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The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the United States. Along with the Pacific Coast League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball (MLB). The league traces its roots to 1884, while the modern IL began in 1912. Following MLB's reorganization of the minor leagues in 2021, it operated as the Triple A East for one season before switching back to its previous moniker in 2022. It is so named because throughout much of its history the International League had teams in Canada and Cuba as well as those in the United States. Since 2008, however, all of its teams have been based in the US. The IL's 20 teams are located in 14 states stretching from Papillion, Nebraska, to Worcester, Massachusetts, and from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Jacksonville, Florida. A league champion is determined at the end of each season. The Rochester Red Wings have won 19 International League titles, the most in the league's history, followed by the Columbus Clippers (11) and the Baltimore Orioles, original Buffalo Bisons, and Toronto Maple Leafs (10). During the era of the Governors' Cup playoffs from 1933 to 2020, the most cup titles were won by Columbus (11), followed by Rochester (10) and the Syracuse Mets (8).

The International League is divided into the East Division and the West Division, each consisting of 10 teams. As of the 2022 season, all teams play a 150 game schedule, beginning in late March and concluding in late September.

Since the 2023 season, the regular season is split into two halves. After the completion of the season, the winners of each half meet in a best of three series to determine a league champion. From 1933 to 2019, the three division champions and a wild card team squared off in series playoffs to determine a champion, with the winner awarded the Governors' Cup, the league's championship trophy. Following the cancelled 2020 season, rather than hold playoffs for its championship, the 2021 title was awarded to the team with the best regular season record. In 2022, the two division champions met in a single game to determine a league champion. In further postseason play, the IL champion meets the Pacific Coast League's champion in the Triple A National Championship Game, a single game to determine an overall champion of Triple A baseball, which has been held annually since 2006, excluding 2020 and 2021. Previously, the IL champion also competed in the Triple A World Series (1983, 1998–2000), Junior World Series (1919), and other sporadic postseason competitions throughout the league's history. Other interleague play occurred during the Triple A All Star Game. Traditionally, the game had taken place on the day after the mid summer Major League Baseball All Star Game. The game was meant to mark a symbolic halfway point in the season (though not the mathematical halfway point which, for most seasons, is usually one month prior). During the All Star break, no regular season games were scheduled for two days before the All Star Game itself.

DivisionTeamFoundedMLB AffiliationAffiliated SinceCityStadiumCapacity EastBuffalo Bisons1979Toronto Blue Jays2013Buffalo, New YorkSahlen Field16,600Charlotte Knights1976Chicago White Sox1999Charlotte, North CarolinaTruist Field10,200Durham Bulls1902Tampa Bay Rays1998Durham, North CarolinaDurham Bulls Athletic Park10,000Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp1962Miami Marlins2021Jacksonville, Florida121 Financial Ballpark 11,000Lehigh Valley IronPigs2008Philadelphia Phillies2007Allentown, PennsylvaniaCoca Cola Park10,100Norfolk Tides1961Baltimore Orioles2007Norfolk, VirginiaHarbor Park11,856Rochester Red Wings1899Washington Nationals2021Rochester, New YorkInnovative Field10,840Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders1989New York Yankees2007Moosic, PennsylvaniaPNC Field10,000Syracuse Mets1934New York Mets2019Syracuse, New YorkNBT Bank Stadium10,815Worcester Red Sox2021Boston Red Sox2021Worcester, MassachusettsPolar Park9,508 WestColumbus Clippers1977Cleveland Guardians2009Columbus, OhioHuntington Park10,100Gwinnett Stripers2009Atlanta Braves2009Lawrenceville, GeorgiaCoolray Field10,427Indianapolis Indians1902Pittsburgh Pirates2005Indianapolis, IndianaVictory Field13,750Iowa Cubs1969Chicago Cubs1981Des Moines, IowaPrincipal Park11,500Louisville Bats1982Cincinnati Reds2000Louisville, KentuckyLouisville Slugger Field13,131Memphis Redbirds1998St. Louis Cardinals1998Memphis, TennesseeAutoZone Park10,000Nashville Sounds1978Milwaukee Brewers2021Nashville, TennesseeFirst Horizon Park10,000Omaha Storm Chasers1969Kansas City Royals1969Papillion, NebraskaWerner Park9,023St. Paul Saints1993Minnesota Twins2021Saint Paul, MinnesotaCHS Field 7,210Toledo Mud Hens1965Detroit Tigers1987Toledo, OhioFifth Third Field10,300

These teams were either charter members of the IL in 1912 or were added as expansion teams thereafter. Indianapolis had previously played in the IL in 1963.]] The IL recognizes outstanding players and team personnel annually near the end of each season.

The Most Valuable Player Award, first awarded in 1932, is given to honor the best player in the league.

The International League Hall of Fame was established in 1947 to honor league players, managers, and executives who have made significant contributions to the league. The Hall of Fame inducted its first class of nine men in 1947. A plaque was unveiled at the IL's New York City offices located in the Ruppert Building at 535 Fifth Avenue. Today, the plaque has no permanent home, but exists as a traveling display that visits a number of the league's ballparks each season. The Hall became dormant after 1963, but was revived in 2007. New members are elected before the start of each season.