Winston-Salem Twins (1905–1942)

The Winston-Salem Twins were a long running minor league baseball team based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The first "Twins" team played as members of the 1905 Virginia–North Carolina League. The Winston-Salem Twins teams played in the minor leagues in the Carolina Association from 1908 to 1912 and the North Carolina State League from 1913 to 1917. The Twins had two tenures in the Piedmont League from 1920 to 1933 and again from 1937 to 1942.

The Twins won league championships in 1911, 1913, 1914, and 1928. The team's second tenure in the Piedmont League ended with six consecutive last place finishes from 1937 to 1942.

The long running "Twins" nickname reflected the two neighboring cities that first shared the franchise in partnership: Salem and Winston, North Carolina. The Twins played several seasons before the two cities merged to officially become Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1913.

The Twins were a minor league affiliate of the New York Giants (1932), Detroit Tigers (1937, 1941–1942), Brooklyn Dodgers (1938), and Cleveland Indians (1939).

For their duration from 1904 to 1942, the Twins played home games at the parcel that contained Prince Albert Park.

The Twins were preceded in minor league play by one team in 1892. The 1892 Winston-Salem "Blue Sluggers" played a short season as charter members of the South Atlantic League.

Following World War II, the Winston-Salem Twins were succeeded by a new franchise that resumed minor league play as new members of the Carolina League. The 1945 team in the Carolina League played as the Winston-Salem Cardinals from 1945 to 1953. The "Twins" nickname returned from 1954 to 1956, before Winston-Salem played under other nicknames as the franchise continued its long tenure in the Carolina League that lasted through 2020. Since 1945, the franchise has had continuous play, evolving to become today's Winston-Salem Dash of the South Atlantic League.