Carolina League (A) Encyclopedia and History

League History

League History
Year Tm
2024Augusta GreenJackets, Carolina Mudcats, Charleston RiverDogs, Columbia Fireflies, Delmarva Shorebirds, Down East Wood Ducks, Fayetteville Woodpeckers, Fredericksburg Nationals, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Salem Red Sox
2023Augusta GreenJackets, Carolina Mudcats, Charleston RiverDogs, Columbia Fireflies, Delmarva Shorebirds, Down East Wood Ducks, Fayetteville Woodpeckers, Fredericksburg Nationals, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Salem Red Sox
2022Augusta GreenJackets, Carolina Mudcats, Charleston RiverDogs, Columbia Fireflies, Delmarva Shorebirds, Down East Wood Ducks, Fayetteville Woodpeckers, Fredericksburg Nationals, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Salem Red Sox
1989Durham Bulls, Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Red Sox, Peninsula Pilots, Prince William Cannons, Salem Buccaneers, Winston-Salem Spirits
1988Durham Bulls, Hagerstown Suns, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Red Sox, Prince William Yankees, Salem Buccaneers, Virginia Generals, Winston-Salem Spirits
1987Durham Bulls, Hagerstown Suns, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula White Sox, Prince William Yankees, Salem Buccaneers, Winston-Salem Spirits
1986Durham Bulls, Hagerstown Suns, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula White Sox, Prince William Pirates, Salem Redbirds, Winston-Salem Spirits
1985Durham Bulls, Hagerstown Suns, Kinston Blue Jays, Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula Pilots, Prince William Pirates, Salem Redbirds, Winston-Salem Spirits
1984Durham Bulls, Hagerstown Suns, Kinston Blue Jays, Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula Pilots, Prince William Pirates, Salem Redbirds, Winston-Salem Spirits
1983Alexandria Dukes, Durham Bulls, Hagerstown Suns, Kinston Blue Jays, Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula Pilots, Salem Redbirds, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1982Alexandria Dukes, Durham Bulls, Hagerstown Suns, Kinston Blue Jays, Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula Pilots, Salem Redbirds, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1981Alexandria Dukes, Durham Bulls, Hagerstown Suns, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula Pilots, Salem Redbirds, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1980Alexandria Dukes, Durham Bulls, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula Pilots, Rocky Mount Pines, Salem Pirates, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1979Alexandria Mariners, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula Pilots, Salem Pirates, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1978Alexandria Dukes, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula Pilots, Salem Pirates, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1977Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula Pilots, Salem Pirates, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1976Lynchburg Mets, Peninsula Pilots, Salem Pirates, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1975Lynchburg Rangers, Rocky Mount Phillies, Salem Pirates, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1974Kinston Expos, Lynchburg Twins, Peninsula Pennants, Rocky Mount Phillies, Salem Pirates, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1973Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg Twins, Rocky Mount Phillies, Salem Pirates, Wilson Pennants, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1972Burlington Rangers, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg Twins, Rocky Mount Leafs, Salem Pirates, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1971Burlington Senators, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg Twins, Peninsula Phillies, Raleigh-Durham Triangles, Rocky Mount Leafs, Salem Rebels, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1970Burlington Senators, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg Twins, Peninsula Phillies, Raleigh-Durham Triangles, Rocky Mount Leafs, Salem Rebels, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1969Burlington Senators, High Point-Thomasville Royals, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg White Sox, Peninsula Astros, Raleigh-Durham Phillies, Red Springs Twins, Rocky Mount Leafs, Salem Rebels, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1968Burlington Senators, Greensboro Patriots, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg White Sox, Peninsula Grays, Raleigh-Durham Mets, Rocky Mount Leafs, Salem Rebels, Tidewater Tides, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1967Asheville Tourists, Burlington Senators, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Yankees, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg White Sox, Peninsula Grays, Raleigh Pirates, Rocky Mount Leafs, Tidewater Tides, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1966Burlington Senators, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Yankees, Kinston Eagles, Lynchburg White Sox, Peninsula Grays, Raleigh Pirates, Rocky Mount Leafs, Tidewater Tides, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1965Burlington Senators, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Yankees, Kinston Eagles, Peninsula Grays, Raleigh Cardinals, Rocky Mount Leafs, Tidewater Tides, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1964Burlington Indians, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Yankees, Kinston Eagles, Peninsula Grays, Raleigh Cardinals, Rocky Mount Senators, Tidewater Tides, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1963Burlington Indians, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Yankees, Kinston Eagles, Peninsula Senators, Raleigh Mets, Rocky Mount Leafs, Tidewater Tides, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Sox

League History in Other Classifications

League History in Other Classifications
Year Classification Tm
2019A+Carolina Mudcats, Down East Wood Ducks, Fayetteville Woodpeckers, Frederick Keys, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2018A+Buies Creek Astros, Carolina Mudcats, Down East Wood Ducks, Frederick Keys, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2017A+Buies Creek Astros, Carolina Mudcats, Down East Wood Ducks, Frederick Keys, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2016A+Carolina Mudcats, Frederick Keys, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2015A+Carolina Mudcats, Frederick Keys, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2014A+Carolina Mudcats, Frederick Keys, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2013A+Carolina Mudcats, Frederick Keys, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2012A+Carolina Mudcats, Frederick Keys, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2011A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2010A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2009A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Red Sox, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Dash
2008A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
2007A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
2006A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
2005A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Nationals, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
2004A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Cannons, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
2003A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Cannons, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
2002A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Cannons, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
2001A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Cannons, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
2000A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Cannons, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
1999A+Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Potomac Cannons, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
1998A+Danville 97s, Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Prince William Cannons, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
1997A+Durham Bulls, Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Prince William Cannons, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
1996A+Durham Bulls, Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Prince William Cannons, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
1995A+Durham Bulls, Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats, Prince William Cannons, Salem Avalanche, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Warthogs
1994A+Durham Bulls, Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Red Sox, Prince William Cannons, Salem Buccaneers, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Spirits
1993A+Durham Bulls, Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Red Sox, Prince William Cannons, Salem Buccaneers, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Winston-Salem Spirits
1992A+Durham Bulls, Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Red Sox, Peninsula Pilots, Prince William Cannons, Salem Buccaneers, Winston-Salem Spirits
1991A+Durham Bulls, Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Red Sox, Peninsula Pilots, Prince William Cannons, Salem Buccaneers, Winston-Salem Spirits
1990A+Durham Bulls, Frederick Keys, Kinston Indians, Lynchburg Red Sox, Peninsula Pilots, Prince William Cannons, Salem Buccaneers, Winston-Salem Spirits
1962BBurlington Indians, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Yankees, Kinston Eagles, Raleigh Capitals, Rocky Mount Leafs, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1961BBurlington Indians, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Yankees, Raleigh Capitals, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Sox
1960BBurlington Indians, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Yankees, Raleigh Capitals, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Birds
1959BBurlington Indians, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Yankees, Raleigh Capitals, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Birds
1958BBurlington Indians, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Yankees, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms, Raleigh Capitals, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Birds
1957BDanville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Patriots, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms, Kinston Eagles/Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Red Birds
1956BDanville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Fayetteville Highlanders, Greensboro Patriots, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms, Kinston Eagles, Wilson Tobs, Winston-Salem Twins
1955BBurlington-Graham Pirates, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Fayetteville Highlanders, Greensboro Patriots, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms, Reidsville Phillies, Winston-Salem Twins
1954BBurlington-Graham Pirates, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Fayetteville Highlanders, Greensboro Patriots, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms, Reidsville Luckies, Winston-Salem Twins
1953BBurlington-Graham Pirates, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Fayetteville Highlanders, Greensboro Patriots, Raleigh Capitals, Reidsville Luckies, Winston-Salem Cardinals
1952BBurlington-Graham Pirates, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Fayetteville A's, Greensboro Patriots, Raleigh Capitals, Reidsville Luckies, Winston-Salem Cardinals
1951BBurlington Bees, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Fayetteville A's, Greensboro Patriots, Raleigh Capitals, Reidsville Luckies, Winston-Salem Cardinals
1950BBurlington Bees, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Fayetteville A's, Greensboro Patriots, Raleigh Capitals, Reidsville Luckies, Winston-Salem Cardinals
1949BBurlington Bees, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Patriots, Martinsville A's, Raleigh Capitals, Reidsville Luckies, Winston-Salem Cardinals
1948CBurlington Bees, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Patriots, Martinsville A's, Raleigh Capitals, Reidsville Luckies, Winston-Salem Cardinals
1947CBurlington Bees, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Patriots, Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets, Martinsville A's, Raleigh Capitals, Winston-Salem Cardinals
1946CBurlington Bees, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Patriots, Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets, Martinsville A's, Raleigh Capitals, Winston-Salem Cardinals
1945CBurlington Bees, Danville Leafs, Durham Bulls, Greensboro Patriots, Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets, Martinsville A's, Raleigh Capitals, Winston-Salem Cardinals

About the Register Data

Historical performance data for professional leagues (affiliated minor leagues, independent minor leagues, fall/winter leagues, and other international leagues) is provided by and licensed from 24-7 Baseball and Chadwick Baseball Bureau. It incorporates the work of many stalwart baseball researchers, including Cliff Blau, Art Cantu, Frank Hamilton, Reed Howard, Kevin Johnson, Bob McConnell, Jack Morris, and Ray Nemec, as well as members of the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Perhaps most importantly, it builds upon the seminal work of Ed Washuta, who magnanimously provided the framework to make the whole thing possible.

Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.

About the Negro League Data

Sources

This data comes from two sources. 1) The Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group put together by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum thanks to a grant provided by Major League Baseball. 2) Gary Ashwill and his collaborators.

The Hall of Fame data is found for the years 1920-1948 and the Ashwill data is found from 1904-1919. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources, so please be assured that we are aware there are issues with the data and will continue to work with our data providers to improve the data that appears here.

The Hall of Fame dataset

This data is constructed from the best available information as provided by Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark of the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group. It contains data culled from newspaper boxscores, covering league sanctioned games from 1920 to 1948, which was produced for a study sponsored by Major League Baseball and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It reflects totals as compiled by the NLRAG up to 2006. As new credible information is continually unearthed, these numbers will continue to change.

Baseball-Reference and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum would like to acknowledge Major League Baseball for funding this study, along with the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group for their extensive efforts to collect the raw data and construct the most comprehensive database of Negro Leagues Baseball statistics.  Under the direction of Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark, this database is the largest dataset ever made publically available and we wish to express our gratitude for all their efforts to help rebuild this lost statistical history.

The Ashwill Negro Leagues Database

Playing statistics and biographical data on the Negro leagues (all pre-1920) and early Latin American professional baseball is licensed from and provided by the Negro Leagues Database, a project organized by Gary Ashwill with the participation of many historians of Negro league and Latin American baseball.

The database is a work in progress, and will include more seasons as development continues. It appears in its original form at Seamheads.com.

Playing statistics and biographical data for this portion of our dataset (The Negro Leagues Database) are all copyright 2013 by Gary Ashwill. All rights reserved.

Completeness

Note that our records are missing thousands of players who played in the Negro Leagues for minor league teams, independent teams, barnstorming teams or even Negro major league teams. We will bring their records to light as soon as suitable records are available for those players.

Details about our NLB Data