The PENINSULA PRO BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
THE RECORD BOOK
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PENINSULA PRO BASEBALL...THROUGH THE YEARS

**YEARS*LEAGUES** 1894,1896,1900,1912-1922,1941-43 VIRGINIA LEAGUE 1,441 GAMES 681-760 .473 VIRGINIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1916*1917** 1930 OLD DOMINION LEAGUE** 1897 SOUTHEAST VA LEAGUE * 1901 VA NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE * 1944-1955 PIEDMONT LEAGUE 1,574 GAMES 799-775 .508 PIEDMONT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1946*1948*1954 ATTENDANCE 689,516*** 1972,73 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE** 1963-1971,1974,1976-1992 CAROLINA LEAGUE 1,841-1,894 .493 CAROLINA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1971*1977*1980*1992 2ND HALF CHAMPIONS 1971,1977,1978,1980,1981,1982,1984,1992 PENINSULA HOLDS CL RECORDS FOR BEST OVERALL RECORD 1980 (100-40)..BEST 1ST HALF RECORD 1982 (49-21)..BEST 2ND HALF RECORD 1980 (51-19) ****

***OTHER PRO TEAMS AT WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM** VIRGINIA ROADSTERS * WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL FASTPITCH * 1997 * 1998* 1999 *

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***SEASON THEMES***MOST PRO SPORTS TEAMS HAVE A THEME FOR EACH SEASON. HERE ARE A FEW FROM THE PENINSULA TEAM * 1969 PENINSULA ASTROS..."CATCH A RISING STAR" * 1971 PENINSULA PILOTS "WATCH THE STARS OF TOMMOROW..TODAY" * 1972 PENINSULA WHIPS "WHIP IT ON THEM" * 1974 PENINSULA PENNANTS "SUPPORT US OR LOSE US" * 1976 PENINSULA PILOTS "A CENTURY OF BASEBALL" * 1977 PENINSULA PILOTS "CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM" * 1978 PENINSULA PILOTS "CELEBRATE THE 1977 CAROLINA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS" AND "PILOT'S POWER" * 1979 PENINSULA PILOTS "LET OUR BALL PARK BE YOUR BASE FOR FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT" * 1980 PENINSULA PILOTS "A NEW DECADE..SAME WINNING TRADITION" * 1981 PENINSULA PILOTS "HAVE FUN IN '81" * 1982 PENINSULA PILOTS "THE FUN HAS JUST BEGUN" * 1983 PENINSULA PILOTS "THE PENINSULA..CITY OF CHAMPIONS" * 1985 PENINSULA PILOTS "THE PENINSULA'S ONLY PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM" * 1986 PENINSULA WHITE SOX "THE WINNING TRADITION...A NEW BEGINNING" * 1987 PENINSULA WHITE SOX "COME WATCH THE STARS COME OUT" AND CELEBRATE THE "40TH YEAR FOR WAR EMEORIAL STADIUM" AND "41ST CAROLINA LEAGUE ALL STAR TEAM" * 1988 VIRGINIA GENERALS "NEW NAME...NEW TEAM" * 1992 PENINSULA PILOTS "IT'S A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME" *

**JOHN GRAHAM*CHAIRMAN * DAN TAUKEN VICE CHAIRMAN * DAVE WALLWORK VICE CHAIRMAN C-2001 ppbhof

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