The Coastal Plain League (CPL) is a wood-bat collegiate summer league, featuring college players recruited from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from a Class D minor league baseball league which operated in the area from 1937 to 1952. The modern league was formed with six teams in 1997. The league has expanded over the years with teams across North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, with the 2016 addition of the Savannah Bananas being the most recent addition. Macon, Georgia will field a Coastal Plain League team beginning in 2018.
Video Coastal Plain League
History
Founding
The league was founded in 1997 by Pete Bock. Bock conceived the idea in the early 1990s while traveling long distances to the Valley Baseball League in Virginia to see his son, Jeff, play summer baseball. Bock, an experienced sports executive, wanted a collegiate summer league closer to his home. He acted on this and the Coastal Plain league began play for the 1997 season.
Past champions
Petitt Cup years
Playoff seedings based on overall record, so division champions listed are based on overall record.
Pre-Petitt Cup
Maps Coastal Plain League
Teams
Former teams
- Raleigh Red Wolves (1997, moved to Florence)
- Rocky Mount Rockfish (1997-98)
- Durham Braves (1997-2000, renamed Durham Americans)
- Durham Americans (2001-03, formerly Durham Braves)
- Spartanburg Stingers (2003-07, moved to Forest City)
- New Bern River Rats (2005-07, relocated franchise to Morehead City in 2010)
- Outer Banks Daredevils (1997-2011)
- Petersburg Generals (2000-2016, relocated franchise to Macon in 2018)
Future teams
- Macon Bacon (2018)
References
External links
- Official site
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