South Atlantic League

The South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league which operates mostly in the southeastern United States, although it now has teams in New Jersey and Ohio. It is a Class A league that plays a full season; its players are typically a mixture of newly-signed draftees (especially late in the season) and players promoted from Rookie Leagues.

Related Topics:
Minor league baseball - United States

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The league is divided into a Northern Division and a Southern Division. Current member teams are:

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• Northern Division
• Delmarva Shorebirds
• Greensboro Grasshoppers
• Hagerstown Suns
• Hickory Crawdads
• Lake County Captains
• Lakewood BlueClaws
• Lexington Legends
• West Virginia Power
• Southern Division
• Asheville Tourists
• Augusta GreenJackets
• Charleston RiverDogs
• Columbus Catfish
• Greenville Bombers
• Kannapolis Intimidators
• Rome Braves
• Savannah Sand Gnats

The current Class A South Atlantic League came into being in 1980 as the successor to the former Western Carolinas League. The original SAL - often called the "Sally League" - was a higher-classification circuit (eventually Class AA) that morphed into the current AA Southern League in 1964.

Related Topics:
Western Carolinas League - Southern League

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