Pacific Empire League

Last updated
Pacific Empire League
Pacific Empire League.png
Sport Baseball
Founded2023
PresidentNatalie Norman, Esq.
No. of teams6
CountriesUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
Healdsburg Prune Packers
(2025)
Most titles Healdsburg Prune Packers (2)
Official website www.pacificempireleague.org

The Pacific Empire League is a collegiate summer baseball league based on the west coast of the United States with six teams from California and Oregon. The league was founded on December 13, 2023.

Contents

History

The Beginning

On December 13, 2023, six long-standing collegiate summer baseball teams, the Healdsburg Prune Packers, Humboldt Crabs, Lincoln Potters, Medford Rogues, Solano Mudcats and West Coast Kings came together to form the new Pacific Empire League. Teams in the PEL play a 55-game regular season that culminates in a 3-game Championship Series. [1] [2] [3] [4] The league is designated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization represented by Board Representatives from each member team. [5]

Current teams

TeamCityStadiumSeating
Capacity
FoundedJoined
Healdsburg Prune Packers Healdsburg, CA Recreation Park1,00020112024
Humboldt Crabs Arcata, CA Arcata Ball Park 1,50019452024
Lincoln Potters Lincoln, CA McBean Stadium1,59520162024
Medford Rogues Medford, OR Harry & David Field 2,17820132024
Solano Mudcats Fairfield, CA Solano Community College N/A19902024
West Coast Kings Pleasant Hill, CA Will C. Wood High School N/A20122024

[6]

Yearly Standings

2024 Pacific Empire League baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Healdsburg  y225 .815376 .860
Humboldt  1612 .5713317 .660
Lincoln  y1512 .5563516 .686
Medford  1214 .4622720 .574
Solano  1015 .4001519 .441
West Coast  520 .200520 .200
Conference champion
Pacific Empire League champion
y- Invited to the Pacific Empire League Playoffs
Rankings from YSN365
2025 Pacific Empire League baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Healdsburg  y225 .815376 .860
No. 2 Humboldt  y178 .680389 .809
No. 4 Lincoln  189 .6673410 .773
West Coast  717 .2921521 .417
Medford  718 .2802924 .547
Solano  521 .1921122 .333
Conference champion
Pacific Empire League champion
y- Invited to the Pacific Empire League Playoffs
Rankings from YSN365

2024 Championship

Healdsburg won the series, 2-1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1July 30Lincoln Potters – 13, Healdsburg Prune Packers – 12McBean Stadium6:35pmN/A [7]  
2August 1Lincoln Potters – 3, Healdsburg Prune Packers - 5Recreation Park6:00pmN/A [8]  
3August 2Lincoln Potters – 2, Healdsburg Prune Packers – 13Recreation Park6:00pmN/A [9]

2025 Championship

Healdsburg won the series, 2-1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1July 29Healdsburg Prune Packers – 8, Humboldt Crabs – 10 Arcata Ball Park 7:00pmN/A [10]  
2July 31Humboldt Crabs – 2 vs. Healdsburg Prune Packers – 10Recreation Park6:00pmN/A [11]  
3August 1Humboldt Crabs – 4 vs. Healdsburg Prune Packers – 9
Recreation Park6:00pmN/A [12]

References

  1. "PRESS". PacificEmpireLeague.com. Pacific Empire League. December 13, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  2. "A New Alliance Forms as Crabs Join Pacific Empire League". HumboldtCrabs.com. Humboldt Crabs. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  3. "Lincoln Potters announce move to newly formed Pacific Empire League". Gold Country Media. Jordan Georgeson. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  4. "Rogues partner to create Pacific Empire League". Rogue Valley Times. Kris Henry. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  5. "ABOUT THE PEL". PacificEmpireLeague.com. Pacific Empire League. December 13, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  6. "TEAMS". PacificEmpireLeague.com. Pacific Empire League. December 13, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  7. "Packers Drop Game One". X.com. July 30, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  8. "It'll Come Down to the Last One". X.com. August 1, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  9. "PACKERS WIN THE 2024 PACIFIC EMPIRE LEAGUE INAUGURAL CHAMPIONSHIP!". X.com. August 2, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  10. https://baseball.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=631808
  11. https://baseball.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=631927
  12. https://baseball.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=631950