Newport News Dodgers

Newport News Dodgers
1944–1955 Newport News, Virginia
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes	Class B
Previous leagues	Piedmont League (1944-1955)
Major league affiliations
Previous teams	Brooklyn Dodgers (1944-1955)
Minor league titles
League titles	3 (1946, 1948, 1954)

The Newport News Dodgers were a minor league baseball affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers between 1944 and 1955. They played in the Piedmont League and were based in Newport News, Virginia. The teams played at Peninsula War Memorial Stadium on Pembroke Avenue in Hampton, Virginia. The stadium was built by Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey. The Dodgers played there from 1948-1955. Previously, Newport News teams played at Builders' Park on Warwick Road (1944-1947) and prior to that at a ballpark on Wickham Avenue on the East End of Newport News. The Piedmont League folded after the 1955 season, ending Newport News' franchise.

Newport News won Piedmont League championships in 1946, 1948 and 1954.

Notable Newport News Alumni

Baseball Hall of Fame alumni

• Chief Bender (1941, MGR) Inducted, 1953
• Gil Hodges (1946) Inducted, 2022
• Duke Snider (1944) Inducted, 1980

Notable alumni

• Joe Coleman (1941) MLB All-Star
• Chuck Connors (1946) Actor
• Roger Craig (1951, 1954)
• Johnny Gooch (1919)
• Billy Hunter (1949) MLB All-Star
• Clem Labine (1944, 1947) 2 x MLB All-Star
• Bob Lillis (1951, 1953)
• Danny Ozark (1948)
• Johnny Podres (1951) 4 x MLB All-Star; 1955 World Series Most Valuable Player; 1956 NL ERA Leader
• Ed Roebuck (1950)
• Larry Sherry (1955) 1959 World Series Most Valuable Player
• Norm Sherry (1951, 1954)
• Stan Williams (1955) 2 x MLB All-Star

External links

• Baseball Reference
• Article on the ballpark and team