Southern League (baseball)

Southern League

Southern League logo
Sport Baseball
Founded 1964
No. of teams 10
Country(ies) USA
Most recent champion(s) Mobile BayBears
Official website www.southernleague.com

The Southern League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the Southern United States. It is classified a Double-A league. The original league was formed in 1885, and shut down in 1899. A new league, the Southern Association, was formed in 1900, consisting of twelve teams. The Association shut down after the 1961 campaign.

In 1964, the original South Atlantic League (nicknamed the "Sally League" and not related to the current league of the same name) changed its name to the Southern League. The original Sally League was a mid- to higher-classification circuit that played from 1904 to 1917, 1919 to 1930 (when it was known as the South Atlantic Association), 1936 to 1942 and 1946 to 1963. The old Sally League grew from Class C status to Class B (through 1942), then Class A (until 1962). In its final season, it was elevated to Double-A.

The Southern League is divided into two divisions, North and South. Before 2005, the divisions were East and West, but the move of the Greenville Braves to Mississippi after the 2004 season led to a realignment. The current league president is former major league first baseman Don Mincher.[1]

The Southern League maintains its headquarters in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, Georgia. Starting for the 2012 season, the Carolina Mudcats will re-locate to Pensacola, FL and be known as the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. They will retain their Cincinnati Reds affiliation

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Current teams

Division Team MLB Affiliation City Stadium Capacity
North Birmingham Barons Chicago White Sox Hoover, Alabama Regions Park 10,800
Chattanooga Lookouts Los Angeles Dodgers Chattanooga, Tennessee AT&T Field 6,340
Huntsville Stars Milwaukee Brewers Huntsville, Alabama Joe W. Davis Stadium 10,200
Jackson Generals Seattle Mariners Jackson, Tennessee Pringles Park 6,000
Tennessee Smokies Chicago Cubs Sevierville, Tennessee Smokies Park1 6,412
South Jacksonville Suns Miami Marlins Jacksonville, Florida Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville 11,000
Mississippi Braves Atlanta Braves Pearl, Mississippi Trustmark Park 7,500
Mobile BayBears Arizona Diamondbacks Mobile, Alabama Hank Aaron Stadium 6,000
Montgomery Biscuits Tampa Bay Rays Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium 7,000
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Cincinnati Reds Pensacola, Florida Community Maritime Park 5,000
1 Hosting 2012 Southern League All-Star Game

Current team rosters

Complete list of teams (1964–present)

South Atlantic League teams (prior to 1964)

See also

References

  1. ^ http://southern.league.milb.com/about/page.jsp?ymd=20070221&content_id=180465&vkey=about_l111&fext=.jsp&sid=l111

External links

Southern League
North Division
South Division