Midwest League
From SABR Encyclopedia
The Midwest League is a class A (class D before 1963) minor league which has operated since 1956. The MWL currently has teams in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio; in 2010 the league will add a Kentucky team. Historically the MWL and its predecessors were centered in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin; the eastward expansion began in 1988. The Midwest League is the successor to the Illinois State League and Mississippi-Ohio Valley League.
Current major leaguers Albert Pujols, Johan Santana, Jake Peavy, and Josh Beckett all played in the Midwest League, as did Hall of Fame players Orlando Cepeda (M-OV League, actually), Juan Marichal, Goose Gossage, Bruce Sutter, and Paul Molitor. (Earl Weaver, elected to the Hall as a manager, played in the MWL predecessor Illinois State League.) Two Hall of Fame players have managed MWL teams: Travis Jackson and Ryne Sandberg.
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