Newport News Dodgers

Minor league baseball team

1944–1955
Newport News, Virginia

Minor league affiliationsPrevious classesClass B

Previous leagues

Piedmont League (1944-1955)Major league affiliationsPrevious teamsBrooklyn Dodgers (1944-1955)Minor league titlesLeague 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.^[1]

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

Notable Newport News Alumni

Baseball Hall of Fame alumni

Gil Hodges (1946) Inducted, 2022
Duke Snider (1944) Inducted, 1980

Notable alumni

Chuck Connors (1946) Actor
Roger Craig (1951, 1954)
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