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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