Mark Grudzielanek
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Mark James Grudzielanek is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. Grudzielanek played for six different teams during his 15-season career. He batted and threw right-handed. He was most recently the 2019 manager of the Charlotte Knights, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.
Grudzielanek with the Charlotte Knights in 2019.
Grudzielanek with the Kansas City Royals in 2007
Charlotte Knights
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The Charlotte Knights are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. They are located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and play their home games at Truist Field, which opened in 2014 and is located in Uptown Charlotte. The team previously played at Knights Park (1976–1988), Knights Castle (1989), and Knights Stadium (1990–2013).
Cal Ripken Jr., inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, played for the Charlotte O's in 1979 and 1980.
Jim Thome of the 1993 Knights was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.
The Knights have played at Truist Field since 2014.
Ken Dixon won the Southern League Most Outstanding Pitcher Award in 1984.