The Eastern Carolina Baseball Association was a six team minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 affiliation which operated in the Eastern part of North Carolina

North Carolina

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. The league was considered to be an "outlaw" league since it existed outside of the law of the National Association

Minor league baseball

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The association lasted three seasons (1920

1920 in baseball

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-1922

1922 in baseball

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). Members included Washington

Washington, North Carolina

Washington is a city in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,744 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beaufort County. The closest major city is Greenville, approximately 20 miles to the west....

, New Bern

New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina with a population of 29,524 as of the 2010 census.. It is located at the confluence of the Trent and the Neuse rivers...

, Kinston, Greenville

Greenville, North Carolina

Greenville is the county seat of Pitt County and principal city of the Greenville, North Carolina metropolitan area. Greenville is the health, entertainment, and educational hub of North Carolina's Tidewater and Coastal Plain and in 2008 was listed as the Tenth Largest City in North Carolina...

, Tarboro

Tarboro, North Carolina

Tarboro is a city located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the town had a total population of 13,121. It is the county seat of Edgecombe County. Tarboro is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region...

, and Farmville

Farmville, North Carolina

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Although, as an outlaw league, it was on the lowest rung of professional baseball, the circuit did produce some athletes of note including George Suggs

George Suggs

George Franklin Suggs was a major league baseball pitcher....

, 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...

, and College Football Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

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 member Ira Rodgers

Ira Rodgers

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