L.P. Frans Stadium
| L.P. Frans Stadium | |
| Location | Hickory, NC United States 35.7472; -81.379518
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| Building chronology | |
| Built | 1993 |
| Tenants | |
| Hickory Crawdads | |
| Capacity | |
| 5,092 | |
L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, NC, is the home of the Hickory Crawdads, the Texas Rangers' South Atlantic League farm team.
The playpen is named for the founder of the local Pepsi-Cola plant, whose family keyed funding the beautiful brick ball yard that opened in 1993.
A bit of baseball intrigue helped filled it: Charlotte Knights owner George Shinn wanted to move his Double-A club to Fort Mill, SC, but the Gastonia Rangers had territorial veto power. So, Shinn bought the G-Rangers, didn't exercise their veto, and moved the Knights during the 1988-1989 off-season. During the 1992-1993 off-season, Shinn sold his now-superfluous Gastonia club to Don Beaver, who moved the G-Rangers into Hickory's brand-new ballpark that very season.
The ballpark has a capacity of 5,092 people.
| Current ballparks of the South Atlantic League | |||||||||
| North Division | South Division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel S. Frawley Stadium | Dutchess Stadium | Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium Maimonides Park | ShoreTown Ballpark |
Bowling Green Ballpark | First National Bank Field | Fluor Field at the West End | L.P. Frans Stadium McCormick Field | State Mutual Stadium | Truist Stadium | ||||||||
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