- Source: Sims Legion Park
Sims Legion Park is a 3,000-seat baseball park in Gastonia, North Carolina that is the home field for Gaston College baseball. It has hosted the Gastonia Grizzlies of the Coastal Plain League, as well as American Legion baseball. The Grizzlies moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina starting with the 2021 season and were renamed the Spartanburgers.
The stadium underwent a total rebuild in the 1970s in order to attract a Minor League Baseball team. Since then the stadium has seen many tenants come and go. An ongoing effort to build a new ballpark in Gastonia in 2021 produced CaroMont Health Park, home to the Gastonia Honey Hunters of the Atlantic League. Sims Legion Park was further renovated between the 2021 and 2022 baseball seasons.
Players who've played here include Andy Van Slyke (Cardinals, Pirates), Sammy Sosa (Rangers, White Sox, Cubs, Orioles), Juan González (Rangers, Tigers, Indians, Royals), Iván Rodríguez (Rangers, Marlins, Tigers), and former Major Leaguer Tug McGraw (Mets, Phillies), who pitched one game for the Rangers in 1989.
References
External links
Ballpark Reviews - Gastonia
Charles O’Reilly's site
Digital Ballparks
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Marjorie Merriweather Post
- James Doolittle
- Sims Legion Park
- Legion Park
- Gastonia Grizzlies
- Gastonia, North Carolina
- CaroMont Health Park
- Gastonia Rangers
- Gastonia Rockets
- Gastonia Cardinals
- Lewis Field (disambiguation)
- J. Marion Sims
