Below is a list all the professional (and some amateur) leagues that are
included on my website.
Notes
Big time major leagues are in italics
Minor leagues are indicated by an asterisk*
Amateur leagues (top league in their sport, run as a professional league
or are unique in some way) are indicated by a ^
DNP means that the league did not play a single game
LDNP means the team was to play in a league that didn't play a single game
Some minor league information may be inaccurate as it can be difficult
to obtain
The end of the S-Z page has lists of touring teams, locations unknown and
foregin teams in NA leagues
See the FAQ for a list of leagues that I am interested in adding, but have
little to no information on
All the information on the following pages is accurate to the best of my
knowledge. If you find any errors please e-mail them to me, so they
can be corrected.
BASEBALL
Alabama - Florida League, AlFlor (1936-41, 51-62)* - Played 1940-41 and
46-50 as the Alabama State League
Alabama - Tennessee League, AlTenL (1921)*
All-American Association, AAmAs (2001)*
American Association, AA (1882-91)
American Association, AA (1902-97)* - aka Northwestern League and Western
League (late 1800's)
American Association, AAm (2006- )*
American League, AL (1900- ) - Played in 1900 as a minor league,
in December of 1999 the AL and NL legally merged to form MLB, for our purposes
they are still separate
American Negro League, ANL (1929)
Appalahian League, Appy (1911-14, 21-25, 37-55, 57- )*
Arizona - Mexico League, AriMex (2003)*
Arizona - Texas League, AriTex (1928-32, 37-41, 47-50, 52-58)* - Played
as the Ariazona State League (1928-30), and the Arizona-Mexico League (1955-58).
In 1951-52 the league merged with the Sunset League to form the Southwest
International League.
Arkansas State League, ArkState (1908-09)*
Arkansas - Missouri League, ArkMiss (1934-40)* - Played as Arkansas State
League (1934-35)
Arkansas - Texas League, ArkTex (1908)*
Atlantic Association, AtlA1 (1889-90)*
Atlantic Association, AtlA2 (1908)*
Atlantic Coast League, AtlC (1995)*
Atlantic League, AtL1 (1896-1900)* - Successor to the Pennsylvania State
League
Atlantic League, AtL2 (1914)* - Successor to the New York - New Jersey
League
Atlantic League, AtL (1998- )*
Bi-State League, BiState (1934-42)*
Big State League, BigSt (1947-57)*
Blue Grass League, BGL (1908-12, 22-24)*
Blue Ridge League, BRL (1915-18, 20-30)*
Blue Ridge League, BRL2 (1946-50)*
Border League, BorL (1912-13)*
Border League, BorL2 (1946-51)*
Buckeye League, Buck (1915)*
California League, CAL (1887-89, 91, 93, 99-1902, 07-09)*
California League, CalL (1941-42, 46- )*
California State League, CalState (1910, 13-15, 29)*
Canadian - American Association of Professional Baseball, CanAm2 (2005-
) - formally the Northeast League
Canadian - American League, CanAm (1936-42, 46-51)*
Canadian Baseball League, CBL (2003)* - Folded in midseason
Canadian League, Can (1899-1900, 05, 11-15)*
Cape Breton Colliery League, CBCL (1937-39)*
Carolina League, CarL (1945- )*
Central Association, CentAs (1904-17, 47-49)* - Known as the Iowa State
League (1904-07)
Central Baseball League, Central (2002-05)*
Central California League, CCL (1910-11)*
Central International League, CentInt (1912) - Predessor to Northern League
Central Interstate League, CenInSt (1888)*
Central Kansas League, CenKan (1908-14)* - Known as the Kansas State League
(1913-14)
Central Pennsylvania League, CenPen (1887)*
Central Texas League, CenTex (1914-17)* - aka Central Texas Trolley League
Central League, CentL (1888)*
Central League, Cent2 (1900)* - Successor of the Western Association
Central League, CeL (1903-17, 20-22, 26, 28-30, 32, 34, 48-51)*
Continental League, CL (1960) - DNP
Colonial League, ColL (1914-15)*
Colonial League, Col2 (1947-50)*
Connecticut Association, ConAs (1910)*
Copper County Soo League, Soo (1905)* - Most of the teams merged into the
Nothern League (1906-07)
Costal Plain League, CPL (1937-41, 46-52)*
Cotton States League, Cotton (1902-08, 10-13, 22-32, 36-41, 47-55)*
Dakota League, DakL (1920-23)* - Known as the South Dakota League (1920,
23)
Delta League, Delta (1904)*
Dixie League, Dixie (1916-17)*
Dixie League, Dixie2 (1933)* - Split into East Dixie League and West Dixie
League
East Dixie League, EastDix (1934-35)*
East Texas League, EastTex (1916, 23-26, 31, 36-40, 46, 49-50)*
East - West League, EWL (1932) - black baseball
Eastern Association, EastA (1889-1914, 16-32)* - Known as the Connectucut
League (1899-1912)
Eastern Canada League, EastCan (1922-23)*
Eastern Carolina League, EastCar (1908-10, 28-29)*
Eastern Colored League, ECL (1923-28)
Eastern Illionois League, EastIll (1907-08)*
Eastern Kansas League, EastKan (1910)
Eastern League, East1 (1883-86)* - Known as Interstate Association in 1883
Eastern League, EL (1923- )* - aka New York - Pennsylvania League (1923-37),
informaly known as PONY League (1939-56)
Eastern Shore League, EastShore (1922-28, 37-41, 46-49)*
Empire State League, Empire (1913) - Predecessor to the Georgia State League
Evangeline League, EvL (1934-42, 46-57)*
Far West League, FarWest (1948-51)*
Federal League, FL (1913-15) - Played in 1913 as a minor league
Florida - Alabama - Georgia League, FLAG (1915)* - Successor to the Georgia
State League
Florida East Coast League, FlorEast (1940-42)*
Florida International League, FIL (1946-54)*
Florida State League, FSL (1919-28, 36-41, 46- )*
Frontier League, Frontier (1993- )*
Georgia - Alabama League, GeoAl (1913-17, 20-21, 28-30, 46-51)* - Known
as Georgia State League (1920-21)
Georgia - Florida League, GeoFl (1935-42, 46-58, 62-63)*
Georgia State League, GeoSt (1906, 14)* - Successor to Empire State League,
predecessor to the FLAG
Georgia State League, Geo2 (1948-56)*
Golden Baseball League, GoldBase (2005- )*
Golden State League, GoldState (1995)* - Folded in midseason
Gulf Coast League, Gulf (1907-08, 26, 50-53)*
Gulf States League, Gulfs (1976)* - Predecissor to the Lone Star League
Halifax & District Baseball League, H&D (1940&50's)^
Hawaii Winter Baseball League, HIWL (1993-97, 2006- )*
Heartland League, Heartland (1996-98)*
Hudson League, Hud (1886)*
Hudson River League, Hudson (1903-07)*
Indiana - Michigan League, IndMich (1910)*
Indiana - Ohio, IndOh (1908)*
Inter-American League, IAL (1979)* - Folded in midseason
Inter-Mountain League, InMoun (1901)*
Inter-Mountain League, InMoun2 (1909)*
International League, IL (1885- )* - aka New York State League (1885),
International Association (1886-90), Eastern Association (1891), Eastern
League (1892-1911) and New International League (1918-19)
International League, Int2 (1908)*
Interstate Association, InterA (1906)*
Interstate League, Inter1 (1896-1901)*
Interstate League, Inter2 (1905-08, 14-16)*
Interstate League, Inter3 (1913)*
Interstate League, Inter4 (1932)*
Interstate League, Inter5 (1939-52)*
Iowa - South Dakota League, IoSD (1902-03)*
Iron & Oil Association, IrOi (1884)*
Kansas State League, KanSt (1905-06, 09-11)*
Kansas - Oklahoma - Missouri League, KOM (1946-52)*
Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League, Kitty (1903-06, 10-14, 16, 22-24, 35-42,
46-55)*
Keystone Association, KeyA (1884)*
Lone Star League, LSL (1927-29, 47-48)*
Lone Star League, LS2 (1977)* - Successor to the Gulf States League
Longhorn League, Long (1947-55)* - Predecessor to the Southwestern League
Louisiana State League, LouSt (1920)*
Maine State League, MaineSt (1907)*
Michigan - Ontario League, MichOn (1919-26)*
Michigan State League, MichSt (1889-90, 95, 1902, 10-14, 26, 40-41)* -
Known as West Michigan League (1910). In 1926 the league was the
result of a midseason merger of the Michigan - Ontario and Central Leagues.
Mid-American League, MidAm (1995)*
Middle Atlantic League, MidAt (1925-42, 46-51)*
Middle Texas League, MidTex (1914-15)*
Mid-West League, MWL (1947- )*
Mississippi State League, MissSt (1921)*
Mississippi Valley League, MissVal (1922-33)*
Missouri - Iowa - Nebreska League, Mink (1910-13)*
Missouri State League, MoState (1902-04)* - Predecessor to the Western
Association
Missouri State League, MoState2 (1911)*
Montana State League, MonSt (1900)*
Mountian State League, MountSt (1937-42)*
Mountain States League, Mounts (1911-12)*
Mountain States League, Mounts2 (1948-54)*
National Association of Base Ball Players, NA (1871-75) - First major pro
baseball (and sports) league
National League, NL (1876- ) - In December of 1999 the AL and NL
legally merged to form MLB, for our purposes they are still separate
Nebraska State League, NebSt (1910-15, 22-23, 28-41, 56-59)* - Known as
Western League (1939-41)
Negro American League, NAL (1937-54)
Negro National League, NNL (1920-31)
Negro National League, NNL (1933-48)
Negro Southern League, NSL (1932)
New Brunswick League, NewBruns (1890)*
New Brunswick - Maine League, NBML (1913)*
New England Association, NewEng (1895)*
New England League, NEL (1886-88, 91-99, 1901-15, 19, 26-30, 33-34, 46-49)*
New York State League, NYSL (1889)*
New York State League, NYSL2 (1899-1917)*
New York State League, NYSL3 (2007- )* - in 2007, all games played in Utica
New York - New Jersey League, NY-NJ (1913)*
New York - Pennsylvania League, NYPen (1891)*
New York - Pennsylvania League, NYPL (1939- )*
North Atlantic League, NorAt (1946-50)*
North Atlantic League, NorAt2 (1995-96)*
North Carolina League, NorCar (1902)*
North Central League, NorCent (1994-95)*
North Texas League, NorTex (1905, 07)*
Northeast League, Northeast (1995-2004)* - known as Northern League - East
(1999-2002)
Northeast Arkansas League, NEArk (1909-11, 36-41)*
Northern Association, NorthA (1910)*
Northern League, NoL (1902-06, 08, 13-17, 33-42, 46-71, 93- )* - Six seperate
Northern Leagues
Northern State of Indiana League, ISIL (1909-11)*
Northwestern League, NorWes (1905-17)*
Northwest League, NWL (1918- )* - Known as Pacific Coast International
Leauge (1918-20), Western International League (1920-54)
Ohio - Indiana League, OhioIn (1948-51)*
Ohio - Pennsylvania League, OhioPen (1905-12)*
Ohio State League, OhioSt (1908-16, 36-41, 44-47)*
Oklahoma - Arkansas - Kansas League, OAK (1907)*
Oklahoma - Kansas League, OakKan (1908)* - Successor of the Oklahoma -
Arkansas - Kansas League
Oklahoma State League, OKSt (1912, 22-24)*
Ontario League, Ont (1930)*
Oregon State League, OreSt (1904)*
Pacific Coast League, PCL (1903- )*
Pacific National League, PacNat (1903-04)* - Successor to the Pacific Northwest
League
Pacific Northwest League, PacNW (1892, 96, 1901-02)*
Palmetto League, PalL (1931)*
Panhandle - Pecos Valley League, PanPec (1923)* - Successor to the West
Texas League
Pensnsyvania - Ohio - Maryland League, POM (1906-07)*
Pennsylvania State Association, PenSA (1934-42)*
Pennsylvania State League, PenSL (1892-95)* - Predecessor to the Atlantic
League
Pennsylvania - West Virginia League, PenWV (1908-09)*
Piedmont League, Pie (1920-55)*
Pioneer League, PiL (1939- )*
Player's League, PL (1890)
Potomac Leageu, Poto (1916)*
Prarie League of Professional Baseball, Prairie (1995-97)*
Provincial League, PrL (1948-55)*
Quebec Provincial League, QuePro (1940)*
Quebec - Ontario - Vermont League, QOVL (1924)*
Rio Grande Association, RioGA (1915)*
Rio Grande Valley League, RioVal (1931, 49-50)*
Rocky Mountain League, Rocky (1912)*
San Joaquin Valley League, SanJoaq (1910-11)*
Senior Professional Baseball League (1989-90) - Old-timer's league, played
during the winter, folded halfway through the 1990-91 season
Sooner State League, Soon (1947-57)*
Sophomore League, Soph (1958-61)*
South Atlantic League, SAL (1908-17, 37-42, 45-54, 60- )* - Known as Carolina
Association (1908-12), North Carolina State League (13-52), Tar Heel League
(53-54, 60-79)
South Carolina League, SoCar (1907-08)*
South Central League, SoCen (1906, 12)*
South Coast League, SoCo (2007- )*
Southeastern League, SEL (1910-12, 26-30, 32, 37-42, 46-50)*
Southern California Trolley League, SoCalTr (1910)*
Southern Illinois League, SoIll (1910)*
Southern League, SL (1904- )* - Known as the South Atlantic League (1904-63)
Southern Michigan Association, SoMich (1906-15)* - aka South Michigan League
Southwest International League, SWInt (1951-52)* - Formed after the merger
of the Sunset and Arizona - Texas Leagues
Southwest Iowa League, SWIowa (1903)*
Southwest Texas League, SWTex (1910-11)*
Southwest Washington League, SWWash (1903-06)*
Southwestern League, SW (1904, 21-26)* - Known as Oklahoma State League
(1904)
Southwestern League, SW2 (1956-57)* - Successor to the Longhorn League,
and preduccessor to the Sophomore League
Sunset League, Sunset (1947-50)* - Merged with the Arizona - Texas League
to form Southwest International League
Texas Association, TexAs (1923-26)*
Texas League, TL (1888- )* - Known as Texas Association (1925-26), Texas
Valley League (1927-28). From 1903-06 was split into the North Texas
League and the South Texas League
Texas-Louisiana League, TexLou (1994-2001)* - Changed name to Central Baseball
League
Texas - Southern League, TexSo (1895-96)*
Texas Valley League, TexVal (1927-28, 38)*
Three-I League, 3I (1901-17, 19-32, 35, 37-42, 46-61)*
Tri-State League, TriState (1887-90)* - Known as the Ohio State League
(1887)
Tri-State League, TriState2 (1904-14)*
Tri-State League, TriState3 (1924)*
Tri-State League, TriState4 (1925-26)*
Tri-State League, TriState5 (1946-55)*
Twin Ports League, TPort (1943)*
Twin States League, Twin (1911)*
Two-I League, 2I (1892)*
Union Association, UA (1884)
Union Association, UnA (1911-14)*
United Baseball League, UBL (2006- )*
United States League, USL (1912)
United League, UL (1996) - DNP
Utah - Idaho League, UtIda (1926-28)*
Virginia League, VirgL (1894-96, 1900, 06-28, 39-42, 48-51)* - Predecessor
to the 1901 Virginia - North Carolina League
Virginia Mountain League, VirMoun (1914)*
Virginia - North Carolina League, VirNC (1901, 05)* - Successor to the
Virginia League
Virginia Valley League, VirVal (1910)*
Washington State League, WashSt (1910-12)*
West Coast Negro Baseball League, WCNBL (1946)*
West Dixie League, WestDix (1934-35)*
West Texas League, WestTex (1920-22, 28-29)* - Predecessor to the Panhandle
- Pecos Valley League
West Texas - New Mexico League, WTexNM (1937-42, 46-55)*
West Virginia League, WVirg (1910)*
Western Association, WestA (1894-97, 99)* - Predeccssor to the Central
League
Western Association League, WAL (1905-11, 14-17, 20-32, 43-42, 46-54)*
Western Canada League, WCL (1907, 09-14, 19-21)*
Western League, WL (1888-99)* - Changed named to American League
Western League, West1 (1888)*
Western League, West2 (1900-37, 47-58)*
Western Carolina League, WestCar (1948-52)* - In 1953 the league merged
with the North Carolina State League to form the Tar Heel League
Western Pennsylvania League, WestPen (1907)*
Western Tri-State League, WTSL (1908, 12-14)* - Known as Inland Empire
League (1908)
Wisconsin State League, WisSt (1905-15, 40-42, 46-53)* - Known as Wisconsin
Association (05-07), Wisconsin - Illinois League (08-14) and Bi-State League
(1915)
World Baseball Association, WBA (1975) - DNP, planned to have teams in
Asia and Central America
BASEBALL, INDOOR
National Professional Indoor Baseball League, NPIBL (1939) - Folded within
a month of first game, had ten teams in each of the then-MLB cities, save
for Washington, DC.
BASEBALL (WOMEN)
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, AAGPBL (1943-54) - Played
as a softball league in 1943
BASKETBALL
All-America Basketball Alliance, AABA (1978)*
All-American Professional Basketball League, AAPBL (1947-48)*
American Basketball Association, ABA (1967-76) - Merged with the
NBA
American Basketball Association, ABA2 (2000-02, 03- )*
American Basketball League, ABL (1925-31) - First major basketball league,
continued to from 1933 to 1953 as a minor league
American Basketball League, mABL (1933-53)*
American Basketball League, ABL (1961-63)* -First league to use the three
point shot
Basketball Association of America, BAA (1946-49) - Merged with NBL
to form NBA
Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, EPBL (1946-47)* - changed name
to Eastern Basketball Association
Eastern Basketball Association, EBA (1947-78)* - changed name to Continental
Basketball Assocition
Eastern Basketball League, EBL (1946-48)*
Global Basketball Association, GBA (1991-93)*
International Basketball Association, IBA (1995-2001)*
International Basketball League, IBaL (1999-2001)*
International Basketball League, InBL (2005- )*
Midwest Basketball Conference, MBC (1935-37)*
Midwest Professional Basketball League, MPBL (1961-64)*
National Basketball Association, NBA (1949- )
National Basketball Development League, NBDL (2001- )*
National Basket Ball League, NBL (1898-1904)* - First professional basketball
league
National Basketball League, NBL (1929-30)*
National Basketball League, NBL (1932-33)*
National Basketball League, NBL (1937-49) - Merged with BAA to form
NBA
National Basketball League, NBL (1993-94)*
National Professional Basketball League, NPBL (1950-51)
New York State Professional League, NYBask (1946-49)*
North American Basketball League, NABL (1963-68)*
Pacific Coast Pro Basketball League, PCPBL (1946-48)*
Premmeir Basketball League, PBL (2007- )*
Professional Basketball League of America, PBLA (1947-48)
Southern Basketball League, SouBL (1947-49)*
United States Basketball League, USBL (1985-88, 90- )*
Western Basketball Association, WestBask (1978-79)*
World Basketball Association, WorBA (2004- )*
World Basketball League, WrBL (1988-92)*
BASKETBALL (WOMEN)
American Basketball League, ABL (1996-99)
Women's American Basketball Association, WABA (1984)
Women's Basketball Association, WBA (1993-95)
Women's Basketball League, WBL (1978-81)
Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA (1997- )
BOWLING
National Bowling League, NBoL (1961-62)
BOXING
International Boxing League, IBL (1969-70)
CRICKET
American Pro Cricket, APC (2004)
Inter-city Cricket League, ICCL (1890-?)
FOOTBALL, AMERICAN
All - American Football Conference, AAFC (1946-49) - Merged with
NFL
All-American Football League, AAFL (1990's)* - DNP
American Football League, AFL I (1926)
American Football League, AFL II (1936-37)
American Football League, AFL III (1940-41)
American Football League, AFL IV (1944)*
American Football League, AFL (1960-69) - Merged with the NFL
American Professional Football Association, APFA (1920-21) - Changed
name to NFL
Atlantic Coast Football League, ACFL (1962-64)*
Continental Football League, ConFL (1965-69)*
FanOwnership Football League, FOFL (1996)* - DNP
International Football Federation, IFF (mid 1990's)* - DNP
International Football League, IFL (1990's) - DNP
National Football League, NFL (1922- )
Ohio Football League, OFL (1903-19) - Incomplete list of teams and dates,
actually a loose arrangement of independent teams
Pacific Coast Pro Football League, PCPFL (1940-48)*
Regional Football League, RFL (1999)*
Spring Football League, SpFL (2001)*
Turner - NBC Football League, TNFL (2000)* - DNP, NBC jumped ship to the
XFL
United Football League, UFL (1961-64)*
United States Football League, USFL (1983-85) - First spring football league
World Football League, WFL (1974-75) - Folded in midseaon, started by Gary
Davidson of WHA and ABA fame, planned to have teams overseas
World League of American Football, WLAF (1991-92)* - Had teams in Europe,
continues to this day as NFL Europe
Xtreme Football League, XFL (2001)* - Played during the winter months,
owned by the WWF, now WWE
FOOTBALL, AMERICAN (WOMEN)
Independent Women's Football League, IWFL (2000- )
National Women's Football League, NWFL (2001- )
Women's Professional Football Association, WPFA (2000- ) - changed name
from Women's Professional Football League in 2003
FOOTBALL, CANADIAN
Canadian Football Council, CFC (1956-57) - Changed name to CFL
Canadian Football League, CFL (1958- )
Inter-provincal Rugby Football Union, IRFU (1907-59) - Aka Big Four, merged
with WIFU to form CFC, no league play 1942-44 because of World War II
Western Inter-provincal Football Union, WIFU (1921-60) - Merged with IRFU
to form CFC, no league play 1942-45 because of World War II
FOOTBALL, INDOOR
American Indoor Football League, AIFL (2005- )* - known as the Atlantic
Indoor Football League in 2005
American Professional Football League, APFL (2003- )*
Arena Football League, Arena (1987- ) - Only league to own a patent on
it's own game, in 1986 played a test game
Arena Football League 2, af2 (2000- )*
Continental Indoor Football League, CIFL (2007- )*
Eastern Indoor Football League, EIFL (2007- )*
Great Lakes Indoor Football League, GLIFL (2006)* - changed name to Continental
Indoor Football League
Indoor Football League, InFL (1999-2000)*
Intense Football League, InFL (2004, 06- )*
Indoor Professional Football League, PIFL (1999-2001)*
National Indoor Football League, NIFL (2001- )*
North American Indoor Football League, NAIFL (2005)* - DNP, was to play
in Canada with three downs, a la CFL
Professional Indoor Football League, PIFL (1998)* - changed name to Indoor
Professional Football League
United Indoor Football, UIF (2005- )*
World Indoor Football League, oWIFL (1988) - DNP
World Indoor Football League, WIFL (2007- )*
HOCKEY, ICE
Alberta Professional Hockey League, APHL (1907-10)*
All-American Hockey League, AAHL (1986-89)*
Amateur Hockey Association of Canada, AHAC (1887-92)^
American Hockey Association, AHA (1926-42)*
American Hockey Association, AHA2 (1992-93)*
American Hockey League, AHL (1941- )*
Atlantic Coast Hockey League, ACHL (1981-87)*
Atlantic Coast Hockey League, ACHL (2002-03)*
California Hockey League, CalHL (1929-31)*
Canadian Amateur Hockey League, CAHL (1893-09)^
Canadian - American Hockey League, CanAmHL (1926-36)* - Merged with IHL
to form IAHL
Canadian Hockey Association, CHA (1909-10) - Folded after only a handful
of games
Central Hockey League, CHL (1969-84)*
Central Hockey League, CHL (1992- )*
Colonial Hockey League, CoHL (1991-97)* - Changed name to United Hockey
League
Coloured Hockey League of the Maritimes, CHLMar (early 1900's)^
Continental Hockey League, CnHL (1972-86)* - Changed name to All-American
Hockey League
East Coast Hockey League, ECHL (1988-2003)* - Changed name to ECHL after
merger with WCHL
Eastern Hockey League, EHL (1933-73)* - Split into North American and Southern
Leagues
Eastern Hockey League, EHL (1979-81)*
ECHL (2003- )*
Eastern Professional Hockey League, EPHL (1914-15) - Folded in midseaon
Eastern Professional Hockey League, EPHL (1959-63)*
Federal Amateur Hockey League, FAHL (1904-06)^
Global Hockey League, GHL (1990) - DNP, planned to have teams located in
Europe
International American Hockey League, IAHL (1936-40) - changed name to
American Hockey League
International Hockey League, oIHL (1929-36)* - merged with CanAmHL to form
IAHL
International Hockey League, IHL (1946-2001)*
International Hockey League, IHL (2007- )*
International Pro Hockey League, IPHL (1904-07) - First pro league with
teams in both Canada and United States
Interprovincal Hockey League, IPHL (1910-11) - Changed name to Maritime
Pro Hockey League
Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, LNAH (2004- )*
Manitoba Pro Hockey League, MPHL (1906-09)
Maritime Major Hockey League, MMHL (1950-54)*
Maritime Pro Hockey League, MPHL (1911-14) - Changed name to Eastern Professional
Hockey League
Michigan - Ontario Hockey Association, MOHA (1934-44)*
National Hockey Association, NHA (1909-17) - Dissolved to form NHL
National Hockey League, NHL (1917-2004, 2005- ) - The 2004-05 season
was cancelled due to a labour dispute
New Ontario Hockey League, NOHL (1907-12)
North American Hockey League, NAHL (1973-77)*
North American Hockey League, NorAmHL (1995-96)* - Only two games were
played (Mexico City @ Eugene)
Northeastern Hockey League, NEHL (1978-79)*
Northwestern Hockey League, NWHL (1933-36)*
Ontario Hockey Association, OHA (1951-80)^ - changed name to OHL
Ontario Hockey League, OHL (1980- )^
Ontario Major Hockey League, OMHL (1950-51)^
Ontario Pro Hockey League, OPHL (1908-11)
Original Stars Hockey League, OSHL (2004) - Temporary league, wanted to
last throughout the 2004-05 NHL labour dispute, all six teams were touring
teams named after the Original Six, played games in Ontario and the Maritimes
Pacific Coast Hockey League, PCHL (1911-24) - Merged with WCHL in
1924
Pacific Coast Hockey League, PCHL (1936-41)*
Pacific Coast Hockey League, PCHL (1944-52)* - Changed name to Western
Hockey League
Pacific Hockey League, PacHL (1977-79)* - Folded after the 78-79 regular
season
Quebec Hockey League, QHL (1953-59)*
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, QMJHL (1969- )^
Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League, QSPHL (1996-2003)^ - changed name to Quebec
Senior Major Hockey League
Quebec Senior Hockey League, QSHL (1944-53)^ - Went pro and changed name
to Quebec Hockey League
Quebec Senior Major Hockey League, QSMHL (2003-04)^ - Went pro and changed
name to LNAH
Saskatchewan Professional Hockey League, SPHL (1909-12)*
South East Hockey League, SEHL (2003-04)*
Southern Hockey League, SHL (1973-77)*
Southern Professional Hockey League, SPHL (2004- )*
Sunshine Hockey League, SunHL (1992-95)*
Temiskaming Pro Hockey League, TemPHL (1907-09)*
Tri-State Hockey League, TriHL (1932-33)*
Tropical Hockey League, TrHL (1938)*
United Hockey League, UHL (1997-2007 )* - Changed name to International
Hockey League
United States Hockey League, USHL1 (1945-51)*
United States Hockey League, USHL (1961-79)*
West Coast Hockey League, WCHL (1995-2003)* - Merged with East Coast League
to form ECHL
Western Canada Hockey League, WCHL (1921-25) - Changed name to WHL
Western Canada Hockey League, WCHL (1968-78)^ - Changed name to WHL
Western Canada Senior Hockey League, WCSHL (1945-51)^
Western Hockey League, WHL (1925-26)
Western Hockey League, WHL (1952-74)*
Western Hockey League, WHL (1978- )^
Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, WPHL (1901-04) - First pro hockey league
Western Professional Hockey League, WPHL (1996-2001)* - Merged into Central
Hockey League
World Hockey Association, WHA (1972-79) - Merged with NHL
World Hockey Association, WHA (2004) - DNP
World Hockey Association 2, WHA2 (2003-04)*
HOCKEY, ICE (WOMEN)
National Women's Hockey League, NWHL (1999- )
Western Women's Hockey League, WWHL (2004- )
HOCKEY, ROLLER
Major League Roller Hockey, MLRH (1998) - had an English Division
Roller Hockey International, RHI (1993-97, 1999) - Suspended operation
in 1998
LACROSSE, BOX (INDOOR)
American Lacrosse League, ALL (1987-88)
Eagle Box Lacrosse League, EBLL (1987-88) - Changed name to MILL
Eastern and Western Professional Lacrosse Association, EWPLA (1969)
National Lacrosse Association, NLA (1968) - Changed name to Eastern and
Western Professional Lacrosse Association
National Lacrosse League, NLL (1972) - Made up mostly of teams from the
old NLA and EWPLA
National Lacrosse League, NLL (1974-75)
National Lacrosse League, NLL (1998- )
Major Indoor Lacrosse League, MILL (1989-97) - Changed name to NLL
LACROSSE, FIELD
Major League Lacrosse, MLL (2001- )
MULTIPLE SPORTS
Independent Teams, IT (1869- ) - Includes all sports
RUGBY
Canadian Rugby Super League, CRSL (1999- )^ - not professional, but top
league in Canada
USA Rugby Super League, URSL (1997- )^ - not professional, but top league
in USA
SOCCER
A-League, A-L (1990-2004)* - Changed name to United Soccer Leagues, Divsion
!
American League of Association Football, ALAF (1894) - Folded halfway though
it's first season
American Soccer League, ASL (1921-33) - First major soccer league in North
America, known as the Atlantic Coast Soccer League for the 1929-30 season
(after merging with the Eastern Professional Soccer League)
Canadian Professional Soccer League, CPSL (1983) - Canada's first true
national pro soccer league
Canadian Soccer League, CSL (1987-92)
Lone Star Soocer Alliance, LSSA (1987-92)*
Major League Soccer, MLS (1996- )
Mexican Football League, MexFoot (1943- ) - I Liga Mayor (43-50), Primera
Division (50- ) - First division only
North American Soccer Football League, NASFL (1946-47) - Folded midway
through second Season
North American Soccer League, NASL (1968-84)
National Professional Soccer League, NPSL (1967) - Merged with the USA
to form NASL
United Soccer Association, USA (1967) - Merged with the NPSL to form NASL
United Soccer Leagues - Division 1, USL1 (2005- )*
United Soccer Leagues - Division 2, USL2 (1995- )*
SOCCER (WOMEN)
Women's United Soccer Association, WUSA (2001-03)
SOCCER, INDOOR
American Indoor Soccer League, ASIA (1984-89) - changed name to National
Professional Soccer League, teams listed as NPSL
Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League, CMISL (2007- )*
Continental Indoor Soccer League, CISL (1993-97)
North American Soccer League (Indoor), INASL (1975-76, 1979-82, 1983-84)
- DNP 1982-83 season, the 1975 & 1976 seasons were in fact tournaments
held during the NASL's off season.
Major Indoor Soccer League, MISL (1978-90) - Changed name to MSL
Major Indoor Soccer League, MISL (2001- )
Major Soccer League, MSL (1990-92)
National Professional Soccer League, NPSL (1990-2001)
Super Soccer League, SSL (1978) - DNP
World Indoor Soccer League, WISL (1998-2001) - Was to have an English division,
but did not operate due to rules differences between North American indoor
soccer and their European counterparts.
SOFTBALL
American Professional Slow Pitch League, APSPL (1977-80) - Merged with
NASL to from UPSL
North American Softball League, NASoL (1980) - Merged with APSPL to form
UPSL
United Professional Softball League, UPSL (1981-82)
Women's Professional Softball League, WPSL (1999-2001)
SOFTBALL (WOMEN)
International Women's Pro Softball Association, IWPSA (1976-79)
National Pro Fastpitch, NPF (2004- )
TENNIS
World Team Tennis, WTT (1974-78) - Co-ed
VOLLEYBALL
International Volleyball Association, IVA (1974) - Co-ed
VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN)
Major League Volleyball, MLV (1987-89)
National Volleyball Association, NVA (1993-98)
Professional Volleyball League, PVL (1996-97) - folded in midseaon
United States Professional Volleyball League, USPVL (2002)
Women's Western Volleyball League, WWVL (1993)
METROPOLITAN AREAS
In some cases more than one city is listed under one metropolitan area.
When one city's team plays in the suburbs, that city and metropolitan area
is not included in this list (example the Arizona Cardinals and Phoenix
Coyotes play in Glendale a suburb of Phoenix). In other cases two cities
are listed under one metropolitan area because a team may have split time
between the two cities. The following multi-city areas are included
on this site:
Albany, NY (Albany, Cohoes, Schenectady, Troy)
Atlanta, GA (Atlanta, Duluth aka Gwinnett)
Buffalo, NY (Buffalo, Tonawanda)
Dallas, TX (Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco)
Detroit, MI (Detroit, Plymouth, Pontiac, Wyandotte)
Grand Forks, ND (East Grand Forks, Grand Forks)
Kansas City, MO / KS
Kitchener, ON (Kitchener, Waterloo)
Halifax, NS (Dartmouth, Halifax, Hammonds Plains)
Las Vegas, NV (Henderson, Las Vegas)
Los Angeles, CA (Anaheim, Azusa, Carson, Inglewood, Long Beach, Los Angeles,
Maywood, Pasadena, Redondo Beach)
Miami, FL (Coral Gables, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miami, Miami Beach)
Montreal, PQ (Laval, Longueuil, Montreal, Verdun)
New Glascow, NS (New Glascow, Stellarton)
New Haven, CT (New Haven, West Haven)
New York, NY (Brooklyn, Long Island, New York, North Jersey, Port Chester,
Staten Island)
Norfolk, VA (Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach)
Oshkosh, WI (Neenah, Oshkosh)
Ottawa, ON (Gatineau, Ottawa)
Philadelphia, PA (Frankford, Philly)
Phoenix, AZ (Mesa, Phoenix, Surprise)
Portland, ME (Old Orchard Beach, Portland)
Portland, OR (Portland, Vancouver)
Provo, UT (Orem, Provo)
Quad Cities, IL - IA (Davenport, East Moline, Moline, Rock Island)
Raleigh, NC (Capel Hill, Durham, Raleigh)
St. Joesph, MI (Benton Harbour, St. Joesph)
San Diego, CA (Coronado, San Diego)
SF Bay Area, CA (Alameda, Berkeley, Hayward, Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco,
San Jose, San Leandro, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Vallejo)
San Juan, PR (Bayamon, San Juan)
Sarasota, FL (Bradenton, Palmetto, Sarasota)
Seattle, WA (Bellevue, Seattle, Tacoma)
Springfield, MA (Springfield, West Springfield)
Sydney, NS (Dominion, Glace Bay, New Waterford, Sydney, Sydney Mines)
Tampa Bay, FL (Clearwater, Dunedin, Tampa, St. Petersburg)
Thunder Bay, ON (Fort William, Port Arthur) - City later changed it's name
to Thunder Bay
Toronto, ON (Brampton, Missassauga, North York, Scarborough, Toronto)
Twin Cities, MN (Minneapolis, St. Paul)
Vancouver, BC (New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, Vancouver)
Warrick, RI (Warrick, West Warrick)
Washington, DC (Potomac, Washington)
West Palm Beach, FL (Palm Beach, West Palm Beach)
Wilks-Barre, PA (Clark's Summit, Wilks-Barre, Scranton)
Yakima, WA (North Yakima, Yakima)
Not included are Windsor - Detroit, Sault Ste. Marie (MI -ON), Buffalo
- St. Catherines and Port Huron - Sarnia because they are in seperate countries.
Also not included in this list is when a certain city's team plays in the
suburbs. Examples include New England Patriots (Boston - Foxboro), Dallas
Cowboys (Irving), Cleveland Cavs (Richfield). In these cases the team is
listed under the city it represents.
If you have any more questions about this site after reading the introduction,
please check out the FAQ or fire an e-mail off to me. My address is listed
right below this sentence.
