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Piedmont League

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Sport
  
Baseball

Ceased
  
1955

Inaugural season
  
1920

Country
  
United States

Classification
  
D (1920)C (1921-31)B (1932-55)

The Piedmont League was a minor league baseball league that operated from 1920 through 1955. The league operated principally in the Piedmont plateau region in the eastern United States.

Contents

Former

The following teams were members of the Piedmont League (in alphabetical order):

  • Asheville Tourists - 1931-32 (formerly of the South Atlantic League, 1924–30); 1934–42
  • Charlotte Hornets - 1931-35 (formerly of the South Atlantic League, 1919–30); 1937-42 (moved to the Tri-State League, 1946–53, the South Atlantic League, 1954-63, and the Southern League, 1937–71)
  • Colonial Heights-Petersburg Colts - 1954
  • Columbia Sandlappers - 1934
  • Danville Leafs - 1925-26
  • Danville Tobacconists - 1920-24
  • Durham Bulls - 1920-33; 1936–43
  • Greensboro Patriots - 1920-26; 1928–34
  • Greensboro Red Sox - 1941-42
  • Hagerstown Braves - 1953 (formerly of the Interstate League, 1950–52)
  • Hagerstown Packets - 1954-55
  • Henderson Bunnies - 1929
  • Henderson Gamecocks - 1930-31
  • High Point Furniture Makers - 1920-22
  • High Point Pointers - 1923-25; 1926–31; 1932
  • Lancaster Red Roses - 1954-55
  • Lynchburg Cardinals - 1943-55
  • Newport News Dodgers - 1944-55
  • Norfolk Tars - 1934-55
  • Portsmouth Cubs - 1936-52
  • Portsmouth Merrimacs - 1953-55
  • Portsmouth Truckers - 1935
  • Raleigh Capitals - 1922-28; 1930–32
  • Raleigh Nats - 1920
  • Raleigh Red Birds - 1921
  • Richmond Colts - 1933-53
  • Roanoke Red Sox - 1943-50
  • Roanoke Ro-Sox - 1951-53
  • Rocky Mount Buccaneers - 1927 (moved to the Eastern Carolina League, 1928–29)
  • Rocky Mount Red Sox - 1936-40
  • Salisbury Colonials - 1925
  • Salisbury-Spencer Colonials - 1926-29
  • Sunbury Redlegs - 1955
  • Wilmington Pirates - 1932-35
  • Winston-Salem Twins - 1920-33; 1937–42
  • York White Roses - 1953-55 (formerly of the Interstate League, 1943–52)

    • Champions

    The following teams were champions of the Piedmont League:

    References

    Piedmont League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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