Carolina Textile League

Carolina Textile League

Sport	Baseball
Founded	1935
Ceased	1935
No. of teams	8
Country	USA
Last champion(s)	Landis Cardinals

The Carolina Textile League was a semi–professional baseball league that played in the 1935 season. The league members were located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. The league evolved into the Carolina League in 1936.

History

The Carolina Textile League was one of several "textile leagues" formed in the region in the era. The Carolina Textile League centered on textile mills the employees who worked in them. The league was formed as an independent league, meaning that it was not a part of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues structure. The Carolina Textile League rules permitted up to four players per team who had prior professional baseball experience.[1][2][3][4][5]

After the 1935 season, the Textile league evolved into the Carolina League. The Carolina League, which played from between 1936 and 1938, was made after the successful 1935 season, with team owners making the decision to rename the league and create a full professional league for the 1936 season. The rule limiting professional players' involvement was dropped during the years of Carolina League play as the league was entirely professional.[1][2][3][4][5]

Teams

Chinamen

Weavers

Cards

Towelers

Cardinals

Colonials

Moors

Grey hounds

Carolina Textile League Teams

All teams participated only in the 1935 season:

• China Grove: China Grove Chinamen (discontinued play mid-season)
• Concord: Concord Weavers
• Cooleemee: Cooleemee Cools
• Kannapolis: Kannapolis Towelers
• Landis, North Carolina: Landis Cardinals
• Lexington: Lexington Colonials (discontinued play mid-season)
• Mooresville: Mooresville Moors
• Salisbury: Salisbury Greyhounds

Champions

The following team was the sole champion of the Carolina Textile League:

Year	Team
1935	Landis Cardinals

References

1. Utley, R.G., and Verner, Scott, The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938, (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1999) pp. 260-61
2. "1934 Carolina Textile League". Baseball-Reference.com.
3. Holaday, Chris (October 5, 2015). Baseball in the Carolinas: 25 Essays on the States' Hardball Heritage. McFarland. ISBN 9780786480852 – via Google Books.
4. https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/special_collections/Utley%20Papers.pdf ^[bare URL PDF]
5. "Revisiting Charlotte's Brawlin' Mill Baseball Leagues". April 2, 2017.