Baseball Victoria is the governing body of Baseball within Victoria. Baseball Victoria is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation
In 2006, the Victorian Baseball Association (VBA) and the Victorian Provincial Baseball League (VPBL) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU was an attempt to clear the situation of having two governing bodies for baseball in Victoria. The VPBL was made of affiliated associations, predominantly based in regional centres, which scheduled competitions in the winter months (i.e. April - September). The VBA was predominantly based around the metropolitan suburbs of Melbourne and played their matches in the summer months (i.e. October - March). The VBA and the VPBL both have strong histories and heritage.
The unification process was further galvanised in 2009 by the establishment of a new Constitution and independent Board of Directors to run a single governing body for Victorian baseball, to be known as Baseball Victoria.
It is hoped that the unification process will guarantee the growth and management of baseball in Victoria. The conduct, and therefore costs associated with the previous VPBL competitions would remain the jurisdiction of the various associations.
Features of a unified model would be the full establishment of state-wide programs, operating in all areas of Melbourne and Country Victoria and working with all clubs regardless of historical ties to VBA or VPBL.
Baseball Victoria was responsible for selecting the Victoria Aces team that competed in the Claxton Shield; an annual, national baseball competition currently contested between the five mainland states of Australia. Baseball Victoria also governs all levels of baseball in the state, and directly runs the State League (as from 2010 is known as the Baseball Victoria Summer League), considered to be the top level of competition in the state and the source of the majority of Australian-based players selected for the Victoria Aces.
The Claxton Shield has been superseeded by the Australian Baseball League in 2010/11.
The Baseball Victoria administrative base is in South Melbourne.
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| Ballarat Baseball Association | Bendigo Baseball Association |
| Dandenong Baseball Association | Geelong Baseball Association |
| Latrobe Valley Baseball Association | Melbourne Winter Baseball League |
| North Eastern Baseball Association | Sunraysia Baseball League |
| Baseball Umpires Association of Victoria | Baseball Victoria Summer League |
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