Peninsula Winter League

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Peninsula Winter League
Sport Minor League Baseball
Inaugural season1959
Ceased1968
President Bill Weiss (1959–1968)
No. of teams6 – 8
Country United States of America
Most titlesUnknown
Classification Rookie (1959–1968)
Related
competitions		 Arizona Instructional League
Florida Instructional League

The Peninsula Winter League was a Rookie level baseball minor league that played from 1959 to 1968 as a winter league. The Peninsula Winter League teams were Major League Baseball affiliate teams and were based in San Francisco, California.

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Baseball Hall of Fame members Joe Morgan and Willie Stargell played in the Peninsula Winter League.

History

Prior to the minor league, a league named the Peninsula Winter League played as a semi–pro league beginning in the 1940s and continuing through the 1950s. The Grace Brothers Beer Company sponsored a successful team in the early league. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The Peninsula Winter League was formed for the 1959 season as a Rookie level minor league. The league president was Bill Weiss. The Peninsula Winter League teams were all based in San Francisco, California and each team took the moniker of its Major League Baseball affiliate team. The league continued minor league play through 1968. [5] [6]

The Peninsula Winter League (PWL) was organized by a group of major league scouts and member teams were financed by major league organizations. The league players were young organization members and free agents still attending school. Although the league rosters, statistics and standings of the Peninsula Winter League are unknown, it is known that Baseball Hall of Fame members Joe Morgan and Willie Stargell played on teams in the Peninsula Winter League. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

The Peninsula Winter League began play in 1959 with six charter teams. The 1959 teams were the PWL Dodgers, PWL Giants, PWL Orioles, PWL Phillies, PWL Pirates and PWL Yankees. The Peninsula Winter League expanded to eight teams in 1960, adding the PWL Braves and PWL Cardinals as members. The Giants, Orioles and Phillies teams played in the league for its duration. [12] [13] [14]

It is possible some Peninsula Winter League games were played at Flood County Park in San Mateo County, which still has baseball today. Fitzgerald Field in San Mateo, California hosted the Orioles and other league games. Peninsula Winter League teams also played games at Candlestick Park. [15] [16] [17] [18]

After the 1968 season, the league continued in name as an amateur and collegiate summer baseball league through 1993, with Bill Weiss remaining as commissioner until 1984. [7] [19] [8]

Teams by season

Peninsula Winter League standings

The exact standings and records of the Peninsula Winter League are unknown. [27]

Notable league alumni

Baseball Hall of Fame alumni

Notable alumni

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  5. ↑ "The Times from San Mateo, California on September 24, 1959 · Page 25". Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "San Mateo Times Newspaper Archives, Jan 22, 1960, p. 10". NewspaperArchive.com. January 22, 1960.
  7. 1 2 "Online Collections | San Mateo County Historical Association".
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "SABR Salute: Bill Weiss – Society for American Baseball Research".
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  11. 1 2 "Jim Fregosi – Society for American Baseball Research".
  12. 1 2 "1959 Peninsula Winter League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  13. 1 2 "1960 Peninsula Winter League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  14. 1 2 "1968 Peninsula Winter League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  15. ↑ Bradshaw, Kate. "County supervisors approve Flood Park renovations". almanacnews.com.
  16. ↑ Gmelch, George (February 1, 2016). Playing with Tigers: A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN   9780803276819 – via Google Books.
  17. ↑ https://parks.smcgov.org/sites/parks.smcgov.org/files/documents/files/Flood%20Park%20Master%20Plan.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 "Wally Bunker – Society for American Baseball Research".
  19. ↑ Faris, Nick. "The life and astounding historical trove of baseball's GOAT statistician". theScore.com.
  20. ↑ "1961 Peninsula Winter League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  21. ↑ "1962 Peninsula Winter League | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  22. ↑ "1963 Peninsula Winter League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  23. ↑ "1964 Peninsula Winter League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  24. ↑ "1965 Peninsula Winter League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  25. ↑ "1966 Peninsula Winter League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  26. ↑ "1967 Peninsula Winter League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  27. ↑ "Peninsula Winter League (Winter Rookie) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  28. ↑ "Frank Bertaina – Society for American Baseball Research".
  29. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2021-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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