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)
(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 A's (1951)
Tarboro Athletics (1949)
Tarboro Combs (1937)
Tarboro Orioles (1941)
Tarboro Serpents (1938–39)
Tarboro Tars (1940, 1946–1948, 1950, 1952)
Williamston Martins (1937–41)
Wilson Tobs (1939–41,1946–52)

Tarboro was also known as the Goobers in 1939

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.

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