Far West League (collegiate summer baseball league)

The Far West League (FWL) was a collegiate summer baseball league based on the west coast of the United States that serves primarily California and Oregon. It was formed as part of a merger between the West Coast League/Tri-State and Pacific West Baseball League, even though the PWBL is still in operation.

This article is about the modern Far West League, a collegiate summer baseball league that started in 2011. For the professional minor league, which existed from 1948 to 1951, see Far West League.
Far West League (collegiate summer baseball league)
SportBaseball
Founded2010
Ceased2013
CEOErik Wagle
No. of teams8 (as of 2012)
CountryUnited States
Last
champion(s)		Humboldt Crabs
Official websiteweb.archive.org/web/20130607152224/http://www.farwestleaguesummerbaseball.com/

The FWL began play in 2011 with each team facing each of the other teams three times for 27 regular-season league games. Post-season play saw the top five teams in a nine-game double-elimination tournament with the Humboldt Crabs winning the 2011 championship.

Teams in the FWL
Status Team City Home field Previous League Manager/Head Coach 2011 FWL Record
Final FWL Teams *Humboldt Crabs Arcata, CA Arcata Ball Park WCL/TS[1] Matt Nutter / Robin Guiver 25 - 7
Southern Oregon RiverDawgs Medford, OR Harry & David Field WCL/TS Chris Wolf 13 - 14
Neptune Beach Pearl Alameda, CA College of Alameda Brant Cummings 19 – 12
Fontanetti's Athletics San Jose, CA San Jose Academy HS Dan Luque / Jerry McClain 19 - 12
Menlo Park Legends Menlo Park, CA Cañada College David Klein
Nor Cal Longhorns San Mateo, CA Cañada College SRL Stan Musial League Lenny Vagt / Jeffrey Bowman
Walnut Creek Crawdads Walnut Creek, CA Saint Mary's College [2] Paul Hewitt
San Francisco Seals San Francisco, CA Laney College Abel Alcantar 15 - 22
Former FWL (2011 season) Redding Colt .45s Redding, CA Tiger Field WCL/TS Rick Bosetti / Dennis Brugman 13.5 – 15.5
Nevada Bullets Reno, NV Western Nevada College Jim Blueberg 9 - 18
Nor Cal Pirates Chico, CA Butte College Casey Dill 3 - 24
Atwater Aviators Atwater, CA Firemans Memorial Ballpark PWBL Richard Ruiz / Rollo Adams 21.5 – 8.5
California Glory Lodi, CA Tony Zupo Field PWBL Ron Bindell 11 - 16
Fresno Cardinals Fresno, CA John Euless Ballpark, Fresno City College PWBL Orlando Gomez / Kenny Crew 10 - 17
Former/Hiatus
Folsom Pioneers Folsom, CA Folsom High School WCL/TS Mike Carter
Nevada Bighorns Carson City, NV Western Nevada College’s John L. Harvey field and Carson High School WCL/TS Dennis Young

* = Denotes 2011 FWL Champion

References
  1. Crabs will join WCL Tri-State in 2009
  2. "Crawdads Join the Far West League". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
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