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 teams that have been based in Kinston, North Carolina
Kinston, North Carolina
Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,688 at the 2000 census. The population was estimated at 22,360 in 2008. It has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791 . Kinston is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks...

. These teams were:
  • The Kinston Indians
    Kinston Indians
    The Kinston Indians were a minor league baseball team of the Carolina League , and the High-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. They were located in Kinston, North Carolina, and were named for their parent club...

     (1987–Present)
  • The Kinston Eagles (1925–1973, 1978–1981, 1986)
  • The Kinston Blue Jays (1982–1985)
  • The Kinston Expos (1974)
  • The Kinston Highwaymen (1922)
  • The Kinston Robins (1921)
  • The 1908 Eastern Carolina League
    Eastern Carolina League
    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: 1908-1910 and a revival of the league in 1928-1929. It was classified as a "D" league....

     Kinston team

Players

The following is a select list of notable alumni who played in at least one game for at least one of Kinston's minor league teams from 1908 to the present.

  • Beau Allred
    Beau Allred
    Dale Le Beau Allred is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played three seasons for the Cleveland Indians between 1989 and 1991.-College and minor leagues:...

  • Frank Armstrong
    Frank A. Armstrong
    Frank Alton Armstrong, Jr. was a brigadier general in the United States Army Air Forces and the inspiration for the main character in the novel and subsequent film, Twelve O'Clock High. After the war he became a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.Armstrong was born in Hamilton,...

  • Ken Aspromonte
    Ken Aspromonte
    Kenneth Joseph Aspromonte is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who had a seven-year career from 1957 to 1963. He played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Angels of the American League, and the Milwaukee Braves and Chicago...

  • Michael Aubrey
    Michael Aubrey
    Robert Michael Aubrey is an American baseball player currently in the Washington Nationals organization.-Amateur:He attended Southwood High School were he won Louisiana Baseball player of the year....

  • Bruce Aven
    Bruce Aven
    David Bruce Aven is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Aven attended and played baseball for the Lamar University Cardinals....

  • Mike Bacsik
    Mike Bacsik (left-handed pitcher)
    -External links:**...

  • Danys Báez
    Danys Báez
    Danys Báez González is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Báez has previously played for the Cleveland Indians , Tampa Bay Devil Rays , Los Angeles Dodgers , Atlanta Braves , Baltimore Orioles , and Philadelphia Phillies .-Cleveland Indians:Báez was signed by the Cleveland...

  • Jesse Barfield
    Jesse Barfield
    Jesse Lee Barfield is a former Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees . He batted and threw right-handed. He lived in Tenafly, a suburb of New York City.Barfield was well known for his powerful, accurate throwing arm...

  • Red Barron
    Red Barron
    David Irenus "Red" Barron was a three-sport letterwinner at Georgia Tech. He was named All American twice, All-Southern Conference three times, and was an inductee to Tech's Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. He played baseball professionally with the Boston Braves in 1929...

  • Brian Barton
    Brian Barton
    Brian Deon Barton is a Major League Baseball outfielder, who is currently with the Cincinnati Reds.-Early life:...

  • Kash Beauchamp
    Kash Beauchamp
    James Kash Beauchamp is the son of Jim Beauchamp, and a former minor league baseball outfielder and manager. Beauchamp originally attended Grove High School in Oklahoma and then Bacone College...

  • David Bell
    David Bell (baseball)
    David Michael Bell is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who is currently the manager of the Triple-A Louisville Bats...

  • Albert Belle
    Albert Belle
    Albert Jojuan Belle is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles...

  • Tony Bernazard
    Tony Bernazard
    Antonio Bernazard Garcia is a former Major League Baseball player and former executive in the New York Mets organization...

  • Harry Berrios
    Harry Berrios
    Harry Berrios is a former professional baseball player who is now an assistant coach for Davenport University. He usually played left field, or Designated Hitter, but in the 2006 season, Berrios played at 1st base for a few games due to the retirement of Jon Benick. He played for the Winnipeg...

  • Gerónimo Berroa
    Gerónimo Berroa
    Gerónimo Emiliano Berroa is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played for nine Major League Baseball teams from 1989 to 2000, and also played one seasion in the Korea Baseball Organization in 2002.Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1983, he quickly worked his...

  • Todd Betts
    Todd Betts
    Todd Betts is a Canadian baseball first baseman and a third baseman. He was part of Team Canada in the 2004 Summer Olympics who finished in fourth place.In 2003, he played for Yakult Swallows in Japan...

  • Steve Blass
    Steve Blass
    Stephen Robert "Steve" Blass is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher and a current broadcast announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-Playing career:Blass was born in Canaan, Connecticut...

  • Ron Blomberg
    Ron Blomberg
    Ronald Mark Blomberg , nicknamed Boomer, is a former Major League Baseball designated hitter, first baseman, and right fielder...

  • Pat Borders
    Pat Borders
    Patrick Lance Borders is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who is best remembered for being the Most Valuable Player in the 1992 World Series. Borders also won an Olympic Games gold medal with the United States' baseball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...

  • Frank Bork
    Frank Bork
    Frank Bernard Bork was a major league baseball pitcher.Bork was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1960. He spent several years in their farm system before breaking into the big leagues...

  • Don Bosch
    Don Bosch
    Donald John "Don" Bosch was a Major League Baseball player and minor league baseball all-star....

  • Russell Branyan
    Russell Branyan
    Russell Oles Branyan is a Major League Baseball first baseman. He throws right-handed, bats left-handed, and primarily plays first base, but is capable of playing third base and the outfield. Branyan began his professional career in the Cleveland Indians minor league system...

  • Jamie Brewington
    Jamie Brewington
    Jamie Chancellor Brewington is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Brewington played for the San Francisco Giants in 1995 and the Cleveland Indians in 2000.-External links:...

  • Jamie Brown
    Jamie Brown (baseball)
    Jamie Monroe Brown is a relief pitcher formerly in Major League Baseball, who is currently a free agent. He bats and throws right-handed.Brown played briefly for the Boston Red Sox in the season...

  • Jordan Brown
  • Mark Budzinski
    Mark Budzinski
    Mark Joseph Budzinski is a former American Major League Baseball player. An outfielder, Budzinski played in four games for the Cincinnati Reds in . He last played professional baseball in ....

  • Paul Byrd
    Paul Byrd
    Paul Gregory Byrd is an American professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher who is currently a free agent. He pitched in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009. He is known as being the "nicest guy in baseball"...

  • Tim Byrdak
    Tim Byrdak
    Timothy Christopher Byrdak is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the New York Mets. His previous major league experience came from to , when Byrdak played for the Kansas City Royals, an injury-plagued stint with the Baltimore Orioles, and one year with the Detroit Tigers.After playing for...

  • Fernando Cabrera
  • José Cabrera
  • Cam Cairncross
    Cam Cairncross
    Cameron Cairncross is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who debuted for the Cleveland Indians on 20 July, , and pitched his final game on 1 October of that same season....

  • Willie Cañate
    Willie Cañate
    Willie Cañate [cah-NYAH-tay] is a former Major League Baseball left fielder and right-handed batter who played for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993...

  • Fausto Carmona
    Fausto Carmona
    Fausto C. Carmona is a right-handed pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. Carmona made his major league debut with the Indians on April 15, 2006...


  • Sean Casey
  • Tony Castillo
    Tony Castillo
    Antonio José Castillo [cas-TEEL-lyo] is a former Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher who played for the Toronto Blue Jays , Atlanta Braves , New York Mets and Chicago White Sox .In 430-game career, Castillo compiled a 28-23 record with 333 strikeouts and a 3.93 ERA in 526...

  • John Cerutti
    John Cerutti
    John Joseph Cerutti was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, and later a broadcaster for the Toronto Blue Jays.-Playing career:...

  • Ryan Church
  • Bartolo Colón
    Bartolo Colón
    Bartolo Colón is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2009 and again in 2011...

  • "Pat" Crawford
    Pat Crawford (baseball)
    Clifford Rankin "Pat" Crawford, a.k.a. "Captain Pat", was a major league baseball player. Crawford went to Davidson College...

  • Jack Cressend
    Jack Cressend
    John Baptiste "Jack" Cressend III is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Cressend played for the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians .-External links:...

  • Trevor Crowe
    Trevor Crowe
    Trevor Thornton Crowe is a Major League Baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Indians organization. He was born on the same day as major league stars Ryan Braun and Nick Markakis....

  • Jim Crowell
    Jim Crowell
    James Everette Crowell is an American Major League Baseball pitcher who has played with the Cincinnati Reds , Philadelphia Phillies , and Florida Marlins . Crowell played in the Toronto Blue Jays organization in ....

  • Eric Crozier
    Eric Crozier (baseball)
    Eric Le Roi Crozier is an American Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder who played for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the independent Atlantic League. Crozier played for the Toronto Blue Jays in . He was purchased by the Baltimore Orioles on Friday, June 19, 2009...

  • Francisco Cruceta
    Francisco Cruceta
    Francisco Alberto Cruceta is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher and former starting pitcher for the Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization.-Los Angeles Dodgers:...

  • Jason Davis
  • Roland de la Maza
    Roland de la Maza
    Roland de la Maza is a former Major League Baseball player who played one game for the Kansas City Royals in 1997. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 15th round of the 1993 amateur draft. On August 30, 1997 he was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Kansas City Royals for Bip Roberts...

  • Kyle Denney
    Kyle Denney
    Kyle Dean Denney is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Denney played for the Cleveland Indians in ....

  • Sean DePaula
    Sean DePaula
    Sean Michael DePaula is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, DePaula played for the Cleveland Indians appearing in major league games in , , and . In , DePaula played 10 games for the Cincinnati Reds Triple-A affiliate, the Louisville Bats.-External links:**...

  • Einar Diaz
    Einar Diaz
    Einar Antonio Díaz is a former Major League Baseball catcher.Díaz was called up in by the Cleveland Indians to back up then-starting catcher Sandy Alomar, Jr. He played sparingly from 1996-, and in he got his first starting job with the Indians due to an injury to Alomar...

  • Jerry Dipoto
    Jerry Dipoto
    Gerard Peter Dipoto , is a former professional baseball player and an executive who currently serves as the General Manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He served as interim GM of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010.-Early life:Dipoto played high school baseball at Toms River High School North...

  • Ryan Drese
    Ryan Drese
    Ryan Thomas Drese is an American professional baseball pitcher currently in the Houston Astros organization. He is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley and Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California....

  • Cameron Drew
    Cameron Drew
    Cameron Drew is an American former professional baseball player. He made his Major League Baseball debut on September 9, 1988...

  • Tim Drew
    Tim Drew
    Timothy Andrew Drew is a former American Major League Baseball player.-Baseball career:The brother of MLB players J. D. Drew and Stephen Drew, Tim was a pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians , Montreal Expos , and Atlanta Braves .He was named the Indians' 1999 Minor League Player of the Year...

  • Travis Driskill
    Travis Driskill
    Travis Corey Driskill is a retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 215 pounds. He bats and throws right-handed...

  • Mike Edwards
  • Dock Ellis
    Dock Ellis
    Dock Phillip Ellis, Jr. was a professional baseball player who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, among other teams in Major League Baseball. His best season was 1971, when he won 19 games for the World Series champion Pirates and was the starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star...

  • Alan Embree
    Alan Embree
    Alan Duane Embree is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. Previously, Embree played with the Cleveland Indians , Atlanta Braves , Arizona Diamondbacks , San Francisco Giants , Chicago White Sox , San Diego Padres , Boston Red Sox , New York...

  • Tony Fernández
    Tony Fernández
    Octavio Antonio Fernández Castro , better known as Tony Fernández, is a former Major League Baseball player most noted for his defensive skills setting a record for shortstops with a .992 fielding percentage in 1989.-Career:...

  • Rick Ferrell
    Rick Ferrell
    Richard Benjamin Ferrell was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and executive. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from to for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators. Ferrell was regarded as one of the best catchers in baseball during the...

  • Cecil Fielder
    Cecil Fielder
    Cecil Grant Fielder is a former professional baseball player who was a noted power hitter in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas . He played with the Toronto Blue Jays , Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , Anaheim Angels and Cleveland Indians...

  • Ryan Garko
    Ryan Garko
    Ryan Francis Garko is a professional baseball outfielder, first baseman, and designated hitter, who plays for the Samsung Lions of the Korean Baseball Organization. In college, he was a catcher. He has played for the Cleveland Indians, the San Francisco Giants, and the Texas Rangers in Major...

  • Wayne Garrett
    Wayne Garrett
    Ronald Wayne Garrett was the New York Mets starting third baseman from 1972 through 1975. Garrett also saw occasional duty as a second baseman and as a shortstop....

  • Brian Giles
    Brian Giles
    Brian Stephen Giles is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. During his career he played for the Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres...

  • Carden Gillenwater
    Carden Gillenwater
    Carden Edison Gillenwater was a Major League Baseball center fielder. A native of Riceville, Tennessee, he played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Brooklyn Dodgers , Boston Braves , and Washington Senators .Gillenwater made his major league debut on September 22, 1940 with the St. Louis Cardinals...

  • Chris Gimenez
    Chris Gimenez
    Christopher Paul Gimenez , is an American Major League Baseball catcher and outfielder for the Seattle Mariners.-Career:Gimenez went to Gilroy High School, in Gilroy, California, and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 34th round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not...

  • Mike Glavine
    Mike Glavine
    Michael Patrick Glavine was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the New York Mets in 2003. He is the brother of Tom Glavine. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 22nd round of the 1995 amateur draft...

  • Luis González

  • Danny Graves
    Danny Graves
    Daniel Peter Graves is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Born to an American serviceman father and a Vietnamese mother, he is the only Vietnam-born player in the history of the major leagues, and one of the few Vietnamese-American players...

  • Tyler Green
    Tyler Green
    Tyler Scott Green , is a retired professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1993-1998.-External links:...

  • Lee Gronkiewicz
    Lee Gronkiewicz
    Lee Matthew Gronkiewicz is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Lee played for 8 seasons in the minor leagues. He played in the MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays. He is the current head coach of the Columbia Blowfish and the pitching coach for University of South Carolina Lancaster. Lee is...

  • Mario Guerrero
    Mario Guerrero
    Mario Miguel Guerrero Abud is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for four teams in an eight-year career from to .Guerrero signed with the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in...

  • Ron Guidry
    Ron Guidry
    Ronald Ames Guidry , nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the New York Yankees...

  • Jason Hardtke
    Jason Hardtke
    Jason Robert Hardtke is a former Major League Baseball second baseman.Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft, Hardtke made his major league debut debut with the New York Mets on September 8, , and appear in his final game on July 13, .He also...

  • Gene Hermanski
    Gene Hermanski
    Eugene Victor Hermanski was a Major League Baseball outfielder. A native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he attended Seton Hall University....

  • Pep Harris
    Pep Harris
    Hernando Petrocelli "Pep" Harris is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Harris played for the California/Anaheim Angels from 1996 to 1998.-Baseball career:...

  • Alex Herrera
    Alex Herrera
    Alexander Jose Herrera is a retired Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher. His only major league experience came with the Cleveland Indians ....

  • Glenallen Hill
    Glenallen Hill
    Glenallen Hill is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for 13 seasons. Hill played with the Toronto Blue Jays , Cleveland Indians , Chicago Cubs San Francisco Giants , Seattle Mariners , New York Yankees , and Anaheim Angels...

  • Trey Hillman
    Trey Hillman
    Thomas Brad "Trey" Hillman is the current bench coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has previously been the manager of both the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League and the Kansas City Royals in the American League.-Playing career:Hillman signed with the Cleveland Indians in...

  • Joe Horgan
    Joe Horgan
    Joseph Paul Horgan is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played at Sacramento City College and graduated from Cordova High School....

  • Gene Host
    Gene Host
    Eugene Earl Host was a major league baseball pitcher and minor league all-star....

  • Tom House
    Tom House
    Thomas Ross House is a former left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball, as well as an author and a pitching coach.-Player:...

  • Joe Inglett
    Joe Inglett
    Joseph Steven Inglett is an American professional baseball utility player who is a free agent.-Cleveland Indians:He made his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians on June 21, ....

  • Maicer Izturis
    Maicer Izturis
    Maicer Eduardo Izturis is a Major League Baseball third baseman, second baseman, and shortstop for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is a switch-hitter and throws right-handed...

  • Charlie Keller
    Charlie Keller
    Charles Ernest "Charlie" Keller was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1939 through 1952, Keller played for the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers...

  • Pat Kelly
  • Joe Kerrigan
    Joe Kerrigan
    Joseph Thomas Kerrigan is a former relief pitcher, manager and longtime pitching coach in Major League Baseball.-Biography:...

  • George Kopshaw
  • Kevin Kouzmanoff
    Kevin Kouzmanoff
    Kevin Kouzmanoff is an American professional baseball third baseman who is a free agent.Kouzmanoff had trouble with various sports in high school. He got special help for batting practice, just to learn how to swing a bat for three years, implementing a swing...

  • Aaron Laffey
    Aaron Laffey
    Aaron Steven Laffey is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. He made his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians in .-Cleveland Indians:...

  • Juan Lara
    Juan Lara
    Juan Manuel Lara is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization...

  • Vern Law
    Vern Law
    Vernon Sanders Law is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for 16 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-Career:Law was a member of the National League All Star Team in...

  • Terry Leach
  • Cliff Lee
    Cliff Lee
    Clifton Phifer "Cliff" Lee is a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. Lee has also played for the Cleveland Indians, the Seattle Mariners, and the Texas Rangers....

  • Curtis Leskanic
  • Jesse Levis
    Jesse Levis
    Jesse Levis is an American Major League Baseball scout and former Major League Baseball player...

  • Jensen Lewis
    Jensen Lewis
    Jensen Daniel Lewis is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. Jensen stands at 6'3" and weighs 220 pounds. Jensen was selected 102nd overall at the 2005 MLB Draft...

  • Mark Lewis
  • Scott Lewis
  • Nelson Liriano
    Nelson Liriano
    Nelson Arturo Liriano Bonilla is a former Major League baseball player. He played for various teams from 1987 to 1998 batting a career average of .260 over those 11 seasons. In 1999, he played in one game for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan.Before turning professional, Liriano played amateur...

  • Chuck Lofgren
  • Carl Long
    Carl Long (baseball)
    Carl Long is a former outfielder in Negro league and minor league baseball who, along with Frank Washington, broke the color barrier in the Carolina League city of Kinston, North Carolina. Long made his debut for the Kinston Eagles on April 17, 1956. During the year, he hit .291 with 18 home runs...


  • Albie López
    Albie Lopez
    Albert Anthony "Albie" Lopez is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He graduated from Mesa Community College. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 20th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft. Lopez was selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the second round of the expansion...

  • Héctor Luna
    Héctor Luna
    Héctor R. Luna is a Dominican professional baseball infielder. He is primarily an infielder, but has played every position at the major league level except pitcher and catcher....

  • Ever Magallanes
    Ever Magallanes
    Everardo "Ever" Magallanes Espinoza is a former major league baseball player and all-star minor league player...

  • Dennis Malavé
    Dennis Malavé
    Dennis Malavé is a Major League Baseball bullpen catcher for the Cleveland Indians.-References:...

  • Fred Manrique
    Fred Manrique
    Fred Eloy Manrique Reyes [man-RE-kay] is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Toronto Blue Jays , Montreal Expos , St. Louis Cardinals , Chicago White Sox , Texas Rangers , Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics...

  • J.D. Martin
  • Tippy Martinez
    Tippy Martinez
    Felix Anthony Martinez , is a retired professional baseball pitcher. Martinez, who threw left-handed, pitched fourteen seasons in Major League Baseball between 1974 and 1988, primarily as a relief pitcher...

  • Víctor Martínez
  • Willie Martínez
  • Tom Mastny
    Tom Mastny
    Thomas Raymond Mastny is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who plays in the Florida Marlins organization. He is pitching with Class AAA New Orleans Zephyrs. He stands 6 feet, 6 inches in height and weighs 220 pounds...

  • Frank McCue
    Frank McCue
    Frank Aloysius McCue was an American professional baseball player. He played two games in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1922 as a third baseman.-References:...

  • John McDonald
  • Fred McGriff
    Fred McGriff
    Frederick Stanley McGriff is a left-handed former Major League Baseball player who starred for several teams from the mid-1980s until the early 2000s. A power-hitting first baseman with a tall, lanky build, the five-time All-Star became, in , the first player since the dead-ball era to lead both...

  • Greg McMichael
    Greg McMichael
    Gregory Winston McMichael , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in relief in the Major Leagues from 1993-2000....

  • Doc Medich
    Doc Medich
    George Francis "Doc" Medich in Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1972-1982...

  • Jose Mesa
    José Mesa
    José Ramón Nova Mesa [MAY-sah] is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. His nickname was "Joe Table," the literal translation of his name in the English language....

  • Gene Michael
  • Adam Miller
  • Tyler Minges
    Tyler Minges
    Tyler Reid Minges is an outfielder who currently plays in the Boston Red Sox organization with the Pawtucket Red Sox.*...

  • Dustan Mohr
    Dustan Mohr
    Dustan Kyle Mohr is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who currently plays for the independent Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed....

  • Carl Morton
    Carl Morton
    Carl Wendle Morton was a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos and Atlanta Braves...

  • Edward Mujica
    Edward Mujica
    Edward José Mujica [moo-HE-cah] is a right-handed relief pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball.-Cleveland Indians:Mujica originally signed with the Cleveland Indians as an undrafted free agent in...

  • Oscar Muñoz
    Oscar Muñoz (baseball)
    Juan Oscar Muñoz is a former major league baseball pitcher.Muñoz attended the University of Miami and was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the fifth round of the 1990 amateur draft. He played in the Cleveland farm system until 1991...

  • Jeff Mutis
    Jeff Mutis
    Jeff Mutis is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher.Mutis was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 34th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign. He was subsequently drafted by the Indians in the 1st round of the 1988 amateur draft...

  • Charles Nagy
    Charles Nagy
    Charles Harrison Nagy is an American former Major League Baseball All-Star right-handed pitcher who played for 14 seasons in the major leagues from to , mostly with the Cleveland Indians, and currently serves as the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.-Early life and amateur career:Nagy...

  • Wayne Nordhagen
    Wayne Nordhagen
    Wayne Oren Nordhagen is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played eight seasons in the majors for the Chicago White Sox , Toronto Blue Jays , Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs .Drafted by the New York Yankees in 1968, Nordhagen played in 502 games in his eight...

  • Jon Nunnally
    Jon Nunnally
    Jonathan Keith Nunnally is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played in the major leagues from 1995-2000...

  • Rouglas Odor
    Rouglas Odor
    Rouglas Odor is a minor league baseball manager and former all-star minor league player.Odor was a shortstop in the Cleveland Indians organization from 1988 to 1994. In 1990, he made the Carolina League all-star team representing the Kinston Indians. Odor played in the Milwaukee Brewers...

  • Chad Ogea
    Chad Ogea
    Chad Wayne Ogea is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He made his MLB debut in and played his final game in .-Professional playing career:...

  • Steve Olin
    Steve Olin
    Steven Robert Olin was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four seasons in the American League with the Cleveland Indians. In 195 career games, Olin pitched 273 innings and posted a win–loss record of 16–19, with 48 saves, 118 games finished, and a 3.10 earned...

  • Jhonny Peralta
    Jhonny Peralta
    Jhonny Antonio Peralta is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. He previously played with the Cleveland Indians.-Playing career:...

  • Rafael Pérez
  • Chan Perry
    Chan Perry
    Chan Everett Perry is an American former Major League Baseball player. An infielder and outfielder, Perry played for the Cleveland Indians in and Kansas City Royals in .-External links:**...

  • Herbert Perry
    Herbert Perry
    Herbert Edward Perry, Jr. is a former American college and professional baseball player who was an infielder in Major League Baseball for all or part of nine season during the 1990s and 2000s...

  • Robert Person
    Robert Person
    Robert Alan Person is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played 9 seasons in Major League Baseball: two for the New York Mets, two and a half for the Toronto Blue Jays, three and a half for the Philadelphia Phillies, and only 7 games pitched for the Boston Red Sox in the last year of his...


  • Simon Pond
    Simon Pond
    Simon Emilio Pond is a former Canadian first baseman, third baseman, and outfielder in Major League Baseball. He was originally selected by the Montreal Expos in the 8th round of the 1994 amateur draft , and played in the Expos' farm system until 2000, when he was traded to the Cleveland Indians...

  • Jim Price
    Jim Price (baseball)
    Jimmie William Price is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Detroit Tigers from 1967 to 1973...

  • Alex Ramirez
    Alex Ramírez
    Alexander Ramón Ramírez is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who currently plays for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates...

  • Manny Ramírez
    Manny Ramírez
    Manuel "Manny" Arístides Ramírez Onelcida is a retired Dominican-American professional baseball outfielder. He was recognized for great batting skill and power, a nine-time Silver Slugger and one of 25 players to hit 500 career home runs. Ramirez's 21 grand slams are third all-time, and his 28...

  • Max Ramírez
    Max Ramírez
    Maximiliano R. Ramírez is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.-Atlanta Braves:...

  • Ken Ramos
    Ken Ramos
    Kenneth Cecil Ramos is a former Major League Baseball player and all-star minor league player. He played in 14 games for the Houston Astros in ....

  • Shane Rawley
    Shane Rawley
    Shane William Rawley is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors, from 1978 through 1989, for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, and Minnesota Twins.Rawley was selected to the National League All-Star team in 1986 as...

  • Art Reinholz
    Art Reinholz
    Arthur August Reinholz was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians for two games during the 1928 Cleveland Indians season.-External links:...

  • Paul Rigdon
    Paul Rigdon
    Paul David Rigdon is a former American professional baseball player who was a pitcher for two Major League Baseball seasons. Rigdon played for the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers from to ....

  • David Riske
    David Riske
    David Richard Riske is a Major League Baseball Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher.-Career:Riske was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 56th round of the June amateur draft...

  • Ira Rodgers
    Ira Rodgers
    -External links:*...

  • Pete Rose, Jr.
  • C. C. Sabathia
  • Carl Sadler
    Carl Sadler
    William Carl Sadler is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Sadler played for the Cleveland Indians in and ....

  • Mike Sarbaugh
    Mike Sarbaugh
    Michael "Mike" Sarbaugh is a former minor league baseball player, and is currently a minor league manager for the Columbus Clippers the AAA farm team of the Cleveland Indians. After attending Lamar University, where he was an all conference shortstop and earned a degree in kinesiology, Sarbaugh...

  • Jay Schroeder
    Jay Schroeder
    Jay Brian Schroeder is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Washington Redskins , Los Angeles Raiders , Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals .He attended Palisades High School and was a high school football teammate of actor...

  • Luke Scott
  • Marco Scutaro
    Marco Scutaro
    Marcos Hernandez "Marco" Scutaro is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. A native of Yaracuy State, Venezuela, Scutaro formerly played with the New York Mets , Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays...

  • Rudy Seanez
    Rudy Seanez
    Rudy Caballero Seánez [SEE-ah-nez] is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was the prototypical major league journeyman....

  • Richie Sexson
    Richie Sexson
    Richmond Lockwood "Big Sexy" Sexson is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for five teams from 1997 to 2008...

  • Mike Sharperson
    Mike Sharperson
    Michael Tyrone Sharperson was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Toronto Blue Jays , Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves . Sharperson batted and threw right-handed...

  • Al Shealy
    Al Shealy
    Albert Berley Shealy , was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, for the New York Yankees and for the Chicago Cubs....

  • Paul Shuey
    Paul Shuey
    Paul Kenneth Shuey , is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who last played for the Baltimore Orioles....

  • Tony Sipp
    Tony Sipp
    Tony Marcel Sipp is an American baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. Since being drafted by Cleveland in the 45th round in 2004, Sipp has played in Minor League Baseball with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, Lake County Captains, Kinston Indians, Akron Aeros, and Columbus Clippers...

  • Grady Sizemore
    Grady Sizemore
    Gradius "Grady" Sizemore III is an American professional baseball outfielder with the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball.-Early life:...

  • Brian Slocum
    Brian Slocum
    Brian John Slocum is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. After high school, he was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 14th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, but chose to attend Villanova University...

  • Roy Smith
  • Brad Snyder
  • Zach Sorensen
    Zach Sorensen
    Zach Hart Sorensen is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop.Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the amateur draft, Sorensen would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Indians on June 3,...

  • Jeremy Sowers
    Jeremy Sowers
    Jeremy Bryan Sowers is an American professional baseball pitcher. Sowers grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended Ballard High School...

  • Charlie Spikes
    Charlie Spikes
    Leslie Charles Spikes was a Major League Baseball player from 1972 to 1980 for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, and Atlanta Braves. He also played 26 games for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan in . He mostly played the outfield...

  • Jason Stanford
    Jason Stanford
    Jason John Stanford is a former left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He is a 1995 graduate of Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Arizona, a suburb of Tucson. Stanford attended Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kansas in 1996 and 1997, where he was an Academic...

  • Jeff Stevens
    Jeff Stevens
    Jeffrey Allen Stevens is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. He was originally selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the sixth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft...

  • Mark Sweeney
    Mark Sweeney
    Mark Patrick Sweeney is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. He is best known for his skill as a pinch hitter, where he ranks second in career pinch hits with 175 and first in career pinch hit runs batted in with 102....


  • Kazuhito Tadano
    Kazuhito Tadano
    is a right-handed pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League. He had previously pitched in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians.-Biography:...

  • Brian Tallet
    Brian Tallet
    Brian Curtis Tallet is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He stands 6' 6" in height. Brian Tallet pitched for the LSU Tigers and won a national championship in 2000....

  • Jim Tatum
    Jim Tatum
    James M. "Big Jim" Tatum was an American football and baseball player and coach. Tatum served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , the University of Oklahoma , and the University of Maryland, College Park , compiling a career college football record of...

  • Julián Tavárez
    Julián Tavárez
    Julián Tavárez Carmen is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.-Minor leagues :...

  • Willy Taveras
    Willy Taveras
    Willy Taveras is a Major League Baseball center fielder.-Houston Astros:Taveras played in 10 games at the end of the Astros season, mostly as a pinch runner....

  • Jim Thome
    Jim Thome
    James Howard "Jim" Thome is a Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies. He is the eighth player to hit 600 home runs in the major leagues. He is widely considered a future Hall of Famer.-Cleveland Indians :...

  • Derek Thompson
    Derek Thompson (baseball)
    Derek Ryan Thompson is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft and pitched in the Indians minor league system for the Burlington Indians , Columbus Indians and Kinston Indians...

  • George Tomer
    George Tomer
    George Clarence Tomer was an American Major League Baseball player who pinch hit for the St. Louis Browns in . Tomer had a 13 year Minor League career following his one Major League game. He was also a player-manager for the Kalamazoo Celery Pickers and the Marshalltown Ansons.-References:...

  • Wyatt Toregas
    Wyatt Toregas
    Wyatt Reeder Toregas is an American professional baseball catcher who is currently in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He attended South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia where he excelled in wrestling and golf, as well as baseball...

  • Eider Torres
    Eider Torres
    Eider Lenina Torres Sandoval is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Colorado Rockies organization....

  • Billy Traber
    Billy Traber
    William Henry "Billy" Traber, Jr. is a left-handed pitcher who is currently a free agent.-College:...

  • Jonathan Van Every
    Jonathan Van Every
    Jonathan Eugene Van Every is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who now plays for the St. Paul Saints. Van Every attended Itawamba Community College.-Baseball career:...

  • Otto Vélez
    Otto Vélez
    Otoniel "Otto" Vélez Franceschi was a Major League Baseball outfielder from to . He was nicknamed "The Swatto"....

  • Dario Veras
    Dario Veras
    Darío Antonio Veras is a former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Veras played for the San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox . Veras attempted a comeback with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2007, but ultimately was cut from the team during spring training.-External links:...

  • David Wallace
    David Wallace (catcher)
    David Huggins Wallace , is a former American professional baseball catcher. He is currently the manager of the New York-Penn League's Mahoning Valley Scrappers, the short-season "A" level minor-league affiliate of the Cleveland Indians...

  • Frank Washington
    Frank Washington
    Frank Washington is a former outfielder in minor league baseball who, along with Carl Long, broke the color barrier in the Carolina League city of Kinston, North Carolina. Washington made his debut for the Kinston Eagles on April 17, 1956. During the year, he batted .254 with 9 home runs and 40...

  • Mark Watson
    Mark Watson (baseball)
    Mark Bradford Watson is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Watson played for the Cleveland Indians , Seattle Mariners , and Cincinnati Reds . He also played in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp .-External links:...

  • Nick Weglarz
    Nick Weglarz
    Nicholas E. Weglarz is a Canadian professional baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Indians organization in the United States....

  • David Wells
    David Wells
    David Lee Wells , nicknamed "Boomer", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Wells was considered to be one of the game's better left-handed pitchers, especially during his years with the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays. He pitched the fifteenth perfect game in baseball history...

  • "Rocket" Wheeler
    Rocket Wheeler
    Ralph Norman "Rocket" Wheeler is a former minor league infielder and the current minor league manager for the Class AA Mississippi Braves of the Southern League. Wheeler attended the University of Houston where he obtained his nickname "Rocket" for his speed and hustle.Wheeler was drafted by the...

  • Matt White
  • Terry Whitfield
    Terry Whitfield
    Terry Bertland Whitfield is a former Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Seibu Lions of the Japanese Baseball League, and the Los Angeles Dodgers...

  • Darrell Whitmore
    Darrell Whitmore
    Darrell Lamont Whitmore is a former American Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians and Florida Marlins and was a college football and baseball player for the West Virginia Mountaineers....

  • Dan Williams
  • Enrique Wilson
    Enrique Wilson
    Enrique Wilson Marte is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He batted switch and threw right-handed....

  • Scott Winchester
    Scott Winchester
    Scott Joseph Winchester is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Winchester played for the Cincinnati Reds from to . He last played professional baseball in with the Las Vegas 51s....

  • Jaret Wright
    Jaret Wright
    Jaret Samuel Wright is an American former Major League Baseball starting pitcher, who played 10 years for five teams. He is the son of former major league pitcher Clyde Wright.-Early life and education:...

  • Johnny Wyrostek
    Johnny Wyrostek
    John Barney Wyrostek was a center fielder and right fielder mostly, who played in the MLB from 1942 through 1954. He was born in Fairmont City, Illinois and was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals out of high school...

  • Eric Yelding
    Eric Yelding
    Eric Girard Yelding , is a former Major League baseball player who was with the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs from -...

  • Eddie Zambrano
    Eduardo Zambrano
    Eduardo José Zambrano is a former Major League Baseball right fielder/first baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs . He batted and threw right-handed....



Managers

The name of each Kinston manager is followed by the years he served.

  • Glenn Adams
    Glenn Adams
    Glenn Charles Adams is a former designated hitter and corner outfielder in Major League Baseball....

     (1988)
  • William Aerette (1940)
  • Doug Ault
    Doug Ault
    Douglas Reagan Ault was a Major League Baseball first baseman/designated hitter who played for the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays . He batted right-handed and threw left-handed....

     (1983–1984)
  • Bob Bauer (1968)
  • Paul Bennett (1928)
  • Krim Bess (1937)
  • Wayne Blackburn
    Wayne Blackburn
    Wayne Tennyson Blackburn was a major league baseball coach and minor league player-manager....

     (1952)
  • Ken Bolek
    Ken Bolek
    Ken Bolek is a former minor league baseball coach, major league coach and minor league manager. He is currently an instructor for The Baseball Academy, a high level training school for elite baseball players from all levels of amateur and professional competition, run by IMG Academies.Bolek...

     (1989)
  • Herschel Caldwell (1936)
  • Ron Clark (1983)
  • Bob Clear
    Bob Clear
    Elwood Robert Clear was an American minor league baseball infielder, pitcher and manager, and a Major League coach with the California Angels. He was born in Denver, Colorado....

     (1965)
  • Steve Collins
    Steve Collins (baseball)
    Steve Collins was a minor league baseball player-manager.Infielder Collins spent eleven seasons in the minor leagues including a three year stint as the player-manager for the Kinston Eagles of the Coastal Plain League . At the time, the Eagles were an affiliate of the Atlanta Crackers...

     (1947–1949)
  • Alex Cosmidis
    Alex Cosmidis
    Alex N. Cosmidis is an American professional baseball scout. He was a minor league baseball infielder for eleven seasons, a manager for eight, and a scout since 1982....

     (1970)
  • Jack Damaska
    Jack Damaska
    Jack Lloyd Damaska was a major league baseball player, minor league baseball player and minor league manager....

     (1974)
  • Joe DeMasi (1941)
  • Brian Graham
    Brian Graham
    For the Scottish footballer, see Brian Graham Brian Graham is a former minor league baseball player, coach and manager and major league coach for the Cleveland Indians...

     (1990–1991)

  • Mike Hargrove
    Mike Hargrove
    Dudley Michael Hargrove is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. He is currently employed as an advisor with the Cleveland Indians....

     (1987)
  • Gene Hassell
    Gene Hassell
    Eugene "Gene" Hassell was a minor league baseball player and manager. He played eleven years in the minor leagues then managed for another eleven in the minors. As a player, Hassell was an infielder with a high on base percentage and speed but without power; he failed to hit a single home run in...

     (1969, 1971–1973)
  • Art Hauger
    Art Hauger
    John Arthur Hauger was a major league baseball player and scout and minor league manager.Hauger was an outfielder for the Cleveland Naps...

     (1927)
  • Bunn Hearn
    Bunn Hearn
    Charles Bunn "Bunny" Hearn was a major league baseball pitcher, major league scout, and minor league, semi-pro and college level manager.-Biography:He was born on May 21, 1891 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina....

     (1934–1935)
  • Snake Henry
    Snake Henry
    Frederick Marshall "Snake" Henry was a major league baseball first baseman and minor league manager....

     (1939)
  • Bill Herring (1939)
  • Aaron Holbert
    Aaron Holbert
    Aaron Keith Holbert is a former Major League Baseball infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds....

     (2010)
  • Dennis Holmberg
    Dennis Holmberg
    Dennis Neals Holmberg is a former minor league baseball player and major league coach. He is currently a minor league manager for the Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League....

     (1980)
  • Dave Keller
    Dave Keller
    Dave Keller was a minor league baseball player, coach and manager and major league coach for the Cleveland Indians. He is currently the minor league hitting coordinator for the Chicago Cubs farm system....

     (1992–1994)
  • Brad Komminsk
    Brad Komminsk
    Brad Komminsk , is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Despite a sterling record in the minor leagues, he never played well in the majors...

     (2000–2001)
  • Mike Konnick
    Mike Konnick
    Michael Aloysius "Mike" Kozicky was a major league baseball player and scout and a minor league manager....

     (1927)
  • Ted Kubiak
    Ted Kubiak
    Theodore Rodger Kubiak is a former switch-hitting infielder for the Kansas City Athletics, the Oakland Athletics, the Milwaukee Brewers, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Texas Rangers, and the San Diego Padres. He was a member of the Oakland Athletics teams that won three World Series in a row...

     (2002)
  • Duane Larson
    Duane Larson
    Duane Larson was a minor league baseball infielder, and is currently a major league scout and special assistant to the General Manager in the Atlanta Braves organization....

     (1979)
  • Grady Little
    Grady Little
    William Grady Little is a former manager in Major League Baseball. He managed the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2003 and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 to 2007...

     (1985)
  • Wes Livengood
    Wes Livengood
    Wesley Amos Livengood was a major league baseball pitcher and minor league baseball manager including some time as a player-manager....

     (1951)
  • Torey Lovullo
    Torey Lovullo
    Salvatore Anthony "Torey" Lovullo is a former Major League Baseball infielder and current first base coach of The Toronto Blue Jays. He was the manager of the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox. He is an alumnus of the University of California, Los Angeles...

     (2003–2004)

  • Luke Lucas (1939)
  • Gordon Mackenzie
    Gordon Mackenzie
    Henry Gordon Mackenzie is a former a Major League Baseball player. In 1956, he was signed as an amateur free agent by the Kansas City Athletics. Mackenzie made his major league debut on August 13, 1961 against the Chicago White Sox...

     (1995)
  • Leo Mazzone
    Leo Mazzone
    Leo David Mazzone is a former pitcher in minor league baseball and coach in Major League Baseball. He began working with the Atlanta Braves' organization in 1979.-Early life:...

     (1978)
  • Cowboy McHenry (1941)
  • John McLaren
    John McLaren (baseball)
    John Lowell McLaren is a former Major League Baseball coach and manager, best known for his brief tenure as manager of the Seattle Mariners, from July 1, to June 19,...

     (1981–1982)
  • Wally Millies
    Wally Millies
    Walter Louis Millies was a major league baseball player and scout and a minor league manager....

     (1950)
  • Jack Mull
    Jack Mull
    Jack Mull, was a minor league baseball catcher, a major league coach, and minor league manager, and is currently a minor league coach.-Career:...

     (1996)
  • Johnny Nee
    Johnny Nee
    John Coleman "Johnny" Nee was a major league baseball scout and a minor league player-manager....

     (1925–1926)
  • Mako Oliveras
    Mako Oliveras
    Max "Mako" Oliveras was a Minor League Baseball player and also was a minor league manager with the Binghamton Mets. Oliveras played seven seasons in the minor leagues. He was also a coach in the Major Leagues for the Chicago Cubs.In May , he took over as skipper of the independent Miami Marlins...

     (1998)
  • Jack Paepke
    Jack Paepke
    Jack Paepke was a minor league baseball pitcher and manager as well as a player-manager. He later was a major league baseball coach and scout. He was born in Provo, Utah....

     (1956)
  • Andy Pafko
    Andy Pafko
    Andrew Pafko is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1943 through 1959, Pafko played for the Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves . He batted and threw right-handed...

     (1966–1967)
  • Pete Peterson (1962–1964)
  • Luis Rivera (2005)
  • Frank Rodgers (1946)
  • Ira Rodgers
    Ira Rodgers
    -External links:*...

     (1922)
  • Clarence Roper (1929)

  • Mike Sarbaugh
    Mike Sarbaugh
    Michael "Mike" Sarbaugh is a former minor league baseball player, and is currently a minor league manager for the Columbus Clippers the AAA farm team of the Cleveland Indians. After attending Lamar University, where he was an all conference shortstop and earned a degree in kinesiology, Sarbaugh...

     (2006–2007)
  • Joel Skinner
    Joel Skinner
    Joel Patrick Skinner is a former Major League Baseball catcher and former third base coach of the Cleveland Indians. Skinner was dismissed effective with the end of the 2009 season on September 30, 2009. He is the son of Bob Skinner, a National League outfielder in the 1950s and '60s...

     (1997)
  • Denny Sothern
    Denny Sothern
    Dennis Elwood "Denny" Sothern, was a major league baseball player and a minor league manager....

     (1940)
  • Pete Suder
    Pete Suder
    Peter Suder , nicknamed "Pecky," was an American professional baseball player, a utility infielder for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics . He was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania....

     (1957)
  • George Suggs
    George Suggs
    George Franklin Suggs was a major league baseball pitcher....

     (1922)
  • Tex Taylor (1956)
  • Vern Taylor (1937)
  • Dave Trembley
    Dave Trembley
    David Michael Trembley is a former manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Before managing the Orioles Trembley was a minor league manager for twenty seasons compiling a 1369–1413 record. He won two league titles and earned Manager of the Year awards in three leagues...

     (1986)
  • Chris Tremie
    Chris Tremie
    Christopher James Tremie is a former Major League Baseball player who served primarily as a catcher. He began his MLB career in with the Chicago White Sox...

     (2008–2009)
  • Marty Walters (1928)
  • Eric Wedge
    Eric Wedge
    Eric Michael Wedge is a Major League Baseball manager and former catcher, and is the current manager of the Seattle Mariners. As a player, Wedge attended Northrop High School in Fort Wayne and played on the school's state champion baseball team in 1983...

     (1999)
  • Tommy West (1938)
  • Jim White (1921)
  • Loyd K. Wooten (1908)



NOTE: This list is believed to be complete through the 2010 season.

Coaches

  • Rick Adair
    Rick Adair
    Michael Richard Adair is the pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles and a former minor league baseball player.-Playing career:...

     (1988)
  • Tony Arnold
    Tony Arnold
    Tony Dale Arnold is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He made his MLB debut in with the Baltimore Orioles and played his final game in . He is currently the pitching coach for the Kinston Indians.-External links:...

     (1995, 2007)
  • Mike Bell (2005)
  • Greg Booker
    Greg Booker
    Gregory Scott Booker is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1983 until 1990. He also served as a coach for the San Diego Padres from 1997 until 2003, the first four years as bullpen coach, then a season-plus as pitching...

     (1993–94)
  • Mike Brown
    Mike Brown (outfielder)
    Michael Charles Brown is a former Major League Baseball outfielder born on Tuesday, December 29, 1959, in San Francisco, California. He played all or part of five seasons in the major leagues between and , and one season in Japan with the Yomiuri Giants in ....

     (1988–89)
  • Carlo Colombino (1996)
  • Steve Comer
    Steve Comer (baseball)
    Steven Michael Comer is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for seven seasons. He played for the Texas Rangers from 1978 to 1982, the Philadelphia Phillies in 1983, and the Cleveland Indians in 1984...

     (1987)
  • Boots Day
    Boots Day
    Charles Frederick "Boots" Day is a retired American professional baseball outfielder. A native of Ilion, New York, Day played Major League Baseball for all or parts of six seasons , with the bulk of that time spent with the Montreal Expos...

     (1997)
  • Lou Frazier
    Lou Frazier
    Arthur Louis Frazier is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, between 1993 and 1998, for the Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, and Chicago White Sox. He was primarily a left fielder.From 2007-2008 Frazier was the first base coach for the...

     (2003)
  • Will George (1989)
  • Fred Gladding
    Fred Gladding
    Fred Earl Gladding is a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of thirteen seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros. For his career, he compiled a 48-34 record and 109 saves in 450 appearances, all but one as a relief pitcher, with an 3.13 earned...

     (1990–91)
  • Brian Graham
    Brian Graham
    For the Scottish footballer, see Brian Graham Brian Graham is a former minor league baseball player, coach and manager and major league coach for the Cleveland Indians...

     (1987)
  • Greg Hibbard
    Greg Hibbard
    James Gregory Hibbard is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues from -. Currently, he is the pitching coach for the Class-A Mahoning Valley Scrappers in the Cleveland Indians organization.-External links:*...

     (2004, 2008)
  • Rick Horton (1992)

  • Wayne Kirby
    Wayne Kirby
    Wayne Leonard Kirby is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball from 1991-1998. He was the outfield/base-running coordinator for the Texas Rangers until he agreed to become the first base coach for the Baltimore Orioles in the 2011 season.-Batting stats:*516 games*302 hits*14 home runs*119...

     (2004)
  • Man Soo Lee
    Man Soo Lee
    Lee Man-Soo , also spelled as Man Soo Lee, is a former Korea Professional Baseball catcher and current manager of the SK Wyverns. After a distinguished career as a professional player in South Korea from 1982-1997...

     (1998)
  • Steve Lyons (2000–01, 2003, 2005–06)
  • Lee May, Jr. (2005)
  • Dave Miller
    Dave Miller (baseball)
    David R. Miller is the current bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball.Miller was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles as a pitcher in the 1st round of the 1986 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase. He played in the Orioles organization until he retired in 1992...

     (1998–99)
  • Ruben Niebla
    Ruben Niebla
    Ruben O. Niebla , is a former professional baseball player and current assistant to the major-league staff of the Cleveland Indians....

     (2002)
  • Dan Norman
    Dan Norman
    Daniel Edmund Norman is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets and Montreal Expos...

     (1993–94)
  • Jon Nunnally
    Jon Nunnally
    Jonathan Keith Nunnally is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played in the major leagues from 1995-2000...

     (2007–08)
  • Jim Rickon (2006)
  • Luis Rivera (2000–02)
  • Ken Rowe
    Ken Rowe
    Kenneth Darrell Rowe is a former middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles...

     (1996–97)
  • Mike Sarbaugh
    Mike Sarbaugh
    Michael "Mike" Sarbaugh is a former minor league baseball player, and is currently a minor league manager for the Columbus Clippers the AAA farm team of the Cleveland Indians. After attending Lamar University, where he was an all conference shortstop and earned a degree in kinesiology, Sarbaugh...

     (1995, 1998–99)
  • Rob Swain (1992)
  • Dan Williams (1991, 1995)


Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame

Following each person's name is the year of induction in the Hall of Fame. Inductions usually occur during a "hot stove"
Hot stove league
The "Hot Stove League" is a baseball-related term, referring to the sport's off-season. The phrase does not denote an actual league "league", but instead calls up images of baseball fans, anxious for the start of the new season, gathering around a hot stove during the cold winter months discussing...

 banquet in late January or early February. There were four inductees in the initial class of 1983. There were no inductees in 1986 or 1987. Grady Little was elected in 2000 but could not be inducted until 2001 due to a snow storm.

  • Jesse Barfield
    Jesse Barfield
    Jesse Lee Barfield is a former Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees . He batted and threw right-handed. He lived in Tenafly, a suburb of New York City.Barfield was well known for his powerful, accurate throwing arm...

     (1990)
  • Steve Blass
    Steve Blass
    Stephen Robert "Steve" Blass is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher and a current broadcast announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates.-Playing career:Blass was born in Canaan, Connecticut...

     (1997)
  • Bobby Bragan
    Bobby Bragan
    Robert Randall Bragan was a shortstop, catcher, manager, and coach in American Major League Baseball. He also was an influential executive in minor league baseball...

     (1998)
  • Sean Casey (2009)
  • "Pat" Crawford
    Pat Crawford (baseball)
    Clifford Rankin "Pat" Crawford, a.k.a. "Captain Pat", was a major league baseball player. Crawford went to Davidson College...

     (1983)
  • Cecil Fielder
    Cecil Fielder
    Cecil Grant Fielder is a former professional baseball player who was a noted power hitter in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas . He played with the Toronto Blue Jays , Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , Anaheim Angels and Cleveland Indians...

     (1994)
  • Lou Gorman
    Lou Gorman
    James Gerald "Lou" Gorman was an American baseball executive, and the former general manager of the Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball...

     (1985)

  • Johnny Goryl
    Johnny Goryl
    John Albert Goryl is a special adviser/player development for the Cleveland Indians and a former infielder, manager and coach in American Major League Baseball....

     (2002)
  • Mike Hargrove
    Mike Hargrove
    Dudley Michael Hargrove is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. He is currently employed as an advisor with the Cleveland Indians....

     (1992)
  • Charlie Keller
    Charlie Keller
    Charles Ernest "Charlie" Keller was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1939 through 1952, Keller played for the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers...

     (1983)
  • Clyde King
    Clyde King
    Clyde Edward King was an American pitcher, coach, manager, general manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. King, whose career in baseball spanned over 60 years, was perhaps best known for his longtime role as a special baseball advisor to George Steinbrenner, late owner of the...

     (1999)
  • Ray Kuhlman
    Ray Kuhlman
    Joseph Raymond "Ray" Kuhlman was a pilot, businessman, and minor league baseball owner. Ray joined the military prior to World War II and graduated from a new program as a Flying Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps in December 1941...

     (1989)
  • Grady Little
    Grady Little
    William Grady Little is a former manager in Major League Baseball. He managed the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2003 and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 to 2007...

     (2001)
  • Carl Long
    Carl Long (baseball)
    Carl Long is a former outfielder in Negro league and minor league baseball who, along with Frank Washington, broke the color barrier in the Carolina League city of Kinston, North Carolina. Long made his debut for the Kinston Eagles on April 17, 1956. During the year, he hit .291 with 18 home runs...

     (2003)

  • Gordon Mackenzie
    Gordon Mackenzie
    Henry Gordon Mackenzie is a former a Major League Baseball player. In 1956, he was signed as an amateur free agent by the Kansas City Athletics. Mackenzie made his major league debut on August 13, 1961 against the Chicago White Sox...

     (2005)
  • Leo Mazzone
    Leo Mazzone
    Leo David Mazzone is a former pitcher in minor league baseball and coach in Major League Baseball. He began working with the Atlanta Braves' organization in 1979.-Early life:...

     (1993)
  • John McLaren
    John McLaren (baseball)
    John Lowell McLaren is a former Major League Baseball coach and manager, best known for his brief tenure as manager of the Seattle Mariners, from July 1, to June 19,...

     (1991)
  • Gene Michael (2010)
  • Charles Nagy
    Charles Nagy
    Charles Harrison Nagy is an American former Major League Baseball All-Star right-handed pitcher who played for 14 seasons in the major leagues from to , mostly with the Cleveland Indians, and currently serves as the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.-Early life and amateur career:Nagy...

     (2004)
  • Sam Narron
    Sam Narron (catcher)
    Samuel Woody Narron was an American Major League Baseball player and coach. Born in Middlesex, North Carolina, Narron batted and threw right-handed; he stood 5'10" tall and weighed 180 pounds ....

     (1988)
  • Chad Ogea
    Chad Ogea
    Chad Wayne Ogea is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He made his MLB debut in and played his final game in .-Professional playing career:...

     (2008)

  • "Pete" Peterson (1984)
  • Jim Price
    Jim Price (baseball)
    Jimmie William Price is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Detroit Tigers from 1967 to 1973...

     (1995)
  • Jay Schroeder
    Jay Schroeder
    Jay Brian Schroeder is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Washington Redskins , Los Angeles Raiders , Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals .He attended Palisades High School and was a high school football teammate of actor...

     (1996)
  • Stanley O. Spence
    Stan Spence
    Stanley Orville Spence was a Major League Baseball center fielder who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns . Spence batted and threw left-handed...

     (1983)
  • George F. Suggs
    George Suggs
    George Franklin Suggs was a major league baseball pitcher....

     (1983)
  • Eric Wedge
    Eric Wedge
    Eric Michael Wedge is a Major League Baseball manager and former catcher, and is the current manager of the Seattle Mariners. As a player, Wedge attended Northrop High School in Fort Wayne and played on the school's state champion baseball team in 1983...

     (2007)
  • "Rocket" Wheeler
    Rocket Wheeler
    Ralph Norman "Rocket" Wheeler is a former minor league infielder and the current minor league manager for the Class AA Mississippi Braves of the Southern League. Wheeler attended the University of Houston where he obtained his nickname "Rocket" for his speed and hustle.Wheeler was drafted by the...

     (2006)


See also

  • List of Akron baseball people (a similar list for the Akron Aeros
    Akron Aeros
    The Akron Aeros are a minor league baseball team based in Akron, Ohio, USA. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.The Aeros play in Canal Park, located in downtown Akron, which seats 9,097 fans...

    , the current AA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians
    Cleveland Indians
    The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

    )


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
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