Western League may refer to:
Baseball
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Western League (1885–1899)
The Western League was the name of several minor league baseball leagues that operated between 1885 and 1899. These leagues were focused mainly in the Midwestern United States.
The 1893 incarnation of the league hired Ban Johnson as presiden ...
, the predecessor to the modern American League of 1901 in Major League Baseball
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Western League (1900–1958)
The Western League was the name of several leagues in American minor league baseball. First, its earliest progenitor, which existed from 1885 to 1899, was the predecessor of the American League. Later, during the 20th century, there were four inc ...
, a former U.S. minor baseball league loop. Its region was later represented by the more dominant Pacific Coast League in Class AAA ("Triple A")
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Western League (1939–1941) The Western League of 1939–1941 was a low-level American circuit in Minor League Baseball. The Class D level league was born when the Nebraska State League changed its identity after the season. It is not related to the Class A level Western ...
, a Class D, low minor circuit in the U.S. that existed briefly before World War II
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Western Baseball League
The Western Baseball League was an independent baseball league based in the Western United States and Western Canada. Its member teams were not associated with any Major League Baseball teams. It operated from 1995 to 2002.
The league was founde ...
, a former independent minor league in the U.S. which ceased operation in 2002
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, one of two professional minor leagues in Japan
Other sports
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Western Football League
The Western Football League is a football league in South West England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The league's current main sponsor is Toolstation, so it is also known as ...
, a semi-professional United Kingdom football league in the English National League System
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West of England Premier League
The West of England Premier League (WEPL) is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the West of England and is a designated ECB Premier League.
Since its inception in 1999, the most successful club has been Bath, having ...
, an English cricket league formerly known as the Western League
See also
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Western Association
The Western Association was the name of five different leagues formed in American minor league baseball during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The oldest league, originally established as the Northwestern League in 1883, was refounded as the Weste ...
, a name used by several unrelated baseball leagues
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Western States Football League
The Western States Football League (WSFL) is a defunct American junior college football league for schools in the states of Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico and Utah that existed from 1985 to 2018. The league was part of the National Junior College Athle ...
, a defunct American junior college football league
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