The Kinston Eagles were an unaffiliated Minor League Baseball team of the Virginia League . They were located in Kinston, North Carolina . The team played its home games at West End Park , which opened in 1921.
9-612: Kinston Eagles may refer to: Kinston Eagles (Virginia League) , a minor league baseball team of the Virginia League that was active in from 1925 to 1927 Kinston Eagles (Eastern Carolina League) , a minor league baseball team of the Eastern Carolina League that was active in 1928 and 1929 Kinston Eagles (Coastal Plain League) , a minor league baseball team of
18-639: A Toronto Blue Jays affiliated baseball team in the Carolina League that became the Kinston Blue Jays Kinston Eagles (1986) , an unaffiliated Carolina League baseball team who became the Kinston Indians Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kinston Eagles . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
27-464: A career in the armed services and became one of the most decorated generals in the history of the Air Force . 1929 in baseball The following are the baseball events of the year 1929 throughout the world. All Negro leagues standings below are per Seamheads. This was the fifth split-season, in which a playoff was intended to be held to determine the pennant, for which
36-499: A newly reformed Eastern Carolina League. This later affiliation collapsed along with the stock market in 1929 . The 1920s Eagles' roster included a young catcher named Rick Ferrell , who later had a long playing career and even longer front office career in the major leagues. In 1984 , Ferrell became the only former Kinston player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame . Another player, Frank Armstrong , gave up baseball for
45-423: The 1925 season named the "Eagles". The Eagles were a Class B team playing out of a then newly renovated stadium designed by Suggs known as West End Park . The squad had little success against other teams in their league, but was successful enough in gate receipts to validate the city's capacity to sustain a professional team. Kinston's team remained in the Virginia League for three years and then migrated to
54-538: The Class D Eastern Carolina League in 1908 and an " outlaw league " team in 1921 and 1922 . The latter was notable for being managed by former major league pitcher George Suggs and College Football Hall of Fame member Ira Rodgers . Due to the efforts of the city's business leaders, former local amateur star Elisha Lewis, and George Suggs, the town secured a professional team in the Virginia League for
63-651: The Coastal Plain League that was active from 1937 to 1952 Kinston Eagles (1956–1957) , a Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators affiliated baseball team in the Carolina League who became the Wilson Tobs Kinston Eagles (1962–1973) , a Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, & New York Yankees affiliated baseball team in the Carolina League who became the Kinston Expos Kinston Eagles (1978–1982) ,
72-504: The Eagles played through the 1927 season. The Eagles played in 415 regular season games and compiled a win–loss record of 177–238. Dozens of men played for the Eagles including Baseball Hall of Fame member Rick Ferrell . Kinston was represented by many excellent amateur clubs since the late nineteenth century, but it was unable to sustain a viable professional team until the mid-1920s. Earlier attempts included an aborted campaign in
81-409: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kinston_Eagles&oldid=1072486471 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kinston Eagles (Virginia League) Established in 1925,
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