Hampton Crabs

[1] Hampton joined the Newport News Shipbuilders, Norfolk Phenoms, Petersburg Farmers, Portsmouth Boers and Richmond Bluebirds teams in beginning league play on April 30, 1900.

Located on Chesapeake Bay, Hampton became known as "Crabtown" as the local seafood industry flourished, beginning after the conclusion of the Civil War.

[8] Hampton finished 14.0 games behind the first place Norfolk Phenoms, with Christy Mathewson, in the final standings.

[10][11][12][3] The Tidewater League regular season ended on August 1, 1911, with Hampton in second place, playing under manager Steve Griffin.

[21] It is known in the era, that the 1895 and 1896 Philadelphia Phillies held spring training at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Hampton.