Asheville Tourists

Asheville Tourists Founded in 1897 Asheville, North Carolina
Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Current	Class A (1976–present)
Previous	Double-A (1968–1975) Class A (1967) Double-A (1963–1966) Class A (1959–1962) Class B (1932, 1934–1942, 1946–1955) Class C (1931) Class B (1924–1930) Class D (1910–1917)
Minor league affiliations
League	South Atlantic League (1980–present)
Division	Southern Division
Previous leagues	Western Carolinas League (1976–1979) Southern League (1972–1975) Dixie Association (1971) Southern League (1968–1970) Carolina League (1967) Southern League (1964–1966) South Atlantic League (1959–1963) Tri-State League (1946–1955) Piedmont League (1931–1932, 1934–1942) South Atlantic League (1924–1930) North Carolina State League (1913–1917) Appalachian League (1911–1912) Southeastern League (1897, 1910)
Major league affiliations
Current	Colorado Rockies (1994–present) Texas Rangers (1976–1981) Baltimore Orioles (1972–1975) Chicago White Sox (1971) Cincinnati Reds (1968–1970) Houston Astros (1967, 1982–1993) Pittsburgh Pirates (1961–1966) Philadelphia Phillies (1959–1960) Brooklyn Dodgers (1946–1951, 1953–1955) St. Louis Cardinals (1935–42) Boston Red Sox (1934)
Minor league titles
League titles (7)	1915 1939 1961 1968 1984 2012 2014
Team data
Nickname	Asheville Tourists (1976–present) Asheville Orioles (1972–1975) Asheville Tourists (1915–1971) Asheville Mountaineers (1913–1914) Asheville Moonshiners (1897, 1910–1912)
Mascot	Ted E. Tourist (1991–present) Mr. Moon (2011–present)
Ballpark	McCormick Field (1924–present)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Mike Dewine and family
Manager	Warren Schaeffer
General Manager	Larry Hawkins

The Asheville Tourists are a minor league baseball team based in Asheville, North Carolina. They play in the Class A South Atlantic League and have been a farm team of the Colorado Rockies since 1994.

Asheville teams have played under the Tourists moniker in different leagues and classifications for decades, with the earliest dating to 1897. The current team has played continuously in what is now known as the South Atlantic League since 1976. They have won three league championships, first in 1984 and most recently in 2014. Previous Tourists teams won a total of four additional championships.

The Tourists play home games at McCormick Field. The park opened in 1924, renovated in 1959, and renovated again for the 1992 season. McCormick Field seats 4,000 fans, and is notable for the scoreboard which reads "Visitors" in the guest slot and "Tourists" in the home slot.

Professional baseball in Asheville, North Carolina, dates to 1897, when the Asheville Moonshiners took the field. It has been played continuously for nearly every year since 1909, with early teams such as the Redbirds (1909) and the Mountaineers (1910–1914). The "Tourists" name dates to 1915, when local sportswriters began referring to the Mountaineers team as the Tourists.

The original Tourists brought Asheville its first ever professional sports championship in 1915. They continued playing in the Class-D North Carolina State League until 1917, when the league suspended operations due to World War I. In 1924 the "Asheville Skylanders" started play in the South Atlantic League; however, they soon adopted the Tourists nickname. They played in the South Atlantic League until 1930, when they jumped to the Piedmont League, where they played for two seasons before folding. In 1934 the Columbia Sandlappers moved to Asheville, taking up the Tourists name. This incarnation won the 1939 Piedmont League championship; however the league suspended operations in 1942, due to the outset of World War II.