Western Carolina League

The league ran from 1948 to 1952, then combined with the North Carolina State League to form the Tar Heel League in 1953.^[1]

The second Western Carolina League was formed as a Class-D circuit in 1960. After three years, its name was changed to become the Western Carolinas League.^[1]

League Champions

1948–1952

• 1948 Lincolnton Cardinals
• 1949 Rutherford County Owls
• 1950 Lenoir Red Sox
• 1951
  Shelby Farmers
• 1952
  Shelby Farmers

^[1]

1960–1962

• 1960
  Salisbury Braves
• 1961 Shelby Colonels
• 1962 Statesville Owls

^[1]

Cities represented

1948–1952

• Forest City Owls
  (1948)
• Gastonia Browns
  (1950)
• Granite Falls, NC: Granite Falls Graniteers
  (1951)
• Hendersonville, NC: Hendersonville Skylarks
  (1948–1949)
• Hickory, NC: Hickory Rebels (1952); moved to the Tar Heel League
  (1953–1954)
• Lenoir, NC: Lenoir Red Sox (1948–1951); moved from the Blue Ridge League
  (1946–1947)
• Lincolnton, NC: Lincolnton Cardinals (1948–1952); moved to the Tar Heel League
  (1953)
• Marion, NC: Marion Marauders (1948–1952); moved to the Tar Heel League
  (1953–1954)
• Morganton, NC: Morganton Aggies
  (1948–1952)
• Newton-Conover Twins
  (1948–1951)
• Shelby Farmers
  (1948–1952)
• Spindale, NC: Rutherford County Owls
  (1949–1952)

See Western Carolinas League

Sources

• Holaday, Chris (2006). Professional Baseball in North Carolina: An Illustrated City-by-city History, 1901–1996. Mcfarland & Company, Inc.
  ISBN 978-0-78-642553-2
• Baseball Reference – Western Carolina League (Class D) Encyclopedia and History

References