Collegiate summer baseball

A Cape Cod Baseball League night game at Doran Park in Bourne, Massachusetts

Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada for players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operate from early June to early August. Unlike college baseball, which permits players to use baseball bats made of aluminum or other inorganic materials, these leagues require wooden bats—hence the nickname "wood-bat leagues". The leagues enable college baseball players to compete—and professional scouts to observe them—with professional rules and equipment.

To find a collegiate summer team, players work with their college coaches and prospective teams' general managers. They report to summer leagues after completing their spring collegiate season, arriving late if their college team goes deep into postseason play. Players drafted during the collegiate summer season may remain with the team until they sign a professional contract.

Summer leagues often housed their players with volunteer host families in the area, but the recent flow of money to baseball's lower leagues has enabled some teams to put their players up in local hotels. They generally travel by private coach bus to and from road games, and stay in hotels during road trips.[1]

The leagues vary greatly in their attendances, quality of play, and ability to attract scouts. The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) is considered to be the premier collegiate summer league.[2][3]

Active leagues

This list is organized by federation.

National Alliance of College Summer Baseball

Source:[4]

National Amateur Baseball Federation

Chicago Suburban Baseball League

National Baseball Congress

Minor League Baseball Prospect Development Pipeline

Other (unaffiliated) leagues

Defunct leagues

See also

References

  1. ^Grunebaum, Dave (August 6, 2012). "Summer Baseball Grooms Players for Majors". Voice of America. Voice of America. Archived from the original on August 7, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  2. ^"BaseballAmerica.com: College: Summer Scene: Summer League Top Prospects: Summer College Leagues: Top 10 Prospects". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  3. ^"10 Best College Baseball Summer Leagues". Made Man. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  4. ^"Home Page | National Alliance of College Summer Baseball – Pointstreak Sites". www.nacsb.org. Archived from the original on January 27, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  5. ^"Tournament and Showcase Baseball Events » GLBBA". Great Lakes Bay Baseball Association.
  6. ^"Metro. Collegiate Summer Baseball of Illinois Home Page". HomeTeamsONLINE.
  7. ^"St. Louis Metro Collegiate Baseball League »". Official Site.
  8. ^"Tri-State Collegiate League". Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  9. ^"Home Page | Alaska Baseball League".
  10. ^"CenTex Collegiate Baseball League". CentexBBL.
  11. ^"Coastal Collegiate League".
  12. ^"Houston Collegiate Summer League is the premier summer college wood bat league in Houston, Texas". www.hcsleague.com.
  13. ^"Ohio Valley League".
  14. ^Pacific International League
  15. ^"Rmblcolorado.com". www77.rmblcolorado.com.
  16. ^"Home Page | Jayhawk Collegiate League - Home Teams Online Sites". hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=JAYHAWKCOLLEGIATEBAS&s=baseball.
  17. ^"westernbaseballassociation.com". westernbaseball.
  18. ^"Home". Arizona Collegiate Wood Bat League.
  19. ^"Bay Area Collegiate Baseball League". www.baclbaseball.com.
  20. ^"Cascade Collegiate League". CCL.
  21. ^"Official site of the Fort Collins Foxes Baseball Club". www.fortcollinsfoxes.com. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  22. ^"Cotton States Baseball League". www.cottonstatesleague.com.
  23. ^"Front Range League". www.frontrangeleagueleague.com.
  24. ^"Home Page | Golden State Collegiate Baseball League".
  25. ^"Interstate Collegiate Baseball League". Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  26. ^"Home". Kansas Collegiate League Baseball.
  27. ^"Maryland Collegiate Baseball League Home Page". HomeTeamsONLINE.
  28. ^"MINK Summer College Baseball League". www.minkleaguebaseball.com.
  29. ^"Old North State League Baseball". Old North State League Baseball.
  30. ^"Welcome".
  31. ^"Pacific Empire League". PEL.
  32. ^"Power Summer Collegiate League – PSCL BASEBALL". palmspringscollegiateleague.com.
  33. ^"Sunset League".
  34. ^"West Coast League Baseball". West Coast League.
  35. ^"Wild Wild West League". Wild Wild West League.
  36. ^"Mountain West Summer Collegiate Baseball League (COLORADO)". mtwestsummercollegebaseball.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
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