The Atlantic Coast League (ACL), based in Gastonia, North Carolina, was a professional, independent baseball league located in the Southeastern United States. It operated in cities not served by

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or Minor League Baseball teams and was not affiliated with either. Founded in 1994, the league would fold less than a month into its first season of

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. The league folded due to low attendance and an overall lack of financial stability.

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Proposed teams

* Anderson, South Carolina * Orangeburg, South Carolina *

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Defunct independent baseball leagues in the United States

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