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
2019Wilmington Blue Rocks3–2Fayetteville Woodpeckers
2020None (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)[2]

Championship wins by team

Active Carolina League teams appear in bold.

Wins Runner-ups Team Championship Years Runner-up Years
116Winston-Salem Dash/Cards/Red Sox/Pirates/Spirits/Warthogs1950, 1951, 1964, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1993, 20031966, 1983, 1994, 1998, 2010, 2012
810Lynchburg Red Sox/Twins/Mets/Hillcats1978, 1983, 1984, 1997, 2002, 2009, 2012, 20171973, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2016
68Kinston Eagles/Indians1962, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2004, 20061971, 1987, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2011
52Salem Pirates/Buccaneers/Avalanche/Red Sox1972, 1974, 1987, 2001, 20132007, 2009
55Wilmington Blue Rocks1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 20191993, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2015
42Myrtle Beach Pelicans1999, 2000, 2015, 20162008, 2014
42Prince William Yankees/Potomac Nationals1989, 2008, 2010, 20142013, 2018
42Peninsula Phillies/Pilots1971, 1977, 1980, 19921978, 1981
41Frederick Keys1990, 2005, 2007, 20112006
31Danville Leafs1945, 1953, 19551956
30Wilson Tobs1959, 1961, 1963
29Durham Bulls1957, 19671946, 1947, 1952, 1962, 1965, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989
27Burlington Rangers/Indians/Senators/Pirates/Bees1949, 19581948, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1969, 1970, 1972
23Raleigh Capitals1946, 19471945, 1949, 1959
20Rocky Mount Leafs/Phillies1966, 1975
20Fayetteville Highlanders1954, 1956
12High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms19681955, 1957
12Tidewater Tides19651964, 1967
12Greensboro Yankees19601958, 1963
12Reidsville Luckies19521951, 1953
11Hagerstown Suns19811986
11Raleigh-Durham Phillies/Mets19691968
10Buies Creek Astros2018
10Down East Wood Ducks2017
10Alexandria Dukes1982
10Martinsville Athletics1948
01Fayetteville Woodpeckers2019

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.[3]
  • 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.[4]
  • c The best-of-five championship series was shortened to a one-game final due to the threat of Hurricane Florence.[5]

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. "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved". Minor League Baseball. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  3. Young, Ryan (April 3, 2013). "Pelicans Through the Years". The Sun News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  4. "Carolina League cancels Mills Cup Finals". Carolina League. Minor League Baseball. September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  5. 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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