the down east wood ducks play at grainger stadium.
the down east wood ducks play at grainger stadium.
where do the down east wood ducks play?
grainger stadium
during the 2018 season, the down east wood ducks wore uniforms of the kinston indians at seven "throwback thursday" games to honor the history of baseball at grainger stadium. kinston indians merchandise was also available for purchase at the wood ducks team store.









































the 2019 season will bring a new identity to the down east wood ducks on agriculture/farm appreciation weekend that is scheduled for june 6-8 versus the frederick keys. the wood ducks’ farm team name will be the kinston collard greens and the club is finalizing the logo and jersey to be unveiled on march 19, 2019.
down east wood ducks
the new ownership group, rangers kinston, llc, filed a trademark application for the name wood ducks on august 15, 2016. one week later, on august 22, the ownership group announced that the rangers were bringing a team to kinston and that there would be a naming contest for the fans. on september 16, the team announced the finalists in the contest: down east eagles, down east hamhawks, down east hogzillas, down east shaggers, and down east wood ducks. at first, the names drew negative reaction from fans who were upset that the team would not be known by the town name, that kinston was not part of "down east" north carolina, and that some of the names were demeaning. this backlash later subsided as the community grew to embrace the moniker. on november 2, the team announced that the new name would be the name that they trademarked on august 15, down east wood ducks, without naming a winning fan. a similar situation happened when kinston joined the virginia league in 1925. the owners of that club decided that none of the submitted names in a name the team contest were satisfactory and picked a name of their own choosing, the eagles.
down east wood ducks