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Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Baseball

Lynchburg Mets

The Lynchburg Mets were a Class-A farm club of the New York Mets for 12 seasons. This included a stretch in the early 1980’s when the Mets boasted one of the richest farm systems in Major League Baseball. The L-Mets won back-to-back Carolina League crowns in 1983 and 1984 and produced four straight Carolina League Most Valuable Players during the middle of the decade: Lenny Dykstra (’83), Barry Lyons (’84), Shawn Abner (’85) & Gregg Jeffries (’86).

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1967 Lynchburg White Sox Program. Carolina League Baseball

Lynchburg White Sox

South Atlantic League (1962-1963) Southern League (1964-1965) Carolina League (1966-1969) Born: August 26, 1962 – The Savannah White Sox relocate to Lynchburg, VA Re-Branded: Postseason 1969

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