Charleston Gulls
| Charleston Seagulls / Sea Gulls / Gulls | |
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| Minor league affiliations | |
| Class | Independent (1886–1889, 1892) Class B (1893–1894, 1898) Class C (1904–1909, 1911, 1913–1917, 1919–1920) Class B (1921–1923) |
| League | Southern League (1886–1889) South Atlantic League (1892) Southern League (1893–1894, 1898) South Atlantic League (1904–1909, 1911, 1913–1917, 1919–1923) |
| Major league affiliations | |
| Team | None |
| Minor league titles | |
| League titles (4) |
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| Conference titles (3) |
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| Wild card berths (0) | None |
| Team data | |
| Name | Charleston Seagulls (1886–1889, 1893–1894) Charleston Sea Gulls (1892, 1904-1909, 1911, 1913–1917) Charleston Gulls (1919) Charleston Palmettos (1920) Charleston Pals (1922–1922) |
| Ballpark | Ball Park Field (1886–1889, 1892–1894, 1898) Hampton Park/College Park (1904–1909, 1911, 1913–1917, 1919–1923) |
The Charleston Gulls and the interchangeable Sea Gulls and Seagulls teams were a minor league baseball franchise based in Charleston, South Carolina from 1886 through 1923.
The 1886 Charleston Seagulls were the first minor league team in Charleston, playing as members of the Southern League between 1886 and 1898, with the 1892 Sea Gulls playing one season in the renamed South Atlantic League. Charleston teams then played as members of the South Atlantic League between 1904 and 1923. The 1904 Sea Gulls were charter members of the modern South Atlantic League.
The 1919 Charleston Gulls continued South Atlantic League membership, as the team became known as the Charleston Palmettos in 1920, followed by the shortened Palms who played in the league from 1921 to 1923. The early Charleston teams preceded today's Charleston RiverDogs in minor league play.
Besides their 1892 Sothern League championship, Charleston teams captured South Atlantic League championships in 1893, 1907 and 1922. Charleston also won South Atlantic League regular season league pennants in 1914, 1917 and 1923.
Beginning in 1904, the Charleston teams hosted home minor league games at College Park, which lies within Hampton Park and is still in use today over a century later.
At age 22, Baseball Hall of Fame member Kiki Cuyler played for the 1922 Charleston Pals and joined the Pittsburgh Pirates at the end of the Charleston season.