Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | 1938 |
No. of teams | 10 teams:
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Most recent champion(s) | Season 85 Seniors – University of Santo Tomas |
Most titles | Seniors – UST Golden Sox (24 titles) Juniors – De La Salle Green Archers (4 titles) |
Baseball in the UAAP is an all-male sport. Six teams are participating in the seniors division while there are four teams in the juniors division. Baseball was introduced as a sport in the seniors division in 1938. In the juniors division, Baseball was added as a demonstration sport in Season 74 (2011–12) as there were only three teams participating. In Season 80 (2017–18), it was elevated to a regular sport since the number of participating teams increased to four.
UAAP Season | Men's division (Seniors' division before UAAP Season 82) | High School division (Juniors' division before UAAP Season 82) |
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74 (2011–12) | ![]() | ![]() |
75 (2012–13) | ![]() | ![]() |
76 (2013–14) | ![]() | ![]() |
77 (2014–15) | ![]() | ![]() |
78 (2015–16) | ![]() | ![]() |
79 (2016–17) | ![]() | ![]() |
80 (2017–18) | ![]() | ![]() |
81 (2018–19) | ![]() | ![]() |
82 (2019–20) | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ![]() |
83 (2020–21) | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |
84 (2021–22) | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | |
85 (2022–23) | ![]() | No tournament |
demonstration sport
School | Seniors' division | Juniors' division | Total |
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![]() | 24 | 2 | 26 |
![]() | 13 | 0 | 13 |
![]() | 12 | 0 | 12 |
![]() | 11 | 0 | 11 |
![]() | 6 | 4 | 10 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
1 | 0 | 1 | |
*School withdrew from the UAAP in 1962.
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