Sports in Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville Teams
Knoxville, Tennessee and surrounding communities have hosted the following minor league teams:
Baseball- Southern League - Knoxville Smokies (2025)
- Double-A South League, Southern League - Tennessee Smokies (2019 - 2024)
- Mountain States League, South Atlantic Association, South Atlantic League, Southern Association, Southern League, Tri-State League - Knoxville Smokies (1925 - 1999)
- Southern League - Knoxville Blue Jays (1980 - 1992)
- Southern League - Knoxville Sox (1974 - 1979)
- Southern League - Knoxville Sox (1972 - 1973)
- South Atlantic League - Montgomery Rebels/Knoxville Smokies (1956)
- Southern Association - Knoxville Smokies/Mobile Bears (1944)
- Southern Association - Mobile Marines/Knoxville Smokies (1931)
- Appalachian League - Knoxville Pioneers (1921 - 1924)
- Appalachian League - Knoxville Reds (1912 - 1914)
- Appalachian League, Southeastern League - Knoxville Appalachians (1910 - 1911)
- South Atlantic League - Charleston Sea Gulls/Knoxville Appalachians (1909)
- Tennessee-Alabama League - Knoxville (1903 - 1904)
- Southeastern League - Knoxville Indians (1897)
- ACHL - Knoxville Ice Bears (2002 - 2024)
- UHL - Knoxville Speed (1999 - 2001)
- ECHL - Knoxville Cherokees (1988 - 1996)
- EHL - Knoxville Knights (1961 - 1967)
- USL League 1 - One Knoxville SC (2023 - 2025)
