Portsmouth Cubs

• Location: Portsmouth, VA
• League: Piedmont League 1936-1952
• Affiliation: Chicago Cubs 1936-1938; Philadelphia Phillies 1939-1940; Chicago Cubs 1941-1947
• Ballpark: Sewanee Stadium (1936-1940), City Stadium 1936-1947

Team History

At first the Portsmouth Cubs shared their home games between two ballparks, the older and conventional Sewanee Stadium, and the modern City Stadium, which had more capacity, but also a very unusual shape as it also housed a football field. They moved permanently into City Stadium in 1941.

Ken Guettler led the Piedmont League with 30 HR and 116 RBI in 1951 and 28 HR and 104 RBI in 1952. He also won HR titles in the Piedmont in 1953 and 1955 after Portsmouth became the Portsmouth Merrimacs.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1936	66-77	5th	Pip Koehler
1937	75-62	3rd	Elmer Yoter	Lost League Finals
1938	69-67	4th	Dick Luckey	Lost in 1st round
1939	66-71	5th (t)	Jim Keesey
1940	59-78	7th	Ray Brubaker (19-26) / Arthur "Cowboy" McHenry (40-52)
1941	75-65	2nd	Don Curry	Lost in 1st round
1942	80-55	2nd	Tony Lazzeri	Lost League Finals
1943	90-40	1st	Milt Stock	Lost League Finals
1944	72-67	2nd	Bill Steinecke (64-56) / Jake Levy / Jimmie Foxx	Lost League Finals
1945	67-69	4th	Ival Goodman	League Champs
1946	83-57	2nd	Gene Hasson / Ace Parker	Lost in 1st round
1947	69-71	3rd	Gene Hasson	Lost in 1st round
1948	71-69	3rd	Ace Parker	Lost in 1st round
1949	74-66	2nd	Frank Scalzi	Lost League Finals
1950	83-54	1st	Frank Scalzi	Lost League Finals
1951	74-67	4th	Reggie Otero	Lost in 1st round
1952	71-64	2nd	Reggie Otero	Lost League Finals