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I was reading some stuff on the history of minor league baseball and began to wonder what it might have been like if we'd always had a playoff at this level, going back to the beginnings of the International league, American Association and Pacific Coast League. The first year all three leagues existed was 1903, so i decided to start there. The format I chose was an 8 team playoff, consisting to the three pennant winners, (the pennant winner being the team in each league with the best winning percentage: I ignored divisions), and five "at large" teams based on winning percentage. Ties were to be broken by position in the league standings, head-to-head if I had it,run differential if I had it, who hadn't been in the playoffs in the longest and if it was still a ti,e how far they actually went in any playoffs. For years when there was no AA, I looked at the teams that would likely have been in one and which had the highest winning percentage as the pennant winner. I have no way of knowing who would have won such a playoff. I just wanted to see who would be in it and how often each city would have had a playoff team. I won't post the line-up for each year but I will post this summary of the years cities had teams that would have appeared in such a tournament:
Akron 1920 (1)
Albany 1934 (1)
Albuquerque 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2012 (14)
Arkansas 1963, 1964 (2)
Atlanta 1962, 1963, 1965 (3)
Baltimore 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1944, 1946, 1950 (23)
Binghamton 1918 (1)
Buffalo 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1949, 1953, 1959, 1961, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2014 (34)
Calgary 1987, 1998 (2)
Charleston 1958, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983 (8)
Charlotte 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2012 (6)
Colorado Springs 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2004 (5)
Columbus 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 (48)
Denver 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991 (18)
Durham 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 (9)
Edmonton 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2002 (6)
Eugene 1969 (1)
Evansville 1972, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981 (5)
Fresno 1998, 2007, 2015 (3)
Gwinnett 2009, 2011 (2)
Havana 1955, 1959 (2)
Hawaii 1963, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985 (9)
Hollywood 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957 (12)
Houston 1960 (1)
Indianapolis 1908, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2012, 2013 (47)
Iowa 1973, 1974, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015 (11)
Jacksonville 1962, 1964, 1968 (3)
Jersey City 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1939, 1947 (6)
Kansas City 1911, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953 (16)
Las Vegas 1983, 1984, 1986, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (9)
Lehigh Valley 2011 (1)
Los Angeles 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1956 (27)
Louisville 1903, 1908, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, (36)
Maine 1984, 1985 (2)
Memphis 1974, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2014 (5)
Miami 1956 (1)
Milwaukee 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1926, 1927, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1952 (19)
Minneapolis 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 (12)
Mission 1929, 1934 (2)
Montreal 1916, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958 (19)
Nashville 1990, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010 (8)
Newark 1904, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1917, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948 (22)
New Orleans 1993, 2001 (2)
Norfolk 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2015 (includes Tidewater) (14)
Oakland 1910, 1911, 1912, 1927, 1929, 1936, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 (13)
Oklahoma (City) 1963, 1964, 1965, 1976, 1985, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2015 (10)
Omaha 1955, 1956, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 (16)
Ottawa 2002, 2003 (2)
Pawtucket 1973, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014 (16)
Phoenix 1958, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1997 (10)
Portland 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1923, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1945, 1947, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1978, 1983, 1992, 1993, 2004 (21)
Providence 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 (8)
Reno 2012, 2014 (2)
Richmond 1960, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2007 (14)
Rochester 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1997, 2006, 2013 (43)
Round Rock 2006, 2011 (2)
Sacramento 1913, 1921, 1923, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1949, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (22)
St. Paul 1903, 1904, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1959, 1960 (22)
Salt Lake (City) 1915, 1925, 1959, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013 (20)
San Diego 1937, 1941, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968 (10)
San Francisco 1905, 1907, 1909, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1957 (23)
Scranton-WB 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 (11)
Seattle 1920, 1924, 1925, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1965, 1966 (17)
Spokane 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1982 (9)
Springfield 1979, 1980 (2)
Syracuse 1927, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1998, 2009, 2014 (20)
Tacoma 1904, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1989, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008 (13)
Tidewater (See Norfolk)
Toledo 1907, 1910, 1912, 1927, 1930, 1937, 1944, 1953, 1967, 1968, 1978, 1980, 1984, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 (17)
Toronto 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1934, 1943, 1945, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966 (24)
Tucson 1970, 1973, 1980, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006 (8)
Tulsa 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 (6)
Vancouver 1957, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999 (13)
Vernon 1912, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922 (6)
Wichita 1957, 1958, 1972 (3)
Ranked by appearances:
48- Columbus
47- Indianapolis
43- Rochester
36- Louisville
34- Buffalo
27- Los Angeles
24- Toronto
23- Baltimore, San Francisco
22- Newark, Sacramento, St. Paul
21- Portland
20- Salt Lake City, Syracuse
19- Milwaukee, Montreal
18- Denver
17- Seattle, Toledo
16- Kansas City, Omaha, Pawtucket
14- Albuquerque, Norfolk, Richmond
13- Oakland, Tacoma, Vancouver
12- Hollywood, Minneapolis
11- Iowa, Scranton-Wilkes Barre
10- Oklahoma City, Phoenix, San Diego
9 – Durham, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Spokane
8- Charleston, Nashville, Providence, Tucson
6- Charlotte, Edmonton, Jersey City, Tulsa, Vernon
5- Colorado Springs, Evansville, Memphis
3- Atlanta, Fresno, Jacksonville, Wichita
2- Arkansas, Calgary, Gwinnett, Havana, Maine, Mission, New Orleans, Ottawa, Reno, Round Rock, Springfield
1- Akron, Albany, Binghamton, Eugene, Houston, Lehigh Valley, Miami
Akron 1920 (1)
Albany 1934 (1)
Albuquerque 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2012 (14)
Arkansas 1963, 1964 (2)
Atlanta 1962, 1963, 1965 (3)
Baltimore 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1944, 1946, 1950 (23)
Binghamton 1918 (1)
Buffalo 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1949, 1953, 1959, 1961, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2014 (34)
Calgary 1987, 1998 (2)
Charleston 1958, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983 (8)
Charlotte 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2012 (6)
Colorado Springs 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2004 (5)
Columbus 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 (48)
Denver 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991 (18)
Durham 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 (9)
Edmonton 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2002 (6)
Eugene 1969 (1)
Evansville 1972, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981 (5)
Fresno 1998, 2007, 2015 (3)
Gwinnett 2009, 2011 (2)
Havana 1955, 1959 (2)
Hawaii 1963, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985 (9)
Hollywood 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957 (12)
Houston 1960 (1)
Indianapolis 1908, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2012, 2013 (47)
Iowa 1973, 1974, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015 (11)
Jacksonville 1962, 1964, 1968 (3)
Jersey City 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1939, 1947 (6)
Kansas City 1911, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953 (16)
Las Vegas 1983, 1984, 1986, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (9)
Lehigh Valley 2011 (1)
Los Angeles 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1956 (27)
Louisville 1903, 1908, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, (36)
Maine 1984, 1985 (2)
Memphis 1974, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2014 (5)
Miami 1956 (1)
Milwaukee 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1926, 1927, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1952 (19)
Minneapolis 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 (12)
Mission 1929, 1934 (2)
Montreal 1916, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958 (19)
Nashville 1990, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010 (8)
Newark 1904, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1917, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948 (22)
New Orleans 1993, 2001 (2)
Norfolk 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2015 (includes Tidewater) (14)
Oakland 1910, 1911, 1912, 1927, 1929, 1936, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 (13)
Oklahoma (City) 1963, 1964, 1965, 1976, 1985, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2015 (10)
Omaha 1955, 1956, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 (16)
Ottawa 2002, 2003 (2)
Pawtucket 1973, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014 (16)
Phoenix 1958, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1997 (10)
Portland 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1923, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1945, 1947, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1978, 1983, 1992, 1993, 2004 (21)
Providence 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 (8)
Reno 2012, 2014 (2)
Richmond 1960, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2007 (14)
Rochester 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1997, 2006, 2013 (43)
Round Rock 2006, 2011 (2)
Sacramento 1913, 1921, 1923, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1949, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (22)
St. Paul 1903, 1904, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1959, 1960 (22)
Salt Lake (City) 1915, 1925, 1959, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013 (20)
San Diego 1937, 1941, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968 (10)
San Francisco 1905, 1907, 1909, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1957 (23)
Scranton-WB 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 (11)
Seattle 1920, 1924, 1925, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1965, 1966 (17)
Spokane 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1982 (9)
Springfield 1979, 1980 (2)
Syracuse 1927, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1998, 2009, 2014 (20)
Tacoma 1904, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1989, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008 (13)
Tidewater (See Norfolk)
Toledo 1907, 1910, 1912, 1927, 1930, 1937, 1944, 1953, 1967, 1968, 1978, 1980, 1984, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 (17)
Toronto 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1934, 1943, 1945, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966 (24)
Tucson 1970, 1973, 1980, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006 (8)
Tulsa 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 (6)
Vancouver 1957, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999 (13)
Vernon 1912, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922 (6)
Wichita 1957, 1958, 1972 (3)
Ranked by appearances:
48- Columbus
47- Indianapolis
43- Rochester
36- Louisville
34- Buffalo
27- Los Angeles
24- Toronto
23- Baltimore, San Francisco
22- Newark, Sacramento, St. Paul
21- Portland
20- Salt Lake City, Syracuse
19- Milwaukee, Montreal
18- Denver
17- Seattle, Toledo
16- Kansas City, Omaha, Pawtucket
14- Albuquerque, Norfolk, Richmond
13- Oakland, Tacoma, Vancouver
12- Hollywood, Minneapolis
11- Iowa, Scranton-Wilkes Barre
10- Oklahoma City, Phoenix, San Diego
9 – Durham, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Spokane
8- Charleston, Nashville, Providence, Tucson
6- Charlotte, Edmonton, Jersey City, Tulsa, Vernon
5- Colorado Springs, Evansville, Memphis
3- Atlanta, Fresno, Jacksonville, Wichita
2- Arkansas, Calgary, Gwinnett, Havana, Maine, Mission, New Orleans, Ottawa, Reno, Round Rock, Springfield
1- Akron, Albany, Binghamton, Eugene, Houston, Lehigh Valley, Miami