Pacific Coast League

The Pacific Coast League is a minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States and Canada. The Pacific Coast League has a long tradition on the West Coast, with teams with evocative names such as the San Francisco Seals, Oakland Oaks, Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres, Sacramento Solons, and Seattle Rainiers. The league's success was disrupted in 1958 by the moves of the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles and the New York Giants to San Francisco. The league never recovered from those days, and diminished in the public eye to nothing more than another minor league.

In 1997, the Pacific Coast League agreed to merge with the American Association, which had operated in the Midwest. The league now stretches from western Washington to Middle Tennessee. The league is divided into two conferences, each with two divisions. The American Conference consists of the Eastern Division and the Central Division; the Pacific Conference consists of the Northern Division and the Southern Division.

Current member teams:

• Albuquerque Isotopes - Pacific Southern
• Colorado Springs Sky Sox - American Central
• Edmonton Trappers - Pacific Northern
  • Will move to Round Rock, Texas for the 2005 season, becoming the Round Rock Express.
• Fresno Grizzlies - Pacific Southern
• Iowa Cubs - American Central
• Las Vegas 51s - Pacific Southern
• Memphis Redbirds - American Eastern
• Nashville Sounds - American Eastern
• New Orleans Zephyrs - American Eastern
• Oklahoma RedHawks - American Eastern
• Omaha Royals - American Central
• Portland Beavers - Pacific Northern
• Sacramento River Cats - Pacific Southern
• Salt Lake Stingers - American Central
• Tacoma Rainiers - Pacific Northern
• Tucson Sidewinders - Pacific Southern

Pacific Coast League champions