Fredericksburg Nationals
Minor league baseball team
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June 9 2025 | The Silber family announced the sale of the Fredericksburg Nationals to Diamond Baseball Holdings, which now owns the team alongside the Harrisburg Senators minor league baseball affiliate. |
September 18 2024 | The Fredericksburg Nationals won their first Carolina League championship by defeating the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 3-0 in the third game of a 3-game series at their home stadium. |
2023 | Fredericksburg Nationals completed their season with a 65-63 overall record, placing third in the Carolina League's North Division during both the first and second halves of the season. |
2022 | Fredericksburg Nationals finished the regular season with a 75-55 overall record, winning first place in the Carolina League's North Division. |
2022 | The Low-A East league renamed itself as the Carolina League and was reclassified as a Single-A circuit, reorganizing into two six-team divisions instead of three four-team divisions. |
2022 | In the Carolina League playoffs, the Fredericksburg Nationals lost to Lynchburg in a best-of-three series first-round playoff match, despite being the first-place team in both halves of the season. |
2022 | Stadium renamed Virginia Credit Union Stadium under a 10-year naming rights deal. |
2021 | Completed their inaugural season with a 44-76 win-loss record, finishing fourth (last) in the North Division of the Low-A East League, while achieving the highest total attendance of 199,071 in their division. |
May 11 2021 | The team played their first home game at FredNats Ballpark, losing to the Delmarva Shorebirds 7-5, with an attendance of 2,065 people. |
May 4 2021 | Fredericksburg Nationals began their competition with a 16-3 loss to the Lynchburg Hillcats at Bank of the James Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. |
2020 | The Fredericksburg Nationals' minor league baseball season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team served as an alternate training site for the Washington Nationals, hosting players not on the active roster, minor league players, and instructors during the season. |
December 2020 | The Fredericksburg Nationals were notified they would be relegated to the Low-A level and would continue their affiliation with the Washington Nationals for 2021 and beyond. |
April 23 2020 | Held a virtual opening day due to COVID-19 pandemic, with general manager Nick Hall confirming the stadium was baseball-ready. |
March 2020 | Team unveiled their new mascot Gus, described as 'fat and fluffy' with purple fur and bright green eyebrows. |
November 16 2019 | Team revealed new uniforms and Mary Washington logo at an event on Mary Washington's 311th birthday. |
October 5 2019 | Team announced a name change from Potomac Nationals to Fredericksburg Nationals for the 2020 season, with the marketing nickname changing from 'P-Nats' to 'FredNats'. |
February 24 2019 | Groundbreaking ceremony held for the new stadium. |
November 2018 | Fredericksburg city council unanimously approved the Silber family's $35 million stadium project, with the city agreeing to be an 'anchor tenant' and make annual payments of $1.05 million for 30 years. |
June 2018 | Potomac Nationals owner Art Silber announced plans to build a new 5,000-seat stadium in Fredericksburg, Virginia, scheduled to open in April 2020. |
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