New York Collegiate Baseball League - NYCBL

Fast Facts

Fast Facts

Name: New York Collegiate Baseball League

Founded: 1978

Associations: National Association of College Summer Baseball (NACSB)

Regular Season Length: June 1st - July 22nd

Regular Season Games: 40

Baseball: Diamond

Bat: Wood or composite

Roster Limit: 30

Division Format:
Eastern: Adirondack, Geneva East, Sherrill, Syracuse JR, Syracuse SC, Utica

Western: Geneva West, Hornell, Niagara, Olean, Rochester(AIA), Wellsville
 

Eligibility Requirements:
Player must have remaining college eligibility to participate. Player
must have completed at least one full year of school or have at least one year remaining.
Doubleheaders: Each game in a doubleheader will consist of nine innings unless it is being
played because of a rain out. If a resumed game is played and a second game follows, each
game will consist of nine full innings. Only a scheduled doubleheader where neither game
has been previously started will consist of two seven-inning games.

Playoff Teams:
Eight – The top four teams in each division advance to the playoffs.

Playoff Format:
Three rounds, best-of-three series, beginning on August 1. Teams will be
seeded one through four in the Eastern Division and Western Division. The Divisional semifinals will pit #1 vs. #4 and #2 vs. #3, within each division. The format will be 1-1-1, with the higher seed hosting games one and three. The Eastern and Western Division finals will be the same format, with the higher seed hosting games one and three. The championship series will be a 1-1-1 schedule. The hosting format will be decided by the competing teams.