Virginia League (1948–1951)

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Virginia League
FormerlyVirginia League (1939-1942)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1948
Ceased1951
PresidentRobert S. Brenaman (1948–1950)
Benjamin L. Campbell (1951)
No. of teams10
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
1948: Blackstone Barristers
1949: Petersburg Generals
1950: Emporia Nationals
1951:
ClassificationClass D (1948–1951)

The Virginia League of 1948–1951 was a Class D level American minor baseball league. The league was the last of five professional baseball circuits to be known by that name dating to 1894. The post-World War II league revived the previous incarnation of the Virginia League that had ceased operation after concluding the 1942 season.

History[]

The 1948–1951 Virginia League played each of its four seasons as a six-team league. The Virginia League headquarters were in Petersburg, with teams in North Carolina and Virginia. The Washington Senators of the American League (who used Nationals as one of their nicknames for many years) sponsored the Emporia club from 1948 to 1950. The New York Yankees (Blackstone) and St. Louis Cardinals (Lawrenceville) also had affiliates in the Virginia League in 1948.[1]

Among the future Major Leaguer players who played in the Virginia League of 1948–1951, a future All-Star was shortstop Eddie Kasko, a member of the 1961 National League squad (and a future MLB manager and executive), who played for the 1950 Suffolk Goobers.

1948–1951 Virginia League cities represented[]

  • Blackstone, VA: Blackstone Barristers 1948
  • Colonial Heights, VA & Petersburg, VA: Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals 1951
  • Edenton, NC: Edenton Colonials 1951
  • Elizabeth City, NC: 1950–1951
  • Emporia, VA: Emporia Nationals 1948–1950; 1951
  • Franklin, VA: 1948; 1949–1951
  • Hopewell, VA: Hopewell Blue Sox 1949–1950
  • Lawrenceville, VA: Lawrenceville Cardinals 1948; 1949
  • Petersburg, VA: Petersburg Generals 1948–1950
  • Suffolk, VA: 1948–1951

1948–1951 Virginia League standings[]

1948 Virginia League
President: Robert S. Brenaman

Team Standings W L PCT GB Attend Managers
83 52 .615 - 60,873 Bill Steinecke
Blackstone Barristers 78 62 .557 7.5 37,632 Paul Badgett
76 64 .543 9.5 54,867 John Zontini
Petersburg Generals 73 62 .541 10.0 116,062 Paul Varner
Emporia Nationals 63 74 .460 21.0 33,415 Morrie Aderholt
Lawrenceville Cardinals 39 98 .285 45.0 21,104 Robert Comiskey
George Shearin / John Pruett

Playoffs: Petersburg 4 games, Suffolk 2; Blackstone 4 games, Franklin 0.
Finals: Blackstone 4 games, Petersburg 3.

1949 Virginia League
President: Robert S. Brenaman

Team Standings W L PCT GB Attend Managers
80 48 .625 - 54,282 George Lacy
Petersburg Generals 72 54 .571 7.0 76,000 Paul Varner
Emporia Nationals 67 55 .549 10.0 29,050 Morrie Aderholt
57 65 .467 20.0 41,381 Bill Steinecke / Paul Badgett
Hopewell Blue Sox 52 75 .409 27.5 39,600 Joe Mills
45 76 .372 31.5 29,000 Garland Braxton / James Myers
Glenn Titus / Claude Weaver / Walter Wholey

Playoffs: Franklin 4 games, Suffolk 1; Petersburg 4 games, Emporia 3.
Finals: Petersburg 4 games, Franklin 2.

1950 Virginia League
President: Robert S. Brenaman

Team Standings W L PCT GB Attend Managers
Emporia Nationals 71 57 .555 - 26,380 Morrie Aderholt
Petersburg Generals 69 61 .531 3.0 43,508 Paul Varner
68 61 .527 3.5 35,000 Paul Crawford
Hopewell Blue Sox 65 65 .500 7.0 29,320 Herbert Moore
65 65 .500 7.0 30,249 Paul Badgett
50 79 .388 21.5 28,638 Buster Kinard

Playoffs:Hopewell defeated Franklin by forfeit for fourth place. Emporia 4 games, Hopewell 1; Petersburg 4 games, Elizabeth City 2.
Finals: Emporia 4 games, Petersburg 2.

1951 Virginia League
President: Benjamin L. Campbell

Team Standings W L PCT GB Attend Managers
Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals 80 39 .672 - 35,146 Turkey Tyson
67 50 .573 12.0 34,301 Paul Crawford
Edenton Colonials 63 55 .534 16.5 28,528 Gashouse Parker
56 62 .475 23.5 26,000 Red Treadway
49 70 .412 31.0 18,299 Carl McQuillen / Awood Holland
39 78 .333 40.0 12,000 Joe Mills / Harold Martin

Playoffs: Colonial Heights-Petersburg 4 games, Suffolk 1; Elizabeth City 4 games, Edenton 3.
Finals: Elizabeth City 4 games, Colonial Heights-Petersburg 1.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
  2. ^ "Virginia League - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.

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