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
:Championship series results and finalist information is listed when postseason play occurred. The lack of this information indicates the league champion via final standings in a season without playoffs. Lists are sortable.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
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!Year
!Champion
!class= "unsortable" style="text-align:center;"|Games
!Finalist
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|1911||align=left|Johnson City Soldiers||—||—
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|1912||align=left|Bristol Boosters||—||—
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|1913||align=left|Johnson City Soldiers||forfeit||Knoxville Reds
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|1914||align=left|Middlesboro Colonels<br />Morristown Jobbers||—||—
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|1915||colspan=3 rowspan=6; align=center |
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|1916
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|1917
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|1918
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|1919
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|1920
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|1921||align=left|Johnson City Soldiers ||5—1|| Greeneville Burley Cubs
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|1922||align=left|Bristol State Liners||—||—
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|1923||align=left|Knoxville Pioneers||—||—
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|1924||align=left|Knoxville Pioneers|| 4—3 || Bristol State Liners
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|1925||align=left|Greeneville Burley Cubs||—||—
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|1926||colspan=3 rowspan=11; align=center |
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|1927
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|1928
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|1929
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|1930
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|1931
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|1932
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|1933
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|1934
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|1935
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|1936
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|1937||align=left|Pennington Gap Lee Bears||3—2||Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox
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|1938||align=left|Greeneville Burley Cubs ||3—1 ||Kingsport Cherokees
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|1939||align=left|Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox || 3—1 ||Kingsport Cherokees
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|1940||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals || 3—0 ||Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox
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|1941||align=left|Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox || 3—0 ||Johnson City Cardinals
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|1942||align=left|Bristol Twins ||2—0||Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox
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|1943||align=left|Erwin Aces|| 4—3 ||Bristol Twins
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|1944||align=left|Kingsport Cherokees ||3—1||Bristol Twins
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|1945||align=left|Kingsport Cherokees ||4—2||Bristol Twins
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|1946||align=left|New River Rebels ||4—2 ||Elizabethton Betsy Cubs
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|1947||align=left|New River Rebels||4—2||Pulaski Counts
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|1948||align=left|Pulaski Counts||4—1||Bluefield Blue-Grays
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|1949||align=left|Bluefield Blue-Grays||3—0||Bristol Twins
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|1950||align=left|Bristol Twins||3—0||Bluefield Blue-Grays
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|1951||align=left|Kingsport Cherokees||3—2||Bluefield Blue-Grays
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|1952||align=left|Welch Miners||3—1||Pulaski Phillies
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|1953||align=left|Welch Miners||3—0||Johnson City Cardinals
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|1954||align=left|Bluefield Blue-Grays||3—0||Pulaski Phillies
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|1955||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals<br />Salem Rebels ||2—2||Remaining games cancelled <br /> due to weather
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|1956||colspan=3; align=center |
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|1957||align=left|Bluefield Dodgers||—||—
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|1958||align=left|Johnson City Phillies||—||—
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|1959||align=left|Morristown Cubs||—||—
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|1960||align=left|Wytheville Senators||—||—
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|1961||align=left|Middlesboro Senators||—||—
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|1962||align=left|Bluefield Orioles||—||—
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|1963||align=left|Bluefield Orioles||—||—
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|1964||align=left|Johnson City Yankees||—||—
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|1965||align=left|Salem Pirates||—||—
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|1966||align=left|Marion Mets||—||—
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|1967||align=left|Bluefield Orioles||—||—
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|1968||align=left|Marion Mets||—||—
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|1969||align=left|Pulaski Phillies||—||—
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|1970||align=left|Bluefield Orioles||—||—
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|1971||align=left|Bluefield Orioles||—||—
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|1972||align=left|Bristol Tigers||—||—
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|1973||align=left|Kingsport Royals||—||—
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|1974||align=left|Bristol Tigers||—||—
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|1975||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals||—||—
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|1976||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals||—||—
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|1977||align=left|Kingsport Braves||—||—
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|1978||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||—||—
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|1979||align=left|Paintsville Yankees||—||—
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|1980||align=left|Paintsville Yankees||—||—
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|1981||align=left|Paintsville Yankees||—||—
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|1982||align=left|Bluefield Orioles||—||—
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|1983||align=left|Paintsville Brewers||—||—
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|1984||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||1–0||align=left|Pulaski Braves
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|1985||align=left|Bristol Tigers||—||—
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|1986||align=left|Pulaski Braves||2–1||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals
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|1987||align=left|Burlington Indians||2–0||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals
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|1988||align=left|Kingsport Mets||2–0||align=left|Burlington Indians
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|1989||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||2–0||align=left|Pulaski Braves
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|1990||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||—||—
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|1991||align=left|Pulaski Braves||2–0||align=left|Burlington Indians
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|1992||align=left|Bluefield Orioles||2–1||align=left|Elizabethton Twins
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|1993||align=left|Burlington Indians||2–0||align=left|Elizabethton Twins
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|1994||align=left|Princeton Reds||2–1||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals
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|1995||align=left|Kingsport Mets||2–1||align=left|Bluefield Orioles
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|1996||align=left|Bluefield Orioles||2–1||align=left|Kingsport Mets
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|1997||align=left|Bluefield Orioles||2–0||align=left|Pulaski Rangers
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|1998||align=left|Bristol White Sox||2–0||align=left|Princeton Devil Rays
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|1999||align=left|Martinsville Astros||2–0||align=left|Pulaski Rangers
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|2000||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||2–0||align=left|Danville Braves
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|2001||align=left|Bluefield Orioles||2–1||align=left|Elizabethton Twins
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|2002||align=left|Bristol White Sox||2–1||align=left|Bluefield Orioles
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|2003||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||2–1||align=left|Martinsville Astros
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|2004||align=left|Greeneville Astros||2–1||align=left|Danville Braves
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|2005||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||2–1||align=left|Danville Braves
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|2006||align=left|Danville Braves||2–1||align=left|Elizabethton Twins
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|2007||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||2–0||align=left|Danville Braves
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|2008||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||2–0||align=left|Pulaski Mariners
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|2009||align=left|Danville Braves||2–0||align=left|Elizabethton Twins
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|2010||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals||2–0||align=left|Elizabethton Twins
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|2011||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals||2–0||align=left|Bluefield Blue Jays
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|2012||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||2–1||align=left|Burlington Royals
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|2013||align=left|Pulaski Mariners||2–0||align=left|Greeneville Astros
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|2014||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals||2–1||align=left|Danville Braves
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|2015||align=left|Greeneville Astros||2–1||align=left|Princeton Rays
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|2016||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals||2–0||align=left|Burlington Royals
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|2017||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||2–0||align=left|Pulaski Yankees
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|2018||align=left|Elizabethton Twins||2–0||align=left|Princeton Rays
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|2019||align=left|Johnson City Cardinals||2–1||align=left|Burlington Royals
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|2020||align=center colspan="3"|
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|2021||align=left|Greeneville Flyboys||1–0||align=left|Pulaski River Turtles
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|2022||align=left|Kingsport Axmen||1–0||align=left|Burlington Sock Puppets
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|2023||align=left|Johnson City Doughboys||1–0||align=left|Burlington Sock Puppets
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|2024||align=left|Danville Otterbots||1–0||align=left|Greeneville Flyboys
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|2025||align=left|Bluefield Ridge Runners||1–0||align=left|Kingsport Axmen
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Championship wins by team
Active Appalachian League teams appear in bold.
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
!Wins
!Team
!Championship years
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|style="text-align:center;"|14||Bluefield Blue-Grays/Dodgers/Orioles||1949, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2001
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|style="text-align:center;"|12||Elizabethton Twins||1978, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2018
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|style="text-align:center;"|11||Johnson City Phillies/Yankees/Cardinals/Doughboys||1940, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1976, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023
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|style="text-align:center;"|8||Kingsport Cherokees/Royals/Braves/Mets||1944, 1945, 1951, 1973, 1977, 1988, 1995
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|style="text-align:center;"|7||Bristol Tigers/White Sox||1972, 1974, 1985, 1942, 1943, 1998, 2002
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|style="text-align:center;"|6||Pulaski Counts/Phillies/Braves/Mariners/Yankees||1948, 1969, 1986, 1991, 2013, 2017
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|style="text-align:center;"|4||Paintsville Yankees/Brewers||1979, 1980, 1981, 1983
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|style="text-align:center;"|3||Johnson City Soldiers||1911, 1913, 1921
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|style="text-align:center;"|2||Burlington Indians||1987, 1993
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|style="text-align:center;"|2||Danville Braves||2006, 2009
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|style="text-align:center;"|2||Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox||1939, 1941
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|style="text-align:center;"|2||Greeneville Astros||2004, 2015
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|style="text-align:center;"|2||Greeneville Burley Cubs||1925, 1938
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|style="text-align:center;"|2||Knoxville Pioneers||1923, 1924
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|style="text-align:center;"|2||Marion Mets||1966, 1968
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|style="text-align:center;"|2||New River Rebels||1946, 1947
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|style="text-align:center;"|2||Salem Pirates/Rebels||1955, 1965
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|style="text-align:center;"|2||Welch Miners||1952, 1953
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Bluefield Ridge Runners||2025
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Bristol Boosters||1912
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Bristol State Liners||1922
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Danville Otterbots||2024
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Greeneville Flyboys||2021
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Kingsport Axmen||2022
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Martinsville Astros||1999
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Middlesboro Colonels||1914
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Middlesboro Senators||1961
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Morristown Cubs||1959
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Morristown Jobbers||1914
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Pennington Gap Lee Bears||1937
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Princeton Reds (Princeton Rays)||1994
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|style="text-align:center;"|1||Wytheville Senators||1960
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Notes
- Knoxville refused to play a game at Johnson City during the series. Series declared a forfeit
- Middlesboro and Morristown were in first place when the league disbanded on June 17
- Championship series was tied at 2 games each. Remining games were cancelled due to weather. Johnson City and Salem were declared co-champions.
References
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