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| Location | 2500 Clement Boulevard Hickory, North Carolina, US |
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| Coordinates | 35°44′57″N 81°22′43″W / 35.74917°N 81.37861°W |
| Owner | Hickory Baseball, Inc. |
| Operator | Hickory Baseball, Inc. |
| Capacity | 5,062 (4,000 fixed seats) |
| Record attendance | 5,283 |
| Field size | Left Field: 330 feet (100 m) Center Field: 401 feet (122 m) Right Field: 330 feet (100 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 21, 1992[1] |
| Opened | April 16, 1993[2] |
| Construction cost | $4.5 million ($9.49 million in 2023 dollars[3]) |
| Architect | Lescher and Mahoney CBSA Architects, Inc. |
| Services engineer | Brittain Engineering, Inc.[4] |
| General contractor | Wayne Brothers, Inc.[5] |
| Tenants | |
| Hickory Crawdads (SAL/CL) 1993–present Catawba Valley Stars (GSL/CVCL) 2009–present | |
L.P. Frans Stadium is a stadium in Hickory, North Carolina. It was built in 1993 and has a fixed seating capacity of roughly 4,000. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Hickory Crawdads Minor League Baseball team previously of the South Atlantic League. In July 2024, MiLB announced that the Crawdads will join the Carolina League in 2025.[6]
- ^ "Sox Shift to Hickory". Chicago Sun-Times. September 22, 1992. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ "Want to See Crawdads' Opener? Cross Your Claws and Get in Line". The Charlotte Observer. April 16, 1993. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Clients & Projects". Brittain Engineering, Inc. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ "Kudos!" (PDF). Wayne Brothers, Inc. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ "South Atlantic, Carolina Leagues to realign in 2025". Minor League Baseball (Press release). July 23, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024.