The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated along the

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since 1945. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at

Class A-Advanced High-A (officially Class High-A, formerly known as Class A-Advanced, and sometimes abbreviated "A+" in writing) is the third-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States and Canada, below Triple-A and Double-A, and abov ...

from 1990 until its demotion to

Single-A Class A, also known as Single-A and sometimes 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 30 teams classified at the Single-A level, one for each ...

following

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's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues. The league temporarily operated for the 2021 season as the Low-A East before reassuming its original moniker in 2022. The organization that later became the Carolina League formed in 1945, just as

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was ending, and consisted of eight teams, six from

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and two from southern

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. This later grew to as many as 12 teams, at times.

History

The Carolina League was announced on October 29, 1944, after an organizational meeting at

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, North Carolina. It was a successor to the Class D

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that existed before World War II. The league began play in 1945 with eight teams based in Burlington,

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, Leaksville, Raleigh, Winston-Salem (all from North Carolina), along with Danville and Martinsville from Virginia. A few of the many Carolina League players who have gone on to star in the Major Leagues are: Johnny Bench (Peninsula, 1966),

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(Winston-Salem, 1977), Barry Bonds (Prince William, 1985),

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(Wilson, 1966),

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(Kinston, 1965), Dwight Evans (Winston-Salem, 1971), Dwight Gooden (Lynchburg, 1983),

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(Wilmington, 2003), Andruw Jones (Durham, 1996), Chipper Jones (Durham, 1992),

Willie McCovey Willie Lee McCovey (January 10, 1938 – October 31, 2018), nicknamed "Stretch", "Mac" and "Willie Mac", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a mem ...

(Danville, 1956),

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(Durham, 1963), Dave Parker (Salem, 1972),

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(Rocky Mount, 1962),

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(Prince William, 1993), Jorge Posada (Prince William, 1993), Darryl Strawberry (Lynchburg, 1981),

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(Prince William, 1988), and Carl Yastrzemski (Raleigh, 1959). Director and screenwriter Ron Shelton's 1988 film ''

Bull Durham ''Bull Durham'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy sports film. It is partly based upon the minor-league baseball experiences of writer/director Ron Shelton and depicts the players and fans of the Durham Bulls, a minor-league baseball team in ...

'', starring Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins, and

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, depicted a fictionalized account of the Durham Bulls, at that time a Carolina League team (they have since become a Class AAA team in the International League). Before he began making films, Shelton had a five-year minor league career in the

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' organization, which included a stint in the International League. The Carolina League added two expansion teams for the 2017 season to fill two vacant spots at the

level previously occupied by the California League's

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and High Desert Mavericks, which ceased operations at the end of the 2016 season. These additional teams were the

Down East Wood Ducks The Down East Wood Ducks are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League and the owned-and-operated Single-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Kinston, North Carolina, and are named for the wood duck, a local colorful wa ...

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, and the Buies Creek Astros in

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. After the 2019 season, the Potomac Nationals relocated within

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to Fredericksburg, rebranding themselves as the

Fredericksburg Nationals The Fredericksburg Nationals are a Minor League Baseball team that is the Single-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They are located in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and play their home games at Virginia Credit Union Stadium, with a capacity o ...

. The start of the 2020 season was postponed due to the

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before ultimately being cancelled on June 30. As part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues, the Carolina League was demoted to Single-A and temporarily renamed the "Low-A East" for the 2021 season. Following MLB's acquisition of the rights to the names of the historical minor leagues, the Low-A East was renamed the Carolina League effective with the 2022 season.

Current teams

Champions

Awards

All-time teams (1945–present)

All teams that have competed in the Carolina League since its founding in 1945: * Alamance Indians (1958–1964, became the Burlington Senators) * Alexandria Dukes (1978, became the Alexandria Mariners) * Alexandria Dukes (1980–1983, became the Prince William Pirates) * Alexandria Mariners (1979, became the Alexandria Dukes) *

Asheville Tourists The Asheville Tourists are a Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League and the High-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. They are located in Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville teams have played under the Tourists moniker in differe ...

(1967, moved to Southern League) *

Augusta GreenJackets The Augusta GreenJackets are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League and the Single-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. They play their home games at SRP Park in North Augusta, South Carolina, which opened in April 2018. They previo ...

(2021–present) * Buies Creek Astros (2017–2018; became the Fayetteville Woodpeckers) *

Burlington Bees The Burlington Bees are a collegiate summer baseball team of the Prospect League. They are located in Burlington, Iowa, and have played their home games at Community Field since 1947. Founded in 1889, the Bees played in Minor League Baseball' ...

(1945–1951, became the Burlington-Graham Pirates) *

Burlington Rangers {{Infobox Minor League Baseball , name = Burlington Rangers , firstseason = 1942 , lastseason = 1972 , city = Burlington, North Carolina , misc = , logo = , uniformlogo = , class level ...

(1972, folded) * Burlington Senators (1965–1971, became the Burlington Rangers) * Burlington-Graham Pirates (1952–1955, folded) *

Carolina Mudcats The Carolina Mudcats are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League and the Single-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They are located in Zebulon, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, and play their home games at Five County Stadium. ...

(2012–present) *

Charleston RiverDogs The Charleston RiverDogs are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League. They are located in Charleston, South Carolina, and are the Single-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. The RiverDogs' home stadium is Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park. Hi ...

(2021–present) *

Columbia Fireflies The Columbia Fireflies are a Minor League Baseball team based in Columbia, South Carolina, and are the Single-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. Their home stadium is Segra Park. The team was previously known as the ...

(2021–present) * Danville 97s (1998, became the Myrtle Beach Pelicans) * Danville Leafs (1945–1958, folded) *

Delmarva Shorebirds The Delmarva Shorebirds are a Minor League Baseball team based in Salisbury, Maryland. They are members of the Carolina League and the Single-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. Their home games are played at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium. The Shor ...

(2021–present) *

(2017–present) * Durham Bulls (1945–1967, merged with the Raleigh Pirates and became the Raleigh-Durham Mets) * Durham Bulls (1980–1997, became the Danville 97s) * Fayetteville Athletics (1950–1952, became the Fayetteville Highlanders) * Fayetteville Highlanders (1953–1956, folded) * Fayetteville Woodpeckers (2019–present) *

Frederick Keys The Frederick Keys are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. The Keys are based in Frederick, Maryland. The franchise is named for "Star-Spangled Banner" writer Francis Scott Key, a native of Frederick County. A new team masc ...

(1989–2020, moved to

MLB Draft League The MLB Draft League is a collegiate summer baseball league that began play in 2021. Created by Major League Baseball (MLB) and ''Prep Baseball Report'', the league serves as a showcase for top draft-eligible prospects leading up to each summer' ...

) *

(2020–present) * Greensboro Patriots (1945–1957, became the Greensboro Yankees) * Greensboro Patriots (1968, folded) *

Greensboro Yankees Greensboro (; formerly Greensborough) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh, the 69th-most populous city in the Un ...

(1958–1967, became the Greensboro Patriots) *

Hagerstown Suns The Hagerstown Suns were a Minor League Baseball team based in Hagerstown, Maryland. They were a member of the South Atlantic League and, from 2007 through 2020, were the Class A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They played their home ga ...

(1981–1988, became the Frederick Keys) *

High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms Thomasville, North Carolina was home to several minor league baseball teams from 1937–1969. The Thomasville Chair Makers joined the North Carolina State League in 1937 and became the Thomasville Tommies in 1939. They were an affiliate of the C ...

(1954–1958, folded) *

(1968, became the High Point-Thomasville Royals) * High Point-Thomasville Royals (1969, folded) *

Kannapolis Cannon Ballers The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League and the Single-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. They are located in Kannapolis, North Carolina, and play their home games at Atrium Health Ballpark. The t ...

(2021–present) * Kinston Blue Jays (1982–1985, became the Kinston Eagles) * Kinston Eagles (1956–1957, merged with the Wilson Tobs) * Kinston Eagles (1962–1973, became the Kinston Expos) * Kinston Eagles (1978–1981, became the Kinston Blue Jays) * Kinston Eagles (1986, became the Kinston Indians) *

Kinston Expos The Kinston Expos were a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League (CL), and the High-A affiliate of the Montreal Expos. They were located in Kinston, North Carolina, and were named for their parent club. The team played its home games at ...

(1974, folded) * Kinston Indians (1987–2011, became the Carolina Mudcats) * Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets (1945–1947, moved to the

Blue Ridge League The Blue Ridge League was the name of two minor league baseball organizations that operated in the first half of the twentieth century in the United States. History The first league operated for the better part of sixteen years, from 1915 throu ...

) *

Lynchburg Hillcats The Lynchburg Hillcats are a Minor League Baseball team in Lynchburg, Virginia that plays in the Carolina League and is the Single-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. They were a farm team of the Atlanta Braves from 2011 to 2014, the Cincinna ...

(1995–present) *

Lynchburg Mets Lynchburg is a toponym that may refer to: *Lynchburg, California *Lynchburg, Mississippi *Lynchburg, Missouri *Lynchburg, North Dakota *Lynchburg, Ohio (in Clinton and Highland counties) *Lynchburg, Columbiana County, Ohio *Lynchburg, South Carolina ...

(1976–1987, became the Lynchburg Red Sox) * Lynchburg Rangers (1975, became the Lynchburg Mets) * Lynchburg Red Sox (1988–1994, became the Lynchburg Hillcats) * Lynchburg Twins (1970–1974, became the Lynchburg Rangers) * Lynchburg White Sox (1966–1969, became the Lynchburg Twins) * Martinsville Athletics (1945–1949, folded) *

Myrtle Beach Pelicans The Myrtle Beach Pelicans are a Minor League Baseball team in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and the Single-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. The Pelicans compete in the Carolina League. Home games are played at TicketReturn.com Field, which open ...

(1999–present) * Peninsula Astros (1969–1970, became the Peninsula Phillies) * Peninsula Grays (1964–1968, became the Peninsula Astros) * Peninsula Pennants (1974, folded) * Peninsula Phillies (1971, folded) *

Peninsula Pilots The Peninsula Pilots are an amateur baseball team in the Coastal Plain League, collegiate summer baseball league. The team plays its home games at the War Memorial Stadium in Hampton, Virginia. The Pilots first started participating in the Co ...

(1976–1985, became the Peninsula White Sox) *

(1989–1992, became the Wilmington Blue Rocks) * Peninsula Senators (1963, became the Peninsula Grays) * Peninsula White Sox (1986–1987, became the Virginia Generals) * Potomac Cannons (1999–2004, became the Potomac Nationals) *

Potomac Nationals The Potomac Nationals were a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League. They were located in Woodbridge, Virginia, and played their home games at Northwest Federal Field at Pfitzner Stadium. After the 2019 season, the team relocated to F ...

(2005–2019, became the Fredericksburg Nationals) * Prince William Cannons (1990–1998, became the Potomac Cannons) * Prince William Pirates (1984–1986, became the Prince William Yankees) * Prince William Yankees (1987–1989, became the Prince William Cannons) * Raleigh Capitals (1957–1962, became the Raleigh Mets) * Raleigh Capitals (1945–1953, folded) * Raleigh Cardinals (1964–1965, became the Raleigh Pirates) * Raleigh Mets (1963, became the Raleigh Cardinals) * Raleigh Pirates (1966–1967, merged with the Durham Bulls and became the Raleigh-Durham Mets) *

Raleigh-Durham Mets The Durham Bulls are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. They are located in Durham, North Carolina, and play their home games at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, which opened i ...

(1968, became the Raleigh-Durham Phillies) * Raleigh-Durham Phillies (1969, became the Raleigh-Durham Triangles) * Raleigh-Durham Triangles (1970–1971, folded) * Red Springs Twins (1969, folded) * Reidsville Luckies (1948–1954, became the Reidsville Phillies) * Reidsville Phillies (1955, folded) *

Rocky Mount Leafs ''Rocky'' is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess M ...

(1962–1963, became the Rocky Mount Senators) *

(1965–1972, became the Rocky Mount Phillies) * Rocky Mount Phillies (1973–1975, folded) * Rocky Mount Pines (1980, became the Hagerstown Suns) * Rocky Mount Senators (1964, became the Rocky Mount Leafs) *

Salem Avalanche Salem may refer to: Places Canada Ontario * Bruce County ** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie ** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce * Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, par ...

(1995–2008, became the Salem Red Sox) * Salem Buccaneers (1987–1994, became the Salem Avalanche) * Salem Pirates (1972–1979, became the Salem Redbirds) * Salem Rebels (1968–1971, became the Salem Pirates) *

Salem Red Sox The Salem Red Sox are a Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB), based in Salem, an independent city adjacent to Roanoke, Virginia. The team competes at the Single-A level in the Carolina League. Ho ...

(2009–present) * Salem Redbirds (1980–1986, became the Salem Buccaneers) * Tidewater Tides (1963–1968, moved to the International League) * Virginia Generals (1988, became the Peninsula Pilots) * Wilmington Blue Rocks (1993–2020, moved to

High-A East The South Atlantic League, often informally called the Sally League, is a Minor League Baseball league with teams predominantly in states along the Atlantic coast of the United States from New York to Georgia. A Class A league for most of its h ...

) * Wilson Pennants (1973, folded) *

Wilson Tobs The Wilson Tobs are an amateur baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League, an NCAA-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league. The team plays its home games at Fleming Stadium in Wilson, North Carolina Wilson is a city in and the ...

(1956–1968, folded) * Winston-Salem Cardinals (1945–1953, became the Winston-Salem Twins) *

Winston-Salem Dash The Winston-Salem Dash are a Minor League Baseball team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They are a High-A team in the South Atlantic League and have been a farm team of the Chicago White Sox since 1997. The Dash began playing their home games a ...

(2009–2020, moved to High-A East) * Winston-Salem Red Birds (1957–1960, became the Winston-Salem Red Sox) * Winston-Salem Red Sox (1961–1983, became the Winston-Salem Spirits) * Winston-Salem Spirits (1984–1994, became the Winston-Salem Warthogs) * Winston-Salem Twins (1954–1956, became the Winston-Salem Red Birds) *

Winston-Salem Warthogs Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in N ...

(1995–2008, became the Winston-Salem Dash)

League timeline (1945–2020)

DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy ImageSize = width:1600 height:auto barincrement:25 Period = from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/2025 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:20 left:20 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<# Colors = id:barcolor id:line value:pink id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a current league member id:Past value:rgb(0.4,0.80,0.67) # Use to indicate a former team id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another current league PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1955 text: Burlington Bees / Burlington-Graham Pirates (1945–55) bar:1 color:Past from:01/01/1958 till:12/31/1972 text: Burlington Indians / Senators / Rangers (1958–72) bar:2 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1958 text: Danville Leafs (1945–58) bar:2 color:Past from:01/01/1998 till:12/31/1998 text: Danville 97s (1998) bar:3 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1971 text: Durham Bulls / Raleigh-Durham Mets / Phillies / Triangles (1945–71) bar:3 color:Past from:01/01/1980 till:12/31/1997 text: Durham Bulls (1980–97) bar:4 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1968 text: Greensboro Patriots / Red Sox / Patriots / Yankees / Patriots (1945–68) bar:5 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1947 text: Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets (1945–47) bar:6 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1949 text:

Martinsville A's Martinsville is the name of several places: * Martinsville, New South Wales, Australia United States * Martinsville, Illinois * Martinsville, Indiana * Martinsville, Clinton County, Indiana * Martinsville, Mississippi * Martinsville, Missouri ...

(1945–49) bar:7 color:Past from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1953 text: Raleigh Capitals (1945–53) bar:7 color:Past from:01/01/1958 till:12/31/1967 text: Raleigh Capitals / Mets / Cardinals / Pirates (1958–67) bar:8 color:Full from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/2020 text: Winston-Salem Cardinals / Twins / Red Birds / Red Sox / Spirits / Warthogs / Dash (1945–2020) bar:9 color:Past from:01/01/1948 till:12/31/1955 text: Reidsville Luckies / Phillies (1948–55) bar:10 color:Past from:01/01/1950 till:12/31/1956 text: Fayetteville A's / Highlanders (1950–56) bar:10 color:Full from:01/01/2019 till:12/31/2020 text: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (2019–2020) bar:11 color:Past from:01/01/1954 till:12/31/1958 text:

(1954–58) bar:11 color:Past from:01/01/1968 till:12/31/1969 text: High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms / Royals (1968–69) bar:12 color:Past from:01/01/1956 till:05/11/1957 text: Kinston Eagles (1956–57) bar:12 color:Past from:01/01/1962 till:12/31/1974 text: Kinston Eagles / Expos (1962–74) bar:12 color:Past from:01/01/1978 till:12/31/2011 text: Kinston Eagles / Blue Jays / Eagles / Indians (1975–2011) bar:12 color:Full from:01/01/2017 till:12/31/2020 text:

(2017–2020) bar:13 color:Past from:01/01/1956 till:12/31/1968 text:

(1956–68) bar:13 color:Past from:01/01/1973 till:12/31/1973 text: Wilson Pennants (1973) bar:14 color:Past from:01/01/1962 till:12/31/1975 text: Rocky Mount Leafs / Phillies (1962–75) bar:14 color:Past from:01/01/1980 till:12/31/1980 text: Rocky Mount Pines (1980) bar:15 color:Past from:01/01/1963 till:12/31/1971 text: Peninsula Senators / Grays / Astros / Phillies bar:15 color:Past from:01/01/1974 till:12/31/1974 text: / Pennants bar:15 color:Past from:01/01/1976 till:12/31/1992 text: / Pilots / White Sox / Virginia Generals / Peninsula Pilots (1963–71, 1974, 1976–92) bar:16 color:Past from:01/01/1963 till:12/31/1968 text: Tidewater Tides (1963–68) bar:17 color:Full from:01/01/1966 till:12/31/2020 text: Lynchburg White Sox / Twins / Rangers / Mets / Red Sox / Hillcats (1966–2020) bar:18 color:Past from:01/01/1967 till:12/31/1967 text:

(1967) bar:19 color:Full from:01/01/1968 till:12/31/2020 text: Salem Rebels / Pirates / Redbirds / Buccaneers / Avalanche / Red Sox (1968–2020) bar:20 color:Past from:01/01/1969 till:12/31/1969 text: Red Springs Twins (1969) bar:21 color:Past from:01/01/1978 till:12/31/1983 text: Alexandria Dukes / Mariners / Dukes (1978–83) bar:22 color:Past from:01/01/1981 till:12/31/1988 text:

(1981–88) bar:23 color:Past from:01/01/1984 till:12/31/1998 text: Prince William Pirates / Yankees / Cannons (1984–98) bar:24 color:Full from:01/01/1990 till:12/31/2020 text:

(1990–2020) bar:25 color:Full from:01/01/1993 till:12/31/2020 text: Wilmington Blue Rocks (1993–2020) bar:26 color:Full from:01/01/1999 till:12/31/2020 text: Potomac Cannons / Nationals (1999–2020) bar:27 color:Full from:01/01/1999 till:12/31/2020 text:

(1999–2020) bar:28 color:Full from:01/01/2012 till:12/31/2020 text:

(2012–2020) bar:29 color:Past from:01/01/2017 till:12/31/2018 text: Buies Creek Astros (2017–18) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:01/01/1945 TextData = fontsize:L textcolor:black pos:(0,30) tabs:(400-center) text:^"Carolina League Timeline" #> If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following three options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. <#

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