Coastal Plain League (Class D)
The Coastal Plain League was a Minor league baseball affiliated circuit which, except for the war years (1942–1945), operated in North Carolina between 1937 and 1952. It was classified as a "D" league. It grew out of a semi-pro league that operated from 1935 to 1936 under the same Coastal Plain League name.
Coastal Plain League Champions
- 1937 - Snow Hill
- 1938 - New Bern
- 1939 - Williamston
- 1940 - Tarboro
- 1941 - Wilson
- 1946 - Rocky Mount
- 1947 - Kinston
- 1948 - Tarboro
- 1949 - Greenville
- 1950 - New Bern
- 1951 - New Bern
- 1952 - Edenton
Complete team list (1937–1941, 1946–1952)
- Ayden Aces (1937–38)
- Edenton Colonials (1952)
- Fayetteville Cubs (1946)
- Goldsboro Cardinals (1950–51)
- Goldsboro Goldbugs (1937–41,1946–49)
- Goldsboro Jets (1952)
- Greenville Greenies (1937–41,1946–49)
- Greenville Robins (1950–51)
- Kinston Eagles (1937–41,1946–52)
- New Bern Bears (1937–41,1946–52)
- Roanoke Rapids Blue Jays (1947)
- Roanoke Rapids Jays (1948–52)
- Rocky Mount Leafs (1941,1947–52)
- Rocky Mount Rocks (1946)
- Snow Hill Billies (1937–40)
- Tarboro Athletics (1949–51)
- Tarboro Cubs (1940)
- Tarboro Goobers (1939)
- Tarboro Orioles (1941)
- Tarboro Serpents (1937–39)
- Tarboro Tars (1946–48,1952)
- Williamston Martins (1937–41)
- Wilson Tobs (1939–41,1946–52)
References
- Gaunt, Robert (1997). We Would Have Played Forever: The Story of the Coastal Plain Baseball League. Baseball America, Inc. ISBN 0-945164-02-5.
- Holaday, J. Chris (1998). Professional Baseball in North Carolina: An Illustrated City-by-City History, 1901–1996. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0532-5.
- Lloyd, Johnson; Miles Wolff, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, third ed. Baseball America, Inc. ISBN 1-932391-17-7.
External links
- Baseball Reference – Coastal Plain League History
- BR Bullpen – Coastal Plain League History and Statistics
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