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American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by 13-to-19-year-olds in fifty states in the U.S. and Canada. More than 3,500 teams participate each year. The American Legion Department of South Dakota established the program in 1925 at Milbank, South Dakota.
The first program in the world to provide a national baseball tournament for teenagers, American Legion Baseball was born. In 1926, posts in 15 states began to turn Griffith’s vision into a reality.
18 Ιουλ 2019 · The origin of American Legion Baseball is traced to June 17, 1925, when former Army Maj. John L. Griffith, commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, addressed the American Legion Department of South Dakota’s summer convention in Milbank.
6 Δεκ 2021 · In the 1920s and through the Great Depression and World War II, Legion baseball grew steadily. By 1950 it had become the principal training ground for major league players, boasting at its peak more than 16,000 teams across the country.
American Legion Baseball became a national program by convention action in 1925, and the first national tournament was held in 1926. Only 16 states were represented in this year.
22 Ιαν 2024 · American Legion Baseball is a United States national youth baseball league based in Indianapolis, IN. The first Legion season was in 1926, and the first Legion Baseball World Series winner was Yonkers, NY Post 321.
Full Text. Translate. William E. Akin. American Legion Baseball: A History, 1924-2020. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2022. 252 pp. Paperback, $39.95. William Akin's treatise on the American Legion baseball program makes a twofold contribution to baseball literature.
