List of St. Louis Cardinals minor league affiliates
Current St. Louis Cardinals domestic minor league affiliate locations
The St. Louis Cardinals farm system consists of six Minor League Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic . Three teams are owned by the major league club, while three others—the Memphis Redbirds , Springfield Cardinals , and Peoria Chiefs —are independently owned.
The Cardinals have been affiliated with the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds of the International League since 1998, making it the longest-running active affiliation in the organization among teams not owned by the Cardinals. The longest affiliation in team history was the 37-year relationship with the Texas League 's Houston Buffaloes from 1919 to 1942 and 1946 to 1958. Their newest affiliate is the High-A Peoria Chiefs of the Midwest League , which became a Cardinals affiliate in 2013.
Geographically, St. Louis' closest domestic affiliate is the Peoria Chiefs, which are approximately 146 miles (235 km) away. St. Louis' furthest domestic affiliates are the Single-A Palm Beach Cardinals of the Florida State League and the Rookie Florida Complex League Cardinals of the Florida Complex League , which share a facility some 998 miles (1,606 km) away.
Current affiliates
The St. Louis Cardinals farm system consists of six minor league affiliates.[ 1]
Past affiliates
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Minor League Baseball operated with five classes (Double-A , Class A , Class B , Class C , and Class D ) from 1919 to 1935.[ 2] Class A1 , between Double-A and Class A, was added in 1936.[ 3] [ 3] Triple-A was established as the highest classification in 1946, and Class A1 became Double-A, with Class A through D remaining.[ 3] [ 2] Pacific Coast League (PCL) was reclassified from Triple-A to Open in 1952 due to the possibility of becoming a third major league. This arrangement ended following the 1957 season when the relocation of the National League 's Dodgers and Giants to the West Coast ended any chance of the PCL being promoted.[ 2]
Prior to the 1963 season, Major League Baseball (MLB) initiated a reorganization of Minor League Baseball that resulted in a reduction from six classes to four (Triple-A, Double-A, Class A, and Rookie ) in response to the general decline of the minors throughout the 1950s and early-1960s when leagues and teams folded due to shrinking attendance caused by baseball fans' preference for staying at home to watch MLB games on television. The only change made within the next 27 years was Class A being subdivided for the first time to form Class A Short Season in 1966.[ 2]
Minor League Baseball operated with six classes from 1990 to 2020. In 1990, the Class A level was subdivided for a second time with the creation of Class A-Advanced . The Rookie level consisted of domestic and foreign circuits.[ 2]
The current structure of Minor League Baseball is the result of an overall contraction of the system beginning with the 2021 season. Class A was reduced to two levels: High-A and Low-A .[ 110] [ 111]
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Retrieved October 30, 2023 .^ "1988 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Affiliates" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Retrieved October 30, 2023 .^ "1989 Dominican Summer League Statistics" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2023 .^ "1989 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Affiliates" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Retrieved October 30, 2023 .^ "1990 Dominican Summer League Statistics" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2023 .^ "1990 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Affiliates" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Retrieved October 30, 2023 .^ "1991 Dominican Summer League Statistics" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2023 .^ "1991 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Affiliates" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. 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Retrieved October 30, 2023 .^ "2015 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Affiliates" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Retrieved October 30, 2023 .^ "2016 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Affiliates" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Retrieved October 30, 2023 .^ "2017 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Affiliates" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Retrieved October 30, 2023 .^ "2018 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Affiliates" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Retrieved October 30, 2023 .^ "2019 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Affiliates" . Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Retrieved October 30, 2023 .^ "2020 St. Louis Cardinals Media Guide" (PDF) . St. Louis Cardinals . Major League Baseball. 2020. pp. 356–372. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2023 .^ Mayo, Jonathan (February 12, 2021). "MLB Announces New Minors Teams, Leagues" . Major League Baseball . 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