List of defunct baseball minor leagues

This is a sortable list of defunct baseball minor leagues.

List

LeagueState(s)Designation(s)YearsAlabama-Florida LeagueAlabama, FloridaClass D1936–1939, 1951–1962Alabama-Mississippi LeagueAlabama, MississippiClass D1936Alabama State LeagueAlabamaClass D1940–1941, 1956–1950Alabama-Tennessee LeagueAlabama, TennesseeClass D1921All-American AssociationAlabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, TexasIndependent2001American AssociationColorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin Class A Class AA Class AAA 1902–1962, 1969–1997Anthracite LeaguePennsylvania Class D1928Appalachian LeagueTennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia Class D Rookie 1911–1914, 1921–1925, 1937–1955, 1957–2020Arizona Instructional LeagueArizona Winter Rookie1960–1991Arizona LeagueArizona Independent1897Arizona-Mexico LeagueArizona, MexicoClass C 1955–1958Arizona-Mexico League IIArizona, Mexico Independent 2003Arizona Rookie LeagueArizonaWinter Rookie1964Arizona State LeagueArizona Class D1928–1930Arizona-Texas LeagueArizona, TexasClass D Class C 1931–1932, 1937–1941, 1947–1950, 1952–1954Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas League Arkansas, Louisiana, TexasNegro minor1951Arkansas-Missouri LeagueArkansas, MissouriClass D1936–1940Arkansas State LeagueArkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, TexasClass D1893, 1897, 1908–1909, 1934–1935Arkansas-Texas LeagueArkansas, TexasClass D1906Atlantic AssociationConnecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, D.C.Independent Class D 1889–1890, 1908Atlantic Coast LeagueNorth Carolina, South CarolinaIndependent1995Atlantic League IConnecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, VirginiaClass A Class B 1895–1900, 1905, 1907-1909Atlantic League IIConnecticut, New Jersey, New York Class D 1914–1915Basin League Nebraska, South Dakota Independent 1953–1959Beaver Valley LeaguePennsylvania Independent 1894Bi-State League IIllinois, Wisconsin Class D 1915Bi-State League IINorth Carolina, Virginia Class D 1934–1942Big South LeagueArkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee Independent 1996–1997Big State LeagueTexas Class B 1947–1957Black Hills LeagueNebraska, South Dakota Independent 1891–1892Blue Grass LeagueKentucky Class D 1892, 1896, 1908–1912, 1922–1924Blue Mountain LeaguePennsylvania Independent 1907Blue Ridge League IMaryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia Class D 1915–1918, 1920–1930Blue Ridge League IINorth Carolina, Virginia Class D 1946–1950Border League IMichigan, Ontario Class D 1912–1913Border League IINew York, Ontario, Quebec Class C 1946–1951Buckeye LeagueOhio Class D1915California Fall LeagueCaliforniaWinter Rookie1998California League ICalifornia Class B Class D Class E 1879–1893, 1896–1897, 1900–1902, 1906–1909California Players LeagueCalifornia Independent 1894California State LeagueCalifornia Class D 1883, 1885–1886, 1888, 1903–1906, 1910, 1912–1915, 1928–1929California Winter League ICalifornia Winter League 1928–1947Can–Am League I Massachusetts, New York, Ontario Class C1936–1942, 1946–1951Can–Am League IIOntario Independent 1959Can–Am League IIINew Jersey, New York, Quebec, Ontario Independent 2005–2019Canadian AssociationCanada Independent 1895Canadian Baseball LeagueCanada Independent 2003Canadian LeagueOntario, Pennsylvania Independent Class D 1885–1886, 1893–1894, 1896–1898Canadian Midland LeagueCanada Independent 1894Canal Zone LeaguePanama Winter Rookie 1948–1950Cape Breton Colliery LeagueNova Scotia Class D Class C 1937–1939Carolina AssociationNorth Carolina, South Carolina Class D 1908–1912Carolina Baseball LeagueNorth Carolina Independent 1936–1938Carolina Interstate LeagueNorth Carolina, South Carolina Independent 1904Carolina Textile LeagueNorth Carolina Independent 1935Central Association IIllinois, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin Class D 1908–1917Central Association IIIllinois, Iowa, Missouri Class C 1947–1949Central Atlantic League Independent 1888Central Baseball LeagueLouisiana, Missouri, Texas Independent 2002–2005Central California League California Class D 1896, 1910–1911Central Connecticut League Connecticut Independent 1892, 1910–1911Central International League Manitoba, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin Class C 1912Central Interstate League Illinois, Indiana, IowaIndependent 1887–1890Central Kansas League Kansas Class D 1908–1912Central League I New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Independent 1888Central League II Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania Class C 1897Central League III Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia Class B 1900, 1903–1917, 1920–1922, 1926, 1928–1930, 1932, 1934Central League IV Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia Class A 1948–1951Central Mexican League Mexico Class C 1955–1957Central Nebraska League Nebraska Independent 1903Central New Jersey League New Jersey Independent 1891–1892Central New York League New York Independent 1888, 1910Central Pennsylvania League Pennsylvania Independent Class F 1886–1888, 1896–1898Central Texas League Texas Class D 1914–1917Chicago City League Illinois Independent 1887, 1890, 1892–1894, 1909–1910Citrus League Florida Spring 1972Coastal Plain League North Carolina Class D 1937–1941, 1946–1952Cocoa Rookie League Florida Rookie 1964Colonial League IConnecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island Class C 1914–1915Colonial League IIConnecticut, New Jersey, New York Class B 1947–1950Colorado State LeagueColorado Independent 1885, 1889–1891, 1894–1896, 1898Connecticut Association Connecticut Class D 1910Connecticut League/Connecticut State League Connecticut Class E Class B Class F 1884–1885, 1888, 1891, 1894–1895, 1897–1912Continental Baseball League Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas Independent 2007–2010Copper Country Soo LeagueMichigan Class D 1904–1905Cotton States League IAlabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi Class D1902–1914Cotton States League IIArkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas Class D 1919–1932Cotton States League IIIArkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas Class C1936–1941, 1947–1955Cumberland Valley LeagueMaryland, Pennsylvania Independent 1896Dakota LeagueNorth Dakota, South DakotaClass D1921–1922Dawson League Yukon Independent 1904Delaware State League Delaware Independent 1889Delta League Mississippi Class D1904–1905Dixie AssociationAlabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Class AA1971Dixie League I Alabama, Georgia Class D1916–1917Dixie League II Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas Class C1933East Dixie League Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi Class C 1934–1935East Texas League Texas Class D Class C 1916, 1923–1926, 1931, 1936–1940, 1946, 1949–1950East Texas Negro League Louisiana, TexasNegro minor1946Eastern AssociationConnecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode IslandIndependent Class B 1882, 1901, 1909, 1913–1914Eastern Canada LeagueOntario, QuebecClass B 1922–1923Eastern Carolina Baseball AssociationNorth CarolinaIndependent1920–1922Eastern Carolina LeagueNorth CarolinaClass D1908–1910, 1928–1929Eastern Championship AssociationNew York, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C.Independent1881Eastern Illinois LeagueIllinois, IndianaClass D 1907–1908Eastern Interstate LeagueIllinois, PennsylvaniaIndependent 1888, 1890, 1895Eastern Iowa LeagueIllinois, IowaIndependent 1905Eastern Kansas LeagueKansasClass D 1910–1911Eastern League IDelaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, VirginiaIndependent1884–1887Eastern League IIConnecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, VirginiaClass B Class A 1916–1919, 1932Eastern New England LeagueMaine, MassachusettsIndependent 1885Eastern Shore LeagueDelaware, Maryland, VirginiaClass D 1922–1928, 1937–1941, 1946–1949Empire State LeagueGeorgia, New York Independent Class D 1887, 1913Empire State League (1987) New York Independent 1987Empire State League (1905–1907)New York Independent 1905–1907 1905–1907Evangeline Baseball LeagueLouisiana, Mississippi, TexasClass D Class C 1934-1942, 1946–1957Far West LeagueCalifornia, Oregon, NevadaClass D1948–1951Federal LeagueIllinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania Independent 1913Florida-Alabama-Georgia League Alabama, Florida, GeorgiaClass D 1915Florida East Coast Instructional LeagueFlorida Winter Rookie1964Florida East Coast LeagueFloridaClass D Rookie 1940–1942,1972Florida Instructional LeagueFloridaWinter Rookie1958–2007Florida Instructional League NorthFloridaWinter Rookie1969Florida Instructional League SouthFloridaWinter Rookie1969Florida International LeagueCuba, FloridaClass C Class B 1946–1954Florida Winter LeagueFloridaWinter1960–1961Geauga County LeagueOhioIndependent1905Georgia State LeagueGeorgiaClass D 1906, 1914, 1920–1921, 1948–1956Georgia-Alabama LeagueAlabama, Georgia Class D 1913–1917, 1928–1930, 1946–1951Georgia-Florida LeagueFlorida, Georgia, Class D Class A 1935–1942, 1946–1958, 1962–1963Great Central LeagueIllinois, Indiana, Iowa, MinnesotaIndependent1994Gulf LeagueAlabama, LouisianaIndependent1886Gulf States LeagueLouisiana, TexasClass A1976Hawaii Winter BaseballHawaiiWinter Independent1993–2008Hudson River LeagueMassachusetts, New York Class D Class C 1903–1907Illinois-Indiana LeagueIllinois, IndianaIndependent1889, 1892Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League (Three-I)Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, WisconsinClass D Class B 1901–1917, 1919–1932, 1935, 1937–1942, 1946–1961Illinois-Iowa LeagueIndiana, Illinois, IowaIndependent1890–1892Illinois State LeagueIllinoisClass D 1947–1948Illinois-Missouri LeagueIllinois, MissouriClass D 1908–1914Independent Negro LeagueGeorgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Tennessee, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington D.C. Independent 1914–1950Independent Northern LeagueNew York, Ontario Independent 1906Indiana-Michigan LeagueIndiana, MichiganClass D 1921Indiana-Ohio LeagueIndiana, OhioClass D 1908Indiana State LeagueIndianaIndependent1889, 1890, 1900Inland Empire LeagueOregon, WashingtonClass D 1902, 1908Inter-American LeagueFlorida, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, VenezuelaClass AAA 1979International Association for Professional Base Ball PlayersOhio, Ontario, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Michigan, New JerseyIndependent1877–1880, 1888–1900International League of Independent Professional Base Ball ClubsCuba, Delaware, New Jersey, PennsylvaniaIndependent1906Interstate AssociationIndiana, Michigan, OhioClass C1906Interstate LeagueIndiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, West VirginiaIndependent Class C Class D 1896–1901, 1905–1908, 1913–1916, 1932Iowa State LeagueIllinois, IowaClass D1904–1907, 1912Iowa-South Dakota LeagueIowa, South DakotaClass D1902–1903Iron & Oil AssociationOhio, PennsylvaniaIndependent1884Iron & Oil LeagueNew York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West VirginiaIndependent Class F Class C 1885, 1892, 1895, 1898Kansas State LeagueKansas, OklahomaIndependent Class D 1887, 1895–1898, 1905–1906, 1909–1911, 1913–1914Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League (KOM)Kansas, Missouri, OklahomaClass D 1946–1952Kentucky–Indiana LeagueIndiana, KentuckyIndependent 1896Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (KITTY)Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, TennesseeClass D 1903–1906, 1910–1914, 1916, 1922–1924, 1933–1942, 1946–1955Keystone AssociationPennsylvaniaIndependent 1884–1885League AllianceEastern United StatesSemi-affiliated1877, 1882Lone Star LeagueTexasClass D Class C Class A 1927–1929, 1947–1949, 1977Longhorn LeagueTexasClass C1947–1955Louisiana State Baseball LeagueLouisianaIndependent Class D 1915, 1920Maine State LeagueMaine, New HampshireIndependent Class D 1887, 1907–1908Manitoba-Dakota League (MANDAK)Manitoba, North DakotaIndependent 1950–1957Maryland Fall BaseballMarylandFall 1998Massachusetts-Connecticut LeagueConnecticut, MassachusettsClass D1912Michigan State LeagueMichiganIndependent Class D Class C 1889–1890, 1895, 1902, 1911–1914, 1926, 1940–1941Michigan-Ontario LeagueMichigan, OntarioClass B1919–1926Middle Atlantic LeagueMaryland,