The 31^st season of Northwoods League baseball to feature 26 teams

Rochester, Minn. – The Northwoods League released its complete schedule today for the 2024 season. The schedule features 26 teams, with the Badlands Big Sticks of Dickinson, North Dakota and the Royal Oak Leprechauns of suburban Detroit joining the League and the traveling Minnesota Mud Puppies returning.

“The release of the 2024 Northwoods League schedule is always a big day, and the League is excited to enter its 31^st season,” said Northwoods League President/Commissioner Ryan Voz.

The Northwoods League, the largest organized baseball league in the world, will begin summer collegiate baseball’s most extensive schedule on Monday, May 27.

“The 2024 season will be historic as the largest League (26 teams) will compete in three different time zones,” said Voz.

The League, which plays two halves to determine playoff participants, will end the first half of play on July 2 with the second half beginning the following day. This season will see the return of interleague play as teams in the Great Plains Division will face teams in the Great Lakes Division throughout the season.

The League will continue with the same playoff format that was adopted for the 2019 season. First and second half sub-divisional winners in the Great Lakes and Great Plains division will be eligible for the playoffs. In the event the second half sub-divisional winner also won the first half, the team in the sub-division with the highest overall winning percentage will also make the playoffs. The two playoff eligible teams in each sub-division will compete in a best of three Sub-Divisional Series. The two Sub-Divisional Series winners will then play a one-game Divisional Championship Game. Then the two Divisional Game winners will play a one-game League Championship.

Full league schedules can be found at northwoodsleague.com/schedule/ or by going to northwoodsleague.com/schedule/2024-printable-schedule/ and downloading PDF versions of the Great Lakes and Great Plains Division schedules.

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 The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its’ 30th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 26 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, 340 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 and two-time World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), 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 2023 World Series Champion, 2021 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove and Silver Slugger winner and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website at watchnwl.com and on ESPN+. For more information, visit www.northwoodsleague.com or download the Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play.