Peanuts were also known as pindars and goobers. The Petersburg Goobers played in the Virginia League. The Petersburg Goobers won the 1911 Virginia League Championship. Rice rejoined the Petersburg Goobers for the 1915 season. The Petersburg Goobers captured the 1919 Virginia League Championship. In 1914, Rice joined the Petersburg Goobers of the Virginia League as a pitcher. Baseball Hall of Fame member Sam Rice played for the Petersburg Goobers in 1914-1915. In 1895, the Allentown Goobers returned to Pennsylvania State League play for one season. In the playoffs, Petersburg defeated the Suffolk Goobers 4 games to 2 and advanced. In the playoffs, the Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals defeated the Suffolk Goobers 4 games to 1. Around the time of the Civil War, people from the area were known as "Goobers". Goobers were introduced in the United States in 1925 by the Blumenthal Chocolate Company. The Petersburg Goobers moniker reappeared in 1924.