Spartanburg Stingers

From BR Bullpen

Location: Spartanburg, SC
League: Coastal Plain (Summer Collegiate) League
Stadium: Russell C. King Field at Wofford College

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The Spartanburg Stingers are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League. The Stingers play their home games at Russell C. King Field on the campus of Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. Founded in 2003, the Stingers finished second in their division in their inaugural year with a 12-8 record. The great season was not enough to earn the team a wild card birth and the team missed out on the playoffs. The Stingers have since invested in actively recruiting players, and have hosted collegiate athletes from throughout the United States.

The Spartanburg Stingers are like every other summer college baseball team, in that they are dedicated and designed to provide minor league stylecompetition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The Stingers operate in the model of an Independent Minor League team: recruiting athletes, playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment and experiencing road trips between games. Like all other summer collegiate players, Spartanburg Stingers athletes are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.