Appalachian League

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The Appalachian League is a collegiate summer baseball league in the United States that was formerly a Rookie-level minor league in the Minor League Baseball system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collegiate summer baseball league
sports league
affiliationTypeBefore2021 affiliated minor league
collaboratingOrganization USA Baseball NERFINISHED
competitionLevel collegiate summer baseball
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developmentPathRole entry-level professional development (historical)
pre-draft collegiate development (current)
focus player development
formerAffiliation Minor League Baseball NERFINISHED
formerClassification Rookie-level
formerlyPartOf Minor League Baseball system NERFINISHED
formerPlayerType professional minor league players
geographicFocus Appalachian Mountains region NERFINISHED
governingBody Major League Baseball
leagueTypeBeforeReorganization Rookie Advanced league
playerType college-eligible players
post2021Status MLB and USA Baseball collegiate summer league NERFINISHED
previousStatusEndYear 2020
primaryPurposeAfterReorganization summer wood-bat experience for college players
regionServed Appalachian region NERFINISHED
reorganizedAsCollegiateLeague 2021
seasonMonths August
July
June
seasonStructure short-season schedule
sport baseball
typicalAgeRangeOfPlayers 18–21
typicalSeason summer
usesWoodBats true

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