List of Southern Association champions

The Nashville Baseball Club won the first Southern Association pennant in 1901.

The Southern Association of Minor League Baseball was a baseball league that operated in the United States from 1901 to 1961. A league champion was determined at the end of each season. Champions have been determined by post-season playoffs or winning the regular season pennant.

With 15 pennant wins, the Atlanta Crackers won the most regular season pennants in the history of the Southern Association. They are followed by the New Orleans Pelicans (9); Birmingham Barons, Memphis Egyptians/Chicks, and Nashville Baseball Club/Vols (8); Chattanooga Lookouts and Little Rock Travelers (4); and Mobile Bears (2).[1]

The Nashville Vols have the most playoff championships, with nine. They are followed by the Atlanta Crackers (6); Birmingham Barons (5); Mobile Bears (4); New Orleans Pelicans (3); Little Rock Travelers (2); and Memphis Chicks (1).[2]

Considering all championships, both pennants and playoffs, the Atlanta Crackers (21) have the most in league history. They are followed by the Nashville Baseball Club/Vols (17); Birmingham Barons (13); New Orleans Pelicans (12); Memphis Egyptians/Chicks (9); Little Rock Travelers and Mobile Bears (6); and Chattanooga Lookouts (4).

History

League champions were determined by different means throughout the Southern Associations's existence. Champions from 1901 to 1927 and from 1929 to 1931 were simply the regular season pennant winners. In 1928 and from 1932, either the top two or four teams in the league competed in playoffs to determine a league champion. These playoffs varied between being best-of-five and best-of-seven contests.

Pennant winners

The Nashville Baseball Club, 1902 pennant winners
The Nashville Vols, 1908 pennant winners
The New Orleans Pelicans, 1910 pennant winners
The New Orleans Pelicans, 1915 pennant winners
The Nashville Vols, 1916 pennant winners
Year Pennant winner
1901Nashville Baseball Club
1902Nashville Baseball Club
1903Memphis Egyptians
1904Memphis Egyptians
1905New Orleans Pelicans
1906Birmingham Barons
1907Atlanta Crackers
1908Nashville Vols
1909Atlanta Crackers
1910New Orleans Pelicans
1911New Orleans Pelicans
1912Birmingham Barons
1913Atlanta Crackers
1914Birmingham Barons
1915New Orleans Pelicans
1916Nashville Vols
1917Atlanta Crackers
1918New Orleans Pelicans[a]
1919Atlanta Crackers
1920Little Rock Travelers
1921Memphis Chicks
1922Mobile Bears
1923New Orleans Pelicans
1924Memphis Chicks
1925Atlanta Crackers
1926New Orleans Pelicans
1927New Orleans Pelicans
1928Birmingham Barons
1929Birmingham Barons
1930Memphis Chicks
1931Birmingham Barons
1932Chattanooga Lookouts
1933Memphis Chicks
1934New Orleans Pelicans
1935Atlanta Crackers
1936Atlanta Crackers
1937Little Rock Travelers
1938Atlanta Crackers
1939Chattanooga Lookouts
1940Nashville Vols
1941Atlanta Crackers
1942Little Rock Travelers
1943Nashville Vols
1944Atlanta Crackers
1945Atlanta Crackers
1946Atlanta Crackers
1947Mobile Bears
1948Nashville Vols
1949Nashville Vols
1950Atlanta Crackers
1951Little Rock Travelers
1952Chattanooga Lookouts
1953Memphis Chicks
1954Atlanta Crackers
1955Memphis Chicks
1956Atlanta Crackers
1957Atlanta Crackers
1958Birmingham Barons
1959Birmingham Barons
1960Atlanta Crackers
1961Chattanooga Lookouts

Playoff champions

Score and finalist information is only presented when post-season play occurred. The lack of this information indicates a champion by means of winning the regular season pennant.
Year Champion Score Finalist
1928Birmingham Barons4–0Memphis Chicks
1929None held——
1930None held——
1931None held——
1932New Orleans Pelicans[3]3–1Nashville Vols
1933New Orleans Pelicans3–2Memphis Chicks
1934New Orleans Pelicans3–2Nashville Vols
1935Atlanta Crackers3–0New Orleans Pelicans
1936Birmingham Barons3–0–1New Orleans Pelicans
1937Little Rock Travelers4–3Atlanta Crackers
1938Atlanta Crackers4–1–1Nashville Vols
1939Nashville Vols4–3Atlanta Crackers
1940Nashville Vols4–2Atlanta Crackers
1941Nashville Vols4–3Atlanta Crackers
1942Nashville Vols4–0Little Rock Travelers
1943Nashville Vols4–1New Orleans Pelicans
1944Nashville Vols4–3Memphis Chicks
1945Mobile Bears4–1New Orleans Pelicans
1946Atlanta Crackers4–3Memphis Chicks
1947Mobile Bears4–3Nashville Vols
1948Birmingham Barons4–2Nashville Vols
1949Nashville Vols4–2Mobile Bears
1950Nashville Vols4–1Atlanta Crackers
1951Birmingham Barons4–0Little Rock Travelers
1952Memphis Chicks4–2–1Mobile Bears
1953Nashville Vols4–1Birmingham Barons
1954Atlanta Crackers4–1New Orleans Pelicans
1955Mobile Bears4–2Birmingham Barons
1956Atlanta Crackers4–3Memphis Chicks
1957Atlanta Crackers4–0Nashville Vols
1958Birmingham Barons4–1Mobile Bears
1959Mobile Bears4–1Birmingham Barons
1960Little Rock Travelers3–2Birmingham Barons

Championship wins by club

Pennants

Wins Team Championship years
15Atlanta Crackers1907, 1909, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1925, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960
9New Orleans Pelicans1905, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1934, 1918
8Birmingham Barons1906, 1912, 1914, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1958, 1959
8Memphis Egyptians/Chicks1903, 1904, 1921, 1924, 1930, 1933, 1953, 1955
8Nashville Baseball Club/Vols1901, 1902, 1908, 1916, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1949
4Chattanooga Lookouts1932, 1939, 1952, 1961
4Little Rock Travelers1920, 1937, 1942, 1951
2Mobile Bears1922, 1947

Playoffs

Wins Team Championship years
9Nashville Vols1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1950, 1953
6Atlanta Crackers1935, 1938, 1946, 1954, 1956, 1957
5Birmingham Barons1928, 1936, 1948, 1951, 1958
4Mobile Bears1945, 1947, 1955, 1959
3New Orleans Pelicans1932, 1933, 1934
2Little Rock Travelers1937, 1960
1Memphis Chicks1952

See also

Notes

References

General
Specific
  1. 1 2 "Timeline" (PDF). Southern Association Baseball. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ O'Neal, Bill (1994), The Southern League: Baseball in Dixie, 1885–1994, Eakin Press, pp. 306–7, ISBN 0890159521
  3. ↑ Nipper, Skip (2007), Baseball in Nashville, Arcadia Publishing, p. 25, ISBN 9780738543918
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