Tennessee Smokies

• Location: Kodak, TN
• League: Southern League 2000-2019; Double-A South 2021-
• Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays 2000-2002; St. Louis Cardinals 2003-2004; Arizona Diamondbacks 2005-2006; Chicago Cubs 2007-present
• Ballpark: Smokies Park

Team History

The Tennessee Smokies are the Chicago Cubs' AA farm club in the Southern League. They began their affiliation with the Cubs following the 2006 season. The team currently plays its home games at Smokies Park in Kodak, TN.

Formerly, the Smokies were an Arizona Diamondbacks affiliate in 2005 and 2006 and a St. Louis Cardinals farm team in 2003 and 2004. Before that, they were a Toronto Blue Jays affiliate. Prior to 2000, the club was known as the Knoxville Smokies.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
2000	71-69	4th	Rocket Wheeler		Hector Torres	Craig Lefferts
2001	80-60	2nd (t)	Rocket Wheeler		Hector Torres	Craig Lefferts
2002	69-71	6th	Rocket Wheeler		Hector Torres	Craig Lefferts
2003	72-67	4th	Mark DeJohn	Lost in 1st round	Steve Balboni	Blaise Ilsley
2004	69-71	6th	Mark DeJohn	Co-Champs*	Steve Balboni	Blaise Ilsley
2005	64-76	7th	Tony Perezchica		Eric Fox	Dan Carlson
2006	70-69	5th	Bill Plummer		Tony Dello	Dan Carlson
2007	73-65	4th	Pat Listach	Lost in 1st round	Barbaro Garbey	Dennis Lewallyn
2008	62-77	9th	Buddy Bailey		Barbaro Garbey	Dennis Lewallyn
2009	71-69	3rd	Ryne Sandberg	Lost League Finals	Tom Beyers	Dennis Lewallyn
2010	86-53	1st	Bill Dancy	Lost League Finals	Tom Beyers	Dennis Lewallyn
2011	83-57	2nd	Brian Harper	Lost League Finals	Mariano Duncan	Marty Mason
2012	72-68	4th	Buddy Bailey		Mariano Duncan	Jeff Fassero	Nathan Maldonado
2013	76-62	2nd	Buddy Bailey	Lost in 1st round	Desi Wilson	Jeff Fassero	Carlos Figueroa
2014	66-73	5th	Buddy Bailey		Desi Wilson	Storm Davis	Leonel Perez
2015	76-63	4th	Buddy Bailey		Desi Wilson	Storm Davis	Guillermo Martinez
2016	58-81	9th	Mark Johnson		Desi Wilson	Terry Clark	Osmin Melendez
2017	68-70	7th	Mark Johnson		Jacob Cruz	Terry Clark	Ricardo Medina
2018	67-71	5th (t)	Mark Johnson		Jesus Feliciano	Terry Clark	Ben Carhart
2019	58-81	9th	Jimmy Gonzalez		Chad Allen	Ron Villone	Ben Carhart
2020	Season cancelled
2021			Mark Johnson		Chad Allen	Jamie Vermilyea	Will Remillard

* Due to Hurricane Ivan the finals series was canceled. Tennessee and Mobile were declared co-champions.

Related Sites

SmokiesBaseball.com