National Baseball Congress World Series
organisation of United States leagues
National Baseball Congress World Series or NBC World Series is an annual collegiate and semi-pro baseball tournament held in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The 2026 series is scheduled for July 23 through August 1. It will be held at Eck Stadium at Wichita State University in northeast Wichita, and the final championship game will be held at Equity Bank Park on the west side of the river in downtown Wichita.
Satchel Paige, Don Sutton, Tom Seaver, Ozzie Smith, Tony Gwynn, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Albert Pujols are just a few of the Major League Baseball stars who have played in the tournament.
When the national tournament started in 1935, participants were primarily town teams and industrial teams. Team rosters featured aging former minor league and major league ballplayers and players ineligible for major league baseball. In the mid-1960s team rosters transitioned to collegiate players, including prospects on the fast path to the major leagues. In 1975, the NBC World Series began recognizing a tournament participant who went on to a major league career as Graduate of the Year.
The first NBC World Series called the "Little World Series" was held August 13–27, 1935 at Lawrence Stadium in Wichita. National Baseball Congress founder Hap Dumont was director of the National Tournament Committee of Wichita that put on the tournament.
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