The Sports Almanac

Midwest League Baseball
A Minor League



SOUTH BEND CUBS
Current MWL Title Holders
 
Team Records  MWL Champions
Through the 2019 Season
POS
 TEAMS
 W
 L
 PCT.
 GAMES
1
 Bowling Green Hot Rods 757
 630
 .546
 1387
2
 West Michigan Whitecaps 2801
 2445
 .534
 5246
3
 Great Lakes Loons 2763
 2499
 .525
 5262
4
 Quad Cities River Bandits 4814
 4415
 .522
 9229
5
 Lansing Lugnuts
 4908 4701
 .511
 9609
6
 Cedar Rapids Kernels 3929
 3836
 .506
 7765
7
 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
 4814
 4773 .502
 9587
8
 South Bend Cubs 2207
 2200
 .501
 4407
9
 Beloit Snappers 2614
 2625
 .499
 5239
10
 Kane County Cougars 4438
 4568
 .493
 9006
11
 Fort Wayne TinCaps 4709
 4869
 .492
 9578
12
 Dayton Dragons 2179
 2250
 .492
 4429
13
 Peoria Chiefs 2583
 2674
 .491
 5257
14
 Clinton LumberKings
 4237
 4503
 .485
 8740
15
 Lake County Captains 651
 735
 .470
 1386
16
 Burlington Bees
 3619
 4154
 .466
 7773

Midwest League Champions  Team Records
Where no loser is listed, champion of MWL won both halves of the season and champions composite won-loss record is listed
YEAR
 WINNER LOSER
GAMES
1947
 Belleville Stags
 None
 75-37
1948
 West Frankfort Cardinals
 Mattoon Indians
 3-0
1949
 Paducah Chiefs
 Matoon Indians
 4-3
1950
 None
 Weather/Military Callups
 --
1951
 Danville Dans
 Mt. Vernon Kings
 2-0
1952
 Decatur Comodores
 Hannibal Stags
 3-1
1953
 Decatur Comodores
 Paris Lakers
 3-2
1954
 Danville Dans
 Clinton Pirates
 3-0
1955
 Dubuque Packes
 Matoon Phillies
 3-0
1956
 Paris Lakers
 Dubuque Packers
 3-1
1957
 Decatur Comodores
 Clinton Pirates
 2-0
1958
 Waterloo Hawks
 Michigan City White Caps
 3-2
1959
 Waterloo Hawks
 None
 76-48
1960
 Waterloo Hawks
 None
 81-43
1961
 Quincy Giants
 Waterloo Hawks
 3-2
1962
 Dubuque Packers
 Waterloo Hawks
 3-1
1963
 Clinton C-Sox
 None
 56-68
1964
 Fox Cities Foxes
 Clinton C-Sox
 1-0
1965
 Burlington Bees
 None
 82-40
1966
 Fox Cities Foxes
 Cedar Rapids Cardinals
 2-1
1967
 Appleton Foxes
 Wisconsin Rapids Twins
 2-0
1968
 Quad City Angels
 Decatur Comodores
 2-1
1969
 Appleton Foxes
 None
 84-41
1970
 Quincy Cubs
 Quad City Angels
 2-0
1971
 Quad Cities Angels
 Appleton Foxes
 2-1
1972
 Danville Warriors
 Appleton Foxes
 2-0
1973
 Wisconsin Rapids Twins
 Danville Warriors
 2-1
1974
 Danville Warriors
 Appleton Foxes
 2-1
1975
 Waterloo Royals
 Quad Cities Angels
 2-0
1976
 Waterloo Royals
 Quad Cities Angels
 2-0
1977
 Burlington Bees
 Waterloo Indians
 2-0
1978
 Appleton Foxes
 Burlington Bees
 2-1
1979
 Quad City Cubs
 Waterloo Indians
 2-1
1980
 Waterloo Indians
 Quad City Cubs
 2-1
1981
 Wausau Timbers
 Quad City Cubs
 3-0
1982
 Appleton Foxes
 Madison Muskies
 2-1
1983
 Appleton Foxes
 Springfield Cardinals
 3-1
1984
 Appelton Foxes
 Springfield Cardinals
 3-2
1985
 Kenosha Twins
 Peoria Chiefs
 3-1
1986
 Waterloo Indians
 Peoria Chiefs
 3-0
1987
 Kenosha Twins
 Springfield Cardinals
 3-1
1988
 Cedar Rapids Reds
 Kenosha Twins
 3-1
1989
 South Bend White Sox
 Springfield Cardinals
 3-0
1990
 Quad City Angels
 South Bend White Sox
 3-1
1991
 Clinton Giants
 Madison Muskies
 3-0
1992
 Cedar Rapids Reds
 Beloit Brewers
 3-2
1993
 South Bend White Sox
 Clinton Giants
 3-1
1994
 Cedar Rapids Kernels
 Rockford Royals
 3-1
1995
 Beloit Snappers
 Michigan Battle Cats
 3-0
1996
 West Michigan Whitecaps
 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
 3-1
1997
 Lansing Lugnuts
 Kane County Cougars
 3-2
1998
 West Michigan Whitecaps
 Rockford Cubbies
 3-1
1999
 Burlington Bees
 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
 3-2
2000
 Michigan Battle Cats
 Beloit Snappers
 3-0
2001
 Kane County Cougars
 South Bend Silver Hawks
 1-0
2002
 Peoria Chiefs
 Lansing Lugnuts
 3-1
2003
 Lansing Lugnuts
 Beloit Snappers
 3-0
2004
 West Michigan Whitecaps
 Kane County Cougars
 3-2
2005
 South Bend Silver Hawks
 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
 3-2
2006
 West Michigan Whitecaps
 Kane County Cougars
 3-1
2007
 West Michigan Whitecaps
 Beloit Snappers
 3-2
2008
 Burlington Bees
 South Bend Silver Hawks
 2-0
2009
 Fort Wayne TinCaps
 Burlington Bees
 3-0
2010
 Lake County Captains
 Clinton LumberKings
 3-2
2011
 Quad Cities River Bandits
 Lansing Lugnuts
 3-0
2012
 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
 Fort Wayne TinCaps
 3-1
2013
 Quad Cities River Bandits
 South Bend Silver Hawks
 3-0
2014
 Kane County Cougars
 Lake County Captains
 3-0
2015
 West Michigan Whitecaps
 Cedar Rapids Kernals
 3-2
2016
 Great Lakes Loons
 Clinton Lumber Kings
 3-1
2017
 Quad Cities River Bandits
 Fort Wayne Tin Caps
 3-0
2018
 Bowling Green Hot Rods
 Peoria Chiefs
 3-1
2019
 South Bend Cubs
 Clinton LumberKings
 3-0