Governors' Cup Champions Year-by-year
| Year | Champion | Manager | Runner-Up | Other Playoff Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Neun | Buffalo | Rochester & Syracuse |
| 1939 | Rochester | Billy Southworth | Newark | Jersey City & Buffalo |
| 1940 | Newark | Johnny Neun | 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 Gómez | 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 Torchia | 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 | N/A |
| 1989 | *Richmond | Jim Beauchamp | Syracuse | N/A |
| 1990 | *Rochester | Greg Biagini | Columbus | N/A |
| 1991 | *Columbus | Rick Down | Pawtucket | N/A |
| 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 |
| 2011 | *Columbus | Mike Sarbaugh | Lehigh Valley | Durham & Pawtucket |
| 2012 | *Pawtucket | Arnie Beyeler | Charlotte | Indianapolis & Scranton/Wilkes-Barre |
} (*) - Also Pennant Winner
(x) - A one-game playoff as a result of the series being cancelled September 12, 2001. Louisville, which had won Game 1, 2-1, of the five-game series on September 10, was declared the winner.
After 10 seasons in a two division format, the International League switched to a three division alignment in 1998. The practice of recognizing the League Champion as not only the Pennant Winner, but also the Governors’ Cup Winner will continue.
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