The Minnesota-Wisconsin League was a professional minor baseball league that existed from 1909 to 1912. It was a Class-C league from 1909 to 1911 and a Class-D league in 1912. As its name suggests, it featured teams based in the states of Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 and Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

.

The inaugural season featured the following teams: Duluth White Sox, Eau Claire Puffs, La Crosse Outcasts, Winona Pirates, Wausau Lumberjacks and Superior Blues

Superior Blues

The Superior Blues were a minor league baseball team based in Superior, Wisconsin, USA. The first incarnation of the team played in the Minnesota-Wisconsin League in 1909. A team would not go by that name again until 1933. From 1933 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1955 the Blues played in the Northern...

. The Duluth White Sox finished in first place, claiming the league championship.

In 1910, the Duluth White Sox, LaCrosse Outcasts, Wausau Lumberjacks and Winona Pirates returned from 1909, while the Eau Claire Puffs became the Eau Claire Commissioners and the Superior Blues became the Superior Red Sox. The Red Wing Manufacturers and the Rochester Roosters were newcomers to the league. The Eau Claire Commissioners finished in first place, winning the league championship.

The Duluth White Sox, Eau Claire Commissioners, La Crosse Outcasts, Red Wing Manufacturers, Superior Red Sox, Wausau Lumberjacks and Winona Pirates returned for 1911, while the Rochester Roosters became the Rochester Bears. The Superior Red Sox finished in first place, winning the league championship.

Only four teams participated in the league in 2012 - the Eau Claire Commissioners, the La Crosse Outcasts, the Winona Pirates and the Rochester Bugs (formerly the Rochester Bears). The league disbanded on July 1, with the Winona Pirates being the de facto league championships.

Notable players

Hall of Famers

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of...

 Dave Bancroft

Dave Bancroft

David James "Beauty" Bancroft was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1930. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame....

 and Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Arland Grimes was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1954. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.-Career:Nicknamed "Ol' Stubblebeard", Grimes was...

played in the league.