The American Association plays its final game tonight in Des Moines, IA with the Buffalo Bisons defeating the Iowa Cubs for the final league title. The Association’s existing teams will merge with the International Leagueand the perhaps “to-be-newly named” Pacific Coast League in 1998.

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On September 10, 1997 — The American Association plays its final game tonight in Des Moines, IA with the Buffalo Bisons defeating the Iowa Cubs for the final league title. The Association’s existing teams will merge with the International Leagueand the perhaps “to-be-newly named” Pacific Coast League in 1998.

 

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Sources:
Baseball Reference September 10
National Pastime September 10
Retro Sheet
Hall of Fame
SABR Games Project
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