Hickory Crawdads
The Hickory Crawdads are a Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League (SAL) and the High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Hickory, North Carolina, and play their home games at L. P. Frans Stadium, which opened in 1993 and has roughly 4,000 fixed seats.
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| Class | High-A (2021–present) | ||||
| Previous classes | Class A (1993–2020) | ||||
| League | South Atlantic League (2022–present) | ||||
| Division | South Division | ||||
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| Team | Texas Rangers (2009–present) | ||||
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| League titles (3) |
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| Division titles (4) |
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| First-half titles (4) |
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| Name | Hickory Crawdads (1993–present) | ||||
| Colors | Red, black, Crawdad blue, white | ||||
| Ballpark | L. P. Frans Stadium (1993–present) | ||||
Owner(s)/ Operator(s) | Diamond Baseball Holdings | ||||
| General manager | Douglas Locascio | ||||
| Manager | Chad Comer | ||||
Established in 1993 as members of the South Atlantic League, the Crawdads were affiliated with the Chicago White Sox through 1998. They became a farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1999 and won the South Atlantic League championship in 2002 and 2004. Hickory has been affiliated with the Texas Rangers since 2009. The Crawdads won a third SAL championship in 2015. They moved to the High-A East in 2021, but this was renamed the South Atlantic League in 2022.
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