The Rockingham County Baseball League is a summer baseball league in Rockingham County, Virginia and neighboring areas. It was founded in 1924 and is one of the oldest continuous baseball leagues in the country. The league has included teams from across Rockingham County and up and down the Shenandoah Valley. As of 2024, the RCBL has 8 teams and has a 24-game regular season schedule where every team plays each other 3 to 4 times. The quarterfinal round of the playoffs is best out of three games, the semifinal round is best out of five games, and the championship round is best out of seven games.
Teams Grottoes Cardinals - Shifflett Field Massanutten Mountaineers – Monger Park Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks – The Diamond Club Bridgewater Reds – Ray Heatwole Field Broadway Bruins – Broadway High School Clover Hill Bucks – Buck Bowman Park Montezuma Braves – Ruritan Park Elkton Blue Sox - Stonewall Memorial Park
Championships Clover Hill – 20 Bridgewater – 17 Linville – 11 Grottoes – 9 Stuarts Draft - 4 Mt. Crawford – 4 Dayton – 3 Broadway – 3 Shockers - 2 Harriston – 2 Elkton – 2 Keezletown – 2 Ottobine – 2 Spring Creek – 2 Harrisonburg – 1 Twin County – 1 Waynesboro – 1 Weyers Cave - 1 Fishersville – 1 Briery Branch- 1 Montezuma – 1
Former teams Linville Patriots Fishersville Rangers Fishersville Cardinals Briery Branch Braves Twin County Twins Harrisonburg Chic's Luray Cavemen Luray Colonials Shenandoah Indians Spring Creek Ottobine New Market Shockers
Famous alumni Dell Curry Travis Harper Maven Huffman Alan Knicely Larry Sheets Wayne Comer Brian Bocock Lorenzo Bundy Tom Brookens Daryl Irvine Reggie Harris Erik Kratz Brenton Doyle Chase DeLauter Brenan Hanifee Will Wagner (baseball)
RCBL Champions Year RCBL Champion 1924Broadway 1925Weyers Cave 1926Spring Creek 1927Bridgewater 1928Spring Creek 1929Dayton 1930Dayton 1931Waynesboro 1932Harrisonburg 1933No League 1934No League 1935No League 1936No League 1937No League 1938Broadway 1939Elkton 1940Linvile 1941Keezletown 1942World War II 1943World War II 1944World War II 1945World War II 1946Mt. Crawford 1947Mt. Crawford 1948Mt. Crawford 1949Mt. Crawford 1950Ottobine 1951Ottobine 1952Bridgewater 1953Grottoes 1954Dayton 1955Clover Hill 1956Grottoes 1957Grottoes 1958Grottoes 1959Linville 1960Linville 1961Linville 1962Bridgewater 1963Clover Hill 1964Keezletown 1965Harriston 1966Grottoes 1967Harriston 1968Briery Branch 1969Grottoes 1970Harriston 1971Grottoes 1972Twin County 1973Linville 1974Linville 1975Clover Hill 1976Clover Hill 1977Bridgewater 1978Bridgewater 1979Linville 1980Linville 1981Linville 1982Clover Hill 1983Grottoes 1984Bridgewater 1985Clover Hill 1986Linville 1987Clover Hill 1988Bridgewater 1989Bridgewater 1990Bridgewater 1991Bridgewater 1992Bridgewater 1993Bridgewater 1994Bridgewater 1995Bridgewater 1996Grottoes 1997Clover Hill 1998Briery Branch 1999Bridgewater 2000Linville 2001Fishersville 2002Elkton 2003Clover Hill 2004Clover Hill 2005Clover Hill 2006Montezuma 2007Clover Hill 2008Clover Hill 2009Clover Hill 2010Clover Hill 2011Clover Hill 2012 Stuarts Draft 2013 Stuarts Draft 2014 Stuarts Draft 2015 Clover Hill 2016 Stuarts Draft 2017 Bridgewater 2018 Bridgewater 2019 Clover Hill2020Broadway 2021 New Market Shockers 2022Bridgewater 2023RCBL Shockers 2024Clover Hill 2025Clover Hill
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