Alabama–Florida League

The Alabama–Florida League was a low-level circuit in American minor league baseball that existed from 1936 through 1939 and 1951 through 1962. The temporary absence of clubs based in Florida caused the league to change its name to the Alabama State League in 1940–1941 and from 1946 to 1950

Alabama–Florida League
ClassificationClass D (1936–1939, 1951–1962)
SportMinor League Baseball
First season1936
Ceased1962
Replaced byAlabama State League
PresidentGeorge M. Grant (1936–1939)
Charles T. Laney (1939)
G.D. Halstead (1951)
C.C. Hodge (1952–1954)
Herman D. White (1955)
Sam C. Smith (1956–1958)
William Moore (1959–1962)
No. of teams22
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles3
Dothan

History

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The Alabama–Florida League was founded in 1936. In 1940 the league changed its name to the Alabama State League. In 1951, the Alabama State League switched its name back to the Alabama–Florida. The Alabama–Florida League played 12 more seasons after reforming. The Alabama–Florida League was a Class D level league for its duration.[1]

The Class D loop's longest serving members included clubs in Andalusia, Brewton, Dothan, Enterprise, Greenville, Ozark and Troy, all in Alabama, and the Florida cities of Fort Walton Beach, Graceville and Panama City.

Montgomery, Alabama, the largest city to be represented in the league, was a member for six seasons (1957–1962).

In 1962, the league's final year, the Pensacola Senators, a Washington Senators farm club managed by Wayne Terwilliger, won the pennant by 22 games and led the league in attendance. It was the only Alabama–Florida League team to post a winning record.

Alabama–Florida League teams

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Alabama–Florida League champions

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Alabama State League teams

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References

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  • Johnson, Lloyd and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997.
  1. ^ a b Lloyd Johnson; Miles Wolff, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.