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Fourth-highest level of competition in Minor League Baseball
Arthur W. Perdue Stadium , home of the Class A Delmarva Shorebirds
Single-A , officially Class Single-A and also known as Low-A , is the fourth-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States, below Triple-A , Double-A , and High-A . There are currently 30 teams classified at the Low-A level, one for each team in Major League Baseball , organized into three leagues: Low-A East , Low-A Southeast , and Low-A West .[1] As part of the 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues, the three current Low-A leagues replaced the South Atlantic League , Florida State League , and California League , respectively, the latter two having been High-A leagues.[2]
History
Class A was originally the highest level of Minor League Baseball , beginning with the earliest classifications, established circa 1890.[3] : 15 Teams within leagues at this level had their players' contracts protected and the players were subject to reserve clauses .[3] : 15 When the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues – the formal name of Minor League Baseball – was founded in 1901, Class A remained the highest level, restricted to leagues with cities that had an aggregate population of over a million people.[4] [5] [6] Entering the 1902 season, the only Class A leagues were the Eastern League and the Western League —both leagues had eight teams, in cities such as Toronto, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York ; Worcester, Massachusetts ; Omaha, Nebraska ; Denver, Colorado ; and Peoria, Illinois .[3] : 187 Leagues operating within less populated areas were classified as Class B, Class C, or Class D.
Class A would remain the top classification until Class AA was established in 1912. It would remain the second-highest classification until Class A1 was established in 1936. In 1946, the top two levels changed from being Class AA and Class A1 to being Class AAA and AA, with Class A remaining the third-highest level, above Classes B through D. Class A in 1946 consisted of the Eastern League and the original South Atlantic League (or "Sally League"), with teams in communities such as Vancouver, British Columbia ; Omaha, Nebraska ; Colorado Springs, Colorado ; Charlotte, North Carolina ; Scranton, Pennsylvania ; and Allentown, Pennsylvania . Class A would soon include the Western League (1947–1958), Central League (1948–1951) and Western International League (1952–1954). The Western International League became the Class B Northwest League in 1955, and the Western and Central loops folded.
The hierarchy of Triple-A through Class D would continue until Minor League Baseball restructured in 1963, at which time Classes B through D were abolished, with existing leagues at those levels reassigned into Class A, while the Eastern League and South Atlantic League ascended to Double-A.
In 1965, a Class A Short Season designation was created, for teams playing June–September schedules, primarily meant for new players acquired via the amateur draft . The Class A-Advanced designation was established in 1990, between Class A and Double-A in the minor league hierarchy.[7] Class A and Class A Short Season were considered independent classifications, with Class A having "Full-Season" and Advanced sub-classifications, per the rules governing baseball's minor leagues.[8] The overall hierarchy was:
Triple-A
Double-A
Class A-Advanced
Class A ("Full-Season A")
Class A Short Season ("Short-Season A")
Rookie league
Prior to the 2021 season, Major League Baseball restructured the minor leagues, eliminating Class A Short Season, and discontinuing all leagues operating within Minor League Baseball.[9] The existing Class A leagues were replaced with three "Low-A" leagues, while the existing Class A-Advanced leagues were replaced with three "High-A" leagues.[9] The official classification names were updated to Class Low-A and Class High-A, respectively.[10]
Current teams
Low-A East
Division
Team
MLB Affiliation
City
Stadium
Capacity
North
Carolina Mudcats
Milwaukee Brewers
Zebulon, North Carolina
Five County Stadium
6,500
Delmarva Shorebirds
Baltimore Orioles
Salisbury, Maryland
Arthur W. Perdue Stadium
5,200
Down East Wood Ducks
Texas Rangers
Kinston, North Carolina
Grainger Stadium
4,100
Fredericksburg Nationals
Washington Nationals
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Virginia Credit Union Stadium
5,000
Lynchburg Hillcats
Cleveland Guardians
Lynchburg, Virginia
Bank of the James Stadium
4,000
Salem Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
Salem, Virginia
Salem Memorial Ballpark
6,300
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Augusta GreenJackets
Atlanta Braves
North Augusta, South Carolina
SRP Park
4,782
Charleston RiverDogs
Tampa Bay Rays
Charleston, South Carolina
Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park
6,000
Columbia Fireflies
Kansas City Royals
Columbia, South Carolina
Segra Park
7,501
Fayetteville Woodpeckers
Houston Astros
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Segra Stadium
4,786
Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
Chicago White Sox
Kannapolis, North Carolina
Atrium Health Ballpark
4,930
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Chicago Cubs
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Pelicans Ballpark
6,599
Low-A Southeast
Division
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MLB affiliation
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Stadium
Capacity
East
Daytona Tortugas
Cincinnati Reds
Daytona Beach, Florida
Jackie Robinson Ballpark
4,200
Jupiter Hammerheads
Miami Marlins
Jupiter, Florida
Roger Dean Stadium
6,871
Palm Beach Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
Jupiter, Florida
Roger Dean Stadium
6,871
St. Lucie Mets
New York Mets
Port St. Lucie, Florida
Clover Park
7,160
West
Bradenton Marauders
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bradenton, Florida
LECOM Park
8,500
Clearwater Threshers
Philadelphia Phillies
Clearwater, Florida
BayCare Ballpark
8,500
Dunedin Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays
Dunedin, Florida
TD Ballpark
8,500
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
Minnesota Twins
Fort Myers, Florida
Hammond Stadium
9,300
Lakeland Flying Tigers
Detroit Tigers
Lakeland, Florida
Joker Marchant Stadium
8,500
Tampa Tarpons
New York Yankees
Tampa, Florida
George M. Steinbrenner Field
11,026
Low-A West
Playoffs
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On June 30, 2021, Minor League Baseball announced that the top two teams in each league (based on full-season winning percentage , and regardless of division) would meet in a best-of-five postseason series to determine league champions.[11]
References
^ Mayo, Jonathan (February 12, 2021). "MLB announces new Minors teams, leagues" . MiLB.com . Minor League Baseball. Retrieved February 14, 2021 .
^ a b c The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball . Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, editors (Third ed.). Baseball America . 2007. ISBN 1932391177 .{{cite book }}
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^ "Minor Leagues Form an Agreement For Protection—National and American Left Out" . The Davenport Times (Semi-weekly ed.). Davenport, Iowa . September 10, 1901. p. 3 . Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Minors Are Organized" . The Pittsburgh Press . September 15, 1901. p. 21 . Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Minor Leagues Now Independent" . The Meriden Daily Journal . Meriden, Connecticut . September 17, 1901. p. 4 . Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ Cronin, John (2013). "Truth in the Minor League Class Structure: The Case for the Reclassification of the Minors" . SABR . Retrieved April 16, 2021 .
^ The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book (PDF) . New York City : Office of the Commissioner of Baseball. 2019. pp. 158–159. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2019 – via Wayback Machine .
^ a b Creamer, Chris (February 15, 2021). "A Breakdown of Minor League Baseball's Total Realignment for 2021" . sportslogos.net . Retrieved April 16, 2021 .
^ The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book (PDF) . New York City : Office of the Commissioner of Baseball. 2021. p. 10 . Retrieved May 1, 2021 – via mlbpa.org.
^ Heneghan, Kelsie (June 30, 2021). "Playoffs return to the Minor Leagues" . MiLB.com . Retrieved July 1, 2021 .
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