Virginia League

For other uses, see Virginia League (disambiguation).

The Virginia League was a minor league baseball affiliation which operated in Virginia and North Carolina from 1906 to 1928. It was classified as a "C" league from 1906 to 1919 and as a "B" league from 1920 to 1928, folding in June.^[1]

Virginia League (1906–1928)

Formerly	Virginia League (1900)
Classification	Class C (1906–1919) Class D (1920–1928)
Sport	Minor League Baseball
First season	1906
Ceased	1928
Replaced by	Virginia League (1939–42)
President	Jake Wells(1906–1909) C.R. Williams (1910–1911) Jacob O. Boatwright (1912–1915) Burrus Corprew (1916) William B. Bradley (1917–1921) W. S. Moye (1922–1924) William G. Bramham (1925–1928)
No. of teams	15
Country	United States of America
Most titles	5 Richmond Colts (1908, 1918, 1924–1926)

The most famous alumni to come out of the league were World War II hero, General Frank A. Armstrong (the highest-ranking military officer to have played professional baseball), and Hall of Fame members Rick Ferrell, Sam Rice, Chief Bender, Pie Traynor, and Hack Wilson. Chief Bender, Art Devlin, Gabby Street and Zinn Beck served as managers in the league.

Virginia League Champions †

1906 - Lynchburg Shoemakers 1907 - Norfolk Tars 1908 - Richmond Colts 1909 - Roanoke Tigers 1910 - Danville Red Sox 1911 - Petersburg Hustlers 1912 - Roanoke Tigers 1913 - Petersburg Goobers 1914 - Norfolk Tars 1915 - Rocky Mount Carolinians 1916 - Newport News Shipbuilders 1917 - Newport News Shipbuilders

1918 - Richmond Colts 1919 - Petersburg Goobers 1920 - Portsmouth Truckers 1921 - Portsmouth Truckers 1922 - Wilson Bugs 1923 - Wilson Tobacconists 1924 - Richmond Colts 1925 - Richmond Colts 1926 - Richmond Colts 1927 - Portsmouth Truckers 1928 - Norfolk Tars

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† Playoffs were not held at the end of most seasons. In those cases, the Champions listed were the teams who ended the regular season in first place.

Complete team list (1906-1928)

Danville Bugs (1911) Danville Red Sox (1906–1910, 1912) Hopewell Powder Puffs (1916) Kinston Eagles (1925–1927) Lynchburg Shoemakers (1906–1912, 1917) Newport News Shipbuilders (1912–1922) Norfolk Mary Janes (1920) Norfolk Tars (1906–1919, 1921–1928) Petersburg Broncos↑ (1926–1928) Petersburg Goobers (1910, 1912–1921, 1924) Petersburg Hustlers (1911) Petersburg Trunkmakers (1923) Portsmouth Foxes (1916) Portsmouth Pirates (1912–1913)

Portsmouth Truckers (1906–1910, 1914–1915, 1917, 1919–1928) Richmond Colts (1906–1914, 1918–1928) Roanoke Tigers (1906–1914) Roanoke Rapids‡ (1916) Rocky Mount Broncos↑ (1924–1925) Rocky Mount Carolinians (1915) Rocky Mount Tar Heels (1916–1917, 1920–1923) Suffolk Nuts (1919–1920) Suffolk Tigers (1915) Suffolk Wildcats (1921) Tarboro Tarbabies (1921) Wilson Bugs (1920–1922,1924–1927) Wilson Tobacconists (1923)

↑ Also spelled "Bronchos."

‡ This team had no known nickname.