List of Midwest League champions


The Midwest League of Minor League Baseball is one of two Class 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 form 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. Currently, eight teams qualify 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 meet in a best-of-three quarterfinal round. The winners meet in a best-of-three semifinal series to determine division champions. Then, the Eastern and Western division winners play a best-of-five series to determine a league champion.

League champions

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
7Quad City Angles/Cubs/River Bandits1968, 1971, 1979, 1990, 2011, 2013, 2017
6Decatur Commodores/Wausau Timbers/Kane County Cougars1952, 1953, 1957, 1981, 2001, 2014
6West Michigan Whitecaps1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2015
4Burlington Bees1965, 1977, 1999, 2008
4Wisconsin Rapids Twins/Kenosha Twins/Fort Wayne TinCaps1973, 1985, 1987, 2009
4South Bend White Sox/Silver Hawks 1989, 1993, 2005, 2019
3Cedar Rapids Reds/Kernels1988, 1992, 1994
2Clinton C-Sox/Giants 1963, 1991
2Danville Dans1951, 1954
2Danville Warriors1972, 1974
2Dubuque Packers1955, 1962
2Quincy Giants/Cubs1961, 1970
2Michigan Battle Cats/Great Lakes Loons2000, 2016
1Belleville Stags1947
1Beloit Snappers1995
1Bowling Green Hot Rods2018
1Centralia Sterlings1950
1Lake County Captains2010
1Paducah Chiefs1949
1Paris Lakers1956
1Peoria Chiefs2002
1West Frankfort Cardinals1948