This is the Eirball Index Page to All-Time Results and Standings of the Irish Baseball League and other Baseball Leagues in Ireland such as the WW2 League among US and Canadian Soldiers stationed in Northern Ireland for the duration of the War.
Header Picture Credit: [1] Baseball Ireland (2019) Spartans 2004 All-Ireland League Champions [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/images/spartans_2004_champs.jpg [Accessed 2 December 2019]
Irish Baseball League
Irish Baseball League 1997-2005; Baseball Ireland A-League and B-League 2006-Present
In mid-1990s a few Leinster Softball players wanted something more competitive and atarted the first Irish Baseball League in 1997. With funding from the Irish-American owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball team, a puropse-built Baseball Diamond was made in Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, including a Little League field, and the League has been in existence since, celebrating its 25th anniverary in 2021.
Irish Baseball League (Standings)
Irish Baseball League 1997-2005
Baseball Ireland A-League 2006-2020
Baseball Ireland B-League 2006-2020
Irish Baseball League Results
Irish Baseball & Softball Federation – Irish Baseball League (Seasons):
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Baseball Ireland A-League Seasons:
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Baseball Ireland B-League Seasons:
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Picture Credit: [2] Baseball Ireland (2017) News- 24th September 2017 – Champions – Dublin City Hurricanes [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/news.php#240 [Accessed 20 October 2017]
Irish Baseball Leagues 1942-1988
WW2 US Armed Forces Leagues 1942-1943; Cadet Baseball Leagues 1961-1988
Baseball has been played in Ireland since the first visiting American Major League teams in the 1870s, and the first Leagues in Ireland were played by American and Canadian Baseball playersstationed in Northern Ireland during the Second World War. In the 1960s the Youth first teams in Ireland were formed in Dublin and Waterford, and the Irish Baseball Association was formed by these teams. In 1982 the first Dublin Softball League (Softball is a recreational version of Baseball) season was played (the League is still in existence as the Leinster Softball League) 1988 the Donegal Baseball and Softball Association played a Youth Baseball season.
Cadet Baseball Leagues Finals
Irish Baseball Association | Championship 1961-1966
Cadet Baseball Leagues Results
Donegal Baseball & Softball Asociation (Seasons): 1988
Irish Baseball Association (Seasons): 1961
From 1942, when US Soldiers, Navy & Airmen stationed in Northern Ireland during World War II played in the Northern Ireland Baseball League and 8th US Air Corps Baseball Championship, to the Youth Baseball Championships played in Waterford & Dublin in the 1960s (The Irish Baseball Association) and Donegal (The Donegal Baseball & Softball Association) there have been Baseball Leagues in Ireland.
Northern Ireland Baseball League 1942-1943
8th US Air Corps v NIBL Championship Series (Seasons): 1943
Northern Ireland Baseball League (Seasons): 1943 1942
8th US Air Corps Baseball Championship (Seasons): 1943
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