Burlington (NC) Indians

The Burlington Indians were a Cleveland Indians affiliate in the Appalachian League. They played their home games at Burlington Athletic Park in Burlington, North Carolina. After the 2006 season, they became a Kansas City Royals affiliate known as the Burlington Royals.

Among the notable Burlington Indians of the Carolina League were Luis Tiant, Mel Stottlemyre, Doc Edwards, Tommy Agee, and Richie Scheinblum. Manny Ramirez was an Indian in the Appalachian League in 1991.

Year-by-Year Record[edit]

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Pitching Coach
1958	70-67	4th	Pinky May	League Champs
1959	49-81	6th	Pinky May
1960	67-73	4th	Pinky May
1961	71-66	2nd	Bill Herring (37-42) / Jim Gruzdis (3-0) / Walt Novick (31-24)	none
1962	66-74	4th	Gene Verble	Lost in 1st round
1963	77-66	3rd (t)	Pat Colgan
1964	68-70	6th	Bill Herring

1986	36-31	5th	Glenn Adams		Rick Adair
1987	51-19	1st	Tom Chandler	League Champs
1988	37-32	4th	Mike Bucci	Lost League Finals
1989	31-37	7th	Jim Gabella
1990	35-37	6th	Dave Keller
1991	40-27	3rd	Dave Keller	Lost League Finals
1992	35-31	3rd	Minnie Mendoza
1993	44-24	1st (t)	Jim Gabella	League Champs
1994	23-42	10th	Jim Gabella
1995	26-38	8th	Harry Spilman
1996	29-38	6th	Harry Spilman
1997	32-36	6th	Harry Spilman (22-31) / Joe Mikulik (10-5)
1998	31-36	7th	Joe Mikulik
1999	21-49	10th	Jack Mull
2000	21-46	10th	Dave Turgeon
2001	31-37	7th (t)	Rouglas Odor
2002	29-39	8th	Rouglas Odor
2003	37-31	5th	Rouglas Odor
2004	31-35	7th	Rouglas Odor
2005	25-43	10th	Sean McNally (10-15) / Lee May Jr. (15-28)
2006	34-33	4th (t)	Kevin Higgins