Sport Baseball No. of teams 15 | Founded 1997 | |
Most titles Thomasville Hi-Toms, Edenton Steamers (3) | ||
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 same 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. The Petersburg Team Generals withdrew from the league in 2017, reducing the membership to 15 teams.
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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.
Petitt Cup years
Playoff seedings based on overall record, so division champions listed are based on overall record.