Sports in Portsmouth, Virginia
Portsmouth Teams
Portsmouth, Virginia and surrounding communities have hosted the following minor league teams:
Baseball- Carolina League - Portsmouth Tides (1963 - 1968)
- South Atlantic League - Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides (1961 - 1962)
- Piedmont League - Portsmouth Merrimacks (1953 - 1955)
- Piedmont League - Portsmouth Cubs (1936 - 1952)
- Piedmont League, Virginia League, Virginia State League - Portsmouth Truckers (1895 - 1935)
- Virginia League - Portsmouth Pirates (1912 - 1913)
- New England Inter-State League, Tidewater League - Portsmouth (1888 - 1911)
- Virginia League - Portsmouth Truckers/Petersburg Goobers (1910)
- Virginia-North Carolina League - Portsmouth Browns/Tarboro Tartars (1901)
- Virginia League - Portsmouth Boers (1900)
- Virginia State League - Portsmouth Browns (1896)
