This article is about the professional baseball league. For other uses, see International League (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Inter-National League.
International League
Classification
Triple-A (1946–present)
Double-A (1912–1945)
Class A (1902–1911)
Sport
Baseball
Founded
1884 (140 years ago) (1884)
No. of teams
20
Country
United States
Most recent champion(s)
Norfolk Tides (2023)
Most titles
Rochester Red Wings (19)
TV partner(s)
MiLB.TV, MLB Network, and local sports networks
Official website
www.milb.com
The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the United States. Along with the Pacific Coast League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball (MLB).
The league traces its roots to 1884, while the modern IL began in 1912. Following MLB's reorganization of the minor leagues in 2021, it operated as the Triple-A East for one season before switching back to its previous moniker in 2022. It is so named because throughout much of its history the International League had teams in Canada and Cuba as well as those in the United States. Since 2008, however, all of its teams have been based in the US. The IL's 20 teams are located in 14 states stretching from Papillion, Nebraska, to Worcester, Massachusetts, and from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Jacksonville, Florida.
A league champion is determined at the end of each season. The Rochester Red Wings have won 19 International League titles, the most in the league's history, followed by the Columbus Clippers (11) and the Baltimore Orioles, original Buffalo Bisons, and Toronto Maple Leafs (10). During the era of the Governors' Cup playoffs from 1933 to 2020, the most cup titles were won by Columbus (11), followed by Rochester (10) and the Syracuse Mets (8).
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