List of Carolina League champions

The Carolina League of Minor League Baseball is one of three Class A-Advanced baseball leagues in the United States. The league was founded in 1945. A league champion is determined at the end of each season. Champions have been determined by postseason playoffs or being declared champion by the league office. Currently, the first-half and second-half winners in each division (Northern and Southern) compete in a best-of-five division series. Then, the Northern and Southern division winners play a best-of-five series to determine a league champion.[1]

League champions

Score and finalist information is only presented when postseason play occurred. The lack of this information indicates a declared league champion.
Year Champion Score Finalist
1945Danville Leafs4–1Raleigh Capitals
1946Raleigh Capitals4–2Durham Bulls
1947Raleigh Capitals4–2Durham Bulls
1948Martinsville Athletics4–2Burlington Bees
1949Burlington Bees4–3Raleigh Capitals
1950Winston-Salem Cardinals4–1Burlington Bees
1951Winston-Salem Cardinals4–1Reidsville Luckies
1952Reidsville Luckies4–0Durham Bulls
1953Danville Leafs4–2Reidsville Luckies
1954Fayetteville Highlanders4–1Burlington Pirates
1955Danville Leafs4–2High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms
1956Fayetteville Highlanders4–2Danville Leafs
1957Durham Bulls4–3High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms
1958Burlington Indians2–1Greensboro Yankees
1959Wilson Tobs4–0Raleigh Capitals
1960Greensboro Yankees4–1Burlington Indians
1961Wilson Tobs——
1962Kinston Eagles4–3Durham Bulls
1963Wilson Tobs2–1Greensboro Yankees
1964Winston-Salem Red Sox2–0Tidewater Tides
1965Tidewater Tides2–0Durham Bulls
1966Rocky Mount Leafs2–0Winston-Salem Red Sox
1967Durham Bulls2–1Tidewater Tides
1968High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms2–0Raleigh-Durham Mets
1969Raleigh-Durham Phillies2–1Burlington Senators
1970Winston-Salem Red Sox2–0Burlington Senators
1971Peninsula Phillies2–0Kinston Eagles
1972Salem Pirates2–1Burlington Rangers
1973Salem Pirates3–2Lynchburg Twins
1974Salem Pirates——
1975Rocky Mount Phillies——
1976Winston-Salem Red Sox——
1977Peninsula Pilots3–2Lynchburg Mets
1978Lynchburg Mets3–0Peninsula Pilots
1979Winston-Salem Red Sox——
1980Peninsula Pilots3–1Durham Bulls
1981Hagerstown Suns3–0Peninsula Pilots
1982Alexandria Dukes3–0Durham Bulls
1983Lynchburg Mets3–0Winston-Salem Red Sox
1984Lynchburg Mets3–1Durham Bulls
1985Winston-Salem Spirits3–1Lynchburg Mets
1986Winston-Salem Spirits3–1Hagerstown Suns
1987Salem Buccaneers3–1Kinston Indians
1988Kinston Indians3–2Lynchburg Red Sox
1989Prince William Yankees3–1Durham Bulls
1990Frederick Keys3–2Kinston Indians
1991Kinston Indians3–0Lynchburg Red Sox
1992Peninsula Pilots3–2Lynchburg Red Sox
1993Winston-Salem Spirits3–1Wilmington Blue Rocks
1994Wilmington Blue Rocks3–0Winston-Salem Spirits
1995Kinston Indians3–0Wilmington Blue Rocks
1996Wilmington Blue Rocks3–1Kinston Indians
1997Lynchburg Hillcats3–1Kinston Indians
1998Wilmington Blue Rocks3–1Winston-Salem Warthogs
1999
[a]		Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Wilmington Blue Rocks		2–2—
2000Myrtle Beach Pelicans3–0Lynchburg Hillcats
2001Salem Avalanche3–2Wilmington Blue Rocks
2002Lynchburg Hillcats3–1Kinston Indians
2003Winston-Salem Warthogs3–0Lynchburg Hillcats
2004Kinston Indians3–2Wilmington Blue Rocks
2005Frederick Keys3–2Kinston Indians
2006Kinston Indians3–0Frederick Keys
2007Frederick Keys3–1Salem Avalanche
2008Potomac Nationals3–1Myrtle Beach Pelicans
2009Lynchburg Hillcats3–0Salem Red Sox
2010Potomac Nationals3–1Winston-Salem Dash
2011Frederick Keys3–1Kinston Indians
2012Lynchburg Hillcats3–1Winston-Salem Dash
2013Salem Red Sox3–0Potomac Nationals
2014Potomac Nationals3–1Myrtle Beach Pelicans
2015Myrtle Beach Pelicans3–0Wilmington Blue Rocks
2016Myrtle Beach Pelicans3–1Lynchburg Hillcats
2017
[b]		Down East Wood Ducks
Lynchburg Hillcats		——
2018[c]Buies Creek Astros1–0Potomac Nationals

Championship wins by team

Active Carolina League teams appear in bold.

Wins Team Championship years
11Winston-Salem Cards/Red Sox/Pirates/Spirits/Warthogs (Winston-Salem Dash)1950, 1951, 1964, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1993, 2003
8Lynchburg Mets/Hillcats1978, 1983, 1984, 1997, 2002, 2009, 2012, 2017
6Kinston Eagles/Indians1962, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2004, 2006
5Salem Pirates/Buccaneers/Avalanche/Red Sox1972, 1974, 1987, 2001, 2013
4Frederick Keys1990, 2005, 2007, 2011
4Myrtle Beach Pelicans1999, 2000, 2015, 2016
4Peninsula Phillies/Pilots1971, 1977, 1980, 1992
4Prince William Yankees/Potomac Nationals1989, 2008, 2010, 2014
4Wilmington Blue Rocks1994, 1996, 1998, 1999
3Danville Leafs1945, 1953, 1955
3Wilson Tobs1959, 1961, 1963
2Burlington Indians/Bees1949, 1958
2Durham Bulls1957, 1967
2Fayetteville Highlanders1954, 1956
2Raleigh Capitals1946, 1947
2Rocky Mount Leafs/Phillies1966, 1975
1Alexandria Dukes1982
1Buies Creek Astros2018
1Down East Wood Ducks2017
1Greensboro Yankees1960
1Hagerstown Suns1981
1High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms1968
1Martinsville Athletics1948
1Raleigh-Durham Phillies1969
1Reidsville Luckies1952
1Tidewater Tides1965

Notes

  • a Myrtle Beach and Wilmington were declared co-champions when the series was tied 2–2 and canceled because of the threat of Hurricane Floyd.[2]
  • b Down East and Lynchburg were declared co-champions as a result of the playoffs being called off because of the threat of Hurricane Irma.[3]
  • c The best-of-five championship series was shortened to a one-game final due to the threat of Hurricane Florence.[4]

References

General
  • "League Champions". Carolina League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
Specific
  1. ↑ "Playoff Procedures". Carolina League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ Young, Ryan (April 3, 2013). "Pelicans Through the Years". The Sun News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Carolina League cancels Mills Cup Finals". Carolina League. Minor League Baseball. September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ Dykstra, Sam (September 11, 2018). "Mills Cup Finals to be one-game series". Carolina League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
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