List of Southern League champions

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The 1982 Southern League champion Nashville Sounds

The Southern League of Minor League Baseball was a Double-A baseball league in the United States from 1964 to 2020. A league champion was determined at the end of each season. Champions were determined by postseason playoffs, winning the regular season pennant, or being declared champion by the league office. In the final championship season of 2019, the first and second half winners within each division (North and South) met in a best-of-five series to determine division champions. Then, the North and South Division winners played a best-of-five series to determine a league champion.[1]

The Birmingham A's/Barons won 7 Southern League championships, the most among all teams in the league, followed by the Jacksonville Suns (6) and Montgomery Rebels (5).

League champions[]

Scores and runner-up teams are absent when no playoffs were held or pennant winners were declared champions.
Year Champion Score Runner-up
1964 Lynchburg White Sox — —
1965 Columbus Confederate Yankees — —
1966 Mobile Athletics — —
1967 Birmingham A's — —
1968 Asheville Tourists — —
1969 Charlotte Hornets — —
1970 Columbus Astros — —
1971 Charlotte Hornets 2–1 Asheville Tourists
1972 Montgomery Rebels 3–0 Asheville Orioles
1973 Montgomery Rebels 3–1 Jacksonville Suns
1974 Knoxville Sox 3–2 Jacksonville Suns
1975 Montgomery Rebels 3–0 Orlando Twins
1976 Montgomery Rebels 3–1 Orlando Twins
1977 Montgomery Rebels 2–0 Jacksonville Suns
1978 Knoxville Sox 2–1 Savannah Braves
1979 Nashville Sounds 3–1 Columbus Astros
1980 Charlotte O's 3–1 Memphis Chicks
1981 Orlando Twins 3–1 Nashville Sounds
1982 Nashville Sounds 3–1 Jacksonville Suns
1983 Birmingham Barons 3–1 Jacksonville Suns
1984 Charlotte O's 3–0 Knoxville Blue Jays
1985 Huntsville Stars 3–2 Charlotte O's
1986 Columbus Astros 3–2 Huntsville Stars
1987 Birmingham Barons 3–1 Charlotte Knights
1988 Chattanooga Lookouts 3–0 Greenville Braves
1989 Birmingham Barons 3–0 Greenville Braves
1990 Memphis Chicks 3–2 Orlando Sun Rays
1991 Orlando Sun Rays 3–1 Birmingham Barons
1992 Greenville Braves 3–2 Chattanooga Lookouts
1993 Birmingham Barons 3–1 Knoxville Smokies
1994 Huntsville Stars 3–1 Carolina Mudcats
1995 Carolina Mudcats 3–2 Chattanooga Lookouts
1996 Jacksonville Suns 3–1 Chattanooga Lookouts
1997 Greenville Braves 3–2 Huntsville Stars
1998 Mobile BayBears 3–1 Jacksonville Suns
1999 Orlando Rays 3–1 West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
2000 West Tenn Diamond Jaxx 3–2 Jacksonville Suns
2001[a] Huntsville Stars
Jacksonville Suns 		— —
2002 Birmingham Barons 3–0 Jacksonville Suns
2003 Carolina Mudcats 3–2 Huntsville Stars
2004[b] Mobile BayBears
Tennessee Smokies 		— —
2005 Jacksonville Suns 3–1 West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
2006 Montgomery Biscuits 3–1 Huntsville Stars
2007 Montgomery Biscuits 3–2 Huntsville Stars
2008 Mississippi Braves 3–2 Carolina Mudcats
2009 Jacksonville Suns 3–1 Tennessee Smokies
2010 Jacksonville Suns 3–1 Tennessee Smokies
2011 Mobile BayBears 3–1 Tennessee Smokies
2012 Mobile BayBears 3–1 Jackson Generals
2013 Birmingham Barons 3–2 Mobile BayBears
2014 Jacksonville Suns 3–0 Chattanooga Lookouts
2015 Chattanooga Lookouts 3–2 Biloxi Shuckers
2016 Jackson Generals 3–0 Mississippi Braves
2017[c] Chattanooga Lookouts
Pensacola Blue Wahoos 		— —
2018 Jackson Generals 3–1 Biloxi Shuckers
2019 Jackson Generals 3–2 Biloxi Shuckers
2020 None (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)[3]

Championship wins by team[]

Wins Team Championship years
7 Birmingham A's/Barons 1967, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2002, 2013
6 Jacksonville Suns 1996, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2014
5 Montgomery Rebels 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977
4 West Tenn Diamond Jaxx/Jackson Generals 2000, 2016, 2018, 2019
4 Mobile BayBears 1998, 2004, 2011, 2012
3 Chattanooga Lookouts 1988, 2015, 2017
3 Huntsville Stars 1985, 1994, 2001
3 Knoxville Sox/Tennessee Smokies 1974, 1978, 2004
3 Orlando Twins/SunRays/Rays 1981, 1991, 1999
2 Carolina Mudcats 1995, 2003
2 Charlotte Hornets 1969, 1971
2 Charlotte O's 1980, 1984
2 Columbus Astros 1970, 1986
2 Greenville Braves 1992, 1997
2 Montgomery Biscuits 2006, 2007
2 Nashville Sounds 1979, 1982
1 Asheville Tourists 1968
1 Columbus Confederate Yankees 1965
1 Lynchburg White Sox 1964
1 Memphis Chicks 1990
1 Mississippi Braves 2008
1 Mobile Athletics 1966
1 Pensacola Blue Wahoos 2017

See also[]

  • Southern League baseball awards

Notes[]

  1. ^ Huntsville and Jacksonville were declared co-champions after playoffs were cancelled in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
  2. ^ Mobile and Tennessee were declared co-champions due to the threat of Hurricane Ivan.
  3. ^ Chattanooga and Pensacola were declared co-champions after the playoffs were shortened due to the threat of Hurricane Irma.[2]

References[]

Specific

  1. ^ "Playoff Procedures". Southern League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Southern League Championship Series Canceled". Southern League. Minor League Baseball. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved". Minor League Baseball. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

General

  • O'Neal, Bill (1994), The Southern League: Baseball in Dixie, 1885–1994, Eakin Press, pp. 320–321, ISBN 0890159521
  • "Southern League Past Champions". Southern League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
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