Valley Baseball League
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| Valley Baseball League | |
|---|---|
| Sport | baseball |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Motto | "Gateway to the majors" |
| No. of teams | 11 |
| Country |  United States |
| Current champions | Luray Wranglers |
| Official website | Valley Baseball League |
The Valley Baseball League is an NCAA sanctioned baseball league in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Each Valley Baseball League season consists of 44 games played during summer. The league consists of ten teams in two divisions, the northern and the southern. Many Valley Baseball League players have continued on to play in Major League Baseball.
The league was started in 1923 and sanctioned by the NCAA in 1961. It has been a wooden bat league since 1992. It is only one of the eight NCAA sanctioned leagues, in the National Alliance of Collegiate Summer Baseball.
Contents |
[edit] Teams
- Covington Lumberjacks
- Fauquier Gators
- Front Royal Cardinals
- Harrisonburg Turks
- Haymarket Senators
- Luray Wranglers
- New Market Rebels
- Staunton Braves
- Waynesboro Generals
- Winchester Royals
- Woodstock River Bandits
[edit] Champions
- 2006 - Luray
- 2005 - Covington
- 2004 - Winchester
- 2003 - Winchester
- 2002 - New Market
- 2001 - Winchester
- 2000 - Harrisonburg
- 1999 - Staunton
- 1998 - Waynesboro
- 1997 - Winchester
- 1996 - Staunton
- 1995 - Staunton
- 1994 - New Market
- 1993 - Not available
- 1992 - Winchester
- 1991 - Harrisonburg
- 1990 - Winchester
- 1989 - New Market
- 1988 - Waynesboro
- 1987 - Winchester
- 1986 - Front Royal
- 1985 - Staunton
- 1984 - Waynesboro
- 1983 - Not available
- 1982 - Winchester
- 1981 - Winchester
- 1980 - Winchester
- 1979 - Winchester
- 1978 - Madison
- 1977 - Harrisonburg
- 1976 - Staunton
- 1975 - Madison
- 1974 - Shenandoah
- 1973 - Shenandoah
- 1972 - Not available
- 1971 - Harrisonburg
- 1970 - Harrisonburg
- 1969 - Harrisonburg
- 1968 - Luray
- 1967 - Luray
- 1966 - Luray
- 1965 - Luray
- 1964 - Harrisonburg
- 1963 - Shenandoah
- 1962 - Harrisonburg
- 1961 - Shenandoah
- 1960 - Shenandoah
- 1959 - Harrisonburg
- 1958 - Harrisonburg
- 1957 - Staunton
- 1956 - Elkton
- 1955 - Harrisonburg
- 1954 - Staunton
[edit] Wins per team
- Covington-1
- Elkton-1
- Front Royal-1
- Harrisonburg-11
- Luray-5
- Madison-2
- New Market-3
- Shenandoah-5
- Staunton-6
- Waynesboro-3
- Winchester-11
Not all teams have been with VBL since 1954. Throughout its history, teams have been removed and added.
