Kinston Eagles (Coastal Plain League)

The team played its home games at Grainger Stadium, which opened in 1949 and holds 4,100 fans.

[1] Like most, Kinston sat out the first few years of the Great Depression but reentered play for the 1934 season in the semi-professional Coastal Plain League.

As a member of this affiliation, Kinston saw many playoff appearances and won league championships in 1935 and 1947.

Among the superior talent during this period was a young player named Charlie "King Kong" Keller who is listed as among the top forty major league players of all-time in terms of on-base percentage (.410).

The original structure was built by architect John J. Rowland in 1949 at a cost of $170,000 inclusive of everything except the land.