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List of Southern Association champions

List of Southern Association champions

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The Southern Association of Minor League Baseball was a baseball league that operated in the United States from 1901 to 1961. A league champion was determined at the end of each season. Champions were determined by postseason playoffs or winning the regular season pennant.

The 1908 Southern Association pennant being hoisted at Sulphur Dell in Nashville, Tennessee

With 18 pennant wins, the Atlanta Crackers won the most regular season pennants in the history of the Southern Association. They are followed by the New Orleans Pelicans (9); Birmingham Barons, Memphis Egyptians/Chicks, and Nashville Baseball Club/Vols (8); Chattanooga Lookouts and Little Rock Travelers (4); and Mobile Bears (2).[1]

The Nashville Vols have the most playoff championships, with nine. They are followed by the Atlanta Crackers (6); Birmingham Barons (5); Mobile Bears (4); New Orleans Pelicans (3); Little Rock Travelers (2); and Memphis Chicks (1).[2]

Considering all championships, both pennants and playoffs, the Atlanta Crackers (24) have the most in league history. They are followed by the Nashville Baseball Club/Vols (17); Birmingham Barons (13); New Orleans Pelicans (12); Memphis Egyptians/Chicks (9); Little Rock Travelers and Mobile Bears (6); and Chattanooga Lookouts (4).

History

League champions were determined by different means throughout the Southern Associations's existence. Champions from 1901 to 1927 and from 1929 to 1931 were simply the regular season pennant winners. In 1928 and from 1932, either the top two or four teams in the league competed in playoffs to determine a league champion. These playoffs varied between being best-of-five and best-of-seven contests.

Pennant winners

The Nashville Baseball Club won the first Southern Association pennant in 1901.
The Memphis Egyptians, 1903 pennant winners
The Nashville Vols, 1908 pennant winners
The New Orleans Pelicans, 1910 pennant winners
The New Orleans Pelicans, 1915 pennant winners
The Nashville Vols, 1916 pennant winners
The Memphis Chicks, 1921 pennant winners

Playoff champions

Scores and runner-up teams are absent when no playoffs were held or pennant winners were declared champions.

Championship wins by club

Pennants

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Playoffs

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See also

Notes

  1. The Southern Association suspended play on June 28 due to World War I.[1]

References

Specific
  1. "Timeline" (PDF). Southern Association Baseball. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  2. O'Neal, Bill (1994), The Southern League: Baseball in Dixie, 1885–1994, Eakin Press, pp. 306–7, ISBN 0890159521
General
  • "Timeline" (PDF). Southern Association Baseball. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  • O'Neal, Bill (1994), The Southern League: Baseball in Dixie, 1885–1994, Eakin Press, pp. 306–7, ISBN 0-89015-952-1

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