The Hub City Spartanburgers is Spartanburg’s newest minor league baseball team.
The owners are Diamond Baseball Holdings, who purchased the team back in May 2023. The Spartanburgers were originally the Down East Wood Ducks, but they moved to Spartanburg and had a name change.
The Spartanburgers are the minor league affiliate of the Texas Rangers, who won the World Series back in 2023.
The Spartanburgers are located in downtown Spartanburg and have a brand new stadium. The Fifth Third Stadium built in downtown Spartanburg brings fun options for everyone.
The cost of the stadium was 75 million dollars. The stadium holds five thousand people and has kids’ play areas with an open turf field for kids to play.
The Fifth Third Stadium has a lot of food options. It has the usual hotdogs, pizza, and popcorn, but it also has the Spartanburg,a burger with pimento cheese and a fried green tomato.
The meaning of the “Hub” City. The Hub City Spartanburg South Carolina got its name from the late 1800s due to its major transportation hub with many railroads. The first railroad to come to Spartanburg was the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia railroad in 1859. By the late 1800s, seven railroad lines covered Spartanburg, giving it the Hub City nickname.
The Spartanburgers’ first game was Wednesday, April 2 against the Hickory Crawdads located out of Hickory, North Carolina for a scrimmage .
The Spartanburgers’ opening day at Fifth Third Park in Spartanburg is Tuesday, April 15 vs the Bowling Green Hot Rods, located out of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
As a bonus the Spartanburgers are doing fireworks after the first game.
The Spartanburgers are doing lots of promotions this season:
- Fifth Third Firework Friday. Every Friday game, there will be fireworks after the game
- Every Saturday game is sign-it Saturday where every player gives out free autographs
- Family Funday Sunday. The kid’s zone is free for all families.
- There will be four bobblehead giveaways: May 25, June 26, July 30 and September 4.
- There will be 8 military appreciation nights.
- 8 gate giveaways, including cowboy hats, a grill spatula, and an apron. A kid’s cape, a train whistle, and a souvenir toy of Fifth Third Park.
- There will be five special jersey nights, including Cowboy Spongebob night, Chewbacca Starwars night, video game night, military night, and a mystery jersey.
