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| History of Triple-A Baseball Markets |
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With a history of over 125 years, Triple-A Baseball has been played in over 100 cities across North America. Triple-A Baseball was forced out of several markets with the emergence of Major League Baseball, while other times, the movement was proactive as a team left one city for another growing market.
- 18 current Major League Baseball markets previously hosted Triple-A clubs (Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Oakland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle & Toronto).
- Triple-A Baseball has been played in 40 states (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV) as well as Canada, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.
| A History of Triple-A Baseball Markets |
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| Akron, OH |
1920 (IL) |
| Albany, NY |
1885, 1888, 1891-1893, 1896, 1932-1936 (IL) |
| Albuquerque, NM |
1972-2000, 2003- (PCL) |
| Allentown, PA |
1884, 1894, 2008- (IL) |
| Atlanta, GA |
1962-1965 (IL) |
| Baltimore, MD |
1903-1914, 1916-1953 (IL) |
| Binghamton, NY |
1885-1887, 1892-1894, 1918-1919 (IL) |
| Buffalo, NY |
1985-1997 (AA); 1886-1898, 1901-1970, 1998- (IL) |
| Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
1985-2002 (PCL) |
| Charleston, WV |
1952-1960 (AA); 1961, 1971-1983 (IL) |
| Charlotte, NC |
1993- (IL) |
| Cleveland, OH |
1914-1915 (AA) |
| Colorado Springs, CO |
1988- (PCL) |
| Columbus, OH |
1902-1954 (AA); 1955-1970, 1977- (IL) |
| Dallas, TX |
1959 (AA); 1964 (PCL) |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX |
1960-1962 (AA); 1963 (PCL) |
| Denver, CO |
1955-1962 (AA), 1963-1968 (PCL), 1969-1992 (AA) |
| Des Moines, IA |
1969-1997 (AA): 1998- (PCL) |
| Detroit, MI |
1889-1890 (IL) |
| Durham, NC |
1998- (IL) |
| Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1981-2004 (PCL) |
| Elmira, NY |
1886, 1892 (IL) |
| Erie, PA |
1893-1894 (IL) |
| Eugene, OR |
1969-1973 (PCL) |
| Evansville, IN |
1970-1984 (AA) |
| Fresno, CA |
1906, 1998- (PCL) |
| Ft. Worth, TX |
1959 (AA) |
| Grand Rapids, MI |
1890 (IL) |
| Gwinnett, GA |
2009- (IL) |
| Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
1886-1890, 1918 (IL) |
| Harrisburg, PA |
1884, 1915 (IL) |
| Hartford, CT |
1899-1901 (IL) |
| Havana, Cuba |
1954-1960 (IL) |
| Hollywood, CA |
1926-1935, 1938-1957 (PCL) |
| Honolulu, HI |
1961-1987 (PCL) |
| Houston, TX |
1959-1961 (AA) |
| Indianapolis, IN |
1902-1962, 1969-1997 (AA); 1964-1968 (PCL); 1963, 1998- (IL) |
| Jacksonville, FL |
1962-1968 (IL) |
| Jersey City, NJ |
1887, 1902-1915, 1918-1933, 1937-1950, 1960-1961 (IL) |
| Kansas City, MO |
1902-1954 (AA) |
| Lancaster, PA |
1884 (IL) |
| Las Vegas, NV |
1983- (PCL) |
| Lebanon, PA |
1891 (IL) |
| Little Rock, AR |
1963 (IL); 1964-1965 (PCL) |
| London, Ontario, Canada |
1888-1890 (IL) |
| Los Angeles, CA |
1903-1957 (PCL) |
| Louisville, KY |
1902-1962, 1982-1997 (AA); 1968-1972, 1998- (IL) |
| Memphis, TN |
1974-1976 (IL); 1998- (PCL) |
| Miami, FL |
1956-1960 (IL) |
| Milwaukee, WI |
1902-1952 (AA) |
| Minneapolis, MN |
1902-1960 (AA) |
| Mission (San Francisco), CA |
1914, 1926-1937 (PCL) |
| Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
1890, 1897-1917, 1928-1960 (IL) |
| Nashville, TN |
1985-1997 (AA); 1998- (PCL) |
| New Haven, CT |
1891-1892 (IL) |
| New Orleans, LA |
1977, 1993-1997 (AA); 1998- (PCL) |
| Newark, NJ |
1884, 1887, 1902-1919, 1921-1949 (IL) |
| Norfolk (aka Tidewater), VA |
1969- (IL) |
| Oakland, CA |
1903-1955 (PCL) |
| Ogden, UT |
1979-1980 (PCL) |
| Oklahoma City, OK |
1962, 1969-1997 (AA); 1963-1968, 1998- (PCL) |
| Old Orchard Beach, ME |
1984-1988 (IL) |
| Omaha, NE |
1955-1959, 1961-1962, 1969-1997 (AA); 1998- (PCL) |
| Oswego, NY |
1885-1887 (IL) |
| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
1898, 1951-1954, 1993-2007 (IL) |
| Pawtucket, RI |
1973- (IL) |
| Peninsula (Hampton), VA |
1972-1973 (IL) |
| Philadelphia, PA |
1892 (IL) |
| Phoenix, AZ |
1958-1959, 1966-1997 (PCL) |
| Portland, OR |
1903-1972, 1978-1993, 2001- (PCL) |
| Providence, RI |
1891-1917, 1925 (IL) |
| Reading, PA |
1884, 1919-1931 (IL) |
| Reno, NV |
2009- (PCL) |
| Richmond, VA |
1884, 1915-1917, 1954-1964, 1966-2008 (IL) |
| Rochester, NY |
1885-1889, 1891-1892, 1895- (IL) |
| Round Rock, TX |
2005- (PCL) |
| Sacramento, CA |
1903, 1909-1914, 1918-1960, 1974-1976, 2000- (PCL) |
| Saginaw-Bay City, MI |
1890 (IL) |
| Salt Lake City, UT |
1915-1925, 1958-1965, 1970-1984, 1994- (PCL) |
| San Diego, CA |
1936-1968 (PCL) |
| San Francisco, CA |
1903-1957 (PCL) |
| San Jose, CA |
1977-1978 (PCL) |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico |
1961 (IL) |
| Scranton, PA |
1887, 1894-1897 (IL) |
| Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA |
1989- (IL) |
| Seattle, WA |
1903-1906, 1919-1968 (PCL) |
| Spokane, WA |
1958-1971, 1973-1982 (PCL) |
| Springfield, IL |
1978-1981 (AA) |
| Springfield, MA |
1893-1900, 1950-1953 (IL) |
| St. Paul, MN |
1902-1960 (AA) |
| Syracuse, NY |
1885-89, 1891-92, 1894-1901, 1918, 1920-1927, 1934-1955, 1961- (IL) |
| Tacoma, WA |
1904-1905, 1960- (PCL) |
| Toledo, OH |
1902-1913, 1916-1955 (AA); 1889, 1965- (IL) |
| Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
1886-1890, 1895-1967 (IL) |
| Trenton, NJ |
1884 (IL) |
| Troy, NY |
1888, 1891-1894 (IL) |
| Tucson, AZ |
1969-2008 (PCL) |
| Tulsa, OK |
1966-1968 (PCL); 1969-1976 (AA) |
| Utica, NY |
1885-1887, 1892 (IL) |
| Vancouver, B.C., Canada |
1956-1962, 1965-1969, 1978-1999 (PCL) |
| Venice, CA |
1913-1915 (PCL) |
| Vernon, CA |
1909-1912, 1915-1925 (PCL) |
| Wichita, KS |
1956-1958, 1970-1984 (AA) |
| Wilkes-Barre, PA |
1887, 1893-1898 (IL) |
| Wilmington, DE |
1884 (IL) |
| Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
1970-1971 (IL) |
| Worcester, MA |
1899-1903 (IL) |
| York, PA |
1884 (IL) |
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| (Bold denotes current Triple-A markets; italics denotes MLB markets) |
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