LITTLE LEAGUE

Little League® Baseball and Softball is the first organized youth sports program in the world, and was founded in 1939 by Carl E. Stotz, a resident of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. During the spring of 1939, a total of 30 players formed three teams, and Mr. Stotz along with a collection of volunteers from his neighborhood, embarked on the first season of Little League Baseball®. Today, millions of children - ages 4 to 16 - on six continents and scores of countries can attest that baseball, softball and Little League are synonymous... Little League has three structural components, each dependent upon the other, and each vital to the success of the program. The administrative and service core of the movement is Little League Baseball®, Incorporated, a non-profit membership organization that maintains the international program, with Little League International based in Williamsport, Pennsylvania... The story of Little League began nearly a century ago, and it is up to all of us to write..

Also known as: Little League Baseball®, Incorporated, Little League International

Primary location: Williamsport United States