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Little League Baseball

Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc[1]) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[2][3] based in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States, that organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the United States and the rest of the world.

Sport

1939

Stephen D. Keener

Patrick Wilson

David Houseknecht, CFO

Largest organized youth sports organization in the world

Character, Courage, and Loyalty

over 180,000

2,600,000

Founded by Carl Stotz in 1939 as a three-team league in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and formally incorporated on October 10, 1950,[1] Little League Baseball encourages local volunteers to organize and operate Little League programs that are annually chartered through Little League International. Each league can structure itself to best serve the children in the area in which the league operates. Several specific divisions of Little League baseball and softball are available to children and adolescents ages 4 to 16. The organization holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code.[4]


The organization's administrative office is located in South Williamsport. The first Little League Baseball World Series was played in Williamsport in 1947. The Little League International Complex hosts the annual Little League Baseball World Series at Howard J. Lamade Stadium and Little League Volunteer Stadium, and is also the site of the Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum, which provides a history of Little League Baseball and Softball through interactive exhibits for children. Many Major League Baseball (MLB) players played in Little League.

  Great Lakes

  Metro

  Mid-Atlantic

  Midwest

  Mountain

  New England

  Northwest (including Alaska)

  Southeast

  Southwest

  West (including Hawaii)

Effective with the 2022 tournament, U.S. regions represented in the annual Little League Baseball World Series are:


Also effective in 2022, the international regions are:

(baseball)

Little League World Series

(baseball)

Intermediate Little League World Series

(baseball)

Junior League World Series

(baseball)

Senior League World Series

(baseball) (discontinued after 2016)

Big League World Series

(or the Major Division)[35]

Girls Little League Softball World Series

Girls Junior League Softball World Series

Girls Senior League Softball World Series

[35]

Girls Big League Softball World Series (discontinued after 2019)

[35]

Boys Little League Softball World Series

[36]

Boys Senior League Softball World Series

[37]

Boys Big League Softball World Series (discontinued after 2016)

[38]

Good Sport of the Year Award

[40]

Challenger Award

[41]

ASAP (A Safety Awareness Program) Award

[42]

Bill Shea Distinguished Little League Graduate Award

[43]

Mom of the Year Award

[44]

George and Barbara Bush Little League Parents of the Year Award

[45]

Volunteer of the Year Award

[46]

Howard and Gail Paster Little League Urban Initiative Volunteer of the Year Award

[47]

Howard Hartman Little League Friendship Award

[48]

Awards include:[39]

Tee Ball Softball for Boys

Minor League Softball for Boys

Little League Softball (or the Major Division) for Boys

Senior League Softball for Boys

Big League Softball for Boys

List of Little League World Series champions by division

List of Little League Softball World Series champions by division

Amateur baseball in the United States

Major League Baseball

List of organized baseball leagues

Baseball awards § World

Baseball awards § U.S. youth baseball

Baseball clothing and equipment

Biddy basketball

Van Auken, Lance and Robin. Play Ball: The Story of Little League Baseball, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.  0-271-02118-7

ISBN

Official website

Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum

Little League World Series Champions

Little League Foundation Chile