Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League

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The Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League was a baseball-only conference that existed from 1930 to 1992. It consisted of the eight Ivy League schools along with Army and Navy. The league disbanded after the 1992 season, when Army and Navy joined the Patriot League and the Ivy League began sponsoring baseball. [1] [2] [3]

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Former members

InstitutionNicknameYear joinedYear departedDivision
Army Black Knights 1947–481991–92North
Brown Bears 1947–481991–92North
Columbia Lions 1929–301991–92South
Cornell Big Red 1929–301991–92South
Dartmouth Big Green 1929–301991–92North
Harvard Crimson 1932–331991–92 [lower-alpha 1] North
Navy Midshipmen 1947–481991–92South
Penn Quakers 1929–301991–92South
Princeton Tigers 1929–301991–92South
Yale Bulldogs 1929–301991–92North
Notes
  1. Harvard did not participate in the EIBL from 1942–43 to 1945–46

Membership timeline

United States Naval AcademyBrown UniversityUnited States Military AcademyHarvard UniversityYale UniversityPrinceton UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaDartmouth CollegeCornell UniversityColumbia UniversityEastern Intercollegiate Baseball League

Champions

YearEastern Intercollegiate Baseball League ChampionIvy Champion [lower-alpha 1]
1930 Dartmouth
1931 Penn
1932 Yale
1933 Columbia
1934 Columbia
1935 Dartmouth
1936 Dartmouth
Harvard
1937 Yale
1938 Dartmouth
1939 Harvard
Cornell
1940 Cornell
1941 Princeton
1942 Princeton
1943 Penn
1944 Columbia
1945 Princeton
1946 Yale
1947 Yale
1948 Dartmouth
1949 Princeton
1950 Army
Princeton
1951 Princeton
1952North - Brown
South - Cornell
1953 Princeton
1954 Navy
1955 Harvard
1956 Yale
1957 Yale
1958 Harvard
1959 Navy Brown
Cornell
Dartmouth
1960 Army Columbia
1961 Navy Columbia
1962 Navy Harvard
1963 Columbia
Dartmouth
Navy
1964 Harvard
1965 Army Dartmouth
1966 Army Dartmouth
1967 Dartmouth
1968 Harvard
1969 Dartmouth
1970 Dartmouth
1971 Harvard
1972 Cornell
Harvard
1973 Harvard
1974 Harvard
1975 Penn
1976 Columbia
1977 Cornell
Columbia
1978 Harvard
1979 Navy Cornell
1980 Harvard
1981 Yale
1982 Navy Cornell
1983 Harvard
1984 Harvard
1985 Harvard
Princeton
Princeton won Playoff
1986 Navy Columbia
1987 Dartmouth
1988 Penn
1989 Penn
1990 Penn
1991 Princeton
1992 Yale

Notes

  1. Beginning in 1956, if the EIBL champion was not an Ivy League member, the top finishing Ivy League member was declared the Ivy League Champion. [4]

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References

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