Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

List of New York–Penn League champions

The New York–Penn League of Minor League Baseball was a professional baseball league in the United States from 1939 to 2020. A league champion was determined at the end of each season. Champions were decided by postseason playoffs, winning the regular season pennant, or being declared champion by the league office. In its final season of operation, three division winners and a wild card team (the team with the best second-place record in the league) were determined at the end of the season. The division champion with the highest winning percentage played the wild card team, while the other two division champions faced each other in best-of-three series. The winners then played one another in a best-of-three series to determine the league champion.[1]

League champions

Score and finalist information is only presented when postseason play occurred. The lack of this information indicates a declared league champion.
Year Champion Score Finalist
1939 Olean Oilers 4–2 Hamilton Red Wings
1940 Olean Oilers 4–2 Batavia Clippers
1941 Bradford Bees 4–1 Hamilton Red Wings
1942 Jamestown Falcons 4–2 Olean Oilers
1943 Wellsville Yankees 4–3 Jamestown Falcons
1944 Jamestown Falcons 4–0 Lockport Cubs
1945 Batavia Clippers 4–3 Lockport White Socks
1946 Batavia Clippers 4–2 Lockport Cubs
1947 Jamestown Falcons 4–2 Olean Oilers
1948 Lockport Reds 4–1 Jamestown Falcons
1949 Bradford Blue Wings 4–1 Hamilton Red Wings
1950 Olean Oilers 4–2 Hornell Dodgers
1951 Hornell Dodgers 4–3 Olean Oilers
1952 Jamestown Falcons 4–0 Hornell Dodgers
1953 Jamestown Falcons 4–1 Hamilton Red Wings
1954 Corning Red Sox 4–1 Jamestown Falcons
1955 Hamilton Red Wings 3–0 Corning Red Sox
1956 Wellsville Braves 3–2 Olean Oilers
1957 Erie Sailors 3–1 Batavia Indians
1958 Geneva Redlegs 3–0 Wellsville Braves
1959 Wellsville Braves 3–2 Elmira Pioneers
1960 Wellsville Braves 2–1 Erie Sailors
1961 Olean Red Sox 2–1 Batavia Pirates
1962 Auburn Mets 2–0 Olean Red Sox
1963 Batavia Pirates 2–1 Jamestown Tigers
1964 Auburn Mets 4–2 Geneva Senators
1965 Binghamton Triplets
1966 Auburn Mets 2–0 Binghamton Triplets
1967 Auburn Twins
1968 Oneonta Yankees 1–0 Auburn Twins
1969 Oneonta Yankees
1970 Auburn Twins
1971 Oneonta Yankees
1972 Niagara Falls Pirates
1973 Auburn Phillies
1974 Oneonta Yankees
1975 Newark Co-Pilots
1976 Elmira Pioneers
1977 Oneonta Yankees 2–0 Batavia Trojans
1978 Geneva Cubs 2–0 Auburn Sunsets
1979 Oneonta Yankees 2–0 Geneva Cubs
1980 Oneonta Yankees 2–1 Geneva Cubs
1981 Oneonta Yankees 2–1 Jamestown Expos
1982 Niagara Falls Sox 2–1 Oneonta Yankees
1983 Utica Blue Sox 2–1 Newark Orioles
1984 Little Falls Mets 2–1 Newark Orioles
1985 Oneonta Yankees 2–0 Auburn Astros
1986 St. Catharines Blue Jays 2–1 Newark Orioles
1987 Geneva Cubs 2–0 Watertown Pirates
1988 Oneonta Yankees 2–0 Jamestown Expos
1989 Jamestown Expos 2–1 Pittsfield Mets
1990 Oneonta Yankees 2–1 Erie Sailors
1991 Jamestown Expos 2–0 Pittsfield Mets
1992 Geneva Cubs 2–0 Erie Sailors
1993 Niagara Falls Rapids 2–0 Pittsfield Mets
1994 New Jersey Cardinals 2–0 Auburn Astros
1995 Watertown Indians 2–1 Vermont Expos
1996 Vermont Expos 2–1 St. Catharines Stompers
1997 Pittsfield Mets 2–1 Batavia Clippers
1998[a] Auburn Doubledays
Oneonta Yankees
1999 Hudson Valley Renegades 2–1 Mahoning Valley Scrappers
2000 Staten Island Yankees 2–1 Mahoning Valley Scrappers
2001[b] Brooklyn Cyclones
Williamsport Crosscutters
2002 Staten Island Yankees 2–0 Oneonta Tigers
2003 Williamsport Crosscutters 2–0 Brooklyn Cyclones
2004 Mahoning Valley Scrappers 2–0 Tri-City ValleyCats
2005 Staten Island Yankees 2–0 Auburn Doubledays
2006 Staten Island Yankees 2–1 Tri-City ValleyCats
2007 Auburn Doubledays 2–0 Brooklyn Cyclones
2008 Batavia Muckdogs 2–0 Jamestown Jammers
2009 Staten Island Yankees 2–1 Mahoning Valley Scrappers
2010 Tri-City ValleyCats 2–0 Brooklyn Cyclones
2011 Staten Island Yankees 2–0 Auburn Doubledays
2012 Hudson Valley Renegades 2–1 Tri-City ValleyCats
2013 Tri-City ValleyCats 2–1 State College Spikes
2014 State College Spikes 2–1 Tri-City ValleyCats
2015 West Virginia Black Bears 2–0 Staten Island Yankees
2016 State College Spikes 2–0 Hudson Valley Renegades
2017 Hudson Valley Renegades 2–0 Vermont Lake Monsters
2018 Tri-City ValleyCats 2–0 Hudson Valley Renegades
2019 Brooklyn Cyclones 2–1 Lowell Spinners
2020 None (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)[2]

Championship wins by team

Wins Team Championship years
12 Oneonta Yankees 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998
8 Auburn Mets/Twins/Phillies/Doubledays 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1998, 2007
7 Jamestown Falcons/Expos 1942, 1944, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1989, 1991
6 Staten Island Yankees 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011
4 Batavia Clippers/Pirates/Muckdogs 1945, 1946, 1963, 2008
4 Geneva Redlegs/Cubs 1958, 1978, 1987, 1992
4 Olean Oilers/Red Sox 1939, 1940, 1950, 1961
4 Wellsville Yankees/Braves 1943, 1956, 1959, 1960
3 Hudson Valley Renegades 1999, 2012, 2017
3 Niagara Falls Pirates/Sox/Rapids 1972, 1982, 1993
3 Tri-City ValleyCats 2010, 2013, 2018
2 Bradford Bees/Blue Wings 1941, 1949
2 Brooklyn Cyclones 2001, 2019
2 State College Spikes 2014, 2016
2 Williamsport Crosscutters 2001, 2003
1 Binghamton Triplets 1965
1 Corning Red Sox 1954
1 Elmira Pioneers 1976
1 Erie Sailors 1957
1 Hamilton Red Wings 1955
1 Hornell Dodgers 1951
1 Little Falls Mets 1984
1 Lockport Reds 1948
1 Mahoning Valley Scrappers 2004
1 New Jersey Cardinals 1994
1 Newark Co-Pilots 1975
1 Pittsfield Mets 1997
1 St. Catharines Blue Jays 1986
1 Utica Blue Sox 1983
1 Vermont Expos 1996
1 Watertown Indians 1995
1 West Virginia Black Bears 2015

See also

Notes

  • a Auburn and Oneonta were declared co-champions when torrential rains in Central New York rendered both teams' fields unplayable.
  • b Brooklyn and Williamsport were declared co-champions after the playoffs were cancelled in the wake the September 11 terrorist attacks.

References

  1. ^ "Playoff Procedures". New York–Penn League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved". Minor League Baseball. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.