| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1945 |
| No. of teams | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Most recent champion | Vienna Senators |
| Official website | Official website |
TheClark C. Griffith Collegiate Baseball League (CGL) was acollegiate summer baseball league, with teams located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. All league players had to be enrolled at aNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) school, have at least one year ofNCAA eligibility remaining and be amateurs byNCAA rules.[1] The CGL was a charter member of theAll-American Amateur Baseball Association and was designated a Premier League by theNational Baseball Congress. The league had five teams in 2009 but suspended play for the 2010 season and does not appear to have been operational since.[2]
The Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball League was founded in 1945 and was then known as theNational Capital City Junior League. In the earliest years, games were played around Washington, D.C., including onThe Ellipse behind theWhite House.Clark Griffith who then owned theWashington Senators (now Minnesota Twins) gave the league financial support. When he died in 1955, the league was renamed theClark Griffith Memorial Baseball League. The name was changed to its final form in 1995.
In 1966 the league began playing all its game on the baseball field atGeorge Mason University. That continued until 1987 when teams began playing on their own home fields.[3]
The league instituted a rule requiring the use of only wooden bats in competition in 1993.[4]
More than 50 CGL alumni went on to playMajor League Baseball and over 250 went on to playMinor League Baseball.
See:[1]
Sites of teams that participated in the league in 2009: