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The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the United States at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball. A champion has been determined at the end of each season since the league was formed in 1903.

A pennant reading "1911" bearing the images of 19 men in baseball caps
A pennant celebrating the 1911 Pacific Coast League champion Portland Beavers

Through 1927, champions were usually the regular-season pennant winners—the team with the best win–loss record at the conclusion of the regular season. From 1928 to 1954, postseason playoffs were the predominant method of determining champions. Participants from 1936 to 1954 were the four teams with the highest winning percentages. After a period of postseason dormancy, the playoffs returned in 1963 along with the advent of a divisional alignment. From 1963 to 1977, the winners of each of two divisions vied for the championship. The league operated using a split season format from 1978 to 1997, with the winners of each half facing off for the right to play for the PCL crown. From 1998 to 2020, the league was split into two conferences of two divisions each. The division winners within each conference met to determine conference champions, and those winners competed for the league championship. The 2021 winner was the team with the best regular-season record. In 2022, the league championship was determined by a single playoff game between the East and West division winners. Beginning with the 2023 season, the league adopted a split season format, in which the league championship is determined by a best-of-three playoff series between the winners of each half of the season, with the winner meeting the champion of the International League in the Triple-A National Championship Game.[1]

The San Francisco Seals won 14 Pacific Coast League championships, more than any other team, followed by the Los Angeles Angels (12) and the Albuquerque Dukes and Portland Beavers (8). Among active PCL franchises, the Tacoma Rainiers have seven championships, the most of all teams, followed by the Sacramento River Cats (5) and the Las Vegas Aviators and Oklahoma City Comets (3).

History

Pre-playoff era (1903–1927)

Twenty-two men and one boy wearing dark suits
The San Francisco Seals (shown in 1909) won 14 championships, more than any other team.

The Pacific Coast League was founded in 1903.[2] A league champion has been determined at the end of each season. With few exceptions, champions from 1903 to 1927 were simply the regular-season pennant winners—the team with the best win–loss record at the conclusion of the regular championship season. The first league champions were the Los Angeles Angels, who won by 27+1⁄2 games over the Sacramento Senators in 1903.[3]

The 1904 and 1905 seasons were contested as split seasons. Under this format, the schedule was split into two parts. The team with the best record at the end of the first season won the first pennant. Standings were then reset so that all clubs had clean records to begin the second season. If the first season winner also won the second season, they were declared the league champion. If a different team won the second season, the two winners would meet in a playoff series to determine the champion.[4] The Tacoma Tigers, winners of the first half of the 1904 season, won the first PCL playoff championship by defeating Los Angeles, who tied with Tacoma for the best record in the second half, 5–4–1, in a best-of-ten-games series.[5][6] Roles were reversed in 1904 as Los Angeles bested Tacoma, 5–1.[5]

The only other playoffs during this period occurred in 1918. After two PCL cities, San Francisco and Salt Lake City, passed "work or fight" laws to aid the effort to win World War I, league directors voted to suspend the season after the games of July 14. A postseason series between the first-place Vernon Tigers and second-place Los Angeles was held to decide the champion.[7] Los Angeles won, 4–2.[8]

Rise and fall of the Governors' Cup (1928–1962)

Playoffs were held briefly from 1928 to 1931, again involving a split season with the winners of each half meeting in a best-of-seven series to determine champions.[9] In 1928, the San Francisco Seals defeated the Sacramento Senators, 4–2, to win the first Governors' Cup.[5] The Seals and future winners of the playoffs were awarded a trophy cup named in recognition of the three states with PCL teams at the time: California, Oregon, and Washington.[5] The league returned to recognizing pennant winners as champions from 1932 to 1935.[9]

The Governors' Cup playoffs were revived and expanded from 1936 to 1954. Utilizing the Shaughnessy playoff system, the top four teams in the league, based on winning percentage, competed for the championship. The first round typically consisted of a best-of-seven series between the first and fourth-place teams and a series between the second and third-place teams. The winners of these semifinals then faced one another for the championship in a best-of-seven series.[9] The first four-team Governors' Cup was won in 1933 by the Portland Beavers, who defeated the Oakland Oaks, 4–1.[9] Financial problems resulted in the cancellation of the playoffs in 1950, 1952, and 1953 and the shortening of the final round to best-of-three series in 1951 and 1954.[9] The last Governors' Cup, awarded in 1954, was won by Oakland, who swept San Francisco for the title.[9]

Postseason play and the awarding of the Governors' Cup was discontinued from 1955 to 1962.[5] During this time, regular-season pennant winner were declared champions. The trophy itself was placed in the Helms Athletic Foundation Museum in Los Angeles in 1954, sold to a collector when the museum closed, and was subsequently stolen. A number of other trophies have been awarded to championship teams in later years during which postseason play occurred. The one given in the 1980s and early 1990s was four feet tall and incorporated three full-size baseball bats and a glove. One design from the mid-1990s resembled Major League Baseball's Commissioner's Trophy issued to World Series champions. From 1998 to 2019, the trophy was an engraved glass wedge fixed to a wooden base.[5]

Divisional era (1963–present)

A group of men wearing navy blue baseball jerseys and caps and gray pants
The 2012 PCL champion Reno Aces

The Pacific Coast League divided its teams into two divisions for the first time in 1963 after absorbing three teams from the former American Association, which had disbanded after the previous season.[10] From 1963 to 1977, the winners of each division met in a best-of-seven series (sometimes five) to determine a champion.[9] The playoffs were expanded to include two wild card teams in 1978. The winners of each division faced the second-place team in their own division, and the winners of these semifinals then played for the PCL championship, with each series being the best-of-five games.[5]

From 1979 to 1997, the PCL adopted a split season format while maintaining its divisional alignment. Typically, the first and second-half champions within each division played a semifinal series to decide division champions. The winners of these then played for the league championship.[11] In some instances, a team that won both halves of the season received a bye into the championship round, while in others the team in that division with the second-place full-season record was awarded a wild-card berth and became the first-place team's opponent. The divisional round began as a best-of-three contest,[11] but it was expanded to the best-of-five in 1983. The championship round was usually contested as a best-of-five series, but it became the best-of-seven in some seasons.[5]

The PCL expanded again in 1998 when the American Association, which had been revived in 1969,[10] dissolved for a final time after the 1997 season.[12] The league was then split into two eight-team conferences consisting of two four-team divisions. The division winners within each conference met in a best-of-five series to determine conference champions. Then, the conference winners played a best-of-five series to decide the league champion.[9]

The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] The Pacific Coast League ceased operations before the 2021 season in conjunction with Major League Baseball's (MLB) reorganization of Minor League Baseball.[14] In place of the league, MLB created the Triple-A West, a circuit divided into two divisions of four teams each.[15] Prior to the 2022 season, MLB renamed the Triple-A West the Pacific Coast League, and it carried on the history of the PCL prior to reorganization.[16] Rather than hold playoffs for its championship, the Triple-A West's 2021 title was awarded to the team with the best regular-season record.[17] The Tacoma Rainiers won this championship by two games ahead of the Sugar Land Skeeters.[18] In 2022, the winners of each division, East and West, met in a single game to determine the league champion.[19] Beginning in 2023, the regular-season was split into two halves, and the winners of each half meet in a best-of-three series for the league championship.[20][21]

Champions

More information Year, Score ...
Key
Year Some years are linked to articles about the champion team's season
Score Score of the championship series
* Co-champions
P Regular-season pennant winner (1936–1954)
12 Won both the first and second half of the season (1979–1997)
WC Wild card qualifier (1978–1997)
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More information Year, Champion ...
Champions
Year Champion Score Runner-up Other playoff teams Ref.
1903 Los Angeles Angels —[a]Sacramento Senators—[3]
1904 Tacoma Tigers 5–4–1Los Angeles Angels—[22]
1905 Los Angeles Angels 5–1Tacoma Tigers—[23]
1906 Portland Beavers —[b]Seattle Siwashes—[24]
1907 Los Angeles Angels —[c]San Francisco Seals—[25]
1908 Los Angeles Angels —[d]Portland Beavers—[26]
1909 San Francisco Seals —[e]Portland Beavers—[27]
1910 Portland Beavers —[f]Oakland Oaks—[28]
1911 Portland Beavers —[g]Vernon Tigers—[29]
1912 Oakland Oaks —[h]Vernon Tigers—[30]
1913 Portland Beavers —[i]Sacramento Sacts—[31]
1914 Portland Beavers —[j]Los Angeles Angels—[32]
1915 San Francisco Seals —[k]Salt Lake City Bees—[33]
1916 Los Angeles Angels —[l]Vernon Tigers—[34]
1917 San Francisco Seals —[m]Los Angeles Angels—[35]
1918 Los Angeles Angels 5–2[n]Vernon Tigers—[8]
1919 Vernon Tigers —[o]Los Angeles Angels—[36]
1920 Vernon Tigers —[p]Seattle Rainiers—[37]
1921 Los Angeles Angels —[q]Sacramento Senators—[38]
1922 San Francisco Seals —[r]Vernon Tigers—[39]
1923 San Francisco Seals —[s]Sacramento Senators—[40]
1924 Seattle Indians —[t]Los Angeles Angels—[41]
1925 San Francisco Seals —[u]Salt Lake City Bees—[42]
1926 Los Angeles Angels —[v]Oakland Oaks—[43]
1927 Oakland Oaks —[w]San Francisco Seals—[44]
1928 San Francisco Seals 4–2Sacramento Senators—[45]
1929 Hollywood Stars 4–3Mission Reds—[46]
1930 Hollywood Stars 4–1Los Angeles Angels—[47]
1931 San Francisco Seals 4–0Hollywood Stars—[48]
1932 Portland Beavers —[x]Hollywood Stars—[49]
1933 Los Angeles Angels —[y]Portland Beavers—[50]
1934 Los Angeles Angels —[z]——[52]
1935 San Francisco Seals 4–2Los Angeles Angels—[53]
1936 Portland BeaversP 4–1Oakland OaksSan Diego Padres & Seattle Indians[54]
1937 San Diego Padres 4–0Portland BeaversSacramento SolonsP & San Francisco Seals[55]
1938 Sacramento Solons 4–1San Francisco SealsLos Angeles AngelsP & Seattle Rainiers[56]
1939 Sacramento Solons 4–2Los Angeles AngelsSan Francisco Seals & Seattle RainiersP[57]
1940 Seattle RainiersP 4–1Los Angeles AngelsOakland Oaks & San Diego Padres[58]
1941 Seattle Rainiers 4–3Sacramento SolonsHollywood StarsP & San Diego Padres[59]
1942 Seattle Rainiers 4–2Los Angeles AngelsSacramento SolonsP & San Diego Padres[60]
1943 San Francisco Seals 4–2Seattle RainiersLos Angeles AngelsP & Portland Beavers[61]
1944 San Francisco Seals 4–3Los Angeles AngelsPOakland Oaks & Portland Beavers[62]
1945 San Francisco Seals 4–2Seattle RainiersPortland BeaversP & Sacramento Solons[63]
1946 San Francisco SealsP 4–2Oakland OaksHollywood Stars & Los Angeles Angels[64]
1947 Los Angeles AngelsP 4–1Oakland OaksPortland Beavers & San Francisco Seals[65]
1948 Oakland OaksP 4–1Seattle RainiersLos Angeles Angels & San Francisco Seals[66]
1949 Hollywood StarsP 4–2San Diego PadresOakland Oaks & Sacramento Solons[67]
1950 Oakland Oaks —[aa]San Diego Padres—[68]
1951 Seattle RainiersP 3–2Hollywood StarsLos Angeles Angels & Portland Beavers[69]
1952 Hollywood Stars —[ab]Oakland Oaks—[70]
1953 Hollywood Stars —[ac]Seattle Rainiers—[71]
1954 Oakland Oaks 3–0San Francisco SealsHollywood Stars & San Diego PadresP[72]
1955 Seattle Rainiers —[ad]San Diego Padres—[73]
1956 Los Angeles Angels —[ae]Seattle Rainiers—[74]
1957 San Francisco Seals —[af]Vancouver Mounties—[75]
1958 Phoenix Giants —[ag]San Diego Padres—[76]
1959 Salt Lake City Bees —[ah]Vancouver Mounties—[77]
1960 Spokane Indians —[ai]Tacoma Giants—[78]
1961 Tacoma Giants —[aj]Vancouver Mounties—[79]
1962 San Diego Padres —[ak]Tacoma Giants
Salt Lake City Bees		—[80]
1963 Oklahoma City 89ers 4–3Spokane Indians—[81]
1964 San Diego Padres 4–3Arkansas Travelers—[82]
1965 Oklahoma City 89ers 4–1Portland Beavers—[83]
1966 Seattle Angels 4–3Tulsa Oilers—[84]
1967 San Diego Padres 4–3Spokane Indians—[85]
1968 Tulsa Oilers 4–1Spokane Indians—[86]
1969 Tacoma Cubs 3–2Eugene Emeralds—[87]
1970 Spokane Indians 4–0Hawaii Islanders—[88]
1971 Salt Lake City Angels 3–0Tacoma Cubs—[89]
1972 Albuquerque Dukes 3–1Eugene Emeralds—[90]
1973 Spokane Indians 3–0Tucson Toros—[91]
1974 Spokane Indians 3–0Albuquerque Dukes—[92]
1975 Hawaii Islanders 3–2Salt Lake City Gulls—[93]
1976 Hawaii Islanders 3–2Salt Lake City Gulls—[94]
1977 Phoenix Giants 4–2Hawaii Islanders—[95]
1978* Albuquerque Dukes —[al]—Portland Beavers & Salt Lake City Gulls[97]
Tacoma Yankees
1979 Salt Lake City Gulls 3–0Hawaii IslandersAlbuquerque Dukes & Vancouver Canadians[98]
1980 Albuquerque Dukes 3–2Hawaii IslandersTucson Toros & Vancouver Canadians[99]
1981 Albuquerque Dukes12 3–0Tacoma TigersHawaii Islanders[100]
1982 Albuquerque Dukes 4–2Spokane IndiansSalt Lake City Gulls & Tacoma Tigers[101]
1983 Portland Beavers 3–0Albuquerque DukesEdmonton Trappers & Las Vegas Stars[102]
1984 Edmonton Trappers 2–0[am]Hawaii IslandersLas Vegas Stars & Salt Lake City Gulls[104]
1985 Vancouver Canadians 3–0Phoenix GiantsCalgary Cannons & Hawaii Islanders[105]
1986 Las Vegas Stars 3–2Vancouver Canadians12Phoenix Firebirds & Tacoma TigersWC[106]
1987 Albuquerque Dukes 3–1Calgary CannonsLas Vegas Stars & Tacoma Tigers[107]
1988 Las Vegas Stars 3–1Vancouver Canadians12Albuquerque Dukes & Portland BeaversWC[108]
1989 Vancouver Canadians 3–1Albuquerque DukesColorado Springs Sky Sox & Calgary Cannons[109]
1990 Albuquerque Dukes12 3–0Edmonton TrappersColorado Springs Sky SoxWC & Tacoma Tigers[110]
1991 Tucson Toros 3–2Calgary CannonsColorado Springs Sky Sox & Portland Beavers[111]
1992 Colorado Springs Sky Sox 3–0Vancouver CanadiansLas Vegas Stars & Portland Beavers[5]
1993 Tucson Toros12 4–2Portland Beavers12—[112]
1994 Albuquerque Dukes 3–2Vancouver Canadians12Colorado Springs Sky Sox & Salt Lake BuzzWC[113]
1995 Colorado Springs Sky Sox 3–2Salt Lake BuzzTucson Toros & Vancouver Canadians[114]
1996 Edmonton Trappers12 3–1Phoenix FirebirdsLas Vegas Stars & Salt Lake BuzzWC[115]
1997 Edmonton Trappers 3–1Phoenix FirebirdsColorado Springs Sky Sox & Vancouver Canadians[116]
1998 New Orleans Zephyrs 3–2Calgary CannonsFresno Grizzlies & Iowa Cubs[117]
1999 Vancouver Canadians 3–1Oklahoma RedHawksOmaha Golden Spikes & Salt Lake Buzz[118]
2000 Memphis Redbirds 3–1Salt Lake BuzzAlbuquerque Dukes & Sacramento River Cats[119]
2001* New Orleans Zephyrs —[an]—Iowa Cubs & Sacramento River Cats[121]
Tacoma Rainiers
2002 Edmonton Trappers 3–1Salt Lake StingersLas Vegas 51s & Oklahoma RedHawks[122]
2003 Sacramento River Cats 3–0Nashville SoundsAlbuquerque Isotopes & Edmonton Trappers[123]
2004 Sacramento River Cats 3–0Iowa CubsOklahoma RedHawks & Portland Beavers[124]
2005 Nashville Sounds 3–0Tacoma RainiersOklahoma RedHawks & Sacramento River Cats[125]
2006 Tucson Sidewinders 3–0Round Rock ExpressNashville Sounds & Salt Lake Bees[126]
2007 Sacramento River Cats 3–0New Orleans ZephyrsNashville Sounds & Salt Lake Bees[127]
2008 Sacramento River Cats 3–1Oklahoma RedHawksIowa Cubs & Salt Lake Bees[128]
2009 Memphis Redbirds 3–0Sacramento River CatsAlbuquerque Isotopes & Tacoma Rainiers[129]
2010 Tacoma Rainiers 3–0Memphis RedbirdsOklahoma City RedHawks & Sacramento River Cats[130]
2011 Omaha Storm Chasers 3–0Sacramento River CatsReno Aces & Round Rock Express[131]
2012 Reno Aces 3–1Omaha Storm ChasersAlbuquerque Isotopes & Sacramento River Cats[132]
2013 Omaha Storm Chasers 3–1Salt Lake BeesLas Vegas 51s & Oklahoma City RedHawks[133]
2014 Omaha Storm Chasers 3–2Reno AcesLas Vegas 51s & Memphis Redbirds[134]
2015 Fresno Grizzlies 3–2Round Rock ExpressEl Paso Chihuahuas & Oklahoma City Dodgers[135]
2016 El Paso Chihuahuas 3–1Oklahoma City DodgersNashville Sounds & Tacoma Rainiers[136]
2017 Memphis Redbirds 3–2El Paso ChihuahuasColorado Springs Sky Sox & Reno Aces[137]
2018 Memphis Redbirds 3–1Fresno GrizzliesEl Paso Chihuahuas & Oklahoma City Dodgers[138]
2019 Sacramento River Cats 3–0Round Rock ExpressIowa Cubs & Las Vegas Aviators[139]
2020 None (season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [13]
2021 Tacoma Rainiers —[ao]Sugar Land Skeeters—[18]
2022 Reno Aces 1–0El Paso Chihuahuas—[140]
2023 Oklahoma City Dodgers 2–0Round Rock Express—[141]
2024 Sugar Land Space Cowboys 2–0Reno Aces—[142]
2025 Las Vegas Aviators 2–0Tacoma Rainiers—[143]
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Wins by team

Active Pacific Coast League teams appear in bold.

More information Team, Wins ...
Team Wins Year(s)
San Francisco Seals 14 1909, 1915, 1917, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1957
Los Angeles Angels 12 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1916, 1918, 1921, 1926, 1933, 1934, 1947, 1956
Albuquerque Dukes 8 1972, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1994
Portland Beavers 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1932, 1936, 1983
Seattle Rainiers (Seattle Indians/Angels) 7 1924, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1955, 1966
Tacoma Rainiers (Tacoma Tigers/Giants/Cubs/Yankees) 1904, 1961, 1969, 1978, 2001, 2010, 2021
Hollywood Stars 5 1929, 1930, 1949, 1952, 1953
Oakland Oaks 1912, 1927, 1948, 1950, 1954
Sacramento River Cats 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2019
Edmonton Trappers 4 1984, 1996, 1997, 2002
Memphis Redbirds 2000, 2009, 2017, 2018
San Diego Padres 1937, 1962, 1964, 1967
Spokane Indians 1960, 1970, 1973, 1974
Las Vegas Aviators (Las Vegas Stars) 3 1986, 1988, 2025
Oklahoma City Comets (Oklahoma City 89ers/Dodgers) 1963, 1965, 2023
Omaha Storm Chasers 2011, 2013, 2014
Salt Lake City Gulls (Salt Lake City Bees/Angels) 1959, 1971, 1979
Vancouver Canadians 1985, 1989, 1999
Colorado Springs Sky Sox 2 1992, 1995
Hawaii Islanders 1975, 1976
New Orleans Zephyrs 1998, 2001
Phoenix Giants 1958, 1977
Reno Aces 2012, 2022
Sacramento Solons 1938, 1939
Tucson Toros 1991, 1993
Vernon Tigers 1919, 1920
El Paso Chihuahuas 1 2016
Fresno Grizzlies 2015
Nashville Sounds 2005
Sugar Land Space Cowboys 2024
Tucson Sidewinders 2006
Tulsa Oilers 1968
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Los Angeles (133–78) finished 27+1⁄2 games ahead of Sacramento.
  2. [b]
    Portland (114–58) finished 21 games ahead of Seattle.
  3. [c]
    Los Angeles (115–74) finished 18 games ahead of San Francisco.
  4. [d]
    Los Angeles (110–78) finished 13+1⁄2 games ahead of Portland.
  5. [e]
    San Francisco (132–80) finished 13+1⁄2 games ahead of Portland.
  6. [f]
    Portland (118–85) finished 7 games ahead of Oakland.
  7. [g]
    Portland (113–79) finished 2 games ahead of Vernon.
  8. [h]
    Oakland (120–83) finished 1 game ahead of Vernon.
  9. [i]
    Portland (109–86) finished 7 games ahead of Sacramento.
  10. [j]
    Portland (113–84) finished 3+1⁄2 games ahead of Los Angeles.
  11. [k]
    San Francisco (118–89) finished 5 games ahead of Salt Lake City.
  12. [l]
    Los Angeles (119–79) finished 8 games ahead of Vernon.
  13. [m]
    San Francisco (119–93) finished 2 games ahead of Los Angeles.
  14. [n]
    The 1918 season was suspended after the games of July 14 due to "work or fight" laws that were passed in San Francisco and Salt Lake City to aid the effort to win World War I. A postseason series between first-place Vernon and second-place Los Angeles was held to determine the champion.[7]
  15. [o]
    Vernon (111–70) finished 2+1⁄2 games ahead of Los Angeles.
  16. [p]
    Vernon (110–88) finished 5+1⁄2 games ahead of Seattle.
  17. [q]
    Los Angeles (108–80) finished 1+1⁄2 games ahead of Sacramento.
  18. [r]
    San Francisco (127–72) finished 4 games ahead of Vernon.
  19. [s]
    San Francisco (124–77) finished 11 games ahead of Sacramento.
  20. [t]
    Seattle (109–91) finished 1+1⁄2 games ahead of Los Angeles.
  21. [u]
    San Francisco (128–71) finished 12+1⁄2 games ahead of Salt Lake City.
  22. [v]
    Los Angeles (121–81) finished 10+1⁄2 games ahead of Oakland.
  23. [w]
    Oakland (120–75) finished 14+1⁄2 games ahead of San Francisco.
  24. [x]
    Portland (111–78) finished 5 games ahead of Hollywood.
  25. [y]
    Los Angeles (114–73) finished 6+1⁄2 games ahead of Portland.
  26. [z]
    Los Angeles won the championship by virtue of winning both halves of the season.[51]
  27. [aa]
    Oakland (118–82) finished 4 games ahead of San Diego.
  28. [ab]
    Hollywood (109–71) finished 5 games ahead of Oakland.
  29. [ac]
    Hollywood (106–74) finished 8 games ahead of Seattle.
  30. [ad]
    Seattle (95–77) finished 3 games ahead of San Diego.
  31. [ae]
    Los Angeles (107–61) finished 16 games ahead of Seattle.
  32. [af]
    San Francisco (101–67) finished 3+1⁄2 games ahead of Vancouver.
  33. [ag]
    Phoenix (89–65) finished 4+1⁄2 games ahead of San Diego.
  34. [ah]
    Salt Lake City (85–69) finished 1+1⁄2 games ahead of Vancouver.
  35. [ai]
    Spokane (92–61) finished 11+1⁄2 games ahead of Tacoma.
  36. [aj]
    Tacoma (97–57) finished 10 games ahead of Vancouver.
  37. [ak]
    San Diego (93–61) finished 12 games ahead of Tacoma and Salt Lake, who were tied for second place.
  38. [al]
    Albuquerque and Tacoma were declared co-champions on the basis of having won the regular-season division titles after the semifinal series between Portland and Tacoma had been postponed by three rainouts and the teams could not afford to wait to complete the series.[96]
  39. [am]
    The best-of-five series was reduced to the best-of-three due to rain and unplayable field conditions.[103]
  40. [an]
    New Orleans and Tacoma were declared co-champions after the playoffs were cancelled in the wake the September 11 terrorist attacks.[120]
  41. [ao]
    Tacoma (73–47) finished 2 games ahead of Sugar Land.

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