Greensboro, NC
Greensboro is located in central North Carolina, 10 miles east of Winston-Salem, NC and 5 miles northeast of High Point, NC.
Teams that have played here[edit]
- Greensboro Farmers, North Carolina League (1902)
- Greensboro Farmers, Virginia-North Carolina League (1905)
- Greensboro Champs, Carolina Association (1908-1910)
- Greensboro Patriots, Carolina Association (1911-1912)
- Greensboro Patriots, North Carolina State League (1913-1917)
- Greensboro Patriots, Piedmont League (1920-1926, 1928-1934)
- Greensboro Red Sox, Piedmont League (1941-1942)
- Greensboro Patriots, Carolina League (1945-1957, 1968)
- Greensboro Yankees, Carolina League (1958-1967)
- Greensboro Hornets, Western Carolinas League (1979)
- Greensboro Hornets, South Atlantic League (1980-1993)
- Greensboro Bats, South Atlantic League (1994-2004)
- Greensboro Grasshoppers, South Atlantic League (2005-2019, 2022- )
- Greensboro Grasshoppers, High-A East (2021)
Persons who were born here[edit]
- Tom Alston, infielder
- Ross Atkins, General Manager
- Patrick Bailey, catcher
- Dave Barbee, outfielder
- Jake Bloss, pitcher
- Hal Brown, pitcher
- Blake Butler, minor league infielder and manager
- Dave Cheadle, pitcher
- Jaylin Davis, outfielder
- Bill DeLancey, catcher
- Robert Doak, minor league pitcher
- George Ferrell, minor league outfielder
- Wes Ferrell, pitcher
- Lindsay Foster, minor league infielder
- Tom Glass, pitcher
- Greg Harris, pitcher
- Michael Holmes, scout
- Ralph Hodgin, outfielder
- Frank Jobe, surgeon
- Leonard Lindsay, infielder
- Dallas McPherson, infielder
- Cedric Mullins, outfielder
- Jake Smith, minor league catcher
- Gene Stewart, minor league infielder
- Devin Sweet, pitcher
- Josh Tobias, minor league infielder
- George Watkins, infielder
- Allen Webster, pitcher
Persons who died here[edit]
- Hal Brown, pitcher
- Mace Brown, pitcher
- Charlie Carroll, minor league infielder and manager
- Woody Crowson, pitcher
- Billy Joe Davidson, minor league pitcher
- Crash Davis, infielder
- John Drebinger, writer
- George Ferrell, minor league outfielder
- Victor Fucci, minor league outfielder
- Tom Glass, pitcher
- Cal Irvin, infielder
- Stanley Johnson, minor league pitcher
- Bill Lindsay, infielder
- Damon Newman, minor league pitcher
- Jack Sanford, infielder
- Walt Streuli, catcher
- Gene Stewart, minor league infielder
- George Watkins, infielder
- Max Wilson, pitcher
Educational institutions located here[edit]
- Ben L. Smith High School
- Bessemer High School
- The Early College at Guilford
- Greensboro College
- Grimsley High School
- Guilford College
- Guilford High School
- James B. Dudley High School
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- Northwest Guilford High School
- Rankin High School (closed)
- Southeast Guilford High School
- Southern Guilford High School
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Walter Hines Page High School
- Western Guilford High School
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