The Petersburg Generals were an amateur baseball team in the

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, a collegiate summer baseball league. The team played its home games at the

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Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 33,458. The Bureau of Econ ...

. The Generals first started participating in the Coastal Plain League in 2000. The Generals made it to the postseason twice: winning two division championships, in 2000 and 2003, and as a wild card team in 2002. They won their lone league championship in 2000. In 2017, while having financial trouble, the acting city manager of Petersburg approved the sale of the team for $100,000. The team is not scheduled to participate in the 2017 Coastal Plain League season.

Alumni

* Brett Campbell (2001); pitcher,

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(2006) * Don Kelly (2000); shortstop, Pittsburgh Pirates (2007), Detroit Tigers (2009-2014), Miami Marlins (2015–2016) *

Jeremy Wolf Jeremy Daniel Wolf (born November 2, 1993) is an American-Israeli baseball player on the Israel National Baseball Team. High school and college Wolf attended Chaparral High School, where he played on the Firebirds alongside among others future ...

(2014), American-Israeli outfielder/first baseman on the

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Coastal Plain League Petersburg, Virginia Amateur baseball teams in Virginia 2000 establishments in Virginia Baseball teams established in 2000 2017 disestablishments in Virginia Baseball teams disestablished in 2017 Defunct baseball teams in Virginia {{Virginia-baseball-team-stub