East Carolina Pirates baseball

East Carolina Pirates baseball
2025 East Carolina Pirates baseball team
Founded1907
UniversityEast Carolina University
Head coachCliff Godwin (11th season)
ConferenceThe American
LocationGreenville, North Carolina
Home stadiumClark–LeClair Stadium
(Capacity: 5,000)
NicknamePirates
ColorsPurple and gold
   
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, 2025
Conference tournament champions
ECAC: 1982, 1984
CAA: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000
C-USA: 2002
American: 2015, 2018, 2022, 2025
Conference regular season champions
North State: 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961
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 2025, they have the most NCAA tournament appearances without a College World Series appearance.

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.