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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.
Little League Baseball (World Series) South Williamsport, Pennsylvania: 1947 10–12 years old Intermediate League Baseball (World Series) Livermore, California: 2013 11–13 years old Junior League Baseball (World Series) Taylor, Michigan: 1981 13–14 years old Senior League Baseball (World Series) Easley, South Carolina: 1961 13–16 years old
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 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)
Bartlett has one of the largest individual Little League Challenger Baseball programs (Special Needs Baseball / buddy ball) in the nation. [10] In 2013 The Bartlett Little League Challenger Division along with their Little League Illinois District 13 partners were the 15th team ever from Illinois to participate in the Little League World Series.
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.
The first professional league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, lasted from 1871 to 1875; scholars dispute its status as a major league. [37] The more formally structured National League was founded in 1876. As the oldest surviving major league, the National League is sometimes referred to as the "senior circuit."
The region consisted of teams from the Dakotas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Wisconsin. In 2000, Kentucky replaced Oklahoma in the region. Little League Baseball expanded the LLWS to sixteen teams for the 2001 Little League World Series. The Central Region was split into the ...