The Kinston Indians
are a minor league baseball team in Kinston, North Carolina. The team, a High-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, plays in the Carolina League. Professional baseball in Kinston dates back to 1908 when they fielded a team in the Eastern Carolina League. Kinston adopted the name "Indians" at the start of their relationship with Cleveland, in 1987. They are currently one of the oldest and most successful franchises in their circuit.
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History
Early years
Baseball has been popular in Kinston since the late nineteenth century, and it fielded many excellent amateur clubs. Despite this, the small city was unable to sustain a viable professional team until the mid-1920s.
[1] Earlier attempts included an aborted campaign in the
Class D Eastern Carolina League in
1908 [2] 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.
[3] Due to the efforts of the city's business leaders, former local amateur star Elisha Lewis, and George Suggs, the town secured a team in the
Virginia League for the
1925 season.
[4]
This
Class B team played in a newly renovated stadium designed by Suggs known as
West End Park.
[5] Named the "Eagles",
[6] the squad had very little success against the rest of the league. Despite their lack of wins, the team was successful enough at the gate that they proved the town was capable of sustaining a professional team. Kinston stayed three years in the Virginia League and then moved on to a newly reformed Eastern Carolina League. This later affiliation would collapse along with the stock market in
1929.
[7] Among the members of these 1920's Eagles teams was a young catcher named
Rick Ferrell who would have a long playing career and even longer front office career in the major leagues. In
1984, he became the only former Kinston player inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame.
[8] Another player,
Frank Armstrong, eventually decided that baseball was not for him. He gave up baseball for a career in the armed services and became one of the most decorated generals in the history of the
Air Force.
[9]
Coastal Plain League
Kinston was without a team for the first few years of the
Depression, but by
1934, the city found its way into the semi-professional
Coastal Plain League. In
1937, this loop became
fully professional and was classified as a
Class D league by the
National Association.
[10] The city would stay in this league every season until it was finally disbanded following the
1952 campaign. It was as a member of this affiliation that Kinston saw many playoff appearances and two league championships (
1935 and
1947). Among the superior talent that entertained the fans of Kinston was a young player named
Charlie "King Kong" Keller who remains within the top forty major league players of all-time in terms of
on base percentage (.410).
[11] [12]
Carolina League
For three years following the dissolution of the Coastal Plain League, Kinston found itself without a team until the owner of the
Burlington Bees of the
Carolina League moved his team to Kinston for the
1956 season. At the time, the Carolina League was a
Class B loop with teams located in
Virginia and
North Carolina.
[13] The new Kinston Eagles were a
Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate and featured the town's first
African American ball players. In these early days of the
Civil Rights Movement, the black players in the Carolina League received much verbal and psychological abuse from the largely white, Southern fan base.
[14] One of these first black Kinston ball players,
Carl Long, would excel during the 1956 season and set an
RBI standard (111) that would never be surpassed by any of the Kinston hitters who have come after him.
[15] The other racial pioneer for Kinston baseball was
Frank Washington, a holdover from the
1955 Burlington team.
[16] Kinston's owner was an inept businessman who brought the club near bankruptcy before it was moved to
Wilson in
1957.
[17]
Kinston's re-entry into Carolina League baseball in
1962 was successful both on the field and at the turnstile. The Eagles were able to claim the first of its Carolina League crowns. At a time when Kinston's population was only 25,000, the ball club was able to attract over 140,000 fans. Part of the lure for these fans was the talent supplied by Kinston's parent club, the
Pittsburgh Pirates, which included
Steve Blass (17-3, 1.97
ERA, 209
K's), and
Frank Bork (19-7, 2.00 ERA).
[18] Another attraction for the fans was that for the first time, the Eagles were a community owned team. The Kinston Eagles Baseball Company was a non-profit organization run by an elected eighteen man, unpaid board of directors. Profits went back into improving the stadium, promoting the team, and supplying playing equipment for the youth of Kinston. This arrangement would continue through all thirteen years of Kinston's second tenure in the Carolina League from
1962 through
1974.
[19]
With the reclassification of minor league baseball in
1963, the Carolina League became a
High-A circuit. The Eagles would fail to win any more championships during this second period of Carolina League play, but they managed to make the playoffs following six of the thirteen seasons. The Pirates stuck with Kinston through the
1965 campaign, and the Eagles were managed by
Harding "Pete" Peterson during three of those four seasons. Pete would later oversee the Pirates
farm system and become the Pirates' general manager, helping to build the late seventies team that won the
World Series.
[20] The Eagles became affiliated with the new
Atlanta Braves during
1966 and
1967 and were managed by
Andy Pafko during those years.
[21] From
1968 through
1973, the Eagles had an affiliation with the
New York Yankees, and the fans saw a lot of future all-stars pass through the city including a young
Ron Guidry who would establish himself as one of the best
pitchers in the
American League soon thereafter.
[22]
During the 1970s the popularity of minor league baseball reached its lowest point and the attendance in Kinston fell to only 30,000 for the
1973 season. The city needed a revival of interest, and the
Expos were turned to for help. The young Montreal franchise boasted a strong farm system with a lot of talent. So much talent in fact, that they decided to experiment with having two High A affiliates. Instead of dividing the players evenly between the two High A teams, the
West Palm Beach club ended up with all the best men while the newly renamed Kinston Expos had to make due with castoffs. The Kinston team soon found itself overmatched among its Carolina League rivals. The Expos fell to last place and attendance fell to only 27,000 for the year. Montreal declared their experiment a failure and withdrew from Kinston following the
1974 season. With no major league sponsor and very little fan support, Kinston withdrew from the league.
[23]
Former airline pilot
Ray Kuhlman brought minor league baseball back to Kinston by investing in a Carolina League franchise in the late seventies. The renamed Kinston Eagles flew unaffiliated their first season back in the circuit in
1978. By the next campaign, they were associated with the
Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto stayed with Kinston for seven years, and the team eventually took on the Blue Jay name. Kinston did not win any championships during the Blue Jays years. Kuhlman and his wife ran the team themselves and oversaw steady annual increases in attendance each year. They brought a string of marketing ideas that have taken hold and remain to this day. These included increased promotional days, fireworks displays, the introduction of Kinston
baseball cards, an increase in branded souvenir merchandise, the establishment of the
Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame, and the hiring of a team mascot. Also attracting fans was a collection of future major league stars including
Tony Fernández,
Fred McGriff, and
Cecil Fielder.
[24]
Following the
1985 season, the Blue Jays dropped Kinston as a franchise, and professional baseball in the city seemed to be in doubt once again. There was talk of moving the franchise to
Charles County, Maryland, but the city remained in the Carolina League with an independent ball club that took on the Eagles name.
1986 proved to be disappointing in the standings and at the gate, and talk of a move was renewed, but ownership secured an affiliation with the
Cleveland Indians during the off season.
[25] For more than twenty years, Cleveland and the KTribe, as they have come to be known, have enjoyed a successful partnership which has produced sixteen playoff appearances and five Carolina League championships (
1988,
1991,
1995,
2004, and
2006).
[26] The value of the team has risen along with its onfield success. In
1983, Kuhlman sold the team for one hundred thousand dollars. The franchise was sold in
1985 for two hundred twenty five thousand, and it was sold again in
1989 for seven hundred fifty thousand dollars. The team's value in
1992 was estimated at one and a half million.
[27]
Six figure attendance totals became the norm throughout the 1990s and into the new century. General Manager North Johnson fostered closer bonds with the mayor's office and helped create the Mayor's Committee for Professional Baseball in
1987.
[28] Dedicated to increasing season ticket sales and promoting ties with businesses, the committee accomplished much in a short span of time. Attendance increased by nearly twenty thousand in
1987 and by more than twelve thousand the following year. By
1991, the number of fans through the turnstiles topped 100,000 for the first time since
1964. Although a new ownership group purchased the franchise in
1994, continuity in the day-to-day operations has been maintained through general manager North Johnson, and front office mainstay Shari Massengill who took over the reins in
2006.
Ties with the local government also remain strong, as prospects for the start of a second century of baseball in 2008 look all but assured with new renovations to the ballpark and a renewed affiliation with Cleveland.
[29] [30]
The Kinston Indians are currently managed by
Chris Tremie, a former major league catcher. Their current
General Manager, Shari Massengill,
[31] and former Assistant General Manager, Jessie Hays, made up the only all-female General Manager/Assistant General Manager team in the Minor Leagues.
[32] Although Hays has departed for the 2008 season, her replacement, Janell Bullock, is also female.
[33]
In
2007, the Indians won the Southern Division crown for both halves of the year, but they lost in the first round of the playoffs to the wildcard team, the
Salem Avalanche. It was the seventh season in a row that they made the post season which is a new Carolina League record formerly held by the
Burlington Bees (
1945-
1950). It was the second time a Kinston team has accomplished this feat. The Kinston Eagles of the Coastal Plain League also made it to seven post seasons in a row (
1946-
1952).
[34] It was announced in June 2008 that Kinston's player development contract with Cleveland has been extended through the 2010 season.
Grainger Stadium
The Kinston Indians, and all the Kinston teams since 1949, have played their home games at
Grainger Stadium
located at 400 East Grainger Avenue in Kinston. The original structure was built by architect John J. Rowland in 1949 at a cost of one hundred seventy thousand dollars inclusive of everything except the land. One hundred fifty thousand dollars of the money was raised by bond issue.
[35] The stadium is owned by the city and leased by the team. A dedicatory plaque identifies the structure as "Municipal Stadium," but it has been called Grainger Stadium since it was first built.
[36] Recent ownership has begun to refer to it as "Historic Grainger Stadium" due to its age relative to other fields in the Carolina League. It is currently the second oldest stadium in the circuit. The name Grainger comes from its location on Grainger Avenue as well as its use early on by Grainger High School. Grainger is a prominent old family name in
Lenoir County.
Annual Awards
Each year, usually on the weekend of the last home games, the Kinston Indians present awards to those deserving. The team
MVP Award was named in honor of
"Cap'n Pat" Crawford. Crawford was a longtime Kinston resident who made it to the major leagues with the
St. Louis Cardinals during the
Gashouse Gang era.
[37]
Steve Olin was a right-handed
submarining relief pitcher for Kinston who had moved up to the
Cleveland Indians. He was killed in a boating accident during
spring training of 1993 in
Winter Haven, Florida. The boat he was in struck a pier, killing him and fellow reliever
Tim Crews and seriously injuring
Bob Ojeda. Kinston's annual award for Pitcher of the Year was named in his honor.
The award given each year to the player who had to overcome the greatest adversity in his career was named in honor of Tex Drake. Drake was one of the
batboys for the Kinston Blue Jays starting with the
1982 season. On the last day of the
1984 campaign, he found out that he had
Hodgkin's Disease which had advanced to all four stages. The club president, Gary Fitzpatrick, arranged for Drake to work as a batboy for the last three home games of the
Toronto Blue Jays season. Once back in Kinston, Drake was able to overcome his cancer through
chemotherapy and return to his duties on the field.
[38] [39]
The Kinston player who best represents good
sportsmanship is given an award named for Steve Gaydek. Gaydek was a former member of the club's Board of Directors who became a lifelong fan of Kinston's baseball teams. He attended every home game for over twenty years even though he lived over thirty miles from the ballpark.
[40]
Lewis B. "Mac" McAvery was the head
groundskeeper from
1949 to his death in
1979. In honor of his accomplishments, the team established an award in his name to be given to the individual who has done the most to "preserve and enhance" professional baseball in Kinston.
[41]
Mascots
The Indians'
mascot is a dog named Scout. Scout can usually be found in an Indians jersey and
baseball cap, but has also been known to don a
Superman t-shirt or an
aloha shirt depending on the antics he is performing. Scout replaced an earlier
Native American mascot who was named Tom E. Hawk.
[42] Although Tom E. Hawk no longer greets fans in person at the ballpark, he can still be seen in several of the official logos on much of the team merchandise. His broadly smiling visage is very reminiscent of Cleveland's
Chief Wahoo.
During the days when Kinston was a
Toronto Blue Jays affiliate, the team had a bird mascot named B.J..
[43] 1980 manager
Dennis Holmberg once resorted to dressing up in the mascot's costume so that he could return to the
dugout undetected after being
ejected from a game.
[44] For the
1983 season, the Blue Jays had a dozen teenage girls, known as the
Golden Corral Lady Jays, in the stadium. This experiment only lasted the one season.
[45]
Local baseball personalities
- Chris Hemeyer
: Hemeyer is the radio voice of the Indians as well as the host of Tribe Talk
. Tribe Talk
is an interview television program shown on local public access stations in southeastern North Carolina. Besides interviewing team members and staff, the show also has highlights of recent Kinston games. First run episodes air once a week during the season. Tribe Talk
is currently in its third season of production. [46]
- Team Mamas
: Anne "Mama" Robinson and Evelyn "Mama" Kornegay are local residents of Kinston who have hosted players during their stay in Kinston. Mama Robinson hosted players for the first eleven years of the current franchise (1987-1997), [47] while Mama Kornegay has taken over the duties since. [48] Although only a few of the team members live in the house at any one time, the homes have become popular gathering places and a home away from home for the club. Prior to the current arrangement, players had some difficulty establishing a stable environment in which to live. In his autobiography, Ron Guidry relates how his rented mobile home was sold out from under him while he was gone on Reserve duty. [49] David Wells tells similar stories of being bounced around from place to place during his time in Kinston. [50]
- Delmont Miller
: (March 30, 1966 - October 25, 2008): Miller was the longtime scoreboard operator for the Indians. His humorous first inning chatter and "shout-outs" prior to each "KTribe" game had become a tradition at Grainger Stadium. Recognizing the popularity of Delmont with both the fans and the players, the Kinston front office held special "Delmont Miller Nights" the past few seasons and built promotions around his unique personality. His twenty-plus year career at the stadium spanned several ownerships and even major league affiliation changes. Prior to becoming the scoreboard operator, he was the clubhouse assistant for the Kinston Blue Jays. His first name came from his father's love of Del Monte brand peaches. [51] On October 25, 2008, the 42 year-old Miller died of a massive heart attack.
- The Smeraldos
: Robert Smeraldo and Robert Smeraldo Jr. are the longtime father/son clubhouse managers for the ballclub. The senior Smeraldo has entered his fifteenth season of tending to the home clubhouse while his son takes care of the needs of the visiting team in their clubhouse. [52]
Season by season results
Year
| Name
| League
| Level
| Affiliation
| Record
| Manager
| Playoffs
|
1908
|
| Eastern Carolina
| D
|
| 6-12
| Loyd K. Wooten
| DNF
|
1921
| Robins
| E.C.B.A.
| outlaw
|
| ?
| Jim White
|
|
1922
| Highwaymen
| E.C.B.A.
| outlaw
|
| ?
| Suggs/Rodgers
|
|
1925
| Eagles
| Virginia
| B
|
| 52-80
| Johnny Nee
|
|
1926
| Eagles
| Virginia
| B
|
| 69-83
| Johnny Nee
|
|
1927
| Eagles
| Virginia
| B
|
| 56-75
| Konnick/Hauger
|
|
1928
| Eagles
| Eastern Carolina
| D
|
| 55-59
| Bennett/Walters
|
|
1929
| Eagles
| Eastern Carolina
| D
|
| 46-71
| Clarence Roper
|
|
1934
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| semipro
|
| 36-24
| Bunn Hearn
| Lost League Finals
|
1935
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| semipro
|
| 41-26
| Bunn Hearn
| League Champs
|
1936
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| semipro
|
| 40-32
| Herschel Caldwell
| Lost League Finals
|
1937
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
| St. Louis Cardinals
| 32-65
| Bess/Taylor
|
|
1938
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
| St. Louis Cardinals
| 60-50
| Tommy West
| Lost in 1st round
|
1939
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
| St. Louis Cardinals
| 65-59
| Henry/Lucas/Herring
| Lost League Finals
|
1940
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
|
| 63-60
| Sothern/Aerette
| Lost League Finals
|
1941
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
|
| 42-77
| McHenry/DeMasi
|
|
1946
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
|
| 67-56
| Frank Rodgers
| Lost League Finals
|
1947
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
| Atlanta Crackers
| 74-65
| Steve Collins
| League Champs
|
1948
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
|
| 80-59
| Steve Collins
| Lost League Finals
|
1949
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
|
| 74-64
| Steve Collins
| Lost League Finals
|
1950
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
| Boston Red Sox
| 70-68
| Wally Millies
| Lost League Finals
|
1951
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
|
| 79-47
| Wes Livengood
| Lost in 1st round
|
1952
| Eagles
| Coastal Plain
| D
| Detroit Tigers
| 76-47
| Wayne Blackburn
| Lost in 1st round
|
1956
| Eagles
| Carolina
| B
| Pittsburgh Pirates
| 66-87
| Paepke/Taylor
|
|
1957
| Eagles
| Carolina
| B
| Washington Senators
| 5-15
| Pete Suder
| DNF
|
1962
| Eagles
| Carolina
| B
| Pittsburgh Pirates
| 83-57
| Pete Peterson
| League Champs
|
1963
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| Pittsburgh Pirates
| 77-66
| Pete Peterson
| Lost in 1st round
|
1964
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| Pittsburgh Pirates
| 79-59
| Pete Peterson
| Lost in 1st round
|
1965
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| Pittsburgh Pirates
| 72-71
| Bob Clear
|
|
1966
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| Atlanta Braves
| 76-63
| Andy Pafko
| Lost in 1st round
|
1967
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| Atlanta Braves
| 60-75
| Andy Pafko
|
|
1968
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| New York Yankees
| 62-75
| Bob Bauer
|
|
1969
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| New York Yankees
| 74-68
| Gene Hassell
| Lost in 1st round
|
1970
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| New York Yankees
| 72-65
| Alex Cosmidis
|
|
1971
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| New York Yankees
| 83-52
| Gene Hassell
| Lost League Finals
|
1972
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| New York Yankees
| 73-64
| Gene Hassell
| Lost League Finals
|
1973
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| Co-op
| 68-69
| Gene Hassell
|
|
1974
| Expos
| Carolina
| High-A
| Montreal Expos
| 38-93
| Jack Damaska
|
|
1978
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
|
| 57-77
| Leo Mazzone
|
|
1979
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| Toronto Blue Jays
| 67-69
| Duane Larson
|
|
1980
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| Toronto Blue Jays
| 69-69
| Dennis Holmberg
|
|
1981
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| Toronto Blue Jays
| 72-68
| John McLaren
| Lost in 1st round
|
1982
| Blue Jays
| Carolina
| High-A
| Toronto Blue Jays
| 76-59
| John McLaren
|
|
1983
| Blue Jays
| Carolina
| High-A
| Toronto Blue Jays
| 62-76
| Clark/Ault
|
|
1984
| Blue Jays
| Carolina
| High-A
| Toronto Blue Jays
| 71-69
| Doug Ault
|
|
1985
| Blue Jays
| Carolina
| High-A
| Toronto Blue Jays
| 64-73
| Grady Little
| Lost in 1st round
|
1986
| Eagles
| Carolina
| High-A
| Co-op
| 60-75
| Dave Trembley
|
|
1987
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 75-65
| Mike Hargrove
| Lost League Finals
|
1988
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 88-52
| Glenn Adams
| League Champs
|
1989
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 76-60
| Ken Bolek
|
|
1990
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 88-47
| Brian Graham
| Lost League Finals
|
1991
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 89-49
| Brian Graham
| League Champs
|
1992
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 65-71
| Dave Keller
|
|
1993
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 71-67
| Dave Keller
| Lost in 1st round
|
1994
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 60-78
| Dave Keller
|
|
1995
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 81-56
| Gordon Mackenzie
| League Champs
|
1996
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 76-62
| Jack Mull
| Lost League Finals
|
1997
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 87-53
| Joel Skinner
| Lost League Finals
|
1998
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 69-71
| Mako Oliveras
|
|
1999
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 79-58
| Eric Wedge
| Lost in 1st round
|
2000
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 68-69
| Brad Komminsk
|
|
2001
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 89-51
| Brad Komminsk
| Lost in 1st round
|
2002
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 74-65
| Ted Kubiak
| Lost League Finals
|
2003
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 73-66
| Torey Lovullo
| Lost in 1st round
|
2004
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 88-50
| Torey Lovullo
| League Champs
|
2005
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 76-64
| Luis Rivera
| Lost League Finals
|
2006
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 85-54
| Mike Sarbaugh
| League Champs
|
2007
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 87-52
| Mike Sarbaugh
| Lost in 1st round
|
2008
| Indians
| Carolina
| High-A
| Cleveland Indians
| 72-66
| Chris Tremie
|
|
TABLE NOTES:
- The record for the 1938 team above were the actual wins and losses for that team. An ineligible player scandal caused the league office to award or take away wins and losses from teams based on their violations of the rules. The "official" adjusted record at the end of the season was 64-45.
- DNF = Did Not Finish season.
- Sources [53] [54] [55] [56]
No Hitters
- Jim Meade (6/12/1926) vs the Petersburg Broncos [57]
- Eddie Nowak (7/31/1939) vs the New Bern Bears [58]
- Conrad Noessel (6/11/1966) vs the Tidewater Tides (7 innings) [59]
- William Olsen (5/11/1970) vs the Burlington Senators
- Bob Elliott (6/14/1970) vs the Lynchburg Twins (7 innings)
- Oscar Muñoz (5/26/1991) vs the Prince William Cannons
- Paul Byrd, Scott Morgan, and Mike Soper (8/23/1991) vs the Prince William Cannons
- Jason Rakers (6/4/1997) vs the Durham Bulls (7 inning game)
- Keith Ramsey (9/6/2004) vs the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (perfect game)
Current roster
|
Players
| Coaches/Other
|
Starting rotation
Bullpen
|
| Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
|
| Manager
Coaches
† Disabled list
‡ Reserve list
§ Suspended list
|
See also
- List of Kinston baseball people
- Grainger Stadium
- Carolina League
Bibliography
Autobiographies and biographies
League histories
Newspapers
- - Issues for the 1908 season do not exist. Issues for all other seasons are available on microfilm at Lenoir Community College.
Official sources
- - Programs are also referred to as yearbooks.
- Over the years, this publication has also been known as Carolina League Media Guide and Record Book
and Carolina League Directory and Record Book
Footnotes
- Kinston Has a Rich Tradition in Baseball
- Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide
- College Coach Is New Manager Local Club; Suggs Quits
- Kinston Takes A Franchise In Virginia League; Plans To Buy Petersburg Players
- Baseball Club's To Improve Park And Get Manager
- Ball Club Given Name of Eagles; Choice Of Heads
- The History of the Virginia League
- The Ferrell Brothers of Baseball
- Baseball Goes to War
- The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, second ed.
- We Would Have Played Forever: The Story of the Coastal Plain Baseball League
- Charlie Keller Statistics
- Separating the Men From the Boys: The First Half-Century of the Carolina League
- A Well-Paid Slave
- The Negro Leagues Revisited
- Hitters Have Big Night as Play Gets Underway in Carolina Loop
- Separating the Men From the Boys
- Separating the Men From the Boys
- The Fans Own The Expos
- Separating the Men From the Boys
- Separating the Men From the Boys
- Separating the Men From the Boys
- Separating the Men From the Boys
- Separating the Men From the Boys
- Charles Scores One For the Home Team:
After 23-Year Effort, County Gets Its Ballpark
- Separating the Men From the Boys
- The Name of the Game: The Business of Sports
- Mayor's Committee For Professional Baseball
- Tourism Development Authority grants funds
- Third time charm for Kinston, GM Massengill
- Massengill new GM of K-Tribe
- Indians promote Hays to AGM
- Front Office Staff
- K-Tribe clinches first-half title
- Kinston's New Stadium
- Stadium for All Municipal Functions, Kinston, N. C.
- Pat Crawford MVP Award
- My Weekend In Toronto: A Dream Comes True For The Blue Jays Batboy
- The Tex Drake Award
- Steve Gaydek Award
- The Lewis B. McAvery Award
- K-Tribe mascot is a hit
- Blue Jay Staff
- Diamond Days: Life In Minor League Baseball
- The Golden Corral Lady Jays
- Tribe Talk Returns To Television
- Dreaming Big in the Carolina League
- In Kinston: 'Mama' always has room for her players
- Guidry
- Perfect I'm Not: Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball
- Indians Scoreboard Operator Became a Legend in Carolina League
- Keeping the Indians up and running
- The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, second ed.
- Title Unavailable
- We Would Have Played Forever: The Story of the Coastal Plain Baseball League
- ''Carolina League Media Guide and Record Book''
- The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, second ed.
- We Would Have Played Forever: The Story of the Coastal Plain Baseball League
- ''Carolina League Media Guide and Record Book''
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