The Appalachian League is a collegiate summer baseball league in the United States. From 1911 to 2020, it was part of affiliated Minor League Baseball. A league champion is determined at the end of each season. Champions have been determined by postseason playoffs or winning the regular season pennant. Currently, the two teams with the highest winning percentages in each of two divisions, East and West, are eligible for the postseason. These teams compete in a single championship game to determine a league champion.

League champions

Score and finalist information is only presented when postseason play occurred. The lack of this information indicates a declared league champion.
Year Champion Score Finalist
1911 Johnson City Soldiers — —
1912 Bristol Boosters — —
1913 Johnson City Soldiers — —
1914[a] Middlesboro Colonels
Morristown Jobbers		 — —
1915 Not in operation
1916 Not in operation
1917 Not in operation
1918 Not in operation
1919 Not in operation
1920 Not in operation
1921 Johnson City Soldiers — —
1922 Bristol State Liners — —
1923 Knoxville Pioneers — —
1924 Knoxville Pioneers — —
1925 Greeneville Burley Cubs — —
1926 Not in operation
1927 Not in operation
1928 Not in operation
1929 Not in operation
1930 Not in operation
1931 Not in operation
1932 Not in operation
1933 Not in operation
1934 Not in operation
1935 Not in operation
1936 Not in operation
1937 Pennington Gap Lee Bears — —
1938 Greeneville Burley Cubs — —
1939 Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox — —
1940 Johnson City Cardinals — —
1941 Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox — —
1942 Bristol Twins — —
1943 Bristol Twins — —
1944 Kingsport Cherokees — —
1945 Kingsport Cherokees — —
1946 New River Rebels — —
1947 New River Rebels — —
1948 Pulaski Counts — —
1949 Bluefield Blue-Grays — —
1950 Bluefield Blue-Grays — —
1951 Kingsport Cherokees — —
1952 Welch Miners — —
1953 Welch Miners — —
1954 Bluefield Blue-Grays — —
1955 Salem Rebels — —
1956 Not in operation
1957 Bluefield Dodgers — —
1958 Johnson City Phillies — —
1959 Morristown Cubs — —
1960 Wytheville Senators — —
1961 Middlesboro Senators — —
1962 Bluefield Orioles — —
1963 Bluefield Orioles — —
1964 Johnson City Yankees — —
1965 Salem Pirates — —
1966 Marion Mets — —
1967 Bluefield Orioles — —
1968 Marion Mets — —
1969 Pulaski Phillies — —
1970 Bluefield Orioles — —
1971 Bluefield Orioles — —
1972 Bristol Tigers — —
1973 Kingsport Royals — —
1974 Bristol Tigers — —
1975 Johnson City Cardinals — —
1976 Johnson City Cardinals — —
1977 Kingsport Braves — —
1978 Elizabethton Twins — —
1979 Paintsville Yankees — —
1980 Paintsville Yankees — —
1981 Paintsville Yankees — —
1982 Bluefield Orioles — —
1983 Paintsville Brewers — —
1984 Elizabethton Twins 1–0 Pulaski Braves
1985 Bristol Tigers — —
1986 Pulaski Braves 2–1 Johnson City Cardinals
1987 Burlington Indians 2–0 Johnson City Cardinals
1988 Kingsport Mets 2–0 Burlington Indians
1989 Elizabethton Twins 2–0 Pulaski Braves
1990 Elizabethton Twins — —
1991 Pulaski Braves 2–0 Burlington Indians
1992 Bluefield Orioles 2–1 Elizabethton Twins
1993 Burlington Indians 2–0 Elizabethton Twins
1994 Princeton Reds 2–1 Johnson City Cardinals
1995 Kingsport Mets 2–1 Bluefield Orioles
1996 Bluefield Orioles 2–1 Kingsport Mets
1997 Bluefield Orioles 2–0 Pulaski Rangers
1998 Bristol White Sox 2–0 Princeton Devil Rays
1999 Martinsville Astros 2–0 Pulaski Rangers
2000 Elizabethton Twins 2–0 Danville Braves
2001 Bluefield Orioles 2–1 Elizabethton Twins
2002 Bristol White Sox 2–1 Bluefield Orioles
2003 Elizabethton Twins 2–1 Martinsville Astros
2004 Greeneville Astros 2–1 Danville Braves
2005 Elizabethton Twins 2–1 Danville Braves
2006 Danville Braves 2–1 Elizabethton Twins
2007 Elizabethton Twins 2–0 Danville Braves
2008 Elizabethton Twins 2–0 Pulaski Mariners
2009 Danville Braves 2–0 Elizabethton Twins
2010 Johnson City Cardinals 2–0 Elizabethton Twins
2011 Johnson City Cardinals 2–0 Bluefield Blue Jays
2012 Elizabethton Twins 2–1 Burlington Royals
2013 Pulaski Mariners 2–0 Greeneville Astros
2014 Johnson City Cardinals 2–1 Danville Braves
2015 Greeneville Astros 2–1 Princeton Rays
2016 Johnson City Cardinals 2–0 Burlington Royals
2017 Elizabethton Twins 2–0 Pulaski Yankees
2018 Elizabethton Twins 2–0 Princeton Rays
2019 Johnson City Cardinals 2–1 Burlington Royals
2020 None (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)[1]
2021 Greeneville Flyboys 1–0 Pulaski River Turtles
2022 Kingsport Axmen 1–0 Burlington Sock Puppets
2023 Johnson City Doughboys 1–0 Burlington Sock Puppets

Championship wins by team

Active Appalachian League teams appear in bold.

Wins Team Championship years
14 Bluefield Blue-Grays/Dodgers/Orioles 1949, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2001
12 Elizabethton Twins 1978, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2018
11 Johnson City Phillies/Yankees/Cardinals/Doughboys 1940, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1976, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023
8 Kingsport Cherokees/Royals/Braves/Mets 1944, 1945, 1951, 1973, 1977, 1988, 1995
7 Bristol Tigers/White Sox 1972, 1974, 1985, 1942, 1943, 1998, 2002
6 Pulaski Counts/Phillies/Braves/Mariners/Yankees 1948, 1969, 1986, 1991, 2013, 2017
4 Paintsville Yankees/Brewers 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983
3 Johnson City Soldiers 1911, 1913, 1921
2 Burlington Indians 1987, 1993
2 Danville Braves 2006, 2009
2 Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox 1939, 1941
2 Greeneville Astros 2004, 2015
2 Greeneville Burley Cubs 1925, 1938
2 Knoxville Pioneers 1923, 1924
2 Marion Mets 1966, 1968
2 New River Rebels 1946, 1947
2 Salem Pirates/Rebels 1955, 1965
2 Welch Miners 1952, 1953
1 Bristol Boosters 1912
1 Bristol State Liners 1922
1 Greeneville Flyboys 2021
1 Kingsport Axmen 2022
1 Martinsville Astros 1999
1 Middlesboro Colonels 1914
1 Middlesboro Senators 1961
1 Morristown Cubs 1959
1 Morristown Jobbers 1914
1 Pennington Gap Lee Bears 1937
1 Princeton Reds (Princeton Rays) 1994
1 Wytheville Senators 1960

Notes

References

Specific
  1. ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved". Minor League Baseball. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
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