List of Collegiate Summer Baseball Leagues
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The following is a list of collegiate summer baseball leagues. Most of these amateur
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s use wooden baseball bat
s. Generally, they operate from early June to early August.
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players involved have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. To find a collegiate summer team, they work with their college coaches and prospective teams' general managers. They report to summer leagues after completing their spring collegiate season with their NCAA, NAIA, and community/junior college teams. Some players arrive late due to their college team's postseason play, which sometimes runs into early June. In some cases, players are drafted during the collegiate summer season. These draftees can remain with their collegiate summer team until they sign a professional contract. During the season, players are housed by volunteer host families and bussed to and from road games.
The leagues vary greatly in their attendances, quality of play, and ability to attract scouts. The Cape Cod League is considered the premier collegiate summer league. , Baseball America
is scouting and ranking Top 10 prospects from 18 leagues, indicated below with (BA). OurSportsCentral.com is following 9 leagues (OSC) and Ballpark Digest is tracking attendance for 12 leagues, indicated below with (BD).
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Amateur baseball in the United States
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s use wooden baseball bat
Baseball bat
A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the game of baseball to hit the ball after the ball is thrown by the pitcher. It is no more than 2.75 inches in diameter at the thickest part and no more than 42 inches in length. It typically weighs no more than 33 ounces , but it...
s. Generally, they operate from early June to early August.
The unpaid, amateur baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
players involved have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. To find a collegiate summer team, they work with their college coaches and prospective teams' general managers. They report to summer leagues after completing their spring collegiate season with their NCAA, NAIA, and community/junior college teams. Some players arrive late due to their college team's postseason play, which sometimes runs into early June. In some cases, players are drafted during the collegiate summer season. These draftees can remain with their collegiate summer team until they sign a professional contract. During the season, players are housed by volunteer host families and bussed to and from road games.
The leagues vary greatly in their attendances, quality of play, and ability to attract scouts. The Cape Cod League is considered the premier collegiate summer league. , Baseball America
Baseball America
Baseball America is a magazine which covers baseball at every level, with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in high school, college, Japan, and the minor leagues. It is currently published in the form of a bi-weekly newspaper, five annual reference book titles, a weekly podcast, and a...
is scouting and ranking Top 10 prospects from 18 leagues, indicated below with (BA). OurSportsCentral.com is following 9 leagues (OSC) and Ballpark Digest is tracking attendance for 12 leagues, indicated below with (BD).
National Alliance of College Summer Baseball
- Atlantic Collegiate Baseball LeagueAtlantic Collegiate Baseball LeagueThe Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League is a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The league has experienced moderate success in having alumni appear in Major League Baseball...
http://www.acbl-online.com/ (BA) - Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League http://www.ripkensrcollegebaseball.org/ (BA, BD)
- Cape Cod Baseball LeagueCape Cod Baseball LeagueThe Cape Cod Baseball League is a collegiate summer baseball league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, in which many college baseball stars play during the summer. Many future Major League Baseball players have started there during their college years; MLB has provided...
http://www.capecodbaseball.org/ (BA, BD, OSC) - Florida Collegiate Summer LeagueFlorida Collegiate Summer LeagueThe Florida Collegiate Summer League is a six-team wood bat collegiate summer baseball league located in the central Florida region of the southeastern United States. The league was founded in the fall of 2003 and began play in the summer of 2004...
http://floridaleague.athleticsite.com/ (BA, BD) - Great Lakes Summer Collegiate LeagueGreat Lakes Summer Collegiate LeagueThe Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League is an collegiate summer baseball league in the Great Lakes region of the United States that is affiliated with the Alliance of Summer College Baseball and comprises teams with collegiate baseball players from around North America. Players are not paid so...
http://www.greatlakesleague.org/ (BA) - New York Collegiate Baseball LeagueNew York Collegiate Baseball LeagueThe New York Collegiate Baseball League is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1978 and sanctioned by the NACSB and Major League Baseball. Each NYCBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule from June to July with a playoff in early August...
http://www.nycbl.com/ (BA) - Southern Collegiate Baseball LeagueSouthern Collegiate Baseball LeagueEstablished in 1999, Southern Collegiate Baseball League is a non-profit, wooden bat collegiate summer league with eight teams throughout the Carolinas. College players from four-year institutions as well as junior and community colleges are eligible to play...
http://www.scbl.org/viewpage.asp?key=9035 - Valley Baseball LeagueValley Baseball LeagueThe Valley Baseball League is an NCAA-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Each Valley Baseball League season consists of 44 games played during summer. Many Valley Baseball League players have continued on to play in Major League Baseball.The...
http://www.valleyleaguebaseball.com/ (BA)
National Baseball CongressNational Baseball CongressThe National Baseball Congress of Wichita, Kansas is an organization of 15 amateur and semi-professional baseball leagues operating in the United States and Canada...
- Alaska Baseball LeagueAlaska Baseball LeagueThe Alaska Baseball League is an amateur collegiate summer baseball league, with six teams located in four Alaskan cities. Players in the league must have attended one year of college and must have one year of NCAA eligibility remaining....
http://www.alaskabaseballleague.org/ (BA) - California Collegiate LeagueCalifornia Collegiate LeagueThe California Collegiate League, founded in 1994, is a collegiate summer baseball league headquartered in Carpinteria, California. It is associated with the National Baseball Congress.-Current teams 2010:Ten to 14 teams will play in the CCL....
http://www.calsummerball.com/ (BA) - Jayhawk Collegiate LeagueJayhawk Collegiate LeagueThe Jayhawk Collegiate League is a collegiate summer baseball league consisting of five teams from five Kansas towns. The league was formed in 1976 and is a "Premier League" within the National Baseball Congress.-Teams:...
http://www.jayhawkbaseballleague.org/ (BA) - M.I.N.K. Baseball League http://www.minkleaguebaseball.com/ (BA, BD)
- Mountain Collegiate Baseball League http://www.mcbl.net/
- Southern California Collegiate Baseball AssociationSouthern California Collegiate Baseball AssociationThe Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association is a collegiate summer baseball league. The SCCBA is a member of the National Baseball Congress. The PSWBL League Champion represents the league annually at the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kansas. 2009 will mark the...
http://www.sccbaseball.com/ - Western Major Baseball LeagueWestern Major Baseball LeagueThe Western Major Baseball League or WMBL is a collegiate summer baseball league. The league can trace its roots back to 1948, as it has gone by many names over the years, including the Alberta-Saskatchewan Baseball league, Western Canadian Baseball League and Saskatchewan Baseball League before...
http://www.wmbl.ca/
Other leagues
- Carolina-Virginia Collegiate League http://www.cvscl.com/
- Coastal Plain LeagueCoastal Plain LeagueThe Coastal Plain League is a wood-bat collegiate summer league, featuring college players from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from a Class D minor league baseball league which operated in the same area from 1937 to 1952. The modern league was formed with six teams in 1997...
http://www.coastalplain.com/ (BA, BD, OSC) - Far West League http://www.farwestleague.com/
- Futures Collegiate Baseball LeagueFutures Collegiate Baseball LeagueThe Futures Collegiate Baseball League is a 6 team collegiate summer baseball league. The Futures League was co-developed by the New York-Penn League's Lowell Spinners owner Drew Weber, Weber formally developed and owned the New Hampshire Fisher Cats Double A Affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays...
http://www.thefuturesleague.com/ "(BD, OSC)" - Great South LeagueGreat South LeagueThe Great South League is a collegiate summer baseball league which comprises teams located in the states of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia...
http://www.greatsouthleague.com - Hawaii Collegiate Baseball LeagueHawaii Collegiate Baseball LeagueThe Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League is an collegiate summer baseball league league featuring the Waikiki Surfers, Oahu Paddlers, Hawai'i Ali'is and Kamuela Paniolos. All games are played at Aloha Stadium at Halawa...
http://www.hawaii-cbl.com/ (BA) - Horizon Air Summer SeriesHorizon Air Summer SeriesThe Horizon Air Summer Series is a unique 11-week baseball competition among collegiate summer baseball clubs.-History:The Summer Series was founded in 2005 by Bob Bavasi, former owner of the Everett Aqua Sox, of the Northwest League. It is sponsored by Alaska Airlines sister company, Horizon Air...
http://www.summerbaseballseries.com/ (BD) - Midwest Collegiate League http://midwestcollegiateleague.com/ (BA)
- Mountain Collegiate Baseball League http://www.mcbl.net/
- New England Collegiate Baseball LeagueNew England Collegiate Baseball LeagueThe New England Collegiate Baseball League is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 42-game schedule during June and July, with a playoff in early August...
http://necbl.com/ (BA, BD, OSC) - National Association of Baseball Clubs http://www.nationalassociationbaseball.org/
- Northwest Independent Baseball League http://www.nwibl.org/
- Northwoods LeagueNorthwoods LeagueThe Northwoods League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of the top college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate...
http://www.northwoodsleague.com/ (BA, BD, OSC) - Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball LeaguePerfect Game Collegiate Baseball LeagueThe Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League is an 8-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 2010. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate. Players are not paid so as to maintain their college eligibility...
http://www.pgcbl.com/ (OSC) - Prospect LeagueProspect LeagueThe Prospect League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate. Players are not paid so as to maintain their college eligibility...
http://www.prospectleague.com/ (BA, BD, OSC) - Texas Collegiate LeagueTexas Collegiate LeagueThe Texas Collegiate League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of the top college players from North America and beyond. The TCL is based in Coppell, Texas, and shares its headquarters with the Coppell Copperheads, the DFW Metroplex-area team...
http://www.texascollegiateleague.com/ (BA, BD, OSC) - West Coast LeagueWest Coast LeagueThe West Coast League is a collegiate summer baseball league founded in 2005, comprising teams from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. The league is designed to develop college talent. As such, only current college players are allowed to participate in the league...
http://www.wccbl.com/ (BA, BD, OSC) - Collegiate Baseball League EuropeCollegiate Baseball League Europeis a wood bat summer league in the Netherlands, founded by "Stichting Ontwikkeling Jeugdhonkbal Zuidwest Nederland" , based in Oosterhout, the Netherlands....
http://www.eteamz.com/cble
Defunct leagues
- Big States LeagueBig States LeagueThe Big States League was a collegiate summer baseball league based in Texas. A member of the National Baseball Congress, it had twelve teams at the time of its early-2007 folding....
- Central Illinois Collegiate LeagueCentral Illinois Collegiate LeagueThe CICL was a collegiate wooden bat summer baseball league. It was composed of five teams from Illinois and Indiana.The CICL was founded in 1963 as a charter member of National Collegiate Athletic Association certified summer baseball...
- Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball LeagueClark Griffith Collegiate Baseball LeagueThe Clark C. Griffith Collegiate Baseball League is a collegiate summer baseball league, with teams located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. All league players must be enrolled at a National Collegiate Athletic Association school, have at least one year of NCAA eligibility remaining...
http://www.clarkgriffithbaseball.com/ - KIT Summer Collegiate Baseball League http://www.kitleaguebaseball.com/
- Eastern Collegiate Baseball League http://www.ecblbaseball.com/
- Sierra Baseball LeagueSierra Baseball LeagueThe Sierra Baseball League was a collegiate wood bat baseball league that plays at ballparks in California and Oregon. They had teams in Nevada before.It was founded in 2007 by Lodi GrapeSox owner Stevie Mac...
http://www.sierrabaseball.com/