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The Gastonia Ghost Peppers are a professional baseball team based in Gastonia, North Carolina, which began play in 2024. They compete in the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a "partner league" of Major League Baseball. [3] [4] The Ghost Peppers play their home games at CaroMont Health Park, which opened in 2021.
In 2019 the Atlantic League announced it was considering a new franchise in Gastonia. [3] Work officially began in November 2019, for the new ballpark in Gastonia. [4] In July 2020, the league announced the addition of a new franchise in Gastonia beginning in 2021; it would be the league's second team based in North Carolina. [5]
Rick White, president of the Atlantic League, confirmed that the Honey Hunters were terminated, but said that the Atlantic League intended to field a team in Gastonia in 2024. [43] In February 2024, the league named Zawyer Sports & Entertainment as the new owners for the 2024 season with the team name, Gastonia Ghost Peppers , announced in ...
After a tumultuous offseason, the focus finally returns to the field of play for the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball’s Gastonia franchise.
New owners were announced in February 2024 of a yet-to-be-named Atlantic League team to begin play at CaroMont Health Park in April. [18] The Gastonia Baseball Club played at CaroMont Health Park on April 25, 2024, in their first game, a 3-2 loss to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. [19]
The 2023 Atlantic League season was the 26th season of the Atlantic League. There was a ten-team 126-game schedule. The Spire City Ghost Hounds were introduced to the league. The Lancaster Barnstormers defeated the Gastonia Honey Hunters in the championship series, capturing their second consecutive championship and 4th in franchise history.
Gastonia first hosted minor league baseball in 1923, when the "Gastonia Comers" played a partial season as members of the Class B level South Atlantic League. [1] The first Gastonia Cardinals team was immediately preceded in minor league play by the 1938 "Gastonia Spinners," who played a portion of the season as members of the Independent level Carolina League in the final season of the league.
The 1959 South Atlantic League was a Class A baseball season played between April 13 and September 1. Eight teams played a 140-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the playoffs. The Gastonia Pirates won the South Atlantic League championship, defeating the Charleston ChaSox in the final round of the playoffs.