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Founded in 1994, The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. It is the largest organized summer collegiate baseball league in the world with 26 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind.<\/p>\n

A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, over 320 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (LAD), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2021 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove finalist and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TOR).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Northwood League Baseball Teams<\/h2>\n

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2026 TEAMS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

ILLINOIS<\/strong>
\nRockford Rivets<\/p>\n

INDIANA
\n<\/strong>Richmond Flying Mummies<\/p>\n

IOWA<\/strong>
\nWaterloo Bucks<\/p>\n

MICHIGAN<\/strong>
\nBattle Creek Bombers
\nKalamazoo Growlers
\nRoyal Oak Leprechauns
\nTraverse City Pit Spitters<\/p>\n

MINNESOTA<\/strong>
\nDuluth Huskies
\nMankato MoonDogs
\nMinnesota Mud Puppies (Travel Team)
\nRochester Honkers
\nSt. Cloud Rox
\nWillmar Stingers<\/p>\n

NORTH DAKOTA<\/strong>
\nBadlands Big Sticks
\nBismarck Larks
\nMinot Hot Tots<\/p>\n

ONTARIO, CAN<\/strong>
\nThunder Bay Border Cats<\/p>\n

WISCONSIN<\/strong>
\nEau Claire Express
\nFond du Lac Dock Spiders
\nGreen Bay Rockers
\nKenosha Kingfish
\nLa Crosse Loggers
\nLakeshore Chinooks
\nMadison Mallards
\nWausau Woodchucks
\nWisconsin Rapids Rafters<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19110","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nAbout Northwood League - Royal Oak Leprechauns<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/royal-oak-leprechauns\/about-northwood-league\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About Northwood League\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/royal-oak-leprechauns\/about-northwood-league\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Royal Oak Leprechauns\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/royal-oak-leprechauns\/about-northwood-league\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/royal-oak-leprechauns\/about-northwood-league\/\",\"name\":\"About Northwood League - 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