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title="Baseball">Baseball</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1911</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">President</th><td class="infobox-data">Dan Moushon<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most recent<br />champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Danville_Otterbots" title="Danville Otterbots">Danville Otterbots</a> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_Blue_Jays" title="Bluefield Blue Jays">Bluefield Blue Jays</a> (14)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.appyleague.com/">appyleague.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Appalachian League</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_summer_baseball" title="Collegiate summer baseball">collegiate summer baseball league</a> that operates in the <a href="/wiki/Appalachia" title="Appalachia">Appalachian</a> regions of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. Designed for rising freshmen and sophomores using wooden <a href="/wiki/Baseball_bat" title="Baseball bat">bats</a>, its season runs from June through August. The league is part of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> and <a href="/wiki/USA_Baseball" title="USA Baseball">USA Baseball</a>'s Prospect Development Pipeline. </p><p>Between 1911 and 2020, the Appalachian League operated as part of <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> and various of its teams were low-level affiliates of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> franchises. It operated as a <a href="/wiki/Class_D_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class D (baseball)">Class D</a> league during four stints through 1962, then was classified as an <a href="/wiki/Rookie_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookie League">Rookie Advanced league</a> from 1963 to 2020. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original Appalachian League existed for four seasons from 1911 to 1914 and was classified as a <a href="/wiki/Class_D_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class D (baseball)">Class D</a> circuit.<sup id="cite_ref-SCAppy1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCAppy1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All teams were independent with no <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) affiliation in the era. The charter Appalachian League teams were the <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Moonshiners" class="mw-redirect" title="Asheville Moonshiners">Asheville Moonshiners</a>, Bristol Boosters, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Counts" title="Cleveland Counts">Cleveland Counts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Soldiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnson City Soldiers">Johnson City Soldiers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Appalachians" class="mw-redirect" title="Knoxville Appalachians">Knoxville Appalachians</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Morristown_Jobbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Morristown Jobbers">Morristown Jobbers</a>, playing in the inaugural season.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a six-year absence, the league reorganized for five seasons from 1921 to 1925, and, as before, it consisted entirely of independent teams at the Class D level.<sup id="cite_ref-SCAppy1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCAppy1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following an 11-year period of inactivity, the third iteration of the Class D Appalachian League played from 1937 to 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-SCAppy1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCAppy1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league went dormant in 1956, but was revived in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-SCAppy_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCAppy-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with a reorganization of Minor League Baseball in 1963, the Appalachian League reformed and was classified as a <a href="/wiki/Rookie_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookie League">Rookie</a>-level league.<sup id="cite_ref-SCAppy_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCAppy-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its final years as an MLB-affiliated league, the Appalachian League was one of two "Rookie Advanced" minor leagues along with the <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_League_(baseball)" title="Pioneer League (baseball)">Pioneer League</a>. As such, it occupied the second-lowest rung in the minor league ladder. Although classified as a Rookie league, the level of play was slightly higher than that of the two "complex" Rookie leagues, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast League">Gulf Coast League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arizona_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Arizona League">Arizona League</a>. Unlike the complex leagues, Appalachian League teams charged admission and sold concessions. It was almost exclusively the first fully professional league in which many players competed; most of the players had just been signed out of high school and were further along in their development than players in the "complex" leagues. It was a short-season league that competed from late June (when major league teams signed players whom they selected in the amateur draft) to early September. </p><p>It continued to operate as a Rookie Advanced league through 2020, with the start of the 2020 season postponed due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> before ultimately being cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2020can_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020can-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, 2019 was the Appalachian League's last season of operation within Minor League Baseball, with the <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Cardinals" title="Johnson City Cardinals">Johnson City Cardinals</a> winning the league championship. Entering the <a href="/wiki/2021_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2021 Major League Baseball season">2021 Major League Baseball season</a>, MLB stated that 29 of its 30 teams had players who had played in the Appalachian League when it was part of Minor League Baseball, with a total of 139 such players on <a href="/wiki/Opening_Day" title="Opening Day">Opening Day</a> rosters.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Appalachian League was converted to an amateur <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_summer_baseball" title="Collegiate summer baseball">collegiate summer baseball league</a> designed for rising freshmen and sophomores.<sup id="cite_ref-BA2020_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BA2020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reconfigured league become a part of Major League Baseball's Prospect Development Pipeline, a collaboration between MLB and <a href="/wiki/USA_Baseball" title="USA Baseball">USA Baseball</a>. It is scheduled to play a 48-game regular season and continue to host an annual All-Star Game. Each of the league's 10 cities will continue to host teams in the new configuration of the Appalachian League.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_teams">Current teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Division </th> <th>Team </th> <th>City </th> <th>Stadium </th> <th>Capacity </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">East </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_Ridge_Runners" title="Bluefield Ridge Runners">Bluefield Ridge Runners</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bluefield,_Virginia" title="Bluefield, Virginia">Bluefield, Virginia</a> </td> <td><a 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href="/wiki/Elizabethton_River_Riders" title="Elizabethton River Riders">Elizabethton River Riders</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabethton,_Tennessee" title="Elizabethton, Tennessee">Elizabethton, Tennessee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Community_Credit_Union_Ballpark" title="Northeast Community Credit Union Ballpark">Northeast Community Credit Union Ballpark</a> </td> <td align="right">2,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Greeneville_Flyboys" title="Greeneville Flyboys">Greeneville Flyboys</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greeneville,_Tennessee" title="Greeneville, Tennessee">Greeneville, Tennessee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Park_(stadium)" title="Pioneer Park (stadium)">Pioneer Park</a> </td> <td align="right">5,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Doughboys" title="Johnson City Doughboys">Johnson City Doughboys</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City, Tennessee</a> </td> 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Otterbots</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #777755FF; top: 155.56089262338px; left: 308.69803518134px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/24px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/32px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 160.56089262338px; left: 326.19803518134px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12px; font-weight:normal;"> Sock Puppets</span></div> <div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #777755FF; top: 131.60969265487px; left: 180.17524279179px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Bristol State Liners" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/24px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/32px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 136.60969265487px; left: 197.67524279179px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12px; font-weight:normal;"> State Liners</span></div> <div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #777755FF; top: 89.79865549174px; left: 225.12459445058px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/24px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/32px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 91.79865549174px; left: 231.62459445058px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12px; font-weight:normal;"> Ridge Runners</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute;top: 9px;left: 439px"><div style="color: white; opacity:100; font-size: 19px; font-weight:normal; text-align: left;"><a class="mw-kartographer-maplink no-icon" data-mw-kartographer="maplink" data-style="osm-intl" href="/wiki/Special:Map/7/37.0603/-81.1198/en" data-zoom="7" data-lat="37.0603" data-lon="-81.1198" data-overlays="["_862b6a38c0194a877ef44dc75f0f2177f8455c21"]"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Click for interactive fullscreen map with links to nearby articles"> </span></a></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Current Appalachian League Team Locations: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D12A2A; color:white;"> </span> East Division</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#51B71E; color:black;"> </span> West Division</div></div></div></div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams_timeline">Teams timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Teams timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1911–1914"><span id="1911.E2.80.931914"></span>1911–1914</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1911–1914"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asheville_Moonshiners" class="mw-redirect" title="Asheville Moonshiners">Asheville Moonshiners</a> (1911–1912) → <a href="/wiki/Middlesboro_Colonels" class="mw-redirect" title="Middlesboro Colonels">Middlesboro Colonels</a> (1913–1914)</li> <li>Bristol Boosters (1911–1913) → <a href="/wiki/Harriman_Boosters" title="Harriman Boosters">Harriman Boosters</a> (1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Counts" title="Cleveland Counts">Cleveland Counts</a> (1911–1913) → <a href="/wiki/Morristown_Jobbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Morristown Jobbers">Morristown Jobbers</a> (1913–1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Soldiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnson City Soldiers">Johnson City Soldiers</a> (1911–1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Appalachians" class="mw-redirect" title="Knoxville Appalachians">Knoxville Appalachians</a> (1911) → <a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Reds" title="Knoxville Reds">Knoxville Reds</a> (1912–1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morristown_Jobbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Morristown Jobbers">Morristown Jobbers</a> (1911–1912) → <a href="/wiki/Rome_Romans_(Georgia_baseball)" title="Rome Romans (Georgia baseball)">Rome Romans</a> (1913)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1921–1925"><span id="1921.E2.80.931925"></span>1921–1925</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1921–1925"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_State_Liners" title="Bristol State Liners">Bristol State Liners</a> (1921–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Manufacturers" title="Cleveland Manufacturers">Cleveland Manufacturers</a> (1921–1922) → <a href="/wiki/Morristown_Roosters" title="Morristown Roosters">Morristown Roosters</a> (1923–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeneville_Burley_Cubs" title="Greeneville Burley Cubs">Greeneville Burley Cubs</a> (1921–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Soldiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnson City Soldiers">Johnson City Soldiers</a> (1921–1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Indians">Kingsport Indians</a> (1921–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Pioneers" class="mw-redirect" title="Knoxville Pioneers">Knoxville Pioneers</a> (1921–1924)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1937–1955"><span id="1937.E2.80.931955"></span>1937–1955</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1937–1955"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_Blue-Grays" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluefield Blue-Grays">Bluefield Blue-Grays</a> (1946–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Twins" title="Bristol Twins">Bristol Twins</a> (1940–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethton_Betsy_Red_Sox" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox">Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox</a> (1937–1942) → <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Aces" class="mw-redirect" title="Erwin Aces">Erwin Aces</a> (1943) → <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Cubs" title="Erwin Cubs">Erwin Cubs</a> (1944) → <a href="/wiki/Elizabethton_Betsy_Cubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabethton Betsy Cubs">Elizabethton Betsy Cubs</a> (1945–1948) → <a href="/wiki/Elizabethton_Betsy_Local" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabethton Betsy Local">Elizabethton Betsy Local</a> (1949–1950) → <a href="/wiki/Elizabethton_Phils" title="Elizabethton Phils">Elizabethton Phils</a> (1951) → <a href="/wiki/Pulaski_Phillies" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulaski Phillies">Pulaski Phillies</a> (1952–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erwin_Mountaineers" title="Erwin Mountaineers">Erwin Mountaineers</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeneville_Burley_Cubs" title="Greeneville Burley Cubs">Greeneville Burley Cubs</a> (1938–1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Soldiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnson City Soldiers">Johnson City Soldiers</a> (1937–1938) → <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Cardinals" title="Johnson City Cardinals">Johnson City Cardinals</a> (1939–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Cherokees" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Cherokees">Kingsport Cherokees</a> (1938–1941) → <a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Dodgers" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Dodgers">Kingsport Dodgers</a> (1942) → <a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Cherokees" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Cherokees">Kingsport Cherokees</a> (1943–1952) → <a href="/wiki/Wytheville_Statesmen" title="Wytheville Statesmen">Wytheville Statesmen</a> (1953–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_River_Rebels" title="New River Rebels">New River Rebels</a> (1946–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_Canners" title="Newport Canners">Newport Canners</a> (1937–1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennington_Gap_Lee_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennington Gap Lee Bears">Pennington Gap Lee Bears</a> (1937–1938) → <a href="/wiki/Pennington_Gap_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennington Gap Bears">Pennington Gap Bears</a> (1939) → <a href="/wiki/Pennington_Gap_Miners" title="Pennington Gap Miners">Pennington Gap Miners</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_Counts" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulaski Counts">Pulaski Counts</a> (1946–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem_Rebels_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salem Rebels (baseball)">Salem Rebels</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welch_Miners" title="Welch Miners">Welch Miners</a> (1946–1955) → <a href="/wiki/Marion_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Marion A's">Marion A's</a> (1955)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1957–2020"><span id="1957.E2.80.932020"></span>1957–2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1957–2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_Dodgers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluefield Dodgers">Bluefield Dodgers</a> (1957) → <a href="/wiki/Bluefield_Orioles" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluefield Orioles">Bluefield Orioles</a> (1958–2010) → <a href="/wiki/Bluefield_Blue_Jays" title="Bluefield Blue Jays">Bluefield Blue Jays</a> (2011–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol Tigers">Bristol Tigers</a> (1969–1994) → <a href="/wiki/Bristol_White_Sox" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol White Sox">Bristol White Sox</a> (1995–2013) → <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Pirates" title="Bristol Pirates">Bristol Pirates</a> (2014–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Red_Sox" class="mw-redirect" title="Harlan Red Sox">Harlan Red Sox</a> (1965) → <a href="/wiki/Covington_Red_Sox" title="Covington Red Sox">Covington Red Sox</a> (1966) → <a href="/wiki/Covington_Astros" title="Covington Astros">Covington Astros</a> (1967–1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Smokies" title="Harlan Smokies">Harlan Smokies</a> (1961–1962) → <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Yankees" class="mw-redirect" title="Harlan Yankees">Harlan Yankees</a> (1963) → <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Yankees" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnson City Yankees">Johnson City Yankees</a> (1964–1974) → <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Cardinals" title="Johnson City Cardinals">Johnson City Cardinals</a> (1975–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Phillies" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnson City Phillies">Johnson City Phillies</a> (1957–1960) → <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Cardinals" title="Johnson City Cardinals">Johnson City Cardinals</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Cherokees" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Cherokees">Kingsport Cherokees</a> (1955) → <a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Orioles" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Orioles">Kingsport Orioles</a> (1957) → <a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Senators">Kingsport Senators</a> (1959) → <a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Pirates">Kingsport Pirates</a> (1960–1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Royals" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Royals">Kingsport Royals</a> (1969–1973) → <a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Braves">Kingsport Braves</a> (1974–1979) → <a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Mets" title="Kingsport Mets">Kingsport Mets</a> (1980–1982, 1984–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynchburg_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynchburg Senators">Lynchburg Senators</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Mets" title="Marion Mets">Marion Mets</a> (1965–1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville_Phillies" title="Martinsville Phillies">Martinsville Phillies</a> (1988–1998) → <a href="/wiki/Martinsville_Astros" title="Martinsville Astros">Martinsville Astros</a> (1999–2003) → <a href="/wiki/Greeneville_Astros" title="Greeneville Astros">Greeneville Astros</a> (2004–2017) → <a href="/wiki/Greeneville_Reds" title="Greeneville Reds">Greeneville Reds</a> (2018–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesboro_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Middlesboro Senators">Middlesboro Senators</a> (1961–1962) → <a href="/wiki/Middlesboro_Cubsox" class="mw-redirect" title="Middlesboro Cubsox">Middlesboro Cubsox</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikeville_Brewers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pikeville Brewers">Pikeville Brewers</a> (1982) → <a href="/wiki/Pikeville_Cubs" title="Pikeville Cubs">Pikeville Cubs</a> (1983–1984) → <a href="/wiki/Wytheville_Cubs" title="Wytheville Cubs">Wytheville Cubs</a> (1985–1989) → <a href="/wiki/Huntington_Cubs" title="Huntington Cubs">Huntington Cubs</a> (1990–1994) → <a href="/wiki/River_City_Rumblers" title="River City Rumblers">River City Rumblers</a> (1995) → <a href="/wiki/Pulaski_Rangers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulaski Rangers">Pulaski Rangers</a> (1997–2002) → <a href="/wiki/Pulaski_Blue_Jays" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulaski Blue Jays">Pulaski Blue Jays</a> (2003–2006) → <a href="/wiki/Pulaski_Mariners" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulaski Mariners">Pulaski Mariners</a> (2008–2014) → <a href="/wiki/Pulaski_Yankees" title="Pulaski Yankees">Pulaski Yankees</a> (2015–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princeton_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Princeton Pirates">Princeton Pirates</a> (1988–1989) → <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Patriots" class="mw-redirect" title="Princeton Patriots">Princeton Patriots</a> (1990) → <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Reds" class="mw-redirect" title="Princeton Reds">Princeton Reds</a> (1991–1996) → <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Devil_Rays" class="mw-redirect" title="Princeton Devil Rays">Princeton Devil Rays</a> (1997–2008) → <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Rays" title="Princeton Rays">Princeton Rays</a> (2009–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulaski Braves">Pulaski Braves</a> (1982–1992) → <a href="/wiki/Danville_Braves" title="Danville Braves">Danville Braves</a> (1993–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_Cubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulaski Cubs">Pulaski Cubs</a> (1957–1958) → <a href="/wiki/Morristown_Cubs" title="Morristown Cubs">Morristown Cubs</a> (1959–1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_Phillies" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulaski Phillies">Pulaski Phillies</a> (1969–1977) → <a href="/wiki/Paintsville_Highlanders" class="mw-redirect" title="Paintsville Highlanders">Paintsville Highlanders</a> (1978) → <a href="/wiki/Paintsville_Yankees" title="Paintsville Yankees">Paintsville Yankees</a> (1979–1982) → <a href="/wiki/Paintsville_Brewers" class="mw-redirect" title="Paintsville Brewers">Paintsville Brewers</a> (1983–1984) → <a href="/wiki/Burlington_Royals" title="Burlington Royals">Burlington Indians</a> (1986–2006) → <a href="/wiki/Burlington_Royals" title="Burlington Royals">Burlington Royals</a> (2007–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem_Rebels_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salem Rebels (baseball)">Salem Rebels</a> (1957–1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wytheville_Cardinals" title="Wytheville Cardinals">Wytheville Cardinals</a> (1957–1959) → <a href="/wiki/Wytheville_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Wytheville Senators">Wytheville Senators</a> (1960) → <a href="/wiki/Wytheville_Twins" class="mw-redirect" title="Wytheville Twins">Wytheville Twins</a> (1961–1963) → <a href="/wiki/Wytheville_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Wytheville A's">Wytheville A's</a> (1964) → <a href="/wiki/Wytheville_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Wytheville Senators">Wytheville Senators</a> (1965) → <a href="/wiki/Wytheville_Reds" class="mw-redirect" title="Wytheville Reds">Wytheville Reds</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wytheville_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Wytheville Senators">Wytheville Senators</a> (1969) → <a href="/wiki/Wytheville_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Wytheville Braves">Wytheville Braves</a> (1971–1973) → <a href="/wiki/Elizabethton_Twins" title="Elizabethton Twins">Elizabethton Twins</a> (1974–2020)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_2021">From 2021</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: From 2021"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_Ridge_Runners" title="Bluefield Ridge Runners">Bluefield Ridge Runners</a></b> (2021–present)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bristol_State_Liners" title="Bristol State Liners">Bristol State Liners</a></b> (2021–present)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Burlington_Sock_Puppets" title="Burlington Sock Puppets">Burlington Sock Puppets</a></b> (2021–present)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Danville_Otterbots" title="Danville Otterbots">Danville Otterbots</a></b> (2021–present)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Elizabethton_River_Riders" title="Elizabethton River Riders">Elizabethton River Riders</a></b> (2021–present)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Greeneville_Flyboys" title="Greeneville Flyboys">Greeneville Flyboys</a></b> (2021–present)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Doughboys" title="Johnson City Doughboys">Johnson City Doughboys</a></b> (2021–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Axmen" title="Kingsport Axmen">Kingsport Axmen</a> (2021) → <a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Road_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport Road Warriors">Kingsport Road Warriors</a> (2021) → <b><a href="/wiki/Kingsport_Axmen" title="Kingsport Axmen">Kingsport Axmen</a></b> (2021–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princeton_WhistlePigs" title="Princeton WhistlePigs">Princeton WhistlePigs</a> (2021–2023)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_River_Turtles" title="Pulaski River Turtles">Pulaski River Turtles</a></b> (2021–present)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Coal_Cats" title="Tri-State Coal Cats">Tri-State Coal Cats</a></b> (2024–future)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Champions">Champions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Appalachian_League_champions" title="List of Appalachian League champions">List of Appalachian League champions</a></div> <p>League champions have been determined by different means since the Appalachian League's formation in 1911. Before 1984, the champions were usually the league pennant winners. With only a few early exceptions, champions since 1984 have been the winner of postseason playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-champions_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-champions-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hall_of_Fame">Hall of Fame</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_League_Hall_of_Fame" title="Appalachian League Hall of Fame">Appalachian League Hall of Fame</a></div> <p>The league established a hall of fame in 2019; through 2022 elections, 46 people have been inducted. <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the 2021 Hall of Fame induction class included <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cepeda" title="Orlando Cepeda">Orlando Cepeda</a>, Dotty Cox, Mahlon Luttrell, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mauer" title="Joe Mauer">Joe Mauer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Necciai" title="Ron Necciai">Ron Necciai</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a>. <a href="/wiki/CC_Sabathia" title="CC Sabathia">CC Sabathia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Leyland" title="Jim Leyland">Jim Leyland</a> were the two members of the 2022 induction class. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sports_league_attendances" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports league attendances">Sports league attendances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_awards#U.S._minor_leagues" title="Baseball awards">Baseball awards § U.S. minor leagues</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachian_League&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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