Hub City Spartanburgers Explained
| Hub City Spartanburgers |
| Founded: | 2025 |
| City: | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
| Uniformlogo: | Hub City Spartanburgers cap logo.png |
| Class Level: | High-A (from 2025) |
| Current League: | South Atlantic League (from 2025) |
| Division: | South Division |
| Majorleague: | Texas Rangers (from 2025) |
| Nickname: | Hub City Spartanburgers (from 2025) |
| Colors: | Navy blue, bright green, red, brown, yellow
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| Mascots: | --> |
| Ballpark: | Fifth Third Park (from 2025) |
| Owner: | Diamond Baseball Holdings |
| Gm: | Tyson Jeffers |
The Hub City Spartanburgers are a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) team of the South Atlantic League and the High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. They will play their home games at Fifth Third Park, which is scheduled to open in 2025 and will hold 5,000 people.
History
In May 2023, Diamond Baseball Holdings bought the Down East Wood Ducks of the Single-A Carolina League and announced that the team would move for the 2025 season to a new ballpark to be built in Spartanburg, South Carolina.[1] Tyson Jeffers was announced as Spartanburg's first general manager in October 2023.[2] [3] Renaming of the team to Hub City Spartanburgers was announced in May 2024.[4] In July 2024, MiLB announced that the team would be promoted to class High-A, joining the South Atlantic League while remaining an affiliate of the Texas Rangers.[5]
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Notes and References
- News: Boschult . Christian . Spartanburg gets a minor league baseball team, plans downtown stadium . October 3, 2024 . . May 23, 2023 . live . subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20230523144520/https://www.postandcourier.com/spartanburg/news/spartanburg-gets-a-minor-league-baseball-team-plans-downtown-stadium/article_1e221f9c-f597-11ed-b574-7f6b7753c03b.html . May 23, 2023 . en.
- News: Boschult . Christian . Spartanburg baseball team’s new GM talks new role, new team name . November 25, 2024 . The Post and Courier . October 3, 2023 . live . subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20231108205233/https://www.postandcourier.com/spartanburg/news/spartanburg-baseball-team-s-new-gm-talks-new-role-new-team-name/article_f72e79e2-6122-11ee-9f13-d3cd51788fa7.html . November 8, 2023 . en.
- News: Montgomery . Bob . GM hired in time for downtown Spartanburg baseball stadium groundbreaking . November 25, 2024 . . October 4, 2023 . live . subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20231101221407/https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/local/2023/10/04/gm-hired-in-time-for-spartanburg-baseball-stadium-groundbreaking-minor-league-texas-rangers/71048562007/ . November 1, 2023 . en.
- News: Benjamin . Hill . Well done: Texas affiliate debuts Hub City identity . MiLB.com . May 11, 2024 . October 3, 2024.
- July 23, 2024 . South Atlantic, Carolina Leagues to realign in 2025 . Minor League Baseball . October 3, 2024.
