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The Statesville Owls were a minor league baseball team located in Statesville, North Carolina.Statesville minor league teams played a member of the North Carolina Association (1900), Tar Heel League (1939–1940), North Carolina State League, (1942, 1945–1952), Tar Heel League (1953), Western Carolina League (1960–1962) and Western Carolinas League (1963–1964, 1966–1967, 1969), winning ...
The Western Carolinas League was a Class D (1948–52; 1960–62) and a low Class A (1963–79) full-season league in American minor league baseball.The WCL changed its name prior to the 1980 season and has been known since as the South Atlantic League, a Class A circuit with teams up the Eastern Seaboard from Georgia to New Jersey.
This category includes players for the Statesville Owls Minor league baseball team who played in the Tar Heel League from 1939-1940, the North Carolina State League during the 1942 and 1947-1952 seasons and the Western Carolina League and Western Carolinas League from 1960-1963.
Statistics overview Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason Wendell Carr (Southern Conference) (1965–1966): 1965–66 Wendell Carr 11–15: 5–7: 5th: Tom Quinn (Southern Conference) (1966–1974)
Minor league baseball resumed in 1963, when the Rock Hill "Wrens" became members of the eight-team, Class A level Western Carolinas League as an expansion franchise. [5] The league had been classified as a Class D level league through 1962, when it ended the season as a four-team league with the Newton-Conover Twins, Salisbury Braves, Shelby Colonels and Statesville Owls as members.
The 1963 Carolina League was a Class A baseball season played between April 19 and September 7. Ten teams played a 144-game schedule, with the top two teams in each division qualifying for the post-season. The Wilson Tobs won the Carolina League championship, defeating the Greensboro Yankees in the final round of the playoffs.
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North Carolina State League; Formerly: Carolina Association: Classification: Class D (1913–1917, 1937–1942, 1945–1952): Sport: Minor League Baseball: First ...