The Eastern Carolina League was a minor league baseball affiliation which operated in the Eastern part of North Carolina . The league had two distinct periods of operation: 1908 to 1910 and a revival of the league in 1928 and 1929. It was classified as a Class D level league.
3-760: The Goldsboro Goldbugs were an Eastern Carolina League (1929) and Coastal Plain League (1937–1941, 1946–1949) baseball team based in Goldsboro, North Carolina , United States. Don Heffner played for the Goldsboro Goldbugs. The 1928 Goldsboro team won the Eastern Carolina championship playing as the Goldsboro Manufacturers . After changing their moniker, Goldsboro continued minor league baseball play as members of
6-730: The Class D Coastal Plain League. The Goldsboro Cardinals played in the 1950–1951 seasons as an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals . In their final season of play, the Goldsboro Jets concluded the tenure in the Coastal Plain League. This article about a baseball team in North Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eastern Carolina League The most famous person to play in
9-600: The league was Jim Thorpe , considered by some the greatest athlete of the twentieth century. It was his involvement with the Eastern Carolina League that cost him his amateur status and his 1912 Summer Olympics metals. † In late August 1908, Eastern North Carolina was hit by what is now known as Tropical Storm #5. The playoffs were abandoned with Wilmington leading Wilson 2 games to 1. 1908 schedule New Bern and Kinston withdrew July 15 Playoffs: Abandoned August 27 due to bad weather. Wilmington
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