The original Coastal Plain League was a

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baseball circuit that operated in

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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 Plain League which operated in the area f ...

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,

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, Snow Hill and

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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. By 1937 the league decided to join

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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.

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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