Mountain States League (1948–54)

Mountain States League

Sport	Baseball
Founded	1948
Ceased	1954
Country	United States

The Mountain States League was a Class D and Class C minor league baseball league which operated in the United States from 1948 to 1954. The league began as a Class D league, but was classified as a Class C league during its final season in 1954. The league disbanded on July 20, 1954. The cities of Harlan, Kentucky, and Morristown, Tennessee, were represented for the full seven-year existence of the circuit.

Teams

A total of 16 teams competed in the Mountain States League. In 1954, the Morristown team disbanded on May 15, and was replaced when Maryville-Alcoa moved to Morristown on June 19. Both Morristown and Lexington disbanded on July 7.

• Big Stone Gap Rebels (1949–53)
• Harlan Smokies (1948–54)
• Jenkins Cavaliers (1948–51)
• Kingsport Cherokees (1953–54)
• Knoxville Smokies (1953)
• Lexington Colts (1954)
• Maryville-Alcoa Twins (1953–54)
• Morristown Twins (1954)
• Middlesboro Athletics (1949–54)
• Morristown Red Sox (1948–54)
• Newport Canners (1948–50)
• Norton Braves (1951–53)
• Oak Ridge Bombers (1948)
• Oak Ridge Pioneers (1954)
• Hazard Bombers (1948–52)
• Pennington Gap Miners (1948–51)

References

• "Mountain States League (D) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
• "Mountain States League." Baseball-Reference.com Bullpen.
• Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007.