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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.
Carl E. Stotz (February 20, 1910 – June 4, 1992) was the American founder of Little League Baseball.Stotz was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.. He was the fourth of five children of Lulu Fisk Stotz the third child of a German immigrant (1862) named Kristjian and married first generation German-American Juliana Eddinger, in 1877 in Williamsport.
2024 Little League World Series qualification: Formerly: Central Region (1957–2000) Sport: Baseball: Founded: 2000; 25 years ago () No. of teams: 5: Country United States: Most recent champion(s) Hinsdale Little League, Hinsdale, Illinois: Most titles
The earliest known Little League home run discovered as of 2018 was made by Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers versus the Cleveland Naps on September 10, 1911, [6] nearly 28 years before the Little League organization itself was founded and thus available to lend its name to such a play.
The 2020 Little League World Series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; The 2021 Little League World Series only featured United States teams for the first time since 1975. Two teams from each of the 8 U.S. regions participated in the World Series (regional champion and runner-up)
GameChanger was launched in 2010 by co-founders Ted Sullivan and Kiril Savino. In fall of 2010, GameChanger and Little League teamed up to launch the Little League Scorekeeper. [5] Powered by GameChanger software, it is the only Authorized Little League scorekeeping application.
The Little League World Series is an annual baseball tournament for children (primarily boys) aged 10 to 12 years old, held in the Eastern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Originally called the National Little League Tournament , it was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball .
The 1967 Little League World Series took place between August 22 and August 26 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The West Tokyo Little League of West Tokyo, Japan, defeated the North Roseland Little League of Chicago, Illinois, in the championship game of the 21st Little League World Series. This was the first time the Little League ...