Tennessee Smokies
- Location: Kodak, TN
- League: Southern League 2000-2019; Double-A South 2021; Southern League 2022-2024
- Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays 2000-2002; St. Louis Cardinals 2003-2004; Arizona Diamondbacks 2005-2006; Chicago Cubs 2007-2024
- Ballpark: Smokies Stadium
Team History[edit]
The Tennessee Smokies, of the Double-A Southern League and briefly in Double-A South, were based in Sevier County and became again known as the Knoxville Smokies in 2025. The Chicago Cubs farmhands played their home games at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, TN.
Smokies owner Randy Boyd, who bought the club from its then-parent Toronto Blue Jays in 2013, decided to return the team to Knoxville from the ring county. The formal groundbreaking for a new Knoxville baseball stadium was held June 13, 2023. The new ballpark, using the placeholder name of Knoxville Multi-Use Stadium during construction, opened for the start of the 2025 season - which is convenient given the lease on Smokies Stadium expired with the 2024 season. With the move back into the city, the team returned to its former name as the Knoxville Smokies.
Knoxville hosted many professional baseball teams from 1897 through 1999. Although the Smokies revived their four-decade nickname with their 2000 move to Kodak, they remained in the Blue Jays' system another two seasons. When the K-Jays were planning their move into Sevier County, then-Assistant General Manager Brian Cox said "Tennessee" would refer not to the state but to Tennessee's side of the Great Smoky Mountains. The Smokies affiliated with the Cubs after the 2006 campaign, starting a long partnership after changing parents in consecutive two-season affiliation cycles: St. Louis Cardinals 2003-2004 and Arizona Diamondbacks 2005-2006.
Year-by-Year Record[edit]
* Due to Hurricane Ivan the finals series was canceled. Tennessee and Mobile were declared co-champions.
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