List of Kinston baseball people

These are lists of people who have been associated with the professional baseball teams that have been based in Kinston, North Carolina. These teams were:

* The Kinston Indians (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 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 *Frank Armstrong *Ken Aspromonte *Michael Aubrey *Bruce Aven *Mike Bacsik *Danys Báez *Jesse Barfield *Red Barron *Brian Barton *Kash Beauchamp *David Bell *Albert Belle *Tony Bernazard *Harry Berrios *Gerónimo Berroa *Todd Betts *Steve Blass *Ron Blomberg *Pat Borders *Frank Bork *Don Bosch *Russell Branyan *Jamie Brewington *Jamie Brown *Jordan Brown *Mark Budzinski *Paul Byrd *Tim Byrdak *Fernando Cabrera *José Cabrera *Cam Cairncross *Willie Cañate *Fausto Carmona

*Sean Casey *Tony Castillo *John Cerutti *Ryan Church *Bartolo Colón *"Pat" Crawford *Jack Cressend *Trevor Crowe *Jim Crowell *Eric Crozier *Francisco Cruceta *Jason Davis *Roland de la Maza *Kyle Denney *Sean DePaula *Einar Diaz *Jerry Dipoto *Ryan Drese *Cameron Drew *Tim Drew *Travis Driskill *Mike Edwards *Dock Ellis *Alan Embree *Tony Fernández *Rick Ferrell *Cecil Fielder *Ryan Garko *Wayne Garrett *Brian Giles *Carden Gillenwater *Chris Gimenez *Mike Glavine *Luis González

*Danny Graves *Tyler Green *Lee Gronkiewicz *Mario Guerrero *Ron Guidry *Jason Hardtke *Gene Hermanski *Pep Harris *Alex Herrera *Javi Herrera *Glenallen Hill *Trey Hillman *Joe Horgan *Gene Host *Tom House *Joe Inglett *Maicer Izturis *Charlie Keller *Pat Kelly *Joe Kerrigan *Kevin Kouzmanoff *Aaron Laffey *Juan Lara *Vern Law *Terry Leach *Cliff Lee *Curtis Leskanic *Jesse Levis *Jensen Lewis *Mark Lewis *Scott Lewis *Nelson Liriano *Chuck Lofgren *Carl Long

*Albie López *Héctor Luna *Ever Magallanes *Dennis Malavé *Fred Manrique *J.D. Martin *Tippy Martinez *Víctor Martínez *Willie Martínez *Tom Mastny *John McDonald *Fred McGriff *Greg McMichael *Doc Medich *Jose Mesa *Gene Michael *Adam Miller *Tyler Minges *Dustan Mohr *Carl Morton *Edward Mujica *Oscar Muñoz *Jeff Mutis *Charles Nagy *Wayne Nordhagen *Jon Nunnally *Rouglas Odor *Chad Ogea *Steve Olin *Jhonny Peralta *Rafael Pérez *Chan Perry *Herbert Perry *Robert Person

*Simon Pond *Jim Price *Alex Ramirez *Manny Ramírez *Max Ramírez *Ken Ramos *Shane Rawley *Paul Rigdon *David Riske *Ira Rodgers *Pete Rose, Jr. *C. C. Sabathia *Carl Sadler *Mike Sarbaugh *Jay Schroeder *Luke Scott *Marco Scutaro *Rudy Seanez *Richie Sexson *Mike Sharperson *Paul Shuey *Tony Sipp *Grady Sizemore *Brian Slocum *Roy Smith *Brad Snyder *Zach Sorensen *Jeremy Sowers *Charlie Spikes *Jason Stanford *Jeff Stevens *Mark Sweeney *Kazuhito Tadano *Brian Tallet

*Jim Tatum *Julián Tavárez *Willy Taveras *Jim Thome *Derek Thompson *Wyatt Toregas *Eider Torres *Billy Traber *Jonathan Van Every *Otto Vélez *Dario Veras *David Wallace *Frank Washington *Mark Watson *Nick Weglarz *David Wells *"Rocket" Wheeler *Matt White *Terry Whitfield *Darrell Whitmore *Dan Williams *Enrique Wilson *Scott Winchester *Jaret Wright *Johnny Wyrostek *Eric Yelding *Eddie Zambrano

Managers

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

* Glenn Adams (1988) * William Aerette (1940) * Doug Ault (1983-1984) * Bob Bauer (1968) * Paul Bennett (1928) * Krim Bess (1937) * Wayne Blackburn (1952) * Ken Bolek (1989) * Herschel Caldwell (1936) * Ron Clark (1983) * Bob Clear (1965) * Steve Collins (1947-1949) * Alex Cosmidis (1970) * Jack Damaska (1974) * Joe DeMasi (1941) * Brian Graham (1990-1991)

* Mike Hargrove (1987) * Gene Hassell (1969, 1971-1973) * Art Hauger (1927) * Bunn Hearn (1934-1935) * Snake Henry (1939) * Bill Herring (1939) * Dennis Holmberg (1980) * Dave Keller (1992-1994) * Brad Komminsk (2000-2001) * Mike Konnick (1927) * Ted Kubiak (2002) * Duane Larson (1979) * Grady Little (1985) * Wes Livengood (1951) * Torey Lovullo (2003-2004) * Luke Lucas (1939)

* Gordon Mackenzie (1995) * Leo Mazzone (1978) * Cowboy McHenry (1941) * John McLaren (1981-1982) * Wally Millies (1950) * Jack Mull (1996) * Johnny Nee (1925-1926) * Mako Oliveras (1998) * Jack Paepke (1956) * Andy Pafko (1966-1967) * Pete Peterson (1962-1964) * Luis Rivera (2005) * Frank Rodgers (1946) * Ira Rodgers (1922) * Clarence Roper (1929) * Mike Sarbaugh (2006-2007)

* Joel Skinner (1997) * Denny Sothern (1940) * Pete Suder (1957) * George Suggs (1922) * Tex Taylor (1956) * Vern Taylor (1937) * Dave Trembley (1986) * Chris Tremie (2008) * Marty Walters (1928) * Eric Wedge (1999) * Tommy West (1938) * Jim White (1921) * Loyd K. Wooten (1908)

"NOTE: This list is believed to be complete."

Coaches

*Rick Adair (1988) *Tony Arnold (1995, 2007) *Mike Bell (2005) *Greg Booker (1993-94) *Mike Brown (1988-89) *Carlo Colombino (1996) *Steve Comer (1987) *Boots Day (1997) *Lou Frazier (2003) *Will George (1989) *Fred Gladding (1990-91) *Brian Graham (1987) *Greg Hibbard (2004, 2008) *Rick Horton (1992)

*Wayne Kirby (2004) *Man Soo Lee (1998) *Steve Lyons (2000-01, 2003, 2005-06) *Lee May, Jr. (2005) *Dave Miller (1998-99) *Ruben Niebla (2002) *Dan Norman (1993-94) *Jon Nunnally (2007-08) *Jim Rickon (2006) *Luis Rivera (2000-02) *Ken Rowe (1996-97) *Mike Sarbaugh (1995, 1998-99) *Rob Swain (1992) *Dan Williams (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" 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 (1990) *Steve Blass (1997) *Bobby Bragan (1998) *"Pat" Crawford (1983) *Cecil Fielder (1994) *Lou Gorman (1985) *Johnny Goryl (2002) *Mike Hargrove (1992) *Charlie Keller (1983)

*Clyde King (1999) *Ray Kuhlman (1989) *Grady Little (2001) *Carl Long (2003) *Gordon Mackenzie (2005) *Leo Mazzone (1993) *John McLaren (1991) *Charles Nagy (2004) *Sam Narron (1988)

*Chad Ogea (2008) *"Pete" Peterson (1984) *Jim Price (1995) *Jay Schroeder (1996) *Stanley O. Spence (1983) *George F. Suggs (1983) *Eric Wedge (2007) *"Rocket" Wheeler (2006)

ee also

* List of Akron baseball people (a similar list for the Akron Aeros, the current AA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians)

ource materials

League histories

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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.

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* - 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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