East Carolina Pirates baseball

East Carolina Pirates
East Carolina Pirates
Founded	1907
University	East Carolina University
Head coach	Cliff Godwin (8th season)
Conference	The American
Location	Greenville, North Carolina
Home stadium	Clark–LeClair Stadium ; (Capacity: 5,000)
Nickname	Pirates
Colors	Purple and gold;
NCAA regional champions
	2001, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2021
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
Conference tournament champions
	ECAC: 1982, 1984; CAA: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000; C-USA: 2002; American: 2015, 2018
Conference champions
	SoCon: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977; ECAC: 1984, 1985; CAA: 1986, 1990, 2001; C-USA: 2004, 2009; American: 2019, 2021

The East Carolina Pirates baseball team is an intercollegiate baseball team representing East Carolina University in NCAA Division I college baseball and participates as a full member of the American Athletic Conference. The Pirates have made regular appearances in the NCAA Tournament. As of 2021, they have the most NCAA tournament appearances without a College World Series appearance.^[2]

The Pirates are coached by Cliff Godwin and play their home games at Clark-LeClair Stadium, named after donor and alumnus Bill Clark and former coach Keith LeClair. Every year, the Pirates host a baseball tournament in Greenville in honor of Coach LeClair called the Keith LeClair Classic.

History[]

Conference[]

1951–1965: Independent
1966–1977: Southern Conference
1978–1981: Independent
1982–1985: Eastern College Athletic Conference
1986–2001: Colonial Athletic Association
2002–2014: Conference USA
2015–present: American Athletic Conference

Head coaches[]

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1932–1933	R.C. Deal	2	4-8-0	.333
1934	W.O. Jolly	1
1935–1938	Bo Farley	4 (5)	35-14-4	.698
1939	Gordon Gilbert	1	6-5-0	.545
1940	Bo Farley	1 (5)	4-3-0	.571
1941	John Christenbury	1	6-4-0	.600
1950–1953	Jack Boone	4	45-30-3	.596
1954–1962	James Mallory	9 (10)	145-52-0	.736
1963–1972	Earl Smith	10	185-103-2	.641
1973	James Mallory	1 (10)	16-8-0	.667
1974–1976	George Williams	3	56-32-0	.636
1977–1979	Monte Little	3	82-49-0	.626
1980–1984	Hal Baird	5	145-66-1	.686
1985–1997	Gary Overton	13	427-237-1	.643
1998–2002	Keith LeClair	5	212-96-1	.688
2003–2005	Randy Mazey	3	120-66-1	.644
2006–2014	Billy Godwin	9	317-214-1	.597
2015–present	Cliff Godwin	7	258-130-1	.665
Totals	16 coaches	82 seasons	2063-1117-15	.648

* 1942, 1946–1949 No Records Available ^[2]
* 1943–1945 No Games Played

Stadium[]

Clark-LeClair Stadium is the home of Pirate baseball at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. The stadium was named after Pirate alumnus and key contributor Bill Clark and former Pirate skipper Keith LeClair.^[3]

The stadium has 3,000 Stadium bleacher seats, plus space for several thousand more spectators in "The Jungle". There are concession and restroom facilities at the stadium plus a family picnic area. Amenities include the Pirate Club fundraising and hospitality suite and a private suite for the LeClair family.

The stadium is home to the ECU Invitational^[4] and the Keith LeClair Classic.^[5]

Year-by-year results[]

* Division I only

Year	Head Coach	Overall	Winning %	Conference	Winning %	Conf. Rank	Nat. Rank	Notes
1964	Earl Smith	18–7	0.720	–	–			NCAA District 3
1965	Earl Smith	16–7	0.696	–	–
1966	Earl Smith	17–10	0.630	12–3	0.800	1st	#28	NCAA District 3
1967	Earl Smith	23–6	0.793	13–3	0.813	T-1st	#23
1968	Earl Smith	21–11–1	0.656	10–1	0.909	1st	#19	NCAA District 3
1969	Earl Smith	15–14	0.517	7–7	0.500	T-5th
1970	Earl Smith	20–13	0.606	13–6	0.684	1st	#25	NCAA District 3
1971	Earl Smith	12–18	0.400	7–5	0.583	4th
Total^[2]

NAIA Tournament[]

In 1961, the ECU Pirates won the NAIA Baseball World Series championship to claim East Carolina's first national championship in baseball. The East Carolina Pirates won 13-7 over the Sacramento State Hornets. Since then, the Pirates have yet to make it to a national championship.

NCAA tournament[]

The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament started in 1947.
The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1964	1-2	.333	Lost to North Carolina in the District 3 Regional.
1966	0-2	.000	Lost to North Carolina in the District 3 Regional.
1968	1-2	.333	Lost to Florida State in the District 3 Regional.
1970	0-2	.000	Lost to Mississippi State in the District 3 Regional.
1974	0-2	.000	Lost to South Carolina in the District 3 Regional.
1977	0-2	.000	Lost to South Carolina in the Atlantic Regional.
1980	0-2	.000	Lost to Maine in the Northeast Regional.
1982	1-2	.333	Lost to West Virginia in the East Regional.
1984	2-2	.500	Lost to South Alabama in the South Regional.
1987	0-2	.000	Lost to Central Michigan in the Atlantic Regional.
1989	0-2	.000	Lost to Villanova in the East Regional.
1990	1-2	.333	Lost to N.C. State in the East Regional.
1991	1-2	.333	Lost to Ohio State in the Midwest Regional.
1993	1-2	.333	Lost to Ohio State in the Atlantic Regional.
1999	2-2	.500	Lost to LSU in the Baton Rouge Regional.
2000	2-2	.500	Lost to Louisiana-Lafayette in the Lafayette Regional.
2001	3-2	.600	Won Wilson Regional; Lost to Tennessee in the Kinston Super Regional.
2002	2-2	.500	Lost to Clemson in the Clemson Regional.
2003	1-2	.333	Lost to Stetson in the Atlanta Regional.
2004	3-2	.600	Won Kinston Regional; Lost to South Carolina in the Columbia Super Regional.
2005	0-2	.000	Lost to UNLV in the Tempe Regional.
2007	1-2	.333	Lost to Western Carolina in the Chapel Hill Regional.
2008	2-2	.500	Lost to Coastal Carolina in the Conway Regional.
2009	4-3	.571	Won Greenville Regional; Lost to North Carolina in the Chapel Hill Super Regional.
2011	2-2	.500	Lost to UVA in the Charlottesville Regional Final.
2012	1-2	.333	Lost to North Carolina in the Chapel Hill Regional.
2015	0-2	.000	Lost to FIU in the Coral Gables Regional.
2016	4-2	.667	Won Charlottesville Regional; Lost to Texas Tech in the Lubbock Super Regional.
2018	1-2	.333	Lost to UNCW in the Greenville Regional.
2019	4-3	.571	Won Greenville Regional; Lost to Louisville in the Louisville Super Regional.
2021	3-2	.600	Won Greenville Regional; Lost to Vanderbilt in the Nashville Super Regional.
Total^[2]	43-64	.402

Pirates in the Major Leagues[]

Over the 5-year tenure of current head coach Cliff Godwin, 14 Pirates have been drafted.
Since the MLB draft began in 1965, 2 Pirates have been selected in the first round: Pat Watkins was selected 32nd in 1993 and Jeff Hoffman was selected 9th in 2014.
A total of 20 Pirates have gone on to play in the MLB, 3 of which are active players.

Athlete	Years in MLB	MLB Teams
Bill Holland	1937	Washington Senators
Bunky Stewart	1952–1956	Washington Senators
Tim Talton	1966–1967	Kansas City Athletics
Floyd Wicker	1968–1971	St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants
Vince Colbert	1970–1972	Cleveland Indians
Tommy Toms	1975–1977	San Francisco Giants
Butch Davis	1983–1984, 1987–1989, 1991, 1993–1994	Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers
Bob Patterson	1985–1987, 1989–1998	San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, California Angels, Chicago Cubs
Bob Davidson	1989	New York Yankees
Mike Christopher	1991–1993, 1995–1996	Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers
Pat Watkins	1997–1999	Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies
Chad Tracy	2004–2010, 2012–2013	Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, Washington Nationals
Sam Narron	2004	Texas Rangers
Seth Maness	2013–2017	St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals
Chris Heston	2014–2017	San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins
Mike Wright	2015–present	Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners
Shawn Armstrong	2015–present	Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles
Jeff Hoffman	2016–present	Colorado Rockies
Jharel Cotton	2016–2017	Oakland Athletics
Jack Reinheimer	2017–2018	Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets

References[]

^ ECU Athletics Style Guidelines (PDF). July 14, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2018 ECU Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). 2018 ECU Baseball Fact Book. East Carolina University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
^ "LEWIS FIELD AT CLARK-LeCLAIR STADIUM". ECU Athletics. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
^ "2007 ECU Invitational". ECU Athletics. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
^ "6th Annual Keith LeClair Classic". ECU Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

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[1] ECU Athletics Style Guidelines (PDF). July 14, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017.

[2018factbook-2] "2018 ECU Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). 2018 ECU Baseball Fact Book. East Carolina University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 4, 2018.

[ecucls-3] "LEWIS FIELD AT CLARK-LeCLAIR STADIUM". ECU Athletics. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

[4] "2007 ECU Invitational". ECU Athletics. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

[5] "6th Annual Keith LeClair Classic". ECU Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

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