Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League Explained

Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League
Sport:	Baseball
Motto:	Gateway To Professional Baseball
Teams:	14
Country:	United States
Champion:	Atlantic Whitecaps (2023)
Website:	http://www.acblbaseball.org

The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The league has experienced moderate success in having alumni appear in Major League Baseball.

The ACBL is one of twelve leagues in the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball.^[1]

Teams

The teams participating in the 2024 season are:^[2]

Division	Team	City
Kaiser Division	Atlantic Whitecaps	Long Island, New York
	Bayside Blue Claws	Long Island, New York
	East Coast Sandhogs	Scranton, Pennsylvania
	Hitters Club Hawkeyes	Massapequa, New York
	LIB Neptunes	Long Island, New York
	New York Crush	Queens, New York
	New York Valor	New York, New York
	Old Town Road Patriots	East Setauket, New York
Wolff Division	Bergen Metros	Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
	Essex Legends	Newark, New Jersey
	Jersey Shore Stallions	Lavallette, New Jersey
	New Brunswick Matrix	East Brunswick, New Jersey
	New York Phenoms	align=center	Staten Island, New York
	Ocean Ospreys	Linden, New Jersey

Former teams

Many different teams have played in the ACBL throughout the history of the league. The following is a list of former teams: Allentown Wings, Berkshire Red Sox, Brooklyn Clippers, Brooklyn-Queens Dodgers, Connecticut Yankees, Delaware Valley Gulls, Jersey City Colonels, Kutztown Rockies, Lehigh Valley Catz, Long Island Collegians, Long Island Flying A's, Long Island Nationals, Long Island Sound, Long Island Stars, Mercer Titans, Metro New York Cadets, Monmouth Royals, Mt. Vernon Generals, Nassau Collegians, New Jersey A's, New Jersey Colts, New York Generals, Peekskill Robins, Scranton Red Soxx, Staten Island Tide, Teaneck Teamsters, Torrington Titans, and West Deptford Green Storm.^[3]

Major league alumni

Table key

AS	Indicates an MLB All-Star
CY	Indicates a Cy Young Award winner
HOF	Indicates a members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

• Nick Ahmed, infielder
• Garvin Alston, pitcher
• Scott Arnold, pitcher
• Mike Avilés, infielder
• Kevin Baez, infielder
• Kevin Barry, pitcher
• Kevin Bearse, pitcher
• Jason Bergmann, pitcher
• Craig Biggio, infielder (AS, HOF)
• Frank Brooks, pitcher
• Terry Bross, pitcher
• Kirk Bullinger, pitcher
• Nate Bump, pitcher
• Fred Cambria, pitcher
• Cody Carroll, pitcher
• Kevin Cash, catcher
• Rick Cerone, catcher
• Vinnie Chulk, pitcher
• Mark Ciardi, pitcher
• Frank Cimorelli, pitcher
• Jeff Datz, catcher
• Doug Davis, infielder
• Jason Dellaero, infielder
• Rich DeLucia, pitcher
• Mark DiFelice, pitcher
• Benny Distefano, player
• John Doherty, pitcher
• Angel Echevarria, outfielder
• Brad Eldred, infielder
• Frank Eufemia, pitcher
• Steve Falteisek, pitcher
• John Flaherty, catcher
• Scott Forster, pitcher
• Willie Fraser, pitcher
• Danny Garcia, outfielder
• Ray Giannelli, infielder
• Keith Glauber, pitcher
• Zack Godley, pitcher
• Don Gordon, pitcher
• Reid Gorecki, outfielder
• Tom Gregorio, catcher
• Kevin Gryboski, pitcher
• John Halama, pitcher
• Craig Hansen, pitcher
• Pete Harnisch, pitcher (AS)
• Joel Johnston, pitcher
• Skip Jutze, catcher
• Pat Kelly, infielder
• Matt Kinzer, pitcher
• Phil Klein, pitcher
• Mike Koplove, pitcher
• Kyle Kubitza, infielder
• Jeff Kunkel, infielder
• Al Lachowicz, pitcher
• Rick Lancellotti, infielder
• John Lannan, pitcher
• Gene Larkin, player
• Dennis Leonard, pitcher
• Brian Lesher, outfielder
• Brian Looney, pitcher
• Mike Loynd, pitcher
• Rob Lukachyk, pinch hitter
• Zach Lutz, infielder
• Joe Martinez, pitcher
• Jim Mecir, pitcher
• Frank Menechino, infielder
• Ray Montgomery, outfielder
• Dan Morogiello, pitcher
• Matt Morris, pitcher (AS)
• Jamie Moyer, pitcher (AS)
• Terry Mulholland, pitcher (AS)
• Sean Nolin, pitcher
• Keith Osik, catcher
• Charlie Puleo, pitcher
• Steve Ratzer, pitcher
• Chris Reed, pitcher
• C. J. Riefenhauser, pitcher
• Wayne Rosenthal, pitcher
• Mo Sanford, pitcher
• Jeff Schaefer, infielder
• Rich Scheid, pitcher
• Davis Schneider, infielder
• Frank Schwindel, infielder
• Frank Seminara, pitcher
• Jim Stoops, pitcher
• Drew Sutton, outfielder
• Nick Tropeano, pitcher
• Bob Tufts, pitcher
• John Valentin, infielder
• Anthony Varvaro, pitcher
• Frank Viola, pitcher (AS, CY)
• Ryan Vogelsong, pitcher (AS)
• Pete Walker, pitcher
• Allen Watson, pitcher
• Walt Weiss, infielder (AS)
• Ed Whited, infielder
• Darrin Winston, pitcher
• Ron Witmeyer, infielder
• Eric Young, infielder (AS)
• Pete Zoccolillo, outfielder

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About the NACSB . National Alliance of College Summer Baseball . 1 June 2024.
2. Web site: ACBL - Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League . pointstreaksites.com . 1 June 2024.
3. Web site: Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. 2010-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20100213141102/http://www.acbl-online.com/teams.asp. 13 February 2010. dead.