In the playoffs, New Bern defeated the Goldsboro Cardinals 4 games to 2 to advance. The Bears ended the regular season in 2nd place, with a 72–54 record, playing the season under returning manager Harry Land. New Bern won their second consecutive Coastal Plain League championship in 1951. In the playoffs, New Bern defeated the Rocky Mount Leafs 4 games to 2 to advance, before sweeping the Kinston Eagles in 4 games to claim the championship. With a Coastal Plain League regular season record of 71–67, the Bears placed 3rd in the Coastal Plain League final standings, playing under manager Harry Land. The New Bern Bears won their first of consecutive Coastal Plain League Championships in 1950. In the 1st round of the 1949 Coastal Plain League playoffs, New Bern was defeated by the Kinston Eagles 4 games 2. The Bears finished the regular season with a 73–66 record, placing 3rd in the Coastal Plain League under manager Bull Hamons. The 1949 New Bern Bears returned to the Coastal Plain League playoffs. The team was managed by Harry Soufas, Tal Abernathy and Winston Palmer. The Bears placed 5th and finished the regular season with a 69–70 record. The 1948 New Bern Bears did not qualify for the Coastal Plain League playoffs. In the playoffs, the Wilson Tobs defeated New Bern 4 games to 1. The Bears' regular season record of 73–66 advanced the team to the Coastal Plain League playoffs, playing under managers Jake Daniel, Harry Soufas, Tom Murray and Worlise Knowles. The New Bern Bears placed 4th in the 1947 Coastal Plain League standings. The Bears ended the regular season with a 57–86 record, placing 7th in the eight–team league standings and missing the playoffs. The 1946 New Bern Bears returned to play after the Coastal Plain League was idle in the 1942–1945 seasons due to World War II. (2013) Bear Plaza in New Bern, North Carolina 1946 to 1952 In the 1941 Coastal Plain League Playoffs, the Greenville Greenies defeated New Bern 4 games to 2. The Bears finished with a regular season record of 61–57, placing 3rd in the regular season under returning manager Doc Smith and another manager in Jake Wade. The New Bern Bears League advanced to the 1941 Coastal Plain League playoffs, before the league was paused during World War II. The Bears did not qualify for the 1940 Coastal Plain League playoffs. New Bern placed 6th in the Coastal Plain League standings, playing the season under managers Guy Shatzer and Gene McCarty. The 1940 New Bern Bears finished the regular season with a record of 58–67. With a record of 62–59, New Bern placed 5th in the Coastal Plain League regular season standings, playing under manager Doc Smith. In 1939, the New Bern Bears missed qualifying for the Coastal Plain League playoffs.
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In the playoffs, New Bern swept both playoff series in defeating the Kinston Eagles 4 games to 0 in the 1st round and the Snow Hill Billies 4 games to 0 in the finals. The Bears ended the regular season with a record of 63–49, winning the league pennant in placing 1st in the Coastal Plain League regular season. Under returning manager Doc Smith, the New Bern Bears won the 1938 Coastal Plain League championship, their first of three league titles.
In the 1st round of the playoffs, the Snow Hill Hill Billies defeated New Bern 3 games to 1 to end their season. Their manager in 1937 was Doc Smith, who led the team to the four–team playoffs. In their first season of Coastal Plain League play, the New Bern Bears ended the regular season with a record of 48–45, placing 4th in the eight–team league standings. In 1937, New Bern was joined by the Ayden Aces, Goldsboro Goldbugs, Greenville Greenies, Kinston Eagles, Snow Hill Billies, Tarboro Serpents and Williamston Martins as charter franchises in the Coastal State League, beginning league play on May 6, 1937. Today, there are more than 50 bear statues throughout the city, with Bear Plaza being a focal point in downtown New Bern. When the city of New Bern was founded in 1710, early settlers adopted the Bear as the city mascot after a bear was the first animal the group encountered. The New Bern use of the "Bears" nickname corresponds to local history.
The Bears would remain for every season of the Class D level Coastal Plain League, winning three championships. The New Bern Bears were preceded in minor league baseball by the 1908 New Bern team, who played briefly as members of the Eastern Carolina League before folding during the season.
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