Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League
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The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) is an 8-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 2010. All players in the league must have NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 eligibility remaining in order to participate. Players are not paid so as to maintain their college eligibility. Each team plays an eight-week, 46-game schedule from June to August with playoffs in early August.

History

The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League was founded in 2010 when seven New York Collegiate Baseball League
New York Collegiate Baseball League
The New York Collegiate Baseball League is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1978 and sanctioned by the NACSB and Major League Baseball. Each NYCBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule from June to July with a playoff in early August...

 teams left that league. For an even number a new team was placed in Newark, New York
Newark, New York
Newark is a village in Wayne County, New York, U.S., south east of Rochester. The population was 9,682 at the 2000 census.The Village of Newark is in the south part of the Town of Arcadia and is in the south of Wayne County.- History :...

.

2011 season

There were 8 teams separated into two divisions, scheduled to play during the inaugural 2011 season. The season ran from June 9 - August 3, followed by the post-season from August 5 - August 11. The Newark Pilots won the championship.

Current Teams

Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League
Division Team Founded City Stadium
East
Albany Dutchmen 2009 Albany
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...

, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

Bellizzi Field
Amsterdam Mohawks 1986 Amsterdam, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

Shuttleworth Park
Glens Falls Golden Eagles 2003 Glens Falls
Glens Falls, New York
Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States. Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,700 at the 2010 census...

, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

East Field
East Field
East Field is a stadium in Glens Falls, New York. It is primarily used for baseball and is the former home of the Adirondack Lumberjacks, Glens Falls White Sox, Adirondack Red Birds and Glens Falls Tigers, The Detroit Tigers Minor League Team in the 1980s. The ballpark has a capacity of 8,000...

Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs 2009 Little Falls, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

Veterans Memorial Park
Little Falls Veterans Memorial Park
Little Falls Veterans Memorial Park is a stadium in Little Falls, New York. It is primarily used for baseball. It is home to the Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League and was the home of Little Falls Mets...

Division Team Founded City Stadium
West Cooperstown Hawkeyes 2010 Cooperstown
Cooperstown, New York
Cooperstown is a village in Otsego County, New York, USA. It is located in the Town of Otsego. The population was estimated to be 1,852 at the 2010 census.The Village of Cooperstown is the county seat of Otsego County, New York...

, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

Doubleday Field
Doubleday Field
Doubleday Field is a baseball stadium in Cooperstown, New York named for Abner Doubleday and located two city blocks from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.The grounds have been used for baseball since 1920, on what was Elihu Phinney's farm...

Elmira Pioneers
Elmira Pioneers
The Elmira Pioneers are an amateur baseball team based in Elmira, New York. They currently compete in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league. Prior to the 2006 baseball season, the team was a professional ballclub with a rich history of league...

1988 Elmira
Elmira, New York
Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York. The population was 29,200 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Chemung County.The City of Elmira is located in...

, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

Dunn Field
Dunn Field (Elmira)
Dunn Field is a stadium in Elmira, New York primarily used for baseball. Located on the banks of the Chemung River at the end of Luce St, it has been the home of various incarnations of the Elmira Pioneers since its opening in 1939.-History:...

Newark Pilots 2011 Newark
Newark, New York
Newark is a village in Wayne County, New York, U.S., south east of Rochester. The population was 9,682 at the 2000 census.The Village of Newark is in the south part of the Town of Arcadia and is in the south of Wayne County.- History :...

, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

Colburn Park
Colburn Park
Colburn Park is a ballpark located in Newark, New York, USA. It is home to the Newark Pilots of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League and was the home for the Newark Co-Pilots of the New York-Penn League, the Newark Barge Bandits of the North Atlantic League and the Newark Raptors of the New...

Watertown Wizards
Watertown Wizards
The Watertown Wizards is a member of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The team was founded in 2000.They started in the New York Collegiate Baseball League and left with 6 other teams after the 2010 season....

2000 Watertown, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

Duffy Fairgrounds
Duffy Fairgrounds
Duffy Fairgrounds is a stadium in Watertown, New York. It is primarily used for baseball. It is home to the Watertown Wizards of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League and was the home of Watertown Indians. The ballpark has a capacity of 2,500 people and opened in 1938. In 1999, the...


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