List of Carolina League champions
Year Champion Score Finalist
1945 Danville Leafs 4-1 Raleigh Capitals
1946 Raleigh Capitals 4-2 Durham Bulls
1947 Raleigh Capitals 4-2 Durham Bulls
1948 Martinsville Athletics 4-2 Burlington Bees
1949 Burlington Bees 4-3 Raleigh Capitals
1950 Winston-Salem Cardinals 4-1 Burlington Bees
1951 Winston-Salem Cardinals 4-1 Reidsville Luckies
1952 Reidsville Luckies 4-0 Durham Bulls
1953 Danville Leafs 4-2 Reidsville Luckies
1954 Fayetteville Highlanders 4-1 Burlington Pirates
1955 Danville Leafs 4-2 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms
1956 Fayetteville Highlanders 4-2 Danville Leafs
1957 Durham Bulls 4-3 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms
1958 Burlington Indians 2-1 Greensboro Yankees
1959 Wilson Tobs 4-0 Raleigh Capitals
1960 Greensboro Yankees 4-1 Burlington Indians
1961 Wilson Tobs - -
1962 Kinston Eagles 4-3 Durham Bulls
1963 Wilson Tobs 2-1 Greensboro Yankees
1964 Winston-Salem Red Sox 2-0 Tidewater Tides
League champions
The Carolina League of Minor League Baseball is one of three Class A-Advanced baseball leagues in the United States. The league was founded in 1945. A league champion is determined at the end of each season. Champions have been determined by postseason playoffs or being declared champion by the league office. Currently, the first-half and second-half winners in each division (Northern and Southern) compete in a best-of-five division series. Then, the Northern and Southern division winners play a best-of-five series to determine a league champion.