What is Kinston Indians?
{{Orphan|date=May 2009}} The '''Kinston Indians''' were a [[Minor league baseball]] team in [[Kinston, North Carolina]]. The team played in the [[Carolina League]] from (1956–1957, 1962–1974 and 1978–2011). Professional baseball in Kinston started in 1908, and there have been many teams since then. 2007 was the twenty-first season the Kinston team had been known as the Indians. Before that they were known as the Eagles and the Blue Jays. The Indians, or K-Tribe as they were nicknamed, played their home games in Grainger Stadium. The Indians' [[mascot]] was a dog named Scout. The Kinston Indians won their league championship in 1988, 1991, 1995, 2004 and 2006. For the 2012 season the Indians moved to [[Zebulon, North Carolina]] to become the [[Carolina Mudcats]]. The team still plays in the Carolina League. ==Source Materials== * {{cite book | author=Chrisman, David F.| title=The History of the Virginia League | publisher=Maverick Publications | year=1988 | id=[https://www.amazon.com/history-Virginia-League-1900-1928-1939-1951/dp/B0006EQIN8/ ASIN B0006EQIN8] }} * {{cite book | author=Gaunt, Robert| title=We Would Have Played Forever: The Story of the Coastal Plain Baseball League | publisher=Baseball America, Inc. | year=1997 | isbn=0-945-16402-5 }} * {{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, second ed.|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmi0000unse_j2m1|publisher=Baseball America, Inc.|year=1997|isbn=0-963-71898-3 |editor-last=Johnson, Lloyd|editor-last2=Miles Wolff}} * {{cite book | author=Sumner, Jim L.| title=Separating the Men From the Boys: The First Half-Century of the Carolina League | url=https://archive.org/details/separatingmenfro0000sumn| publisher=John F. Blair | year=1994 | isbn=0-895-87112-2 }} * {{cite book|title=Carolina League Record Book|publisher=Baseball America|year=1956|id=N/A}} - Over the years, this publication has also been known as ''Carolina League Media Guide and Record Book'' and ''Carolina League Directory and Record Book'' [[Category:Sports in North