The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the Mid-Atlantic

Mid-Atlantic States

The Mid-Atlantic states, also called middle Atlantic states or simply the mid Atlantic, form a region of the United States generally located between New England and the South...

 region of the United States

United States

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. The league has experienced moderate success in having alumni appear in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

. Fourteen alumni of the league were invited to spring training with Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 clubs in 2010.

The ACBL is one of eight leagues in the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball.

Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League Teams

The teams participating in the 2012 season are:

Division	Team	City	Stadium
Wolff
	Jersey Pilots Jersey Pilots The Jersey Pilots are a baseball team that plays in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league. Their home games are played at the Torpey Field in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Ben Smookler is their long-time general manager...	North Plainfield, New Jersey North Plainfield, New Jersey North Plainfield is a Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 21,936....	Krausche Field
	Lehigh Valley Catz Lehigh Valley Catz The Lehigh Valley Catz are a baseball team that plays in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league. Their home games are divided between Upper Hackett's Park in, and Lafayette College's Metzgar Fields near Easton, Pennsylvania....	Easton, Pennsylvania Easton, Pennsylvania Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County....	Upper Hackett's Park
	North Jersey Eagles	Mahwah, New Jersey Mahwah, New Jersey Mahwah is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 25,890. The name Mahwah is derived from the Lenni Lenape word "mawewi" which means "Meeting Place" or "Place Where Paths Meet".The area that is now Mahwah was...	Ramapo College Ramapo College Ramapo College of New Jersey is a public liberal arts and professional studies institution of the New Jersey system of higher education.- Location :...
	Allentown Railers	.	.
	Trenton Generals	.	.
	Quakertown Blazers Quakertown Blazers The Quakertown Blazers are a baseball team that plays in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league. All of the team's home games are played at Memorial Field in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.In 1984 Clyde Smoll Jr...	Quakertown, Pennsylvania Quakertown, Pennsylvania Quakertown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 8,979. The borough is south of Bethlehem and north of Philadelphia, making Quakertown a border town of both the Delaware Valley and Lehigh Valley metropolitan areas...	Memorial Field

Division	Team	City	Stadium
Hampton
	North Fork Ospreys	Peconic, New York Peconic, New York Peconic is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the hamlet by the same name in the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The CDP population was 1,081 at the 2000 census.- History :...	Cochran Park
	Riverhead Tomcats	Riverhead, New York	Riverhead High School
	Sag Harbor Whalers Sag Harbor Whalers The Sag Harbor Whalers are an amateur baseball team playing in the Hamptons Division of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, an NCAA-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league. The team plays its home games at Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor, New York...	Sag Harbor, New York Sag Harbor, New York Sag Harbor is an incorporated village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, with parts in both the Towns of East Hampton and Southampton. The population was 2,313 at the 2000 census....	Mashashimuet Park
	Westhampton Aviators Westhampton Aviators The Westhampton Aviators are an amateur baseball team playing in the Hamptons Division of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, an NCAA-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league. The team plays its home games at Hite Field in Westhampton Beach, New York...	Westhampton Beach, New York Westhampton Beach, New York Westhampton Beach is an Incorporated Village in the town of Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 1,902.-History:...	Hite Field
	Southampton Breakers Southampton Breakers The Southampton Breakers are an amateur baseball team playing in the Hamptons Division of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, an NCAA-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league. The team plays its home games at Stony Brook Southampton in Southampton, New York. The Breakers were introduced as...	Southampton, New York Southampton, New York Southampton, New York may refer to:* Southampton , New York in Suffolk County* Southampton , New York, in the town of Southampton...	Stony Brook Southampton
	Center Moriches Battlecats	Center Moriches, New York Center Moriches, New York Center Moriches is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 6,655 at the 2000 census.Center Moriches is in the Town of Brookhaven...	Paul Gibson Field

Division	Team	City	Stadium
Kaiser
	Long Island Storm	Hempstead, New York Hempstead (village), New York Hempstead is a village located in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 53,891 at the 2010 census.Hofstra University is located on the border between Hempstead and Uniondale.-Foundation:...	Hofstra University Hofstra University Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...
	New York Atlantics	Jamaica, New York Jamaica, Queens Jamaica is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. It was settled under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland as Rustdorp. Under British rule, the Village of Jamaica became the center of the "Town of Jamaica"...	St. John's University
	Staten Island Tide	Staten Island, New York	College of Staten Island College of Staten Island The College of Staten Island is a four-year, senior college of and is one of the 11 senior colleges in the City University of New York. Programs in the liberal arts and sciences and professional studies lead to bachelor's and associate's degrees. The master's degree is awarded in 13 professional...
	Nassau Collegians	Old Westbury, New York Old Westbury, New York Old Westbury is a village in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village population was 4,671....	New York Institute of Technology New York Institute of Technology New York Institute of Technology is a private, non-sectarian, co-educational research university in New York City. NYIT has five schools and two colleges, all with a strong emphasis on technology and applied scientific research...

Famous alumni

• Craig Biggio
  Craig Biggio
  Craig Alan Biggio is a former Major League Baseball second baseman, catcher, and outfielder. He played his entire 20-year baseball career with the Houston Astros . He ranks 21st all-time with 3,060 career hits, and is the ninth player in the 3000 hit club to get all his hits with the same team. He...
  
  
• John Flaherty
  John Flaherty
  John Timothy Flaherty is a television baseball broadcaster and a retired Major League Baseball player. Flaherty was a catcher, and last played in the major leagues for the New York Yankees.-Early life:...
  
  
• Matt Morris
• Jamie Moyer
  Jamie Moyer
  Jamie Moyer is an American professional left handed baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. At the time of his last game to date , he was the oldest player in the major leagues and had the most wins, losses, and strikeouts of any active Major League pitcher...
  
  
• Terry Mulholland
  Terry Mulholland
  Terence John Mulholland is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He threw left-handed and batted right-handed.-Early and personal life:...
  
  
• Frank Viola
  Frank Viola
  Frank John Viola, Jr. is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins , New York Mets , Boston Red Sox , Cincinnati Reds and Toronto Blue Jays . A three-time All-Star, he was named World Series MVP with the Twins in 1987 and won the AL Cy Young Award in 1988...
  
  
• Eric Young
  Eric Young (baseball player)
  Eric Orlando Young is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and left fielder and current first base coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks...
  
  

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, Long Island Collegians, Long Island Flying A's, Long Island Nationals, Long Island Sound, Long Island Stars, Mercer Titans, Metro New York Cadets

Metro New York Cadets

The Metro New York Cadets are a baseball team that plays in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, an NCAA summer baseball league. Their home games are played at St. John's University in Jamaica, New York....

, Monmouth Royals, Mt. Vernon Generals, Nassau Collegians, New Jersey A's, New Jersey Colts, New York Generals, Peekskill Robins, Scranton Red Soxx, Teaneck Teamsters, and the West Deptford Green Storm.

External links

• Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League
• Notable Alumni