The Kinston Indians are a minor league baseball team in Kinston, North Carolina. The team, a High-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, plays in the Carolina League. Kinston adopted the name "Indians" at the start of their relationship with Cleveland, in 1987. 2007 will mark the twenty-first season that the Kinston team has been known as the Indians. Of all the Carolina League cities, only the Durham Bulls (1945-67, 1980-97) were able to retain their franchise name for a longer period of time. The city's membership in the Carolina League has been continuous since 1978 and sporadic since 1956. As of the start of the 2007 season, only Winston-Salem will have had more total seasons in the league. Kinston hosted the Carolina League All-Star Game in 1962, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1980, and 1988. They hosted the California League/Carolina League All-Star Game in 2000.
Professional baseball in Kinston dates back to 1908 when they fielded a team in the Eastern Carolina League.[1] They have been called the Kinston Robins, Kinston Highwaymen, Kinston Eagles, Kinston Expos, and Kinston Blue Jays. Since joining the Carolina League, the city's teams have been affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1956, 1962-65), the Washington Senators (1957), the Atlanta Braves (1966-67, 1973), the New York Yankees (1968-72), the Boston Red Sox (1973), the Montreal Expos (1974), the Toronto Blue Jays (1979-85), and the Cleveland Indians (1987-present). They are currently managed by Mike Sarbaugh, a member of the Indians organization since 1990 and a former KTribe player.[2] Their current General Manager is Shari Massengill. Their Assistant General Manager is Jessie Hays.[3] The two make up the only all-female General Manager/Assistant General Manager team in the Minor Leagues.[4] Former General Manager, North Johnson, won the Carolina League Executive of the Year Award three times while with Kinston (1988, 1994, 2000). Johnson is currently the General Manager for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.[5]
The Indians, or K-Tribe as they are nicknamed, play their home games in Historic Grainger Stadium.[6][7][8] Their longtime scoreboard operator Delmont Miller is one of the Carolina League's most unique characters.[9] The Indians' mascot is a dog named Scout.[10] Scout can usually be found in an Indians jersey and baseball cap, but has also been known to don a Supermant-shirt or an aloha shirt depending on the antics he is performing. Scout replaced an earlier Native American mascot who was named Tom E. Hawk. One of the K-Tribe's former coaches was Man Soo Lee who was a Triple Crown winner and former home run champ in the Korean Baseball Organization.
Contents
1Noted Major League alumni
2Year-by-Year Record
3Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
4Kinston's League Championships
5Carolina League records established or tied
5.1Single game
5.2Single season
6No Hitters
7League Leaders
7.1Batting
7.2Pitching
8Current roster
8.1Top prospects
8.2Current K-Tribers who have appeared in at least one game with another team in 2007
8.3Appeared in at least one game with 2007 K-Tribe but no longer with team
Note: 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.
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