Bristol, TN

Bristol is located in the north-eastern corner of Tennessee, right on the border with the state of Virginia, where it joins the city of Bristol, VA. Most of the teams listed below have played on the Virginia side of the border.

In August 2024, Major League Baseball announced that a major league game would be played in Bristol the following season on a temporary field erected in the infield of its famed Bristol Motor Speedway. The game, which set a record for most spectators present at a regular season MLB game, was held on August 2, 2025 (it was actually completed the following day due to a rain delay) and was called the "MLB Speedway Classic".

Teams that have played here

• Bristol Boosters, Appalachian League (1911-1913)
• Bristol State Liners, Appalachian League (1921-1925)
• Bristol Twins, Appalachian League (1940-1955)
• Bristol Tigers, Appalachian League (1969-1994)
• Bristol White Sox, Appalachian League (1995-2013)
• Bristol Pirates, Appalachian League (2014-2019)
• Bristol State Liners, Appalachian League (summer collegiate) (2021-present)

Persons who were born here

• Scotty Barr, outfielder
• Morten Clark, infielder
• Gavin Cross, minor league outfielder
• Samuel Dewitt, infielder
• Lew Flick, outfielder
• Jimmy Gobble, pitcher
• Justin Grimm, pitcher
• Eric McQueen, minor league catcher
• Hunter Stratton, pitcher
• Denny Wagner, minor league pitcher

Persons who died here

• Chauncey DeVault, minor league executive
• Frank Walker, outfielder

Educational institutions located here

• Bristol University
• King University
• Tennessee High School

Further Reading

• Matthew Leach: "MLB Speedway Classic '25 coming to historic Bristol", mlb.com, August 8, 2024. [1]