Edenton Steamers are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Edenton, North Carolina.
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39 Facts About Edenton Steamers
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Edenton Steamers established a CPL standard by winning seven consecutive division-half titles from 2011 through the first half of 2014.
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In 2015 the Edenton Steamers capped the summer with its third Petitt Cup Championship, tied for the league record in that tally, and was named the Summer Collegiate Team of the Year by Perfect Game CrossChecker.
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Edenton Steamers players are recruited from colleges around the United States.
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Edenton Steamers began play in the Coastal Plain League in 1998, the league's sophomore season and were members of the CPL's North Division along with the Martinsville Mustangs, Peninsula Pilots, and Wilson Tobs.
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Edenton Steamers call Historic Hicks Field home, located adjacent to John A Holmes High School on the corner of East Freemason and Woodward streets in Edenton, North Carolina and was built as a Work Projects Administration project in 1939.
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In 1998 the Edenton Steamers were formed in the new Coastal Plain League and Hicks Field became the Steamers home ballpark.
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Edenton Steamers boasted the individual ERA leader that summer in Daniel Gemma at 1.
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Edenton Steamers was the first former Steamer to appear in the Majors when he debuted for the New York Mets the following spring in 2007.
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Edenton Steamers strived to make the 2006 season a Coastal Plain League benchmark with a third consecutive championship.
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The five consecutive half titles was a league record until 2013 when the Edenton Steamers secured a sixth straight division title to finish the summer, en route to seven in a row following the 2014 first half.
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Edenton Steamers battled Peninsula in the second half for a sixth in a row but finished a game behind the Pilots.
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Edenton Steamers hired a new manager for the 2007 season named Marty Smith.
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Unfortunately, Edenton Steamers was dismissed again in the first round, this time by the Martinsville Mustangs.
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Edenton Steamers welcomed back Marty Smith as manager in 2009 following some of his record-setting success in 2007 but he encountered decidedly more adversity during his second tour.
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The magic ended there and the Edenton Steamers finished with great pride as league runner-up and an ongoing CPL-record seven winning seasons in a row.
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Edenton Steamers capped this remarkable performance by winning the first Goodman Glove Award for defensive excellence in a Steamers uniform.
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In 2011 the Edenton Steamers concluded its most successful regular season in modern history.
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The Edenton Steamers set new franchise standards for wins, with 44, and an.
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The Edenton Steamers finished the 2011 campaign ranked seventh in the nation according to Perfect Game CrossChecker.
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Edenton Steamers set a new record for hits in a single season in the CPL with 81, along with establishing a franchise-best for assists by a second baseman with 158, and he tied the franchise mark for batting average in a season at.
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Edenton Steamers celebrated their 15th year as members of the Coastal Plain League with another outstanding season in 2012.
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Edenton Steamers spent the entire summer ranked in the top 30 in the nation of summer-collegiate teams according to Perfect Game CrossChecker and four straight weeks in the top ten before settling in at 15th in the final poll.
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Edenton Steamers set new team standards in home runs with 44, slugging average at.
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Edenton Steamers finished as the league leader in doubles, RBIs, total bases and tied for the lead in home runs with nine en route to winning Coastal Plain League Hitter of the Year.
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Edenton Steamers was an All-Star selection, as well as a CPL Rawlings Hitter of the Week for Edenton.
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Edenton Steamers was a CPL Rawlings Hitter of the Week and an All-Star.
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In 2013 Edenton Steamers wrapped up another successful campaign on the diamond.
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Edenton Steamers spent the entire summer in the top-five of the summer-collegiate rankings by Perfect Game Crosschecker, peaking at number three overall and finishing up the summer ranked sixth in the nation, the highest final designation in franchise history.
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Record books continued to be rewritten by the Teal and Black in 2013 as the Edenton Steamers tied or broke 14 franchise records both on the individual level as well as the team level.
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In 2014 the Edenton Steamers wrapped up their 17th season as members of the Coastal Plain League and their 11th straight campaign with a winning record and a playoff appearance, a CPL record.
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Along the way in 2014, Edenton Steamers clinched its seventh consecutive division-half title when they wrapped up the first-half East Division championship, a league record.
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Edenton Steamers made 21 appearances, recording 14 saves and finishing with a 1.
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Edenton Steamers was drafted into the New York Yankees organization in 2015 and remains a member of their minor-league system.
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Edenton Steamers was named a midseason All-Star and a first-team postseason All-Star for Edenton, as well as a first-team Summer All-American by Perfect Game CrossChecker.
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Edenton Steamers was drafted the next year, 2015, by the Florida Marlins and has since pitched in the New York Mets system, as well as the independent Frontier League.
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Edenton Steamers drove in 21, scored 26 times and notched 64 total bases along with 12 bases on balls and struck out just 17 times in 149 at-bats.
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Edenton Steamers was selected to participate in the annual All-Star Home Run Derby contest, named a midseason All-Star and a second-team postseason All-Star for Edenton.
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Edenton Steamers was drafted the next year in 2015 by the St Louis Cardinals.
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