The American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC) is an amateur baseball organization in the United States for players from sub-teens through adults.
[About Us]
. American Amateur Baseball Congress official website. Retrieved 2011-07-31. Founded in 1935, it coordinates its programs with
USA Baseball
USA Baseball is the national governing body for organized baseball in the United States, and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The organization selects and trains the World Basebal ...
and the
American Baseball Coaches Association
The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) is the world's largest amateur baseball coaching organization. It was founded in 1945 as the American Association of College Baseball Coaches. Now, the ABCA is composed of over 13,000 baseball coac ...
.
[ AABC has eight (8) age-range divisions in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. There are also five (5) single-age divisions: 9's, 11's, 13's, 15's, and 17's.][ In some leagues, however, all divisions are age-range and none are single-age.
Under the AABC, each league has at least four (4) teams, each of which plays at least six (6) league games.][ Each league's winner goes on to state-tournament play. The winner of each state tournament goes to regional play and from there to the world series.][
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History
See footnote
AABC's 75th annual meeting was held on October 30, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas.
Divisions
See footnote
*19 (& over) Stan Musial Baseball
*18U Connie Mack Baseball
*17s Don Mattingly Baseball
*16U Mickey Mantle Baseball
*15s Ken Griffey Jr Baseball
*14U Sandy Koufax Baseball
*13s Sandy Koufax 13S Baseball
*12U Pee Wee Reese Baseball
*11s Gil Hodges Baseball
*10U Willie Mays Baseball
*9s Jackie Robinson Baseball
*6, 7, 8 Roberto Clemente Baseball
*6U Rod Carew Baseball[The 6U Rod Carew Baseball Division was begun in Spring 2011. ''Go to']
Home page
''and scroll down to'' the section on "Rod Carew Baseball & GAPHitter". AABC official website. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
World Series
See footnote
Stan Musial World Series
;In general
;Past Champions
Connie Mack World Series
;History
;Past Champions
Don Mattingly World Series
;2006
;2010
;2011[Home page]
. Arizona Amateur Baseball Association. Retrieved 2011-08-10. "Home of the 2011 17U Don Mattingly World Series at The Tempe Diablo Sports Complex and the 2011 14U Sandy Koufax World Series at The Surprise Recreation Campus."
Mickey Mantle World Series
;In general
;2011
Ken Griffey Jr World Series
;2010
Sandy Koufax 14U World Series
;2009
;2010
;2011[
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Sandy Koufax 13S World Series
;2011 West Michigan Broncos
Pee Wee Reese World Series
;Ball fields
;2009
;2010
;2011
2014 Dallas, Texas
Gil Hodges World Series
;2007
;2010
;2011
2013 Hamden Yard Dogs (Hamden, Connecticut)
2014 Bonnie Seals (Brooklyn, NY)
Willie Mays World Series
;Ball fields
;2010
;2011
2014 Brooklyn Blue Storm
Jackie Robinson World Series
;2009
;2010
;2011
Roberto Clemente World Series
;2008
;2011
Rod Carew World Series
Regions
*East Central:[List of regional vice presidents]
Contact Us
webpage. AABC official website. Retrieved 2011-08-07.[Tournaments]
. AABC official website. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
*North Atlantic:[ Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Eastern Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Ontario (Canada), and Quebec (Canada)][
*North Central:][
*South East Region:][ Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
*South Plains:][
*West Region:][ Alaska, Arizona, Northern California, Southern California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, British Columbia (Canada), and Baja (Mexico)
*Puerto Rico:][
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State leagues
:''See footnote''
*Arizona Amateur Baseball Association
*Northern California Association of AABC
*AABC South Coast Baseball League (Orange County, California)
*Colorado AABC (CAABC)
*Connecticut Amateur Baseball Congress (CABC)[Connecticut Amateur Baseball Congress]
official website. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
*Florida Amateur Baseball Association (FABA)
*AABC of Georgia
*Northeastern Kentucky AABC Association (NEKA)
*Michigan Association – AABC (Michigan AABC)
*Minnesota AABC
*New Jersey Amateur Baseball Congress (NJABC)
*New Mexico Amateur Baseball Association
*New York Metropolitan Amateur Baseball League (NYMABL)
*Ohio Association – AABC (Ohio AABC)
*AABC of Texas
*Amateur Baseball Congress of Washington (ABCW)
webpage. Washington State Baseball League (WSBL) official website. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
See also
*Amateur baseball in the United States
Amateur baseball is baseball in which the players either are not paid for playing, or (as in Town Team Baseball) receive only a modest stipend or employment arranged by the team's boosters. Amateur baseball is played in the United States by pl ...
*USA Baseball
USA Baseball is the national governing body for organized baseball in the United States, and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The organization selects and trains the World Basebal ...
*
References
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External links
American Amateur Baseball Congress : About UsBlog: All of Baseball: Connie Mack/ Mickey Mantle/ Sandy Koufax etc.
Baseball governing bodies in the United States
Youth baseball in the United States
Sports organizations established in 1935
1935 establishments in the United States