The original Coastal Plain League was a
semi-professional baseball circuit that operated in
North Carolina
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from 1934 to 1935. The league's teams were composed primarily of college ballplayers, very similar to the current
Coastal Plain League
The Coastal Plain League (CPL) is a wood-bat collegiate summer baseball league, featuring college players recruited from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from the Class D level Coastal League which operated in the area from 19 ...
which was structured in 1997.
[Holaday, Chris (2002). ''Baseball in the Carolinas: 25 Essays on the States' Hardball Heritage''. McFarland & Company. ]
Teams of the cities of
Ayden,
Kinston,
Greenville,
New Bern
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,
Snow Hill and
Tarboro were represented in the league in 1934. Teams from
Goldsboro and
Williamston were added in 1935.
[Baseball in the Carolinas]
In the inaugural season, the Snow Hill club captured the regular season pennant with a 62–36 record. In the postseason they defeated New Bern in the first round and then clinched the champion trophy by defeating Tarboro, four games to one. In 1935, New Bern completed a four-game revenge sweep over Snow Hill to win the championship.
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By 1937 the league decided to join ]organized baseball
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to become a professional baseball circuit. The league was assigned the classification of D, the lowest level of professional baseball, while preserving its name.
Sources
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External links
CoastalPlain.com: History – The Class D Coast Plain League
Baseball leagues in North Carolina
Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States