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The Southern League is a Minor League Baseball league that has operated in the Southern United States since 1964. Along with the Eastern League and Texas League, it is one of three circuits playing at the Double-A level, which is two grades below Major League Baseball (MLB).
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.
The Southern League was founded in 1964. [1] A league champion has been determined at the end of each season. Champions from 1964 to 1970 were simply the regular-season pennant winners—the team with the best win–loss record at the conclusion of the regular championship season. [2]
The 1986 Southern League was a Class AA baseball season played between April 11 and September 1. Ten teams played a 144-game schedule, with the top team in each division in each half of the season qualifying for the post-season. The Huntsville Stars won the Southern League championship, as they defeated the Charlotte Orioles in the playoffs.
Professional football (and, indeed, professional sports in general) developed more slowly in Southern England than in Northern England.Professionalism was first sanctioned by The Football Association as early as 1885, but when The Football League was founded in 1888 its member clubs were based entirely in the North and Midlands, as the county football associations in the South were firmly ...
Each of the eight teams of Minor League Baseball's Southern League carry a 28-man active roster. [1] Only these players are eligible to play. Teams may have any number of inactive players on their rosters at a given time who do not count toward active roster limits. Injured players may be placed on the injured list (7-day or 60-day). [2]
Southern League (ice hockey), a former top-flight ice hockey league in southern England from 1970 to 1978; Southern League (1929–31), one of two British speedway leagues from 1929 to 1931; Southern League (1952–53), a British speedway competition; Southern Leagues, the various tournaments for association football, cricket, field hockey, in ...
The 1983 Southern League was a Class AA baseball season played between April 8 and August 31. Ten teams played a 146-game schedule, with the top team in each division in each half of the season qualifying for the post-season. The Birmingham Barons won the Southern League championship, as they defeated the Jacksonville Suns in the playoffs.