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The California Collegiate League
California Collegiate League Logo (2020).png
ClassificationCollegiate Summer Baseball
SportBaseball
Founded1993
PresidentAaron Milam
CommissionerVacant
No. of teams11
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Healdsburg Prune Packers
Most titlesSanta Barbara Foresters (12)
Official websiteCalifornia Collegiate League

The California Collegiate League (CCL), founded in 1993, is a collegiate summer baseball league headquartered in Moorpark, California, United States.[1] It is associated with both the National Baseball Congress[2] and National Alliance of College Summer Baseball.[3]

The CCL hosts a 40-game summer season including a north-vs.-south All-Star Game, televised nationally by Bally's Sports West.[4] Players use wooden bats and professional-level baseballs to further their development as potential professional ballplayers.

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Collegiate summer baseball

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 operate from early June to early August. In contrast to college baseball, which allow aluminum or other composite baseball bats, players in these leagues use only wooden bats, hence the common nickname of these leagues as "wood-bat leagues". Collegiate summer leagues allow college baseball players the ability to compete using professional rules and equipment, giving them experience and allowing professional scouts the opportunity to observe players under such conditions.

Moorpark, California

Moorpark, California

Moorpark is a city in Ventura County in Southern California. Moorpark was founded in 1900. The town grew from just over 4,000 citizens in 1980 to over 25,000 by 1990. As of 2006, Moorpark was one of the fastest-growing cities in Ventura County. The population was 34,421 at the 2010 census, up from 31,415 at the 2000 census.

California

California

California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2 million residents across a total area of approximately 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. It is also the most populated subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7 million residents and the latter having over 9.6 million. Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the most populous city in the state and the second most populous city in the country. San Francisco is the second most densely populated major city in the country. Los Angeles County is the country's most populous, while San Bernardino County is the largest county by area in the country. California borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, the Mexican state of Baja California to the south; and it has a coastline along the Pacific Ocean to the west.

National Baseball Congress

National Baseball Congress

The National Baseball Congress of Wichita, Kansas is an organization of 17 amateur and semi-professional baseball leagues operating in the United States and Canada. Since its founding in 1935 by Hap Dumont, it has conducted an annual North American championship tournament among its members, The National Baseball Congress World Series has been held annually since 1935, at Wichita's Lawrence–Dumont Stadium through 2018; at Wichita State's Eck Stadium in 2019; and jointly at Eck Stadium and Wichita's Riverfront Stadium starting in 2020.

National Alliance of College Summer Baseball

National Alliance of College Summer Baseball

The National Alliance of College Summer Baseball consists of 12 summer baseball leagues sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

History

The League was formed in 1993 and seen several changes through the years. The only two original members who still exist are the Santa Barbara Foresters and San Luis Obispo Blues. The league is considered one of top 10 collegiate summer leagues in the country. The league is known for the location of its teams and for holding a nationally televised all star game every July.

Timeline of recent events: Four new teams from Northern California joined the CCL in 2014 (Menlo Park Legends, Neptune Beach Pearl, Pacific Union Capitalists and Walnut Creek Crawdads).[5]

Since 2014, the CCL has undergone significant growth and expansion, now chartering teams from Placerville to Orange County. Teams added to the league since the conclusion of 2013 postseason include, the Walnut Creek Crawdads, the Neptune Beach Pearl, the Menlo Park Legends (who have since left the league), and the Orange Country Riptide.

In 2015, the Texas Rangers, selected Dillon Tate with the fourth overall pick in the 2015 MLB Draft, marking the highest a CCL alumnus has been drafted.[6]

In 2017, the California Collegiate League will expand to include the Rockville Rock Hounds, the Auburn Wildcats, the Long Beach Legends, and the Arroyo Seco Saints. This will bring the total number of teams from 10 to 14.

2020 League makes major changes: The California Collegiate League’s 2020 season will have a new look in the upcoming summer as the league will now consist of a three division format: South, Central, and North Divisions. Four teams will make up the new Northern Division, with the Healdsburg Prune Packers, Lincoln Potters and the Solano Mudcats making the transition from being members of the former Affiliate Division, into becoming full-members of the California Collegiate League in 2020. They will be joined by the fourth team of the new conference, the Walnut Creek Crawdads. The Central Division will have the San Luis Obispo Blues, Santa Barbara Foresters and Conejo Oaks. The Southern Division will have Arroyo Seco Saints, Academy Barons and Orange County Riptide.

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Placerville, California

Placerville, California

Placerville is a city in and the county seat of El Dorado County, California. The population was 10,747 as of the 2020 census, up from 10,389 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Orange County, California

Orange County, California

Orange County, often known by its initials O.C., is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, and more populous than 19 American states and Washington, D.C. Although largely suburban, it is the second-most-densely-populated county in the state behind San Francisco County. The county's three most-populous cities are Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Irvine, each of which has a population exceeding 300,000. Santa Ana is also the county seat. Six cities in Orange County are on the Pacific coast: Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, and San Clemente.

Texas Rangers (baseball)

Texas Rangers (baseball)

The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Rangers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. In 2020, the Rangers moved to the new Globe Life Field in Arlington after having played at Globe Life Park from 1994 to 2019. The team's name derives from a historic law enforcement agency.

Dillon Tate

Dillon Tate

Dillon Michael Tate is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Texas Rangers selected Tate in the first round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft and traded him to the New York Yankees during the 2016 season. He was traded to the Orioles close to the 2018 trade deadline. He made his MLB debut in 2019.

Current teams

Team Location Home field Year Founded
Academy Barons Compton MLB Urban Youth Academy 2007
Arroyo Seco Saints Pasadena Jackie Robinson Field at Brookside Park 2004
Conejo Oaks Thousand Oaks Sparky Anderson Field 2006
Healdsburg Prune Packers Healdsburg Recreation Park 1921
Lincoln Potters Lincoln McBean Stadium 2016
Orange County Riptide Irvine Orange County Great Park 2015
San Luis Obispo Blues San Luis Obispo Sinsheimer Park 1946
Santa Barbara Foresters Santa Barbara Santa Barbara City College Pershing Park 1991
Solano Mudcats Solano Vanden Baseball Field 1990
Sonoma Stompers Sonoma Arnold Field 2014
Walnut Creek Crawdads Moraga Louis Guisto Field 2020

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Compton, California

Compton, California

Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated south of downtown Los Angeles. Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county and, on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city in Los Angeles County to incorporate. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 96,456. It is known as the "Hub City" due to its geographic centrality in Los Angeles County. Neighborhoods in Compton include Sunny Cove, Leland, downtown Compton, and Richland Farms. The city has a high poverty rate and is generally a working-class community. Furthermore, Compton is known for its high crime rate, but strong culture.

Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy

Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy

Major League Baseball Youth Academies are a series of academies in American cities and one in Puerto Rico that provides free year-round instruction in baseball and softball to the areas' youth. The academies are run as not-for-profit organizations by Major League Baseball (MLB).

Pasadena, California

Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.

California Lutheran University

California Lutheran University

California Lutheran University is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It opened in 1960 as California Lutheran College and was California's first four-year liberal arts college and the first four-year private college in Ventura County. It changed its name to California Lutheran University on January 1, 1986.

Healdsburg, California

Healdsburg, California

Healdsburg is a city located in Sonoma County, in California's Wine Country. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 11,254. Owing to its three most important wine-producing regions, Healdsburg has been continuously awarded one of the top 10 small towns in America and is home to three of the top wineries in the United States.

Lincoln Potters

Lincoln Potters

The Lincoln Potters are an independent collegiate wood bat baseball team based in Lincoln, California. They are operating as part of the summer collegiate wood bat league known as the California Collegiate League. It began operations in 2016 as members of the Great West League. They play their home games at McBean Stadium in Lincoln. The Potters replaced the Lodi Crushers and Sacramento Stealth, who went inactive for 2017.

Lincoln, California

Lincoln, California

Lincoln is a city in Placer County, California, United States, part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. Located ten miles north of Roseville in an area of rapid suburban development, it grew 282 percent between 2000 and 2010, making it the fastest-growing city over 10,000 people in the U.S. Its 2019 population was estimated to be 48,275.

Fullerton, California

Fullerton, California

Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 143,617.

Orange County Great Park

Orange County Great Park

The Great Park is a public park located in Irvine, California, with a focus on sports, agriculture, and the arts. It is a non-aviation reuse of the decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro. The Orange County park comprises 28.8% of the total area that once made up the air base. The project was approved by the voters of Orange County in 2002 at $1.1 billion.

San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo is a city and county seat of San Luis Obispo County, in the U.S. state of California. Located on the Central Coast of California, San Luis Obispo is roughly halfway between the San Francisco Bay Area in the north and Greater Los Angeles in the south. The population was 47,063 at the 2020 census.

Moraga, California

Moraga, California

Moraga is a town in Contra Costa County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The town is named in honor of Joaquín Moraga, member of the famed Californio family. As of 2020, Moraga had a total population of 16,870 people. Moraga is the home of Saint Mary's College of California.

Louis Guisto Field

Louis Guisto Field

Louis Guisto Field is a baseball venue in Moraga, California, USA. It is home to the Saint Mary's Gaels baseball team of the NCAA Division I West Coast Conference. Opened in 2012, the venue replaced the old Louis Guisto Field as the home of Saint Mary's baseball. Like the old facility, it is named for former Saint Mary's baseball player and coach Louis Guisto. The field opened on February 17, 2012, when Saint Mary's defeated Southern Utah 2–1 in front of 1,100 fans. Former Major League pitcher Tom Candiotti threw out the honorary first pitch.

Former teams

  • Ventura Halos
  • Long Beach Legends
  • Southern California Catch
  • Rockville Rockhounds
  • Neptune Beach Pearl
  • Bakersfield Sound
  • Glendale Angelenos
  • Los Angeles Brewers
  • Monterey Bay Sox
  • Menlo Park Legends
  • Novato Knicks
  • PUF Capitalists
  • Team Vegas
  • Santa Maria Indians

Champions

Season Winner Runner-up Result
2012 Santa Barbara Foresters
2013 Los Angeles Brewers Santa Barbara Foresters
2014 Los Angeles Brewers Neptune Beach Pearl
2015 Neptune Beach Pearl Los Angeles Brewers
2016 Santa Barbara Foresters Conejo Oaks
2017 Orange County Riptide Healdsburg Prune Packers
2018 Conejo Oaks Orange County Riptide
2019 Santa Barbara Foresters Healdsburg Prune Packers
2021 Healdsburg Prune Packers San Luis Obispo Blues

Statistical leaders history

Batting

Year Batting Average Runs Scored Runs Batted In Home Runs Stolen Bases
2014 Jon Torres, Los Angeles Dylan Moore, Los Angeles Granger Studdard, Santa Barbara Nick Maguire/Tristan Gray Granger Studdard, Santa Barbara
2015 Larry Barraza, Academy Barons Larry Barraza, Academy Barons Aaron Cisneros, Academy Barons Aaron Cisneros, Academy Barons Keyon Allen, Academy Barons
2016 Bret Boswell, Santa Barbara Billy Wilson, Healdsburg Martin Teague, Academy Barons Chad Spanberger, Conejo Billy Wilson, Healdsburg
2017 Dayton Provost, Ventura Bryce Nagata, Healdsburg Jamey Smart, Healdsburg Lucas Halstead/James Free II Bryce Nagata, Healdsburg

Pitching

Year Earned Run Average Wins Strikeouts Saves
2014 Matt Esparza, Los Angeles Vance Tatum, San Luis Obispo Jon Duplantier, Santa Barbara Andrew Vinson/Evan Rutter/Eddie Muhl
2015 Angel Rodriguez, Conejo Gary Cornish, Santa Barbara Peter Bayer, Los Angeles Adam Atkins, San Luis Obispo
2016 Kyle Johnston, Santa Barbara Korey Anderson, San Luis Obispo Tanner Murphy, Orange County Reece Buska, Academy Barons
2017 Tanner Lawson, Santa Barbara Ty Weist, Santa Barbara Ty Weist, Santa Barbara Justin Smith, Neptune Beach

Notable alumni of current teams

While all teams in the California Collegiate League have combined for over 100 years of history, not all teams have played in the CCL throughout their history. The notable alumni of the current teams who have played in the CCL or in their respective teams' previous leagues include:

Academy Barons

Arroyo Seco Saints

Conejo Oaks

Neptune Beach Pearl

Santa Barbara Foresters

San Luis Obispo Blues

Healdsburg Prune Packers

Orange County Riptide

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Khris Davis

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Dillon Tate

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Dillon Michael Tate is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Texas Rangers selected Tate in the first round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft and traded him to the New York Yankees during the 2016 season. He was traded to the Orioles close to the 2018 trade deadline. He made his MLB debut in 2019.

John Holdzkom

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Christian Bergman

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Kevin Frandsen

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Ryan Church

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Cameron Rupp

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James Shields (baseball)

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Delwyn Young

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Doug Bernier

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Notable alumni of past teams

Source: "California Collegiate League", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, December 3rd), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Collegiate_League.

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References
  1. ^ "Leagues & Teams".
  2. ^ "Leagues & Teams".
  3. ^ "Member Leagues | National Alliance of College Summer Baseball".
  4. ^ "California Collegiate League All-Star Game to be nationally televised on July 17". Think Blue LA. 15 July 2013.
  5. ^ "CCL Accepts Petition from Four Bay Area Teams to Join League in 2014". Summer Baseball Insider. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Alumni - Academy Barons". Academy Barons Baseball. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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