| 1886
| Charleston Seagulls begin play in old Southern League.
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| 1904
| Charleston Seagulls begin play in South Atlantic League.
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| 1907
| Charleston Seagulls post 75-46 record and win league championship.
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| 1911
| Storm destroys stadium and cuts short Charleston Seagulls season.
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| 1913
| New stadium built(College Park); Charleston Seagulls resume South Atlantic League play.
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| 1919
| Team nickname shortened to Gulls.
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| 1920
| Nickname changed to Palmettos.
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| 1921
| Nickname shortened to Pals; Club elevated to Class B designation.
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| 1922
| Pals win South Atlantic League Title.
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| 1923-1939
| No professional baseball in Charleston.
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| 1940
| Midway through the season the Rebels debut at College Park.
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| 1942
| Rebels win South Atlantic League Title.
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| 1946
| Rebels move up to Class A.
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| 1947
| Rebels draw 184,851 fans to College Park, an attendance record that stood until 1997.
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| 1948
| Rebels win South Atlantic League Pennant.
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| 1959
| After six-year hiatus, baseball returns to Charleston and ChaSox begin play.
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| 1962-1972
| No professional baseball in Charleston.
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| 1973
| Pro baseball resumes in Charleston with the Pirates, a Pittsburgh affiliate in the Western Carolinas League and pitcher John Candelaria leads the league with a 10-2 record.
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| 1974
| Pitcher Randy Sealy sets a single-season team record and notches the lowest ERA in the league with a 1.97 mark.
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| 1975
| Team sets a SAL record losing 22 consecutive games from June 18- July 7.
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| 1976
| Team nickname changed to Patriots, outfielder Fred Rein sets a SAL record for outfielders by committing four errors in one game.
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| 1978
| Team name switched back to Pirates, Charleston hosts the SAL All-Star Game- North wins 4-0 over South.
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| 1979
| No professional baseball in Charleston.
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| 1980
| Charleston rejoins South Atlantic League and behind a SAL best 150 strikeouts from pitcher Ronald Kraus the Royals capture the Southern Division title, but fall to Greensboror in the playoffs.
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| 1981
| Pitcher Jeffrey Gladden leads the league with a 2.09 ERA.
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| 1982
| Pitcher Danny Jackson leads the league with a 10-1 record and slugger Cliff Pastornicky paces the SAL with a .343 batting average.
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| 1983
| Mark Pirruccello sets a single-season team record with 25 home runs.
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| 1984
| Royals win Southern Division title, Kevin Seitzer named league MVP, Charleston hosts SAL All-Star Game- South edges North 5-4, Pat Borders and Manny Lee are notable players in the game.
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| 1985
| Team nickname changed to Charleston Rainbows, Charleston hosts SAL All-Star Game- South knocks off North 6-5, Rob Ducey and Tom Glavine play in the game.
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| 1988
| Charleston Rainbows win Southern Division title behind a pitching staff that posts a SAL record 2.44 ERA for the season.
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| 1989
| Pedro A. Martinez ties team record with a lead best 1.97 ERA and Hurricane Hugo damages College Park in October but repairs are made in time for the 1990 season opener.
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| 1990
| Pitcher Charles Thompson sets the SAL record for losses in a season registering 17.
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| 1994
| Nickname changed to Charleston Riverdogs.
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| 1996
| Charleston Riverdogs play final season at College Park.
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| 1997
| Charleston Riverdogs begin play at new, 5,549-seat park on the banks of the Ashley River.
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| 1998
| Charleston Riverdogs set an all-time Charleston attendance mark of 234,840.
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| 1999
| Charleston Riverdogs set another all-time Charleston attendance mark of 238,184.
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| 2000
| Charleston Riverdogs set another all-time Charleston attendance mark of 240,069.
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| 2001
| Charleston Riverdogs draw one-millionth fan to “The Joe,” Justin Schuda ties a team record with 25 home runs.
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| 2002
| Charleston Riverdogs set Charleston pro baseball single-season attendance mark of 242,143 as well as single-game highs (7,886- July 4) and lows (Zero- "Nobody Night" July 8).
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| 2003
| Charleston Riverdogs set another all-time Charleston attendance mark of 259,007 and a new single-game record of 8,116 on July 4, Hall of Famer Larry Doby's #14 is retired.
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| 2004
| Charleston Riverdogs make the playoffs for the first time in 16 years, but lose in the first round of the playoffs to Capital City two games to none, Delmon Young leads the league with 116 RBI and ties a team record with 25 home runs for the season.
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| 2005
| Charleston Riverdogs become New York Yankees affiliate, two-millionth fan attends game at "The Joe". Charleston Riverdogs win first-half Southern Division championship but fall in the first round of the playoffs against eventual SAL champion Kannapolis.
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