The New York State League was an independent baseball league that played six seasons between 2007 and 2012 in
New York State
New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. stat ...
and the
New York City metro area. Over 500 NYSL players have been signed by professional teams. Players from forty-eight states and eleven countries have competed in the league. The NYSL was the developmental league for the
Can-Am League
The Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, commonly known as the Can-Am League, was a professional, independent baseball league with teams in the Northeast United States and Eastern Canada, founded in 2005 as a reorganization ...
. Its level of play was self-described as being on par with the lowest level of
minor league baseball, the complex-based "rookie" leagues (it explicitly compared its format to that of the
Gulf Coast League
The Florida Complex League (FCL) is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league that operates in Florida, United States. Before 2021, it was known as the Gulf Coast League (GCL). Together with the Arizona Complex League (ACL), it forms the lo ...
). The total of 7 teams were the Blue Sox, Capitals, Colonials, Empires, Federals, Hudsons and Robins, were spread out in New York state like in
Albany (the Capitals who folded first); and in the last seasons, the rest were all in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
.
References
External links
Official siteCan-AM League
Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball teams
Defunct professional sports leagues in the United States
Independent baseball leagues in the United States
Baseball leagues in New York (state)
Defunct baseball leagues in the United States
Sports leagues established in 2006
Sports leagues disestablished in 2012
2006 establishments in New York (state)
2012 disestablishments in New York (state)
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