Peninsula Pilots (minor league team)

The Peninsula Pilots were a Minor League Baseball team located in Hampton, Virginia. They began play in the Carolina League in 1976 as a Philadelphia Phillies farm team. The 1980 team was named the 74th best Minor League team of the 20th century in a list by two noted minor league historians, Bill Weiss and Marshall Wright. The team was known as the Peninsula White Sox in 1986–1987 while affiliated with the Chicago White Sox, and as the Virginia Generals in 1988 when they operated as an unaffiliated co-op club. They regained their original name in 1989 and major league affiliation returned in 1990 with the Seattle Mariners (1990–1992). The team's existence ended after the 1992 season when they relocated to Wilmington, Delaware and became the Wilmington Blue Rocks.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1976	71-65	2nd	Cal Emery	none
1977	71-67	2nd	Jim Snyder	League Champs
1978	90-49	1st	Jim Snyder	Lost League Finals
1979	68-68	3rd	Ron Clark	none
1980	100-40	1st	Bill Dancy	League Champs
1981	71-65	1st	Bill Dancy	Lost League Finals
1982	90-47	1st	Bill Dancy	Lost in 1st round
1983	58-80	7th	Tony Taylor
1984	73-67	3rd	Ron Clark	Lost in 1st round
1985	67-68	3rd	Ron Clark
1986	60-74	5th	Bob Bailey / Duke Sims
1987	66-74	5th (tie)	Marv Foley
1988	41-99	8th	Joe Breeden
1989	44-89	8th	Jim Thrift
1990	57-83	7th	Jim Nettles
1991	46-93	8th	Steve Smith
1992	74-64	2nd	Marc Hill	League Champs

See also

• Peninsula Pilots, an amateur baseball team in the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league