Charlottesville Tom Sox

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League Valley Baseball League
Location Charlottesville
BallparkCharlottesville High School
Founded2014
League championships3 (2017, 2019, 2022)
ColorsBlue, Green, Gray
MascotPrarieweather Lewis ("Lewie")
Last season2023: 32-20
ManagementCharlottesville Community Baseball, Inc.
CoachLyndon Coleman (head coach)
Trevon Smith (assistant coach)
Brian Wirth (assistant coach)
PresidentJohn Raymond

The Charlottesville Tom Sox are a collegiate summer baseball team in Charlottesville, Virginia. [1] They play in the southern division of the Valley Baseball League.

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The Tom Sox are the 2017, 2019 and 2022 Valley Baseball League Champions. [2] [3] [4] They finished runner-up in 2018 & 2023.

The team plays its home games at CHO Airport Field at Charlottesville High School. [5]

Mission

The Tom Sox were founded in 2014 and began play in the summer of 2015, marking the first time since 1974 Charlottesville had a team in the Valley Baseball League. [6] The given mission of the team is to "promote the game of baseball in Central Virginia by providing a high quality collegiate summer team, a memorable fan experience, and opportunities for youth to grow in the game and in character." [7]

Head coaches

Notable players

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References

  1. ↑ "About – Tom Sox". tomsox.org. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  2. ↑ "Charlottesville Tom Sox Win Valley Baseball League Championship, Beat Strasburg 2-1". NBC29. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  3. ↑ "Tom Sox Claim Title in Tense Winner-Take-All Game Three | Valley League Baseball". www.valleyleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  4. ↑ jharvey@dailyprogress.com | (434) 978-7250, JOHN HARVEY. "Tom Sox capture second Valley Baseball League championship". The Daily Progress. Retrieved 2020-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Staff REPORTS. "Charlottesville Tom Sox announce 2022 schedule". The Daily Progress. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Play ball! Charlottesville's Tom Sox are newest team in Valley Baseball League". C-VILLE Weekly. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  7. ↑ "About – Tom Sox". tomsox.org. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  8. ↑ "Catching up with 1st Tom Sox drafted by MLB – Billy Cooke – Tom Sox". tomsox.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
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