The Junior World Series was a postseason championship series between champions of two of the three highest minor league baseball leagues modeled on the

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. It was called the Little World Series (no relation to the

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) until 1932, and acquired other official names at different times. The various iterations of the Junior World Series were played for most of the years of the 20th century, off and on depending on the fortunes of the various leagues involved. Most often it was held between the champions of the

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(IL) and the

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(AA). This left the third, and sometimes stronger, minor circuit called the

Pacific Coast League The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A level, which is one grade bel ...

(PCL) out of this minor league championship series. After not being held in 1972 and 1974, the last Junior World Series was held in 1975. The Junior World Series was superseded by the

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, held from 1988 to 1991. Then, from 1998 to 2000, the

Triple-A World Series The Triple-A World Series was an interleague postseason championship series between the league champions of the affiliated Triple-A leagues of Minor League Baseball to determine an overall champion of the classification held in 1983 and from 199 ...

pitted the IL and PCL champs (as the AA had folded in 1997). The

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was established in 2006.

Little World Series

Junior World Series

Records

In Game 2 of the 1956 Junior World Series,

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set a record with seven

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External links

Interleague Post-season Play at the official website of the International League
{{Triple-A interleague postseason championships Minor league baseball playoffs and champions International League American Association (1902–1997) Pacific Coast League Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1976