WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM

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WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM

***HISTORIC PENINSULA WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM***1889 W. PEMBROKE AVE. HAMPTON,VIRGINIA 23661 * OPENED JUNE 1948* CAPACITY 4,330 * DIMENSIONS * 402 CENTER * 335 LEFT * 335 RIGHT** LARGEST ATTENDANCE * JULY 26,1965 VS GREENSBORO * 7,186 ** OPERATED BY THE PENINSULA STADIUM AUTHORITY *

***CAROLINA LEAGUE*** 1963 * 1964 * 1965 * 1966 * 1967 * 1968 * 1969 * 1970 * 1971 * 1974 * 1976 * 1977 * 1978 * 1979 * 1980 * 1981 * 1982 * 1983 * 1984 * 1985 * 1986 * 1987 * 1988 * 1989 * 1990 * 1991 * 1992 **

***PENINSULA WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM FAST FACTS***BEER WAS FIRST SOLD AT WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM DURING THE 1972 PENINSULA WHIPS TRIPLE A SEASON. IT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT BROUGHT THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM TO HAMPTON***

***PIEDMONT LEAGUE*** 1948 * 1949 * 1950 * 1951 * 1952 * 1953 * 1954 * 1955 ** INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE ** 1972 * 1973 *

***PENINSULA WAR MEMORIAL TEAM NICKNAMES*** 1948-1955 * NEWPORT NEWS DODGERS * 1963-1968 * PENINSULA GRAYS * 1969-70 * PENINSULA ASTROS * 1971 * PENINSULA PILOTS * 1972-73 * PENINSULA WHIPS * 1974 * PENINSULA PENNANTS * 1976-1985 * PENINSULA PILOTS * 1986-87 * PENINSULA WHITE SOX * 1988 * VIRGINIA GENERALS * 1989-1992 * PENINSULA PILOTS **