Sunbelt Baseball League
{{Short description|Collegiate summer baseball league in the southern US}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title = Sunbelt Baseball League
| current_season =
| logo = Sunbelt_Baseball_League.png
| last_season =
| upcoming_season =
| sport = Baseball
| inaugural =
| motto = Georgia's Premier Collegiate Summer Baseball League
| champion = Choccolocco Monsters
| champ_season = 2024
| most_champs = Atlanta Crackers (4)
| most successful club =
| commissioner = Todd Pratt
| administrator = Becky Kelly
Bobby Bennett
| headquarters = Lawrenceville, Georgia
| country = United States
| website = [https://www.sunbeltleague.com www.sunbeltleague.com]
| sponsor = Major League Baseball, Rawlings, Peach State Roofing, Kapp Koncepts, Ignite Business Solutions, CorTech, Wilson Action Photography and Atlanta Rehabilitation & Performance Center
}}
The Sunbelt Baseball League (SBL) is a non-profit collegiate summer baseball league with teams located in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia and Oxford, Alabama. The SBL is a member of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball, which is partially funded by Major League Baseball.{{cite web|title=National Alliance of College Summer Baseball|url=http://nacsb.pointstreaksites.com/view/nacsb/member-leagues/sunbelt-baseball-league/|accessdate=September 2, 2014}} Games are played with wooden bats. The season starts in early June and runs through the end of July/early August, with playoffs determining the league champion.
Current league teams<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunbelt Baseball League Teams|url=http://sunbeltbaseball.pointstreaksites.com/view/sunbeltbaseball/sunbelt-teams|accessdate=August 22, 2022}}</ref>
| class="wikitable" |
| Team
!Head coach !Location !Home field !Established |
|---|
| Alpharetta Aviators
|Veterans Field (American Legion Post 201) |2010 |
| Atlanta Blues
|Joe Austin |Georgia State Baseball Complex |2014 |
| Atlanta Crackers
|Kevin Meistickle |
| Brookhaven Bucks
|Hermance Stadium at Oglethorpe University |2011 |
| Cartersville Cannons
|Kyle Wilkie |Georgia Highlands College (Cartersville campus) |2024 |
| Choccolocco Monsters
|Ricky Clayton |2022 |
| Gainesville Gol’Diggers
|Blake Davis |2009 |
| Waleska Wild Things
|Jonathan Burton |Ken White Field at Reinhardt University |2021 |
Past champions and runners-up
Former league teams
- Chattahoochee Monsters (2023) returned to Choccolocco Monsters
- Columbus Chatt-A-Hoots (2021-2023)
- Choccolocco (Oxford, AL) Monsters (2022) became Chattahoochee (Columbus, GA) Monsters {{cite web|title=Monsters out|url=https://www.easportstoday.com/2023/03/20/monsters-out/|accessdate=March 20, 2023}}
- Gwinnett Astros (2020-2022)
- Gainesville Braves (2020-2021) became G'ville Gol'Diggers
- Marietta Patriots (2018-2021) became Atlanta Blues
- Gwinnett Tides (2014-2019) became Gainesville Braves
- Norcross Astros (2016-2019) became Gwinnett Astros
- Phenix City Crawdads (2014-2017)
- Carrollton Clippers (2016-2017)
- Alpharetta Braves (2015-2017) became Alpharetta Aviators
- Sunbelt Patriots (2017) became Marietta Patriots
- Marietta Patriots (2016) became Sunbelt Patriots
- Douglasville Bulls (2009-2015) became Carrollton Clippers
- East Cobb Patriots (2014-2015) became Marietta Patriots
- Home Plate Chukars (2010-2014) became Peachtree City Chukars (2015)
- Windward Braves (2010-2014) became Alpharetta Braves
- Berkeley Lake Tides (2009-2013) became Gwinnett Tides
- 6-4-3 DP Cougars (2011-2013)
- OTC Bearcats (2012-2013)
- Rockdale Roadrunners (2011)
- South Atlanta Bearcats (2011)
- Rockdale A's (2005-2010)
- Signature Park Grizzlies (2010)
- South Atlanta Phillies (2010)
- Atlanta Astros (2005-2010)
- Fulton Grizzlies (2009)
- Alpharetta Phillies (2009)
- Johns Creek Wood Ducks (2005-2009)