Governors' Cup
The Governors' Cup is the trophy of the International League , one of the two leagues in the Triple-A Minor Leagues of Major League Baseball .
history
In 1933, Frank Shaughnessy , then General Manager of the Montreal Royals , introduced a new playoff system (the Shaughnessy Playoff System named after him ) and with it the Governors' Cup in the International League. From 1936 to 1960 Shaughnessy was President of the International League. With his new playoff system, he wanted to enable more than two teams to play in the playoffs. This system has also been adopted in other sports such as the NHL .
The International League Winner 's Cup was sponsored by the governors of Maryland , New Jersey and New York and the lieutenant governors of the Canadian provinces of Québec and Ontario hence the name Governors' Cup .
In 1988 the trophy was donated to the Baseball Hall of Fame by then league president Harold Cooper .
List of Governors' Cup winners by frequency
ten
- Rochester (1939,1952,1955,1956,1964,1971,1974,1988,1990,1997)
eight
- Syracuse (1935,1942,1943,1947,1954,1969,1970,1976)
- Columbus (1979,1980,1981,1987,1991,1992,1996,2010)
seven
- Montréal (1941,1946,1948,1949,1951,1953,1958)
six
- Buffalo (1933,1936,1957,1961,1998,2004)
five
Four
Three
Two
- Baltimore (1944,1950)
- Indianapolis (1963, 2000)
- Pawtucket (1973,1984)
- Charlotte (1993,1999)
one
- Havana (1959)
- Atlanta (1962)
- Jacksonville (1968)
- Charleston (1977)
- Ottawa (1995)
- Louisville (2001)
- Scranton / Wilkes-Barre (2008)
Note: teams in italics are no longer represented in the International League.
List of Governors' Cup winners by year
| year | winner | Manager | Second | remaining teams in the playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Buffalo | Ray Schalk | Rochester | Newark & Baltimore |
| 1934 | Toronto | Ike Boone | Rochester | Newark & Albany |
| 1935 | Syracuse | Nemo Leibold | Montreal | Buffalo & Newark |
| 1936 | * Buffalo | Ray Schalk | Baltimore | Newark & Rochester |
| 1937 | * Newark | Oscar Vitt | Baltimore | Syracuse & Montreal |
| 1938 | * Newark | Johnny Nine | Buffalo | Rochester & Syracuse |
| 1939 | Rochester | Billy Southworth | Newark | Jersey City & Buffalo |
| 1940 | Newark | Johnny Nine | Baltimore | Rochester & Jersey City |
| 1941 | Montreal | Clyde Sukeforth | Newark | Buffalo & Rochester |
| 1942 | Syracuse | Jewel Ens | Jersey City | Montreal & Newark |
| 1943 | Syracuse | Jewel Ens | Toronto | Newark & Montreal |
| 1944 | *Baltimore | Tommy Thomas | Newark | Buffalo & Toronto |
| 1945 | Newark | Bill Meyer | Montreal | Toronto & Baltimore |
| 1946 | * Montreal | Clay hopper | Syracuse | Baltimore & Newark |
| 1947 | Syracuse | Jewel Ens | Buffalo | Jersey City & Montreal |
| 1948 | * Montreal | Clay hopper | Syracuse | Rochester & Newark |
| 1949 | Montreal | Clay hopper | Buffalo | Rochester & Jersey City |
| 1950 | Baltimore | Nick Cullop | Rochester | Montreal & Jersey City |
| 1951 | * Montreal | Walter Alston | Syracuse | Rochester & Buffalo |
| 1952 | Rochester | Harry Walker | Montreal | Syracuse & Toronto |
| 1953 | Montreal | Walter Alston | Rochester | Buffalo & Baltimore |
| 1954 | Syracuse | Skeeter Newsome | Montreal | Toronto & Rochester |
| 1955 | Rochester | Fred Walker | Toronto | Havana & Montreal |
| 1956 | Rochester | Fred Walker | Toronto | Miami & Montreal |
| 1957 | Buffalo | Phil Cavarretta | Miami | Toronto & Richmond |
| 1958 | * Montreal | Clay Bryant | Toronto | Rochester & Columbus |
| 1959 | Havana | Preston Gomez | Richmond | Buffalo & Columbus |
| 1960 | * Toronto | Mel McGaha | Rochester | Richmond & Buffalo |
| 1961 | Buffalo | Kerby Farrell | Rochester | Columbus & Charleston |
| 1962 | Atlanta | Joe Schultz | Jacksonville | Toronto & Rochester |
| 1963 | * Indianapolis | Rollie Hemsley | Atlanta | Syracuse & Toronto |
| 1964 | Rochester | Darrell Johnson | Syracuse | Jacksonville & Buffalo |
| 1965 | Toronto | Dick Williams | Columbus | Atlanta & Syracuse |
| 1966 | Toronto | Dick Williams | Richmond | Rochester & Columbus |
| 1967 | Toledo | Jack Tighe | Columbus | Richmond & Rochester |
| 1968 | Jacksonville | Clyde McCullough | Columbus | Toledo & Rochester |
| 1969 | Syracuse | Frank Verdi | Columbus | Tidewater & Louisville |
| 1970 | * Syracuse | Frank Verdi | Columbus | Rochester & Tidewater |
| 1971 | * Rochester | Joe Altobelli | Tidewater | Charleston & Syracuse |
| 1972 | Tidewater | Hank Bauer | Louisville | Charleston & Rochester |
| 1973 | Pawtucket | Darrell Johnson | Charleston | Rochester & Tidewater |
| 1974 | * Rochester | Joe Altobelli | Syracuse | Memphis & Richmond |
| 1975 | * Tidewater | Joe Frazier | Syracuse | Charleston & Rochester |
| 1976 | Syracuse | Bobby Cox | Richmond | Rochester & Memphis |
| 1977 | Charleston | Jim Beauchamp | Pawtucket | Richmond & Tidewater |
| 1978 | Richmond | Tommie Aaron | Pawtucket | Charleston & Toledo |
| 1979 | * Columbus | Gene Michael | Syracuse | Richmond & Tidewater |
| 1980 | * Columbus | Joe Altobelli | Toledo | Richmond & Rochester |
| 1981 | * Columbus | Frank Verdi | Richmond | Rochester & Tidewater |
| 1982 | Tidewater | Jack Aker | Rochester | Richmond & Columbus |
| 1983 | Tidewater | Dave Johnson | Richmond | Columbus & Charleston |
| 1984 | Pawtucket | Tony Tochia | Maine | Columbus & Toledo |
| 1985 | Tidewater | Bob Schafer | Columbus | Syracuse & Maine |
| 1986 | * Richmond | Roy Majtyka | Rochester | Pawtucket & Tidewater |
| 1987 | Columbus | Bucky Dent | Tidewater | Rochester & Pawtucket |
| 1988 | * Rochester | Johnny Oates | Tidewater | --- |
| 1989 | * Richmond | Jim Beauchamp | Syracuse | --- |
| 1990 | * Rochester | Greg Biagini | Columbus | --- |
| 1991 | * Columbus | Rick down | Pawtucket | --- |
| 1992 | * Columbus | Rick down | Scranton / Wilkes-Barre | Richmond & Pawtucket |
| 1993 | * Charlotte | Charlie Manuel | Rochester | Richmond & Ottawa |
| 1994 | * Richmond | Grady Little | Syracuse | Charlotte & Pawtucket |
| 1995 | * Ottawa | Pete Mackanin | Norfolk | Richmond & Rochester |
| 1996 | * Columbus | Stump Merrill | Rochester | Norfolk & Pawtucket |
| 1997 | * Rochester | Marv Foley | Columbus | Charlotte & Pawtucket |
| 1998 | * Buffalo | Jeff Datz | Durham | Louisville & Syracuse |
| 1999 | * Charlotte | Tom Spencer | Durham | Scranton / Wilkes-Barre & Columbus |
| 2000 | * Indianapolis | Steve Smith | Scranton / Wilkes-Barre | Buffalo & Durham |
| 2001 | * x-Louisville | Dave Miley | Scranton / Wilkes-Barre | Buffalo & Norfolk |
| 2002 | * Durham | Bill Evers | Buffalo | Scranton / Wilkes-Barre & Toledo |
| 2003 | * Durham | Bill Evers | Pawtucket | Louisville & Ottawa |
| 2004 | * Buffalo | Marty Brown | Richmond | Columbus & Durham |
| 2005 | * Toledo | Larry Parrish | Indianapolis | Norfolk & Buffalo |
| 2006 | * Toledo | Larry Parrish | Rochester | Charlotte & Scranton / Wilkes-Barre |
| 2007 | Richmond | Dave Brundage | Durham | Toledo & Scranton / Wilkes-Barre |
| 2008 | Scranton / Wilkes-Barre | Dave Miley | Durham | Louisville & Pawtucket |
| 2009 | * Durham | Charlie Montoyo | Scranton / Wilkes-Barre | Louisville & Gwinnett |
| 2010 | * Columbus | Mike Sarbaugh | Durham | Louisville & Scranton / Wilkes-Barre |
(*) - also won the league title (Pennant)
(x) - the playoffs were canceled after the first game on September 12, 2001 . Louisville had won the game 2-1 on September 10 and was determined to be the Series winner.
Course of the playoffs
The playoffs consist of two best-of-five games. These are held by the three winners of the individual divisions and a wildcard winner. The North Division winner plays against the wildcard winner and the South Division Champion plays against the West Division champion. The winners then play in the Governors 'Cup Championship Series for the Governors' Cup.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Playoff Procedures. International League playoff procedures. minorleaguebaseball.com, accessed April 12, 2011 .