Charlottesville Tom Sox

The Charlottesville Tom Sox are a collegiate summer baseball team in Charlottesville, Virginia.[1] They play in the southern division of the Valley Baseball League.

Charlottesville Tom Sox
Information
LeagueValley Baseball League
LocationCharlottesville
BallparkCharlottesville High School
Year founded2014
League championships3 (2017, 2019, 2022)
ColorsBlue, Green, Gray
MascotPrarieweather Lewis ("Lewie")
Last season2023: 32-20
ManagementCharlottesville Community Baseball, Inc.
CoachLyndon Coleman (head coach)
Trevon Smith (assistant coach)
Brian Wirth (assistant coach)
PresidentJohn Raymond

The Tom Sox are the 2017, 2019 and 2022 Valley Baseball League Champions.[2][3][4] They finished runner-up in 2018 & 2023.

The team plays its home games at CHO Airport Field at Charlottesville High School.[5]

Mission

The Tom Sox were founded in 2014 and began play in the summer of 2015, marking the first time since 1974 Charlottesville had a team in the Valley Baseball League.[6] The given mission of the team is to "promote the game of baseball in Central Virginia by providing a high quality collegiate summer team, a memorable fan experience, and opportunities for youth to grow in the game and in character."[7]

Head coaches
  • Mike Goldberg (2015)
  • Travis Thomas (2016)
  • Corey Hunt (2017–2019)
  • Kory Koehler (2020–21)
  • Ramon Garza (2022)
  • Lyndon Coleman (2023)

Notable players
  • Christian Lowry and Jack Roberts of the Tom Sox's 2015 team, as well as Justin Novak from their 2016 team, won the College World Series with the University of Virginia in 2015.
  • Billy Cooke of the Tom Sox's 2015 team won the College World Series with Coastal Carolina in 2016. Cooke was also the first Tom Sox player to be drafted in the MLB Draft, being drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 8th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft.[8]
  • Cole Maye and Keenan Bell of the Tom Sox's 2017 team and Kirby McMullen of the Tom Sox's 2018 & 2019 teams won the College World Series with the University of Florida in 2017.
  • Wooster's Michael Wielansky, the 2017 Valley Baseball League MVP, was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 18th round of the 2018 MLB Draft. Also drafted from the Tom Sox in 2018 were Coastal Carolina standout Seth Lancaster (2015) and Richmond closer Layne Looney (2017).
  • Old Dominion's Vinnie Pasquantino, who played in Charlottesville in 2017, became the Tom Sox's first MLB player in June 2022.
  • Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford played in Charlottesville in 2021 and became the team's first first-round draft pick in 2023.

References
  1. "About – Tom Sox". tomsox.org. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  2. "Charlottesville Tom Sox Win Valley Baseball League Championship, Beat Strasburg 2-1". NBC29. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  3. "Tom Sox Claim Title in Tense Winner-Take-All Game Three | Valley League Baseball". www.valleyleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  4. jharvey@dailyprogress.com | (434) 978-7250, JOHN HARVEY. "Tom Sox capture second Valley Baseball League championship". The Daily Progress. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. Staff REPORTS. "Charlottesville Tom Sox announce 2022 schedule". The Daily Progress. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  6. "Play ball! Charlottesville's Tom Sox are newest team in Valley Baseball League". C-VILLE Weekly. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  7. "About – Tom Sox". tomsox.org. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  8. "Catching up with 1st Tom Sox drafted by MLB – Billy Cooke – Tom Sox". tomsox.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
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