List of Southern League teams

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The Southern League has operated primarily in the Southern United States since 1964. For the 2021 season, the league was named the Double-A South before switching back to its previous moniker in 2022. Over that 62-season span, its teams relocated, changed names, transferred to different leagues, or ceased operations altogether. This list documents teams which played in the league.

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Teams

Key
Team name (#)
A number following a team's name indicates multiple iterations of the team in chronological order.
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Asheville Orioles 19721975 Asheville, North Carolina Relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, as the Charlotte O's
Asheville Tourists [a] 19641971 Asheville, North Carolina Renamed the Asheville Orioles
Biloxi Shuckers 2015 Biloxi, Mississippi Active
Birmingham A's 19671975 Birmingham, Alabama Relocated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, as the Chattanooga Lookouts (2)
Birmingham Barons (1)19641965 Birmingham, Alabama Renamed the Birmingham A's in 1967
Birmingham Barons (2)1981 Birmingham, Alabama Active
Carolina Mudcats 19912011 Zebulon, North Carolina Relocated to Pensacola, Florida, as the Pensacola Blue Wahoos
Charlotte Hornets 19641972 Charlotte, North Carolina Folded
Charlotte Knights 19881992 Charlotte, North Carolina Transferred to the International League
Charlotte O's 19761987 Charlotte, North Carolina Renamed the Charlotte Knights
Chattanooga Lookouts (1)19641965 Chattanooga, Tennessee Folded
Chattanooga Lookouts (2)1976 Chattanooga, Tennessee Active
Columbus Astros 19701988 Columbus, Georgia Renamed the Columbus Mudcats
Columbus Clingstones 2025 Columbus, Georgia Active
Columbus Confederate Yankees 19641966 Columbus, Georgia Folded
Columbus Mudcats 19891990 Columbus, Georgia Relocated to Zebulon, North Carolina, as the Carolina Mudcats
Columbus White Sox 19691969 Columbus, Georgia Renamed the Columbus Astros
Evansville White Sox 19661968 Evansville, Indiana Folded
Greenville Braves 19842004 Greenville, South Carolina Relocated to Pearl, Mississippi, as the Mississippi Braves
Huntsville Stars 19852014 Huntsville, Alabama Relocated to Biloxi, Mississippi, as the Biloxi Shuckers
Jackson Generals 20112020 [b] Jackson, Tennessee Folded
Jacksonville Expos 19851990 Jacksonville, Florida Renamed the Jacksonville Suns
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 20172020 [c] Jacksonville, Florida Transferred to the International League
Jacksonville Suns [d] 19702016 Jacksonville, Florida Renamed the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
Knoxville Blue Jays 19801992 Knoxville, Tennessee Renamed the Knoxville Smokies (2)
Knoxville Smokies (1)19641967 Knoxville, Tennessee Folded
Knoxville Smokies (2)19931999 Knoxville, Tennessee Relocated to Kodak, Tennessee, as the Tennessee Smokies
Knoxville Smokies (3)2025 Knoxville, Tennessee Active
Knoxville Sox 19721979 Knoxville, Tennessee Renamed the Knoxville Blue Jays
Lynchburg White Sox 19641965 Lynchburg, Virginia Transferred to the Carolina League
Macon Peaches [e] 19641967 Macon, Georgia Folded
Memphis Chicks 19781997 Memphis, Tennessee Relocated to Jackson, Tennessee, as the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
Mississippi Braves 20052024 Pearl, Mississippi Relocated to Columbus, Georgia, as the Columbus Clingstones
Mobile Athletics 19661966 Mobile, Alabama Folded
Mobile BayBears 19972019 Mobile, Alabama Relocated to Madison, Alabama, as the Rocket City Trash Pandas
Mobile White Sox 19701970 Mobile, Alabama Folded
Montgomery Biscuits 2004 Montgomery, Alabama Active
Montgomery Rebels 19651980 Montgomery, Alabama Relocated to Birmingham, Alabama, as the Birmingham Barons (2)
Nashville Sounds [f] 19781984 Nashville, Tennessee Relocated to Huntsville, Alabama, as the Huntsville Stars
Nashville Xpress 19931994 Nashville, Tennessee Relocated to Wilmington, North Carolina, as the Port City Roosters
Orlando Cubs 19931996 Orlando, Florida Renamed the Orlando Rays
Orlando Rays 19972003 Orlando, Florida Relocated to Montgomery, Alabama, as the Montgomery Biscuits
Orlando Sun Rays 19901992 Orlando, Florida Renamed the Orlando Cubs
Orlando Twins 19731989 Orlando, Florida Renamed the Orlando Sun Rays
Pensacola Blue Wahoos 2012 Pensacola, Florida Active
Port City Roosters 19951996 Wilmington, North Carolina Relocated to Mobile, Alabama, as the Mobile BayBears
Rocket City Trash Pandas 2020 [g] Madison, Alabama Active
Savannah Braves 19711983 Savannah, Georgia Relocated to Greenville, South Carolina, as the Greenville Braves
Savannah Indians 19701970 Savannah, Georgia Renamed the Savannah Braves
Savannah Senators 19681969 Savannah, Georgia Renamed the Savannah Indians
Tennessee Smokies 20002024 Kodak, Tennessee Relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee, as the Knoxville Smokies (3)
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx 19982010 Jackson, Tennessee Renamed the Jackson Generals
  1. The Asheville Tourists played in the Carolina League for the 1967 season.
  2. The last season during which the Jackson Generals actually played in the league was 2019, since the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. The last season during which the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp actually played in the league was 2019, since the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. The Jacksonville Suns were known as the Jacksonville Expos from 1985 to 1990.
  5. The Macon Peaches did not play during the 1965 season.
  6. In 1985, a Triple-A team moved to Nashville, Tennessee and assumed the Sounds' name.
  7. The Rocket City Trash Pandas did not actually play in the league until the 2021 season, since the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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List of Southern League teams
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Zebulon
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Wilmington
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Savannah
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Pensacola
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Pearl
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Orlando
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Nashville
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Montgomery
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Mobile
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Memphis
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Madison
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Macon
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Lynchburg
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Kodak
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Knoxville
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Jacksonville
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Jackson
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Huntsville
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Greenville
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Fort Mill
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Evansville
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Columbus
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Chattanooga
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Charlotte
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Birmingham
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Biloxi
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Asheville
Southern League team locations

See also

References

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