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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. The team was known as the Gastonia Baseball Club in 2024 before becoming the Ghost Peppers in 2025.
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]
The team played its home games at Sims Legion Park in Gastonia, North Carolina, where they were known for their unique promotional events and fireworks shows. It was reported in October 2020 that the team was moving to Spartanburg, South Carolina starting with the 2021 season. [1] The team's new name was announced as the Spartanburgers. [2]
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 October 2024. [44] [45] The Gastonia Ghost Peppers played their first game on April 25, 2024, a 3–2 loss to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. [46]
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The Gastonia Rangers were a class A minor league baseball team located in Gastonia, North Carolina. The team played first as the Rangers in the Western Carolinas League (1973–1974). In 1983 and 1984, they played as the Gastonia Expos, as an affiliate of the Montreal Expos. They later returned to the Rangers name in the South Atlantic League ...
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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.