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