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Western Carolina League

Field	Value
title	Western Carolina League
current_season
current_season2
last_season
upcoming_season
pixels
sport	Minor League Baseball
replaced	Tar Heel League
Western Carolinas League
president	John Henry Moss (1948)
Cloyd A. Hager (1949–1950)
P.W. Deaton (1951)
T. Earl Franklin (1952)
John Henry Moss (1960–1962)
fame
inaugural	1948
teams	12
country	United States of America
confed
folded	1962
most_champs	3
Shelby Farmers / Shelby Colonels
classification	Class D (1948–1952: 1960–1962)

Western Carolinas League Cloyd A. Hager (1949–1950) P.W. Deaton (1951) T. Earl Franklin (1952) John Henry Moss (1960–1962) Shelby Farmers / Shelby Colonels

The league ran from 1948 to 1952, then combined with the North Carolina State League to form the Tar Heel League in 1953.

The second Western Carolina League was formed as a Class-D circuit in 1960. After three years, its name was changed to become the Western Carolinas League.

League Champions

1948–1952

1948 Lincolnton Cardinals
1949 Rutherford County Owls
1950 Lenoir Red Sox
1951 Shelby Farmers
1952 Shelby Farmers

1960–1962

1960 Salisbury Braves
1961 Shelby Colonels
1962 Statesville Owls

Cities represented

1948–1952

Forest City, NC: Forest City Owls (1948)
Gastonia, NC: Gastonia Browns (1950)
Granite Falls, NC: Granite Falls Graniteers (1951)
Hendersonville, NC: Hendersonville Skylarks (1948–1949)
Hickory, NC: Hickory Rebels (1952); moved to the Tar Heel League (1953–1954)
Lenoir, NC: Lenoir Red Sox (1948–1951); moved from the Blue Ridge League (1946–1947)
Lincolnton, NC: Lincolnton Cardinals (1948–1952); moved to the Tar Heel League (1953)
Marion, NC: Marion Marauders (1948–1952); moved to the Tar Heel League (1953–1954)
Morganton, NC: Morganton Aggies (1948–1952)
Newton, NC and Conover, NC: Newton-Conover Twins (1948–1951)
Shelby, NC: Shelby Farmers (1948–1952)
Spindale, NC: Rutherford County Owls (1949–1952)

1960–1962

See Western Carolinas League

Sources

Holaday, Chris (2006). Professional Baseball in North Carolina: An Illustrated City-by-city History, 1901–1996. Mcfarland & Company, Inc.
Baseball Reference – Western Carolina League (Class D) Encyclopedia and History

References

(2007). "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". [[Baseball America]].

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