Tennessee Smokies

Tennessee Smokies Founded in 1897 Kodak, Tennessee
Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Current	Double-A (1963–present)
Previous	A (1956–1962) B (1954) D (1953) B (1946–1952) A1 (1936–1944) A (1931–1935) B (1925–1929) D (1910–1924) C (1909)
Minor league affiliations
League	Southern League
Division	North Division
Previous leagues	South Atlantic League (1956–63) Tri-State League (1954) Mountain States League (1953) Tri-State League (1946–1952) Southern Association (1931–1944) South Atlantic League (1925–1929) Appalachian League (1911–1924) Southeastern League (1910) South Atlantic League (1909) Tennessee–Alabama League (1904) Southeastern League (1897)
Major league affiliations
Current	Chicago Cubs (2007–present)
Previous	Arizona Diamondbacks (2005–2006) St. Louis Cardinals (2003–2004) Toronto Blue Jays (1980–2002) Chicago White Sox (1972–1979) Cincinnati Reds (1965–1967) Detroit Tigers (1959–1964) Baltimore Orioles (1956–1958) New York Giants (1940, 1948–1952) Brooklyn Dodgers (1937, 1941) Pittsburgh Pirates (1938–1939) Boston Bees (1936)
Minor league titles
League titles (3)	1974 1978 2004
Division titles (4)	2004 2009 2010 2011
Team data
Nickname	Tennessee Smokies (2000–present)
Previous names	Knoxville Smokies (1993–1999) Knoxville Blue Jays (1980–1992) Knoxville Sox (1972–1979) Knoxville Smokies (1925–1967) Knoxville Pioneers (1921–1924) Knoxville Reds (1912–1914) Knoxville Appalachians (1909–1911) Knoxville Baseball Club (1904) Knoxville Indians (1897)
Ballpark	Smokies Park (2000–present)
Previous parks	Bill Meyer Stadium (1955–1999) Chapman Hwy. Park (1954) Smithson Stadium (1931–1953) Caswell Park (1921–1929) Chilhowee Park (1909–1914) Baldwin Park (1896–1897)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	SPBC, LLC (Randy Boyd (businessman))
Manager	Mark Johnson
General Manager	Brian Cox

The Tennessee Smokies are a Minor League Baseball team based in the Knoxville, Tennessee, metropolitan area. The team, which plays in the Southern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball as of the 2011 season. Smokies Park, the team's ballpark, is located in the suburb of Kodak, and seats up to 8,000 fans.

The team's nickname, "Smokies", refers to the Great Smoky Mountains mountain range which permeates the region; mountains in the chain are often clouded in a hazy mist that often appears as smoke rising from the forest.

Prior to 2005, the Smokies were the Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals and before that the Toronto Blue Jays. However, when the Cardinals purchased the El Paso Diablos, which had been the Arizona Diamondbacks' Double-A affiliate, the Diamondbacks retained the Smokies as their new Double-A affiliate. On September 21, 2006, the Chicago Cubs, who had previously had a Double-A affiliation with division rival West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, reached a two-year player development contract with the Smokies through the 2008 season. On July 11, 2014, The Chicago Cubs and Tennessee Smokies announced an extension to their Player Development Contract (PDC) for the maximum possible term of four years. The agreement means the Smokies will be the Cubs' Double-A affiliate through the 2018 season.

The team was based in Knoxville and called the Knoxville Smokies for many years before moving to Kodak,TN and changing its name prior to the 2000 season.

Knoxville's first organized baseball franchise, the Appalachians, played in the original South Atlantic League (Class C) in 1909. The club dropped out of the "Sally League" that season, but – after Knoxville fielded teams in the Class D Southeastern and Appalachian leagues – returned to the South Atlantic loop, now Class B, as the Smokies from 1925–29. On July 22, 1931, the Mobile Bears franchise of the A1 Southern Association moved to Knoxville and played as the Smokies through July 5, 1944 when the club returned to Mobile. The transfer marked the end of Knoxville's membership in the Southern Association.