60TH Anniversary - PENINSULA WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM

PENINSULA PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

60TH Anniversary - PENINSULA WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM

60TH ANNIVERSARY

PENINSULA 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 PILOTS - THE CITY OF HAMPTON - NEWPORT NEWS APPRENTICE SCHOOL

Year By Year at Peninsula War Memorial Stadium

Piedmont League -Class B - 1948 -1955

Carolina League -- Class A Advanced - 1963-1971,1974,1976-1992

International League - Class AAA - 1971-1972

Woman's Pro Fastpitch League - Virginia Roadsters

1997-1999

Coastal Plain League - Summer College Baseball - Peninsula Pilots

2000 - Present

Also Current Host to the Newport News Apprentice School Shipbuilders

Hosted American Legion local - Regional - National Tournaments 1976 - 1992

***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***

Celebrating The 60TH Anniversary -

Historic Peninsula War Memorial Stadium -

1948-2008

***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 **