualifier
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Battle Creek (2000)
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12
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0
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1
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1
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2
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9
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includes teams called Michigan & Southwest Michigan
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Grand Rapids (2007)
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16
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5
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5
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5
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5
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13
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these teams were called West Michigan
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Lansing (2003)
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14
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0
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2
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2
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3
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10
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Midland
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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these teams were called Great Lakes
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City (Last Championship)
Link to information
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MWL
Seasons
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Wins
Leader
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League
Champs
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Playoff
Winner
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Playoff
Finals
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Playoff
Qualifier
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Hannibal
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4
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0
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0
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0
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1
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2
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City (Last Championship)
Link to information
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MWL
Seasons
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Wins
Leader
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League
Champs
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Playoff
Winner
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Playoff
Finals
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Playoff
Qualifier
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Dayton
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10
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0
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0
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0
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0
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5
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City (Last Championship)
Link to information
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MWL
Seasons
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Wins
Leader
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League
Champs
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Playoff
Winner
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Playoff
Finals
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Playoff
Qualifier
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Appleton (1984)
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48
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9
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8
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7
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13
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20
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includes teams called Fox Cities & Wisconsin
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Beloit (1995)
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28
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1
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1
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1
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5
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12
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Kenosha (1987)
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9
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0
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2
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2
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3
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3
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Madison
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13
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1
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0
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0
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2
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5
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Wausau (1981)
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16
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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Wisconsin Rapids (1973)
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21
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1
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1
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1
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2
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5
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Notes
Five ways to count a season successful:
- MWL Seasons = Seasons the town (has) fielded an MWL/M-OVL/ISL team.
- Wins Leader = Seasons the franchise led the league in wins.
- League Champs = Championships won by this franchise.
- This count includes 8 championships awarded without playoffs.
- Playoff Winner = Seasons the team won the championship playoff.
- Playoff Finals = Seasons the team reached the last game in the playoff.
- Playoff Qualifier = Seasons the team qualified for championship series.
Some of the material on this page originated as the September 28, 1999, Midwest League Tidbit on the Midwest League Mailing List.
Source Notes
I compiled the tables from the Wolff & Johnson Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, then compared it with other sources.
While the League's Media Guide has a similar table, its intentions are enough different that it misses my point. Where the information differs, I'm quite confident my table is correct.
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