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.
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.
The HickoryCrawdads are a Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League (SAL) and the High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located...
games. He was promoted to the HickoryCrawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League on July 18. Over 34 games for Hickory in 2023, Cauley hit .248/.336/...
games. He was promoted to the HickoryCrawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League on August 2. Over 24 games for Hickory, he hit .333/.453/.644/1.097...
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James Anthony Abbott (born September 19, 1967) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the California...
"Ragsdale guides Crawdads by using what he learned in his own career". Hickory Daily Record. Retrieved November 11, 2019. HickoryCrawdads (January 3, 2013)...
prospect according to Baseball America. He played the season with the HickoryCrawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League, leading the league with 38 home...
major league spring training in 2023. He made 6 starts for the High-A HickoryCrawdads, posting a 2-2 record and 3.86 ERA with 42 strikeouts in 28.0 innings...
1998 (2–0 series loss to Augusta) and 1999 (2–0 series loss to the HickoryCrawdads), and mid pack success in their final three seasons in Macon. In total...
leagues. McCutchen played the majority of the season for the Class A HickoryCrawdads, for whom he started the South Atlantic League (SAL) All-Star team...
Ashley (July 12, 2021). "Crawdads Corner: Pitcher represented Hickory in Futures Game as part of All-Star festivities". Hickory Daily Record. Retrieved...
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remainder of that season. Carter split the 2022 season between the HickoryCrawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League and the Frisco RoughRiders of the...
Chadwick Lee Bradford (born September 14, 1974) is a former American professional relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the Chicago...
home runs in 54 games. In 2013, Mazara played in 126 games for the HickoryCrawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League, hitting .236 with a .310 on-base...
Carlos Noriel Lee (born June 20, 1976), nicknamed "El Caballo", is a Panamanian former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman. He played...
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