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Pictures I have taken of major and minor league baseball stadiums

Information about the 2011 season and links to official sites of minor league teams

Information on Player Development Contracts and when they expire with each team.

I have a regular column in Baseball Ink and on BaseballGuru.com.

Complete List of Minor Leagues

AAA

International League (1912-present), Class AAA (1946-present), Class AA (1912-1945), Eastern League (1902-1911)
Pacific Coast League (1904-present), Class AAA (1946-1951,1958-present), Open Classification (1952-1957), Class AA (1912-1945), Class A (1904-1911)

AA

Eastern League (1938-present), Class AA (1963-present), Class A (1938-1962), New York-Pennsylvania League (1923-1937)
Southern League (1964-present), Class AA (1964-present), South Atlantic League (1946-1963)
Texas League (1946-present), Class AA (1946-present)

A (Advanced)

California League (1946-present), Class C (1946-1962), Class A (1963-present)
Carolina League (1945-present), Class C (1945-1948), Class B (1949-1962), Class A (1963-present)
Florida State League (1946-present), Class D (1946-1962), Class A (1963-present)

A

Midwest League (1956-present), Class D (1956-1962), Class A (1963-present), Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (1949-1955), Illinois State League (1947-1948)
South Atlantic (Sally) League (1980-present), Class A (1980-present), Western Carolinas League (1963-1979), Western Carolina League (1960-1962)

A (Short Season)

New York-Pennsylvania League (1957-present), Class D (1957-1962), Class A (1963-present), Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York (PONY) League (1939-1956)
Northwest League (1955-present), Class B (1955-1962), Class A (1963-present), Western International League (1946-1954)

Rookie

Appalachian League (1957-present), Class D (1957-1962), Rookie Classification (1963-present)
Pioneer League (1946-present), Class C (1946-1962), Rookie Classification (1963-present)
Defunct Leagues:
Alabama-Florida League Class D (1936-1939), Alabama State League (1940-1941)
Alabama-Florida League Class D (1951-1962), Alabama State League (1946-1950)
Alabama State League Class D (1940-1941), Alabama-Florida League (1936-1939)
Alabama State League Class D (1946-1950), Alabama-Florida League (1951-1962)
Alabama-Tennessee League Class D (1921)
American Association Class A (1903-1911), Class AA (1912-1945), Class AAA (1946-1962)
American Association Class AAA (1969-1997)
Appalachian League Class D (1911-1914)
Appalachian League Class D (1921-1925)
Appalachian League Class D (1937-1955)
Arizona-Mexico League Class D (1955-1958), Arizona-Texas League (1952-1954)
Arizona State League Class D (1928-1930), Arizona-Texas League (1931-1932)
Arizona-Texas League Class D (1931-1932), Arizona State League (1928-1930)
Arizona-Texas League Class D (1937-1939), Class C (1940-1941)
Arizona-Texas League Class C (1947-1950), Southwest International League (1951-1952)
Arizona-Texas League Class D (1952-1954), Arizona-Mexico League (1955-1958)
Arkansas-Missouri League Class D (1936-1940), Arkansas State League (1934-1935)
Arkansas State League Class D (1908-1909)
Arkansas State League Class D (1934-1935), Arkansas-Missouri League (1936-1940)
Arkansas-Texas League Class D (1906)
Atlantic Association Class D (1908)
Atlantic League Class D (1914), New York-New Jersey League (1913)
Bi-State League (IL-WI) Class D (1915)
Bi-State League (NC-VA) Class D (1934-1942)
Big State League Class B (1947-1957)
Blue Grass League Class D (1908-1912)
Blue Grass League Class D (1922-1924)
Blue Ridge League (PA-MD-WV) Class D (1915-1918)
Blue Ridge League (PA-MD-WV) Class D (1920-1930)
Blue Ridge League (NC-VA) Class D (1946-1950)
Border League Class D (1912-1913)
Border League Class C (1946-1951)
Buckeye League Class D (1915)
California League Class C (1941-1942)
California State League Class D (1910)
California State League Class D (1913-1915)
California State League Class D (1929)
Canadian League Class D (1905)
Canadian League Class D (1911), Class C (1912-1913), Class B (1914-1915)
Canadian-American League Class C (1936-1942)
Canadian-American League Class C (1946-1951)
Cape Breton Colliery League Class D (1937-1938), Class C (1939)
Carolina Association Class D (1908-1912), North Carolina State League (1913-1917)
Central Association Class D (1908-1917), Iowa State League (1904-1907)
Central Association Class C (1947-1949)
Central League Class B (1903-1917)
Central League Class B (1920-1922)
Central League Class C (1926)
Central League Class B (1928-1930)
Central League Class B (1932)
Central League Class B (1934)
Central League Class A (1948-1951)
Central California League Class D (1910-1911)
Central International League Class C (1912), Northern League (1913-1917)
Central Kansas League Class D (1908-1912), Kansas State League (1913-1914)
Central Texas League Class D (1914-1917)
Coastal Plain League Class D (1937-1941)
Coastal Plain League Class D (1946-1952)
Colonial League Class C (1914)
Colonial League Class B (1947-1950)
Connecticut Association Class D (1910)
Connecticut League Class D (1902-1904), Class B (1905-1912), Eastern Association (1913-1914)
Copper Country Soo League Class D (1905), Northern-Copper Country League (1906-1907)
Cotton States League Class D (1902-1908)
Cotton States League Class D (1910-1913)
Cotton States League Class D (1922-1932)
Cotton States League Class C (1936-1941)
Cotton States League Class C (1947-1955)
Dakota League Class D (1921-1922), South Dakota League (1920,1923)
Delta League Class D (1904)
Dixie League (AL-GA) Class D (1916-1917)
Dixie League (AR-LA-MS-TX) Class C (1933), East Dixie League (1934-1935), West Dixie League (1934-1935)
East Dixie League Class C (1934-1935), Dixie League (1933)
East Texas League Class D (1916)
East Texas League Class D (1923-1926)
East Texas League Class D (1931)
East Texas League Class C (1936-1940)
East Texas League Class C (1946)
East Texas League Class C (1949-1950)
Eastern Association Class B (1913-1914), Connecticut League (1902-1912)
Eastern League Class A (1902-1911), International League (1912-present)
Eastern League Class B (1916-1918), Class A (1919-1932)
Eastern Canada League Class B (1922-1923)
Eastern Carolina League Class D (1908-1910)
Eastern Carolina League Class D (1928-1929)
Eastern Illinois League Class D (1907-1908)
Eastern Kansas League Class D (1910)
Eastern Shore League Class D (1922-1928)
Eastern Shore League Class D (1937-1941)
Eastern Shore League Class D (1946-1949)
Empire State League Class D (1913), Georgia State League (1914-1915), Florida-Alabama-Georgia League (1915)
Evangeline League Class D (1934-1942)
Evangeline League Class D (1946-1948), Class C (1949-1957)
Far West League Class D (1948-1951)
Florida-Alabama-Georgia League Class D (1915), Empire State League (1913), Georgia State League (1915)
Florida East Coast League Class D (1940-1942)
Florida International League Class C (1946-1948), Class B (1949-1954)
Florida State League Class D (1919-1920), Class C (1921-1924), Class D (1925-1928)
Florida State League Class D (1936-1941)
Georgia-Alabama League Class D (1913-1917)
Georgia-Alabama League Class D (1928-1930)
Georgia-Alabama League Class D (1946-1951)
Georgia-Florida League Class D (1935-1942)
Georgia-Florida League Class D (1946-1958)
Georgia-Florida League Class D (1962), Class A (1963)
Georgia State League Class D (1906)
Georgia State League Class D (1914-1915), Empire State League (1913), Florida-Alabama-Georgia League (1915)
Georgia State League Class D (1920-1921)
Georgia State League Class D (1948-1956)
Gulf Coast League Class D (1907-1908)
Gulf Coast League Class D (1926)
Gulf Coast League Class C (1950), Class B 1951-1953
Gulf States League Class A (1976), Lone Star League (1977)
Hudson River League Class D (1903), Class C (1904-1907)
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana (Three-I) League Class B (1902-1917)
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana (Three-I) League Class B (1919-1932)
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana (Three-I) League Class B (1935)
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana (Three-I) League Class B (1937-1942)
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana (Three-I) League Class B (1946-1961)
Illinois-Missouri League Class D (1908-1914)
Illinois State League Class D (1947-1948), Midwest League (1956-present), Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (1949-1955)
Indiana-Michigan League Class D (1910)
Indiana-Ohio League Class D (1908)
Inland Empire League Class D (1908)
Inter-Mountain League Class D (1909)
International League Class D (1908)
Interstate Association Class C (1906)
Interstate League Class D (1905-1908)
Interstate League Class D (1913)
Interstate League Class D (1914-1916)
Interstate League Class D (1932)
Interstate League Class C (1939), Class B (1940-1952)
Iowa-South Dakota League Class D (1902-1903)
Iowa State League Class D (1904-1907), Central Association (1908-1917)
Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri (KOM) League Class D (1946-1952)
Kansas State League Class D (1905-1906)
Kansas State League Class D (1909-1911)
Kansas State League Class D (1913-1914), Central Kansas League (1908-1912)
Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee (Kitty) League Class D (1903-1906)
Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee (Kitty) League Class D (1910-1914)
Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee (Kitty) League Class D (1916)
Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee (Kitty) League Class D (1922-1924)
Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee (Kitty) League Class D (1935-1942)
Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee (Kitty) League Class D (1946-1955)
Lone Star League Class D (1927-1929)
Lone Star League Class C (1947-1948)
Lone Star League Class A (1977), Gulf States League (1976)
Longhorn League Class D (1947-1950), Class C (1951-1955), Sophomore League (1958-1961), Southwestern League (1956-1957)
Louisiana State League Class D (1920)
Maine State League Class D (1907)
Michigan-Ontario League Class B (1919-1926)
Michigan State League Class D (1902)
Michigan State League Class D (1911-1914), West Michigan League (1910)
Michigan State League Class C (1940-1941)
Middle Atlantic League Class C (1925-1942)
Middle Atlantic League Class C (1946-1951)
Middle Texas League Class D (1914-1915)
Minnesota-Wisconsin League Class D (1909-1910,1912), Class C (1911), Northern League (1908)
Mississippi State League Class D (1921)
Mississippi Valley League Class D (1922-1932), Class B (1933)
Mississippi-Ohio Valley League Class D (1949-1955), Midwest League (1956-present), Illinois State League (1947-1948)
Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas (MINK) League Class D (1910-1913)
Missouri State League Class D (1911)
Missouri Valley League Class D (1902-1903), Class C (1904), Western Association (1905-1911)
Missouri Valley League Class C (1905)
Mountain State League Class D (1937-1941), Class C (1942)
Mountain States League Class D (1911-1912)
Mountain States League Class D (1948-1953), Class C (1954)
Nebraska State League Class D (1910-1915)
Nebraska State League Class D (1922-1923)
Nebraska State League Class D (1928-1938), Western League (1939-1941)
Nebraska State League Class D (1956-1959)
New Brunswick-Maine League Class D (1913)
New England League Class B (1902-1915)
New England League Class B (1919)
New England League Class B (1926-1930)
New England League Class B (1933), Northeastern League (1934)
New England League Class B (1946-1949)
New York-New Jersey League Class D (1913), Atlantic League (1914)
New York-Pennsylvania League Class B (1923-1932), Class A (1933-1937), Eastern League (1938-present)
New York State League Class B (1902-1917)
North Atlantic League Class D (1946-1950)
North Carolina League Class C (1902)
North Carolina State League Class D (1913-1917), Carolina Association (1908-1912)
North Carolina State League Class D (1937-1942)
North Carolina State League Class D (1945-1952), Tar Heel League (1953-1954)
North Dakota League Class D (1923)
North Texas League Class D (1905)
North Texas League Class D (1907)
Northeast Arkansas League Class D (1909-1911)
Northeast Arkansas League Class D (1936-1941)
Northeastern League Class B (1934), New England League (1933)
Northern Association Class D (1910)
Northern League Class D (1903-1905), Northern-Copper Country League (1906-1907)
Northern League Class D (1908), Minnesota-Wisconsin League (1909-1912)
Northern League Class C (1913-1916), Class D (1917), Central International League (1912)
Northern League Class D (1933-1940), Class C (1941-1942)
Northern League Class C (1946-1962), Class A (1963-1971)
Northern-Copper Country League Class C (1906), Class D (1907), Copper Country Soo League (1905), Northern League (1903-1905)
Northern State of Indiana League Class D (1909-1911)
Northwest International League Class B (1919), Pacific Coast International League (1918,1920-1921), Western International League (1922)
Northwestern League Class B (1905-1917)
Ohio-Indiana League Class D (1948-1951)
Ohio-Pennsylvania League Class C (1905-1911), Class D (1912)
Ohio State League Class D (1908-1916)
Ohio State League Class D (1936-1941)
Ohio State League Class D (1944-1947)
Oklahoma-Arkansas-Kansas (OAK) League Class D (1907), Oklahoma-Kansas League (1908)
Oklahoma-Kansas League Class D (1908), Oklahoma-Arkansas-Kansas League (1907)
Oklahoma State League Class D (1912)
Oklahoma State League Class D (1922-1924)
Ontario League Class C (1930)
Oregon State League Class D (1904)
Pacific Coast International League Class B (1918,1920-1921), Northwest International League (1919), Western International League (1922)
Pacific National League Class A (1903), Class B (1904), Pacific Northwest League (1902)
Pacific Northwest League Class B (1902), Pacific National League (1903-1904)
Palmetto League Class D (1931)
Panhandle-Pecos Valley League Class D (1923), West Texas League (1920-1922)
Pennsylvania-Ohio-Maryland (POM) League Class D (1906-1907)
Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York (PONY) League (1939-1956), Class D (1939-1956), New York-Pennsylvania League (1957-present)
Pennsylvania State Association Class D (1934-1942)
Pennsylvania-West Virginia League Class D (1908-1909)
Piedmont League Class D (1920), Class C (1921-1931), Class B (1932-1955)
Pioneer League Class C (1939-1942)
Potomac League Class D (1916)
Provincial League Class C (1950-1955)
Quebec-Ontario-Vermont League Class B (1924)
Quebec Provincial League Class B (1940)
Rio Grande Association Class D (1915)
Rio Grande Valley League Class D (1931)
Rio Grande Valley League Class D (1949), Class C (1950)
Rocky Mountain League Class D (1912)
San Joaquin Valley League Class D (1910-1911)
Sooner State League Class D (1947-1957)
Sophomore League Class D (1958-1961), Southwestern League (1956-1957), Longhorn League (1947-1955)
South Atlantic (Sally) League Class C (1904-1917)
South Atlantic (Sally) League Class C (1919-1920), Class B (1921-1930)
South Atlantic (Sally) League Class B (1936-1942)
South Atlantic (Sally) League Class A (1946-1962), Class AA (1963), Southern League (1964-present)
South Carolina League Class D (1907-1908)
South Central League Class D (1906)
South Central League Class D (1912)
South Dakota League Class D (1920,1923), Dakota League (1921-1922)
South Texas League Class C (1903-1906)
Southeastern League Class D (1910-1912)
Southeastern League Class B (1926-1930)
Southeastern League Class B (1932)
Southeastern League Class B (1937-1942)
Southeastern League Class B (1946-1950)
Southern Association Class B (1902-1904), Class A (1905-1935), Class A1 (1936-1945), Class AA (1946-1961)
Southern California League Class D (1913)
Southern California Trolley League Class D (1910)
Southern Illinois League Class D (1910)
Southern Michigan League Class D (1906-1910, 1912-1913), Class C (1911, 1914-1915)
Southwest International League Class C (1951-1952), Arizona-Texas League (1947-1950), Sunset League (1947-1950)
Southwest Iowa League Class D (1903)
Southwest Texas League Class D (1910-1911)
Southwest Washington League Class D (1903-1906)
Southwestern League Class D (1904)
Southwestern League Class D (1921), Class C (1922-1923), Class D (1924-1926)
Southwestern League Class B (1956-1957), Sophomore League (1958-1961), Longhorn League (1947-1955)
Sunset League Class C (1947-1950), Southwest International League (1951-1952)
Tar Heel League Class D (1939-1940)
Tar Heel League Class D (1953-1954), North Carolina State League (1945-1952), Western Carolina League (1948-1952)
Texas Association Class D (1923-1926)
Texas League Class D (1902-1903, 1906), Class C (1904-1905, 1907-1910), Class B (1911-1920), Class A (1921-1935), Class A1 (1936-1942)
Texas-Oklahoma League Class D (1911-1914)
Texas-Oklahoma League Class D (1921-1922)
Texas Valley League Class D (1927-1928)
Texas Valley League Class D (1938)
Tobacco State League Class D (1946-1950)
Tri-State League (PA-DE-NJ) Class B (1907-1914)
Tri-State League (NE-IA-SD) Class D (1924)
Tri-State League (AR-MS-TN) Class D (1925-1926)
Tri-State League (NC-SC-TN) Class B (1946-1955)
Twin Ports League Class E (1943)
Twin States League Class D (1911)
Union Association Class D (1911-1914)
Utah-Idaho League Class C (1926-1928)
Virginia League Class C (1906-1919), Class B (1920-1928)
Virginia League Class D (1939-1940), Class C (1941-1942)
Virginia League Class D (1948-1951)
Virginia Mountain League Class D (1914)
Virginia-North Carolina League Class D (1905)
Virginia Valley League Class D (1910)
Washington State League Class D (1910-1912)
West Dixie League Class C (1934-1935), Dixie League (1933)
West Michigan League Class D (1910), Michigan State League (1911-1914)
West Texas League Class D (1920-1922), Panhandle-Pecos Valley League (1923)
West Texas League Class D (1928-1929)
West Texas-New Mexico League Class D (1937-1942)
West Texas-New Mexico League Class C (1946-1954), Class B (1955)
West Virginia League Class D (1910)
Western Association Class C (1905-1911), Missouri Valley League (1902-1904)
Western Association Class D (1914-1917)
Western Association Class D (1920-1921), Class C (1922-1932)
Western Association Class C (1934-1942)
Western Association Class C (1946-1954)
Western League Class A (1902-1937)
Western League Class D (1939-1941), Nebraska State League (1928-1938)
Western League Class A (1947-1958)
Western Canada League Class D (1907)
Western Canada League Class D (1909-1914)
Western Canada League Class C (1919), Class B (1920-1921)
Western Carolina League Class D (1948-1952), Tar Heel League (1953-1954)
Western Carolina League Class D (1960-1962), South Atlantic League (1980-present), Western Carolinas League (1963-1979)
Western Carolinas League Class A (1963-1979), South Atlantic League (1980-present), Western Carolina League (1960-1962)
Western International League Class B (1922), Pacific Coast International League (1918,1920-1921), Northwest International League (1919)
Western International League Class B (1937-1942)
Western International League Class B (1946-1951), Class A (1952-1954), Northwest League (1955-present)
Western Pennsylvania League Class D (1907)
Western Tri-State League Class D (1912-1914)
Wisconsin-Illinois League Class D (1908-1909), Class C (1910-1914), Wisconsin State League (1905-1907)
Wisconsin State League Class D (1905-1907), Wisconsin-Illinois League (1908-1914)
Wisconsin State League Class D (1940-1942)
Wisconsin State League Class D (1946-1953)