The Lynchburg Rangers were a One-Year Wonder in the Class A Carolina League during the summer of 1975. The Virginia city has been a fixture in the Carolina League since 1966 and played host to nine different Major League parent clubs during that time. It’s likely that no Major League sponsor had a less consequential tenure than the Texas Rangers, who set up shop for one last-place campaign and blew town one day after the 1975 season ended.
Carolina League (1988-1994) Born: 1988 – Affiliation change from Lynchburg Mets Re-Branded: November 1994 (Lynchburg Hillcats) First Game: Last Game: Carolina League Championships: None City
The Lynchburg Twins were part of the procession of Carolina League ball clubs that have made their home in the central Virginia city since the mid-1960’s. The Twins followed the Lynchburg White Sox and preceded the Rangers, Mets, Red Sox and Hill Cats.
The Lynchburg Cardinals were a Virginia-based Class B farm club of the National League’s St. Louis Cardinals for 13 seasons from 1943 until 1955. The Cards won Piedmont League titles in 1944, 1948 and 1949. The Piedmont League went out of business in February 1956, leaving Lynchburg without pro baseball until 1963.
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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