East Carolina Pirates baseball

East Carolina Pirates
2024 East Carolina Pirates baseball team
Founded1907
UniversityEast Carolina University
Head coachCliff Godwin (10th season)
ConferenceThe American
LocationGreenville, North Carolina
Home stadiumClark–LeClair Stadium
(Capacity: 5,000)
NicknamePirates
ColorsPurple and gold[1]
   
NCAA regional champions
2001, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances
1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champions
ECAC: 1982, 1984
CAA: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000
C-USA: 2002
American: 2015, 2018, 2022
Regular season conference champions
North State: 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961[2]
SoCon: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977
ECAC: 1984, 1985
CAA: 1986, 1990, 2001
C-USA: 2004, 2009
American: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

The East Carolina Pirates baseball team is an intercollegiate baseball team representing East Carolina University in NCAA Division I college baseball and participates as a full member of the American Athletic Conference. The Pirates have made regular appearances in the NCAA tournament. As of 2024, they have the most NCAA tournament appearances without a College World Series appearance.[3]

The Pirates are coached by Cliff Godwin and play their home games at Clark-LeClair Stadium, named after donor and alumnus Bill Clark and former coach Keith LeClair. Every year, the Pirates host a baseball tournament in Greenville in honor of Coach LeClair called the Keith LeClair Classic.

  1. ^ ECU Athletics Style Guidelines (PDF). July 14, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "CONFERENCE CAROLINAS HISTORY (THROUGH 2021-22)" (PDF). p. 21. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "2018 ECU Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). East Carolina University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 4, 2018.