{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox Minor League Baseball | name = Statesville/Monroe Indians | firstseason = | lastseason = | allyears = 1969 | city = | misc = Monroe, North Carolina<br>Statesville, North Carolina | logo = | caplogo = | past class level = {{plainlist| * Class A }} | league = | conference = | division = | past league = Western Carolinas League | pastmajorleague ={{plainlist| *Cleveland Indians }} | pastnames = {{plainlist| * Monroe Indians <small>(after June 20)</small> * Statesville Indians <small>(before June 20)</small> }} | pastparks = | classchamps = | leaguenum = | leaguechamps = | conferencechamps = | divisionchamps = }} The '''Statesville/Monroe Indians''' was a Minor League Baseball club that played in the Western Carolinas League during the 1969 season. They were a Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, and were managed by former big leaguer Pinky May.<ref name=BR>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=59c12e9d |title= 1969 Statesville/Monroe Indians season}} ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on September 30, 2015.</ref>
Based originally in Statesville, North Carolina, the Statesville Indians moved to the nearby city of Monroe on June 20, 1969 and finished the year as the '''Monroe Indians''', during what turned out to be the first appearance of an organized baseball team based in Monroe.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?code=WCRS&class=A Western Carolinas League (Class A) Encyclopedia and History]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on September 30, 2015.</ref>
The Cleveland Indians' affiliate finished tied for third place in the six-team league at 61-63.<ref name=BR/> After that, the team moved to Sumter, South Carolina to become the Sumter Indians for the 1970 season .<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=320977f1 1970 Sumter Indians season]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on September 30, 2015.</ref>
==MLB alumni== *Mark Ballinger *Rob Belloir *Ed Farmer *Larry Johnson *Tom Kelley <ref name=BR/>
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==Other sources== *Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Baseball America. {{ISBN|978-0-96-371898-3}}
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