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==All-time teams (1945–present)== All teams that have competed in the Carolina League since its founding in 1945:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/132818740/2013-Carolina-League-Media-Guide-and-Record-Book |title=2013 Carolina League Media Guide and Record Book |page=4}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *[[Alamance Indians]] (1958–1964, became the Burlington Senators) *[[Alexandria Dukes]] (1978, became the Alexandria Mariners) *[[Alexandria Dukes]] (1980–1983, became the Prince William Pirates) *[[Alexandria Mariners]] (1979, became the Alexandria Dukes) *[[Asheville Tourists]] (1967, moved to [[Southern League (1964–present)|Southern League]]) *[[Augusta GreenJackets]] (2021–present) *[[Buies Creek Astros]] (2017–2018; became the Fayetteville Woodpeckers) *[[Burlington Bees (Carolina League)|Burlington Bees]] (1945–1951, became the Burlington-Graham Pirates) *[[Burlington Rangers]] (1972, folded) *[[Burlington Senators]] (1965–1971, became the Burlington Rangers) *[[Burlington-Graham Pirates]] (1952–1955, folded) *[[Carolina Mudcats]] (2012–present) *[[Charleston RiverDogs]] (2021–present) *[[Columbia Fireflies]] (2021–present) *[[Danville 97s]] (1998, became the Myrtle Beach Pelicans) *[[Danville Leafs]] (1945–1958, folded) *[[Delmarva Shorebirds]] (2021–present) *[[Down East Wood Ducks]] (2017–2024, moved to Spartanburg & became the Hub City Spartanburgers) *[[Durham Bulls]] (1945–1967, merged with the Raleigh Pirates and became the Raleigh-Durham Mets) *[[Durham Bulls]] (1980–1997, became the Danville 97s) *[[Fayetteville Athletics]] (1950–1952, became the Fayetteville Highlanders) *[[Fayetteville Highlanders]] (1953–1956, folded) *[[Fayetteville Woodpeckers]] (2019–present) *[[Frederick Keys]] (1989–2020, moved to [[MLB Draft League]]) *[[Fredericksburg Nationals]] (2020–present) *[[Greensboro Patriots]] (1945–1957, became the Greensboro Yankees) *[[Greensboro Patriots]] (1968, folded) *[[Greensboro Yankees]] (1958–1967, became the Greensboro Patriots) *[[Hagerstown Suns]] (1981–1988, became the Frederick Keys) *[[High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms]] (1954–1958, folded) *[[High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms]] (1968, became the High Point-Thomasville Royals) *[[High Point-Thomasville Royals]] (1969, folded) *[[Kannapolis Cannon Ballers]] (2021–present) *[[Kinston Blue Jays]] (1982–1985, became the Kinston Eagles) *[[Wilson Tobs|Kinston Eagles]] (1956–1957, merged with the Wilson Tobs) *[[Kinston Expos|Kinston Eagles]] (1962–1973, became the Kinston Expos) *[[Kinston Blue Jays|Kinston Eagles]] (1978–1981, became the Kinston Blue Jays) *[[Kinston Indians|Kinston Eagles]] (1986, became the Kinston Indians) *[[Kinston Expos]] (1974, folded) *[[Kinston Indians]] (1987–2011, became the Carolina Mudcats) *[[Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets]] (1945–1947, moved to the [[Blue Ridge League]]) *[[Lynchburg Hillcats]] (1995–present) *[[Lynchburg Mets]] (1976–1987, became the Lynchburg Red Sox) *[[Lynchburg Rangers]] (1975, became the Lynchburg Mets) *[[Lynchburg Red Sox]] (1988–1994, became the Lynchburg Hillcats) *[[Lynchburg Twins]] (1970–1974, became the Lynchburg Rangers) *[[Lynchburg White Sox]] (1966–1969, became the Lynchburg Twins) *[[Martinsville Athletics]] (1945–1949, folded) *[[Myrtle Beach Pelicans]] (1999–present) {{col-2}} *[[Peninsula Astros]] (1969–1970, became the Peninsula Phillies) *[[Peninsula Grays]] (1964–1968, became the Peninsula Astros) *[[Peninsula Pennants]] (1974, folded) *[[Peninsula Phillies]] (1971, folded) *[[Peninsula Pilots (minor league team)|Peninsula Pilots]] (1976–1985, became the Peninsula White Sox) *[[Peninsula Pilots (minor league team)|Peninsula Pilots]] (1989–1992, became the Wilmington Blue Rocks) *[[Peninsula Senators]] (1963, became the Peninsula Grays) *[[Peninsula White Sox]] (1986–1987, became the Virginia Generals) *[[Potomac Cannons]] (1999–2004, became the Potomac Nationals) *[[Potomac Nationals]] (2005–2019, became the Fredericksburg Nationals) *[[Prince William Cannons]] (1990–1998, became the Potomac Cannons) *[[Prince William Pirates]] (1984–1986, became the Prince William Yankees) *[[Prince William Yankees]] (1987–1989, became the Prince William Cannons) *[[Raleigh Capitals]] (1957–1962, became the Raleigh Mets) *[[Raleigh Capitals]] (1945–1953, folded) *[[Raleigh Cardinals]] (1964–1965, became the Raleigh Pirates) *[[Raleigh Mets]] (1963, became the Raleigh Cardinals) *[[Raleigh Pirates]] (1966–1967, merged with the Durham Bulls and became the Raleigh-Durham Mets) *[[Raleigh-Durham Mets]] (1968, became the Raleigh-Durham Phillies) *[[Raleigh-Durham Phillies]] (1969, became the Raleigh-Durham Triangles) *[[Raleigh-Durham Triangles]] (1970–1971, folded) *[[Red Springs Twins]] (1969, folded) *[[Reidsville Luckies]] (1948–1954, became the Reidsville Phillies) *[[Reidsville Phillies]] (1955, folded) *[[Rocky Mount Leafs]] (1962–1963, became the Rocky Mount Senators) *[[Rocky Mount Leafs]] (1965–1972, became the Rocky Mount Phillies) *[[Rocky Mount Phillies]] (1973–1975, folded) *[[Rocky Mount Pines]] (1980, became the Hagerstown Suns) *[[Rocky Mount Senators]] (1964, became the Rocky Mount Leafs) *[[Salem Avalanche]] (1995–2008, became the Salem Red Sox) *[[Salem Buccaneers]] (1987–1994, became the Salem Avalanche) *[[Salem Pirates]] (1972–1979, became the Salem Redbirds) *[[Salem Rebels (baseball)|Salem Rebels]] (1968–1971, became the Salem Pirates) *[[Salem Red Sox]] (2009–present) *[[Salem Redbirds]] (1980–1986, became the Salem Buccaneers) *[[Tidewater Tides]] (1963–1968, moved to the [[International League]]) *[[Virginia Generals]] (1988, became the Peninsula Pilots) *[[Wilmington Blue Rocks]] (1993–2020, moved to [[High-A East]]) *[[Wilson Pennants]] (1973, folded) *[[Wilson Tobs (minor league baseball)|Wilson Tobs]] (1956–1968, folded) *[[Winston-Salem Cardinals]] (1945–1953, became the Winston-Salem Twins) *[[Winston-Salem Dash]] (2009–2020, moved to High-A East) *[[Winston-Salem Red Birds]] (1957–1960, became the Winston-Salem Red Sox) *[[Winston-Salem Red Sox]] (1961–1983, became the Winston-Salem Spirits) *[[Winston-Salem Spirits]] (1984–1994, became the Winston-Salem Warthogs) *[[Winston-Salem Twins]] (1954–1956, became the Winston-Salem Red Birds) *[[Winston-Salem Warthogs]] (1995–2008, became the Winston-Salem Dash) {{col-end}} ===League timeline (1945–present)=== <timeline> DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy ImageSize = width:1600 height:auto barincrement:25 Period = from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/2025 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:20 left:20 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<# Colors = id:barcolor id:line value:pink id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a current league member id:Past value:rgb(0.4,0.80,0.67) # Use to indicate a former team id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another current league PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1955 text:[[Burlington Rangers|Burlington Bees / Burlington-Graham Pirates]] (1945–55) bar:1 color:Past from:01/01/1958 till:12/31/1972 text:[[Burlington Rangers|Burlington Indians / Senators / Rangers]] (1958–72) bar:2 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1958 text:[[Danville Leafs]] (1945–58) bar:2 color:Past from:01/01/1998 till:12/31/1998 text:[[Danville 97s]] (1998) bar:3 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1971 text:[[Durham Bulls|Durham Bulls / Raleigh-Durham Mets / Phillies / Triangles]] (1945–71) bar:3 color:Past from:01/01/1980 till:12/31/1997 text:[[Durham Bulls]] (1980–97) bar:4 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1968 text:[[Greensboro Grasshoppers|Greensboro Patriots / Red Sox / Patriots / Yankees / Patriots]] (1945–68) bar:5 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1947 text:[[Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets]] (1945–47) bar:6 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1949 text:[[Martinsville A's]] (1945–49) bar:7 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1953 text:[[Raleigh Capitals]] (1945–53) bar:7 color:Past from:01/01/1958 till:12/31/1967 text:[[Raleigh Capitals|Raleigh Capitals / Mets / Cardinals / Pirates]] (1958–67) bar:8 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/2020 text:[[Winston-Salem Dash|Winston-Salem Cardinals / Twins / Red Birds / Red Sox / Spirits / Warthogs / Dash]] (1945–2020) bar:9 color:Past from:01/01/1948 till:12/31/1955 text:[[Reidsville Luckies|Reidsville Luckies / Phillies]] (1948–55) bar:10 color:Past from:01/01/1950 till:12/31/1956 text:[[Fayetteville A's|Fayetteville A's / Highlanders]] (1950–56) bar:10 color:Full from:01/01/2019 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Fayetteville Woodpeckers]] (2019–present) bar:11 color:Past from:01/01/1954 till:12/31/1958 text:[[High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms]] (1954–58) bar:11 color:Past from:01/01/1968 till:12/31/1969 text:[[High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms|High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms / Royals]] (1968–69) bar:12 color:Past from:01/01/1956 till:05/11/1957 text:[[Kinston Eagles (1956–1957)|Kinston Eagles]] (1956–57) bar:12 color:Past from:01/01/1962 till:12/31/1974 text:[[Kinston Expos|Kinston Eagles / Expos]] (1962–74) bar:12 color:Past from:01/01/1978 till:12/31/2011 text:[[Kinston Indians|Kinston Eagles / Blue Jays / Eagles / Indians]] (1975–2011) bar:12 color:Past from:01/01/2017 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Down East Wood Ducks]] (2017–2024) bar:13 color:Past from:01/01/1956 till:12/31/1968 text:[[Wilson Tobs (minor league baseball)|Wilson Tobs]] (1956–68) bar:13 color:Past from:01/01/1973 till:12/31/1973 text:[[Wilson Pennants]] (1973) bar:14 color:Past from:01/01/1962 till:12/31/1975 text:[[Rocky Mount Leafs|Rocky Mount Leafs / Phillies]] (1962–75) bar:14 color:Past from:01/01/1980 till:12/31/1980 text:[[Rocky Mount Pines]] (1980) bar:15 color:Past from:01/01/1963 till:12/31/1971 text:[[Peninsula Pilots (minor league team)|Peninsula Senators / Grays / Astros / Phillies]] bar:15 color:Past from:01/01/1974 till:12/31/1974 text:[[Peninsula Pilots (minor league team)| / Pennants]] bar:15 color:Past from:01/01/1976 till:12/31/1992 text:[[Peninsula Pilots (minor league team)| / Pilots / White Sox / Virginia Generals / Peninsula Pilots]] (1963–71, 1974, 1976–92) bar:16 color:Past from:01/01/1963 till:12/31/1968 text:[[Tidewater Tides]] (1963–68) bar:17 color:Full from:01/01/1966 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Lynchburg Hillcats|Lynchburg White Sox / Twins / Rangers / Mets / Red Sox / Hillcats]] (1966–present) bar:18 color:Past from:01/01/1967 till:12/31/1967 text:[[Asheville Tourists]] (1967) bar:19 color:Full from:01/01/1968 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Salem Red Sox|Salem Rebels / Pirates / Redbirds / Buccaneers / Avalanche / Red Sox]] (1968–present) bar:20 color:Past from:01/01/1969 till:12/31/1969 text:[[Red Springs Twins]] (1969) bar:21 color:Past from:01/01/1978 till:12/31/1983 text:[[Alexandria Dukes|Alexandria Dukes / Mariners / Dukes]] (1978–83) bar:22 color:Past from:01/01/1984 till:12/31/1998 text:[[Prince William Cannons|Prince William Pirates / Yankees / Cannons]] (1984–98) bar:22 color:Past from:01/01/1999 till:12/31/2019 text:[[Potomac Nationals|Potomac Cannons / Nationals]] (1999–2019) bar:23 color:Full from:01/01/2020 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Fredericksburg Nationals]] (2020-present) bar:24 color:Past from:01/01/1981 till:12/31/1988 text:[[Hagerstown Suns]] (1981–88) bar:25 color:Past from:01/01/1989 till:12/31/2020 text:[[Frederick Keys]] (1989–2020) bar:26 color:Past from:01/01/1993 till:12/31/2020 text:[[Wilmington Blue Rocks]] (1993–2020) bar:27 color:Full from:01/01/1999 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Myrtle Beach Pelicans]] (1999–present) bar:28 color:Full from:01/01/2012 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Carolina Mudcats]] (2012–present) bar:29 color:Past from:01/01/2017 till:12/31/2018 text:[[Buies Creek Astros]] (2017–18) bar:30 color:Full from:01/01/2021 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Delmarva Shorebirds]] (2021-present) bar:31 color:Full from:01/01/2021 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Augusta GreenJackets]] (2021-present) bar:33 color:Full from:01/01/2021 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Charleston RiverDogs]] (2021-present) bar:34 color:Full from:01/01/2021 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Columbia Fireflies]] (2021-present) bar:35 color:Full from:01/01/2021 till:12/31/2024 text:[[Kannapolis Cannon Ballers]] (2021-present) bar:36 color:Full from:01/01/2025 till:12/31/2025 text:[[Hickory Crawdads]] (2025-present) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:01/01/1945 TextData = fontsize:L textcolor:black pos:(0,30) tabs:(400-center) text:^"Carolina League Timeline" #> If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following three options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. {{Font color||{{RGB|190|186|218}}|League members}} {{Font color||{{RGB|255|255|179}}|Other Current League}} <# </timeline> {{Font color||{{RGB|190|186|218}}|Current team}} {{Font color||{{RGB|102|205|170}}|Earlier team}}
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