The Waynesboro Generals are a
collegiate summer baseball team in
Waynesboro, Virginia
Waynesboro (formerly Flack) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is a principal city of the Staunton-Waynesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waynesboro is located in the Shenandoah Valley and is surrounded by Augusta Co ...
. They play in the southern division of the
Valley Baseball League
The Valley Baseball League is an NCAA and MLB-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia.
The league was started in 1923 and sanctioned by the NCAA in 1961. It has been a wooden bat league since 199 ...
. The Generals have won six Valley League playoff championships: in 1984, 1988, 1998, 2007, 2013, and 2014, making them one of the most winning organizations of the league during that time. The Generals were founded in 1923 and have been playing continuously since then with the exception of a ten year period between 1955 and 1964.
In 2007, the Generals' victory came two games to zero over the
Luray Wranglers. In 2013, the Generals won the South Division and then prevailed in the final series two games to one over the
Strasburg Express. In 2014, the Generals again won the South and came back from a 6-0 deficit to defeat the
Charles Town Cannons of the North Division, 7-6, with a walkoff single in the bottom of the ninth inning of the championship game.
Walk-Off in Waynesboro
accessed September 20, 2014
Notable players
* Mike Lowell
Michael Averett Lowell (born February 24, 1974) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. During a 13-year career, Lowell played for the New York Yankees (1998), Florida Marlins (1999–2005), and the Boston Red Sox (2006&nda ...
(1993)
* Brandon Inge
Charles Brandon Inge ( ; born May 19, 1977) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and catcher and currently a volunteer assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team. He played 12 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, on ...
(1996)
* Erik Kratz (2000)
References
External links
Waynesboro Generals
Valley Baseball League
{{Virginia Sports
Amateur baseball teams in Virginia
Valley Baseball League teams
Waynesboro, Virginia
Baseball teams established in 1950
1950 establishments in Virginia