Collegiate summer baseball

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Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues featuring 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. Players use wooden baseball bats, hence the common nickname of these leagues as "wood bat leagues".

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 NJCAA 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.[1]

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.[2][3] In 2011, Baseball America scouted and ranked Top 10 prospects from 19 leagues, indicated below with (BA).[4] Ballpark Digest tracks attendance for 14 leagues, indicated below with (BD).[5]

List of leagues

This list is organized by federation

National Alliance of College Summer Baseball

Source: [6]

National Amateur Baseball Federation

National Baseball Congress

Other leagues

Defunct leagues

References

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  7. ↑ Great Lakes UBL
  8. ↑ Metropolitan Collegiate Summer Baseball League of Illinois
  9. ↑ Midwest Collegiate League
  10. ↑ Tri-State Collegiate League
  11. ↑ CenTex Collegiate League
  12. ↑ Coastal Collegiate League
  13. ↑ M.I.N.K. Collegiate Baseball League
  14. ↑ Pacific International League
  15. ↑ Rocky Mountain Baseball League
  16. ↑ Western Baseball Association
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