Fleming Stadium


Home-plate entrance to Wilson’s Fleming Stadium, Aug-2005.
The grandstand, as seen from down the third-base line.
A look out from the covered grandstand.
Quick Facts:
The Wilson Tobacconists, or “Tobs”, called Fleming Stadium home starting in 1939. This is the original field, and it appears to be the original stadium, with slight renovations. The field was named for Tobs booster Allie Fleming in the early 1950s. The park hosted mostly lower-level minor league ball, although the Double-A Carolina Mudcats played the first half of their 1991 season here after moving from Columbus, Ga., while they waited for their new park in Zebulon, 25 miles west, to be completed sufficiently enough to host games.

The expansive grandstand here is covered by a roof, a nice touch I appreciate.

As of 2005, the field is home to the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain League, a college summer wood-bat league. It has also hosted the North Carolina Baseball Museum since early 2004.

Professional baseball is apparently headed back to Wilson in 2026 with the relocation of the Carolina Mudcats from Zebulon, 25 miles to the west. The club will utilize a new facility near downtown rather than renovating Fleming Stadium.

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