M.I.N.K. Collegiate Baseball League

M.I.N.K. Collegiate Baseball League

Sport	Baseball
Founded	2009
First season	2009
President	Ky Turner
No. of teams	8
Countries	United States
Continent	North America
Most recent champion(s)	St. Joseph Mustangs (2025)
Most titles	St. Joseph Mustangs (10)
Official website	http://www.minkleaguebaseball.com

The M.I.N.K. Collegiate Baseball League is a collegiate summer baseball league consisting of eight teams. Currently, five teams are from Missouri, three from Iowa. The league was formed in 2009 and was affiliated with the National Baseball Congress until 2015. ^[1]

History

The M.I.N.K. name derives from the 1910 to 1913 Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas League minor league of the same name. That league used the acronym M.I.N.K., as teams were represented by Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. ^[2]

The Carroll Merchants moved from the MINK to the Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League after the 2016 season. ^[3]

In November, 2019, The M.I.N.K. Collegiate Baseball League announced that Des Moines, Iowa and Chanute, Kansas would join the M.I.N.K in 2020, forming a nine team league, with the departure of the Ozark Generals.

On May 27, 2020, the MINK League announced the cancellation of the 2020 season due to COVID-19. ^{[4] [5]}

The league notes that: "All MINK Baseball League players are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility. Each team is operated in a similar to a professional minor league baseball team, providing players an opportunity to play under the same conditions using wood bats, minor league specification baseballs, experiencing overnight road trips and playing an intense summer league schedule." ^[6]

Prior to the M.I.N.K., the Clarinda A's won the 1981 National Baseball Congress World Series. The Nevada Griffons were runners up in 1997 and 1998.^{[ citation needed ]}

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	First Season
Carroll Merchants	Carroll, Iowa	Merchants Park	2016
Chillicothe Mudcats	Chillicothe, Missouri	Shaffer Stadium	2002
Clarinda A's	Clarinda, Iowa	Eberly Field	2009
Jefferson City Renegades	Jefferson City, Missouri	Ernie Vivion Field	2017
Nevada Griffons	Nevada, Missouri	Lyons Stadium	2009
St. Joseph Mustangs	St. Joseph, Missouri	Phil Welch Stadium	2009
Sedalia Bombers	Sedalia, Missouri	Liberty Park Stadium	2009
Warren Co. Crop Dusters	Norwalk, Iowa	Fareway Fields	2023

Merchants

Mudcats

Clarinda A's

Renegades

Griffons

Mustangs

Bombers

Crop Dusters

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Current team locations

Former teams

• Branson Merchants
• Des Moines Peak Prospects
• Excelsior Springs Cougars
• Omaha Diamond Spirit
• Ozark Generals
• Joplin Outlaws
• Beatrice Bruins

Champions

MINK champions

Season	Winner
2009	Chillicothe Mudcats
2010	Sedalia Bombers
2011	St. Joseph Mustangs
2012	St. Joseph Mustangs
2013	Clarinda A's
2014	St. Joseph Mustangs
2015	St. Joseph Mustangs
2016	Sedalia Bombers
2017	St. Joseph Mustangs
2018	Sedalia Bombers
2019	St. Joseph Mustangs [7]
2020	none (season cancelled)
2021	St. Joseph Mustangs
2022	St. Joseph Mustangs
2023	Jefferson City Renegades
2024	St. Joseph Mustangs [8]
2025	St. Joseph Mustangs

Notable alumni

• Tony Cingrani Clarinda
• Von Hayes Clarinda
• Ozzie Smith Clarinda ^[9]

References

1. news
2. Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN   978-1932391176.
3. "Carroll Merchants". TeamPages.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
4. "2020 MINK League season canceled". Ballpark Digest. May 28, 2020.
5. "No Griffon baseball as MINK League shelves 2020 season". Nevada Daily Mail. May 29, 2020.
6. "MINK Summer College Baseball League". Minkleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
7. "St. Joseph Mustangs Set New Attendance Record". St. Joseph Mustangs. September 17, 2019.
8. "Mustangs keep A's at bay, clinch 9th MINK League Title". minkleaguebaseball.com. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
9. "A's MLB Alumni". Clarinda A's Baseball.

External links

MINK League