Pacific Coast League

The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a minor league baseball league in the United States. Like the International League and the Mexican League, the PCL plays at the Triple-A level, the most difficult level before Major League Baseball (MLB).[1] It was so-named because it started with six teams from the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, which are next to the Pacific Ocean.[2] Today, the league has 16 teams across 11 states from California to Tennessee, and from Washington to Texas.[1]

Started in 1903, the PCL was a popular baseball league in the Western United States until 1958 when MLB teams moved there and MLB games began to be shown on television.[3]

References

"Pacific Coast League (AAA) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
"Notable Events in Pacific Coast League History". Triple-A Baseball. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
"The History of Triple-A Baseball". Triple-A Baseball. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

Other websites

The league's website Archived 2020-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
The league's statistics from Baseball Reference

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[BR-1] "Pacific Coast League (AAA) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

[2] "Notable Events in Pacific Coast League History". Triple-A Baseball. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

[3] "The History of Triple-A Baseball". Triple-A Baseball. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2020.