TheJunior World Series was a postseason championship series between champions of two of the three highestminor league baseball leagues modeled on theWorld Series ofMajor League Baseball. It was called theLittle World Series (no relation to theLittle League World Series) 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 theInternational League (IL) and theAmerican Association (AA). This left the third, and sometimes stronger, minor circuit called thePacific Coast League (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The Junior World Series was superseded by theTriple-A Classic, held from 1988 to 1991. Then, from 1998 to 2000, theTriple-A World Series pitted the IL and PCL champs against each other (as the AA had folded in 1997). TheTriple-A Baseball National Championship Game was established in 2006.
In Game 2 of the 1956 Junior World Series,Roger Maris set a record with sevenruns batted in.[1]
aThe 1919 championship series was referred to as the Junior World Series.
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