Far West League (collegiate summer baseball league)

This article is about the modern Far West League, a collegiate summer baseball league that started in 2011. For the professional minor league, which existed from 1948 to 1951, see Far West League.

Far West League (collegiate summer baseball league)

Sport	Baseball
Founded	2010
CEO	Erik Wagle
No. of teams	8 (as of 2012)
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Humboldt Crabs
Official website	www.farwestleaguesummerbaseball.com

The Far West League (FWL) is a collegiate summer baseball league based on the west coast of the United States that serves primarily California and Oregon. It was formed as part of a merger between the West Coast League/Tri-State and Pacific West Baseball League, even though the PWBL is still in operation.

The FWL began play in 2011 with each team facing each of the other teams three times for 27 regular-season league games. Post-season play saw the top five teams in a nine-game double-elimination tournament with the Humboldt Crabs winning the 2011 championship.

Mission statement

One Response to Summer Collegiate ‘Far West League’ Officially Formed, by Board Member Jerry Nutter:

The Far West League is an interstate summer collegiate wood bat baseball league, existing to enhance the summer baseball experience for each community, team and baseball player within the league. We play highly competitive summer wood-bat baseball, providing top collegiate baseball players with an outstanding opportunity to hone individual skills while offering hometown fans a great live summer baseball spectator experience. The competition takes place at top-quality interstate baseball venues operated at the highest standards of team and league management. We treat each league member with dignity and respect and all aspects of the league are accomplished through the involved consent of each participating team. It is a resource to member teams and their communities. Through the high level of administration off field and excellent competition on field, the Far West League gives players excellent play, recognition and visibility within the regional, national and international baseball community.

Teams in the FWL

Status	Team	City	Home field	Previous League	Manager/Head Coach	2011 FWL Record
Current FWL Teams	*Humboldt Crabs	Arcata, CA	Arcata Ball Park	WCL/TS^[1]	Matt Nutter / Robin Guiver	25 - 7
	Southern Oregon RiverDawgs	Medford, OR	Harry & David Field	WCL/TS	Chris Wolf	13 - 14
	Neptune Beach Pearl	Alameda, CA	College of Alameda		Brant Cummings	19 – 12
	Fontanetti's Athletics	San Jose, CA	San Jose Academy HS		Dan Luque / Jerry McClain	19 - 12
	Menlo Park Legends	Menlo Park, CA	Cañada College		David Klein
	Nor Cal Longhorns	San Mateo, CA	Cañada College	SRL Stan Musial League	Lenny Vagt / Jeffrey Bowman
	Walnut Creek Crawdads	Walnut Creek, CA	Saint Mary's College	^[2]	Paul Hewitt
	San Francisco Seals	San Francisco, CA	Laney College		Abel Alcantar	15 - 22
Former FWL (2011 season)	Redding Colt .45s	Redding, CA	Tiger Field	WCL/TS	Rick Bosetti / Dennis Brugman	13.5 – 15.5
	Nevada Bullets	Reno, NV	Western Nevada College		Jim Blueberg	9 - 18
	Nor Cal Pirates	Chico, CA	Butte College		Casey Dill	3 - 24
	Atwater Aviators	Atwater, CA	Firemans Memorial Ballpark	PWBL	Richard Ruiz / Rollo Adams	21.5 – 8.5
	California Glory	Lodi, CA	Tony Zupo Field	PWBL	Ron Bindell	11 - 16
	Fresno Cardinals	Fresno, CA	John Euless Ballpark, Fresno City College	PWBL	Orlando Gomez / Kenny Crew	10 - 17
Former/Hiatus
	Folsom Pioneers	Folsom, CA	Folsom High School	WCL/TS	Mike Carter
	Nevada Bighorns	Carson City, NV	Western Nevada College’s John L. Harvey field and Carson High School	WCL/TS	Dennis Young

* = Denotes 2011 FWL Champion

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