Carolina League Teams Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-09 · 29 entries checked · 25 flagged · 65 issues confirmed · 25 corrected · 40 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Asheville Tourists — The 1961 championship was in the South Atlantic League (Sally League), not the Southern League.

Asheville Tourists — The Asheville Orioles (1972–1975) did not use the Tourists nickname; they were a separate identity.

Augusta GreenJackets — The GreenJackets won the South Atlantic League championship in 1999, not in their first year as a Red Sox affiliate.

Augusta GreenJackets — The team rebrands as the 'Augusta Pimento Cheese' for one game, not one week, and the pimento cheese sandwich branding is only for that specific game's merchandise and uniforms, not all team branding.

Carolina Mudcats — The entry states the team relocated to Wilson, North Carolina, after the 2025 season and rebranded as the Wilson Warbirds, which is an invented claim not supported by real history.

Carolina Mudcats — The entry claims the team played in Zebulon from 1991 through 2025, but the 2025 end date is speculative and not part of established canon.

Charleston RiverDogs — The RiverDogs are not the only team in Carolina League history to win three consecutive championships; the Winston-Salem Dash (then the Winston-Salem Warthogs) won three consecutive titles in 1999, 2000, and 2001.

Charleston RiverDogs — The RiverDogs began their affiliation with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2007, not 1997. Their affiliation from 1997 to 2006 was with the Milwaukee Brewers (1997–2004) and then the New York Yankees (2005–2006).

Columbia Fireflies — The entry states the Columbia Fireflies are a Single-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals, but they have been a High-A affiliate since the 2021 minor league restructuring.

Columbia Fireflies — The entry lists retired numbers 14 (Larry Doby) and 20 (Frank Robinson), but these are not officially retired by the Columbia Fireflies.

Delmarva Shorebirds — The entry states the Shorebirds spent 2021 in the Low-A East before that league was renamed the Carolina League and reclassified as Single-A in 2022, but the reclassification to Single-A occurred in 2021, not 2022.

Delmarva Shorebirds — The entry says the Shorebirds became an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles on September 26, 1996, after fulfilling its two-year Player Development Contract with the Montreal Expos, but the affiliation with the Expos was for only one year (1996), not two.

Down East Wood Ducks — The team was not founded in 2017; the franchise existed earlier and relocated from Bakersfield.

Down East Wood Ducks — The entry says the Wood Ducks were crowned co-champions by defeating the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, but they were declared co-champions because the playoffs were canceled, not by defeating the Pelicans.

Durham Bulls — The entry states the Bulls played in the Piedmont League until 1943, but they actually played through 1944.

Durham Bulls — The entry lists '8 International League titles' as part of the championships count, but the Bulls have won 4 International League titles.

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