The Pacific Empire League is a
collegiate summer baseball
Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operat ...
league based on the west coast of the United States with six teams from California and Oregon. The league was founded on December 13, 2023.
History
The Beginning
On December 13, 2023, six long-standing collegiate summer baseball teams, the
Healdsburg Prune Packers,
Humboldt Crabs
The Humboldt Crabs are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Arcata, California. Playing in every season since they were founded in 1945 by Lou Bonomini, later joined by Ned Barsuglia, the Crabs are the oldest continually-operated summer c ...
,
Lincoln Potters
The Lincoln Potters are a collegiate wood bat baseball team based in Lincoln, California. They are operating as part of the summer collegiate wood bat league known as the Pacific Empire League. It began operations in 2016 as members of the Gr ...
,
Medford Rogues,
Solano Mudcats and
West Coast Kings came together to form the new Pacific Empire League. Teams in the PEL play a 55-game regular season that culminates in a 3-game Championship Series. The league is designated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization represented by Board Representatives from each member team.
Current teams
2024 Championship
References
External links
Official website
{{College Summer Baseball
Summer baseball leagues
Baseball in California
Baseball in Oregon
College baseball leagues in the United States
Sports leagues established in 2023
2023 establishments in California
2023 establishments in Oregon