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List of Appalachian League champions

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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.

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Year

!Champion

!class="unsortable"|Score

!Finalist

1911align=left|Johnson City Soldiers——
1912align=left|Bristol Boosters——
1913align=left|Johnson City Soldiers——
1914{{ref label|1914|a|a}}align=left|Middlesboro Colonels
Morristown Jobbers		——
1915colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1916colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1917colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1918colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1919colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1920colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1921align=left|Johnson City Soldiers——
1922align=left|Bristol State Liners——
1923align=left|Knoxville Pioneers——
1924align=left|Knoxville Pioneers——
1925align=left|Greeneville Burley Cubs——
1926colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1927colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1928colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1929colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1930colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1931colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1932colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1933colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1934colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1935colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1936colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1937align=left|Pennington Gap Lee Bears——
1938align=left|Greeneville Burley Cubs——
1939align=left|Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox——
1940align=left|Johnson City Cardinals——
1941align=left|Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox——
1942align=left|Bristol Twins——
1943align=left|Bristol Twins——
1944align=left|Kingsport Cherokees——
1945align=left|Kingsport Cherokees——
1946align=left|New River Rebels——
1947align=left|New River Rebels——
1948align=left|Pulaski Counts——
1949align=left|Bluefield Blue-Grays——
1950align=left|Bluefield Blue-Grays——
1951align=left|Kingsport Cherokees——
1952align=left|Welch Miners——
1953align=left|Welch Miners——
1954align=left|Bluefield Blue-Grays——
1955align=left|Salem Rebels——
1956colspan=3; align=center |{{sort|z|Not in operation}}
1957align=left|Bluefield Dodgers——
1958align=left|Johnson City Phillies——
1959align=left|Morristown Cubs——
1960align=left|Wytheville Senators——
1961align=left|Middlesboro Senators——
1962align=left|Bluefield Orioles——
1963align=left|Bluefield Orioles——
1964align=left|Johnson City Yankees——
1965align=left|Salem Pirates——
1966align=left|Marion Mets——
1967align=left|Bluefield Orioles——
1968align=left|Marion Mets——
1969align=left|Pulaski Phillies——
1970align=left|Bluefield Orioles——
1971align=left|Bluefield Orioles——
1972align=left|Bristol Tigers——
1973align=left|Kingsport Royals——
1974align=left|Bristol Tigers——
1975align=left|Johnson City Cardinals——
1976align=left|Johnson City Cardinals——
1977align=left|Kingsport Braves——
1978align=left|Elizabethton Twins——
1979align=left|Paintsville Yankees——
1980align=left|Paintsville Yankees——
1981align=left|Paintsville Yankees——
1982align=left|Bluefield Orioles——
1983align=left|Paintsville Brewers——
1984align=left|Elizabethton Twins1–0align=left|Pulaski Braves
1985align=left|Bristol Tigers——
1986align=left|Pulaski Braves2–1align=left|Johnson City Cardinals
1987align=left|Burlington Indians2–0align=left|Johnson City Cardinals
1988align=left|Kingsport Mets2–0align=left|Burlington Indians
1989align=left|Elizabethton Twins2–0align=left|Pulaski Braves
1990align=left|Elizabethton Twins——
1991align=left|Pulaski Braves2–0align=left|Burlington Indians
1992align=left|Bluefield Orioles2–1align=left|Elizabethton Twins
1993align=left|Burlington Indians2–0align=left|Elizabethton Twins
1994align=left|Princeton Reds2–1align=left|Johnson City Cardinals
1995align=left|Kingsport Mets2–1align=left|Bluefield Orioles
1996align=left|Bluefield Orioles2–1align=left|Kingsport Mets
1997align=left|Bluefield Orioles2–0align=left|Pulaski Rangers
1998align=left|Bristol White Sox2–0align=left|Princeton Devil Rays
1999align=left|Martinsville Astros2–0align=left|Pulaski Rangers
2000align=left|Elizabethton Twins2–0align=left|Danville Braves
2001align=left|Bluefield Orioles2–1align=left|Elizabethton Twins
2002align=left|Bristol White Sox2–1align=left|Bluefield Orioles
2003align=left|Elizabethton Twins2–1align=left|Martinsville Astros
2004align=left|Greeneville Astros2–1align=left|Danville Braves
2005align=left|Elizabethton Twins2–1align=left|Danville Braves
2006align=left|Danville Braves2–1align=left|Elizabethton Twins
2007align=left|Elizabethton Twins2–0align=left|Danville Braves
2008align=left|Elizabethton Twins2–0align=left|Pulaski Mariners
2009align=left|Danville Braves2–0align=left|Elizabethton Twins
2010align=left|Johnson City Cardinals2–0align=left|Elizabethton Twins
2011align=left|Johnson City Cardinals2–0align=left|Bluefield Blue Jays
2012align=left|Elizabethton Twins2–1align=left|Burlington Royals
2013align=left|Pulaski Mariners2–0align=left|Greeneville Astros
2014align=left|Johnson City Cardinals2–1align=left|Danville Braves
2015align=left|Greeneville Astros2–1align=left|Princeton Rays
2016align=left|Johnson City Cardinals2–0align=left|Burlington Royals
2017align=left|Elizabethton Twins2–0align=left|Pulaski Yankees
2018align=left|Elizabethton Twins2–0align=left|Princeton Rays
2019align=left|Johnson City Cardinals2–1align=left|Burlington Royals
2020align=center colspan="3"|{{sort|zz|None (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)}}{{cite news |title=2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved|url=https://www.milb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-shelved|website=Minor League Baseball|date=June 30, 2020|accessdate=July 1, 2020}}
2021align=left|Greeneville Flyboys1–0align=left|Pulaski River Turtles
2022align=left|Kingsport Axmen1–0align=left|Burlington Sock Puppets
2023align=left|Johnson City Doughboys1–0align=left|Burlington Sock Puppets
2024align=left|Danville Otterbots1–0align=left|Greeneville Flyboys

Championship wins by team

Active Appalachian League teams appear in bold.

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!Wins

!Team

!Championship years

style="text-align:center;"|14Bluefield Blue-Grays/Dodgers/Orioles1949, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2001
style="text-align:center;"|12Elizabethton Twins1978, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2018
style="text-align:center;"|11Johnson City Phillies/Yankees/Cardinals/Doughboys1940, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1976, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023
style="text-align:center;"|8Kingsport Cherokees/Royals/Braves/Mets1944, 1945, 1951, 1973, 1977, 1988, 1995
style="text-align:center;"|7Bristol Tigers/White Sox1972, 1974, 1985, 1942, 1943, 1998, 2002
style="text-align:center;"|6Pulaski Counts/Phillies/Braves/Mariners/Yankees1948, 1969, 1986, 1991, 2013, 2017
style="text-align:center;"|4Paintsville Yankees/Brewers1979, 1980, 1981, 1983
style="text-align:center;"|3Johnson City Soldiers1911, 1913, 1921
style="text-align:center;"|2Burlington Indians1987, 1993
style="text-align:center;"|2Danville Braves2006, 2009
style="text-align:center;"|2Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox1939, 1941
style="text-align:center;"|2Greeneville Astros2004, 2015
style="text-align:center;"|2Greeneville Burley Cubs1925, 1938
style="text-align:center;"|2Knoxville Pioneers1923, 1924
style="text-align:center;"|2Marion Mets1966, 1968
style="text-align:center;"|2New River Rebels1946, 1947
style="text-align:center;"|2Salem Pirates/Rebels1955, 1965
style="text-align:center;"|2Welch Miners1952, 1953
style="text-align:center;"|1Bristol Boosters1912
style="text-align:center;"|1Bristol State Liners1922
style="text-align:center;"|1Danville Otterbots2024
style="text-align:center;"|1Greeneville Flyboys2021
style="text-align:center;"|1Kingsport Axmen2022
style="text-align:center;"|1Martinsville Astros1999
style="text-align:center;"|1Middlesboro Colonels1914
style="text-align:center;"|1Middlesboro Senators1961
style="text-align:center;"|1Morristown Cubs1959
style="text-align:center;"|1Morristown Jobbers1914
style="text-align:center;"|1Pennington Gap Lee Bears1937
style="text-align:center;"|1Princeton Reds (Princeton Rays)1994
style="text-align:center;"|1Wytheville Senators1960

Notes

  • {{note label|1914|a|a}} Middlesboro and Morristown were in first place when the league disbanded on June 17

References

;Specific

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;General

  • {{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/349339887/2017-Appalachian-League-Media-Guide|title=Standings|work=2017 Appalachian League Media Guide and Record Book|publisher=Minor League Baseball|accessdate=August 11, 2017|pages=39–61}}
  • {{Cite web|url=https://www.appyleague.com/history/champions|title=Appalachian League Champions|website=Appalachian League Champions|accessdate=August 10, 2022}}

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