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Mid-Plains League
Sport
Baseball Founded 2014 No. of teams 7 Country
Most recent Junction City Brigade (2023) Most titles Junction City Brigade (7) Official website
www.midplainsleague.org
The Mid-Plains League is a
collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of the top college players from North America and beyond.
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[3] Players are not paid, so as to maintain their college eligibility. Teams are run similarly to a professional minor league team, providing players an opportunity to play under the same conditions, using wooden bats and NCAA specification baseballs.
Teams play 36 games scheduled over a 44-day season running from early June to mid-July. The winner of the postseason playoffs will be named the Mid-Plains League champion and claim the Brett Cowdin Memorial Cup.
Teams Historical standings 2014
Team
W-L
Win%
Playoffs
Topeka Golden Giants
24-10
.706
Lost in Championship
Junction City Brigade 26-10 .722
Won Championship
Midwest Athletics
17-16
.5515
5th Place
Baldwin City Blues
15-17
.468
6th Place
Topeka Senators
11-23
.324
3rd Place
Rossville Rattlers
9-24
.273
4th Place
2015
Team
W-L
Win%
Playoffs
Midwest Athletics
24-15
.615
Lost in Championship
Junction City Brigade
23-16
.590
Lost in semi-finals
Rossville Rattlers 23-16 .590
Won Championship
Topeka Golden Giants
20-18
.526
Lost first round
Liberty Monarchs
14-20
.412
Lost in semi-finals
Baldwin City Blues
15-24
.385
Lost first round
Topeka Senators
9-25
.265
Missed Playoffs
2019
Team
W-L
Win %
Playoffs
Junction City Brigade
21-5
.807
Won Championship
Midwest A's
19-7
.731
Lost Championship
Topeka Golden Giants
15-11
.577
Lost semifinal round
Kansas City Knights
15-11
.577
Lost semifinal round
Kansas City Monarchs
9-5
.600
N/A
Baldwin City Blues
8-18
.307
Lost quarterfinal round
Liberty Monarchs
7-19
.269
Lost Play-In
Sabetha Bravos
4-22
.154
Lost quarterfinal round
2020
Team
W-L
Win %
Playoffs
Midwest A's
21-8
.724
Won Championship
Sabetha Bravos
16-11
.592
Lost Championship
Topeka Golden Giants
14-14
.500
Lost semifinal round
Baldwin City Blues
15-11
.200
Lost semifinal round
2021
Team
W-L
Win %
Playoffs
Junction City Brigade
19-9
.679
Won Championship
Sabetha Bravos
19-9
.679
Lost semifinal round
Midwest A's
17-11
.607
Lost Championship
Topeka Golden Giants
14-17
.452
Lost quarterfinal round
Baldwin City Blues
11-19
.367
Lost semifinal round
Lawrence Travellers
9-21
.300
Lost quarterfinal round
2022
Team
W-L
Win %
Playoffs
Junction City Brigade
Won Championship
2023
Team
W-L
Win %
Playoffs
Junction City Brigade
22-3
.880
Won Championship
Topeka Warhawks
16-10
.615
Midwest A's
16-10
.615
Lost Championship
Bravos
15-11
.577
Baldwin City Blues
10-16
.385
Farmers
6-19
.240
KC Monarchs
12-2
.857
Champions
Season
Brett Cowdin Memorial Cup
Runner-up
Result
2014
Junction City Brigade
Topeka Golden Giants
Round-robin
2015
Rossville Rattlers
Midwest A's
5-2 (10 innings)
2016
Junction City Brigade
Midwest A's
2017
Topeka Golden Giants
Junction City Brigade
2018
Junction City Brigade
Topeka Golden Giants
2-1 (Best of 3)
2019
Junction City Brigade
Midwest A's
2-0 (Best of 3)
2020
Midwest A's
Sabetha Bravos
2-0 (Best of 3)
2021
Junction City Brigade
2022
Junction City Brigade
2023
Junction City Brigade
Midwest A's
2-0 (Best of 3)
Awards
Season
Player of the Year
"Conner Taylor" Pitcher of the Year
Manager of the Year
2014
Brett Nickle, Junction City Brigade
Dalton Shalberg, Junction City Brigade
John Tetuan, Topeka Golden Giants
2015
Ethan Klosterboer, Junction City Brigade
Tyler Davis, Rossville Rattlers
Tobi Cowdin, Rossville Ratters
2016
2017
2018
Dylan Phillips, Topeka Golden Giants
Dalen Blair, Midwest A's
Derek Francis, Junction City Brigade
2019
Dusty Stroup, Midwest A's
Zach Pratt, Midwest A's
Derek Francis, Junction City Brigade
2020
Garrett Pennington, Midwest A's
Zach Pratt, Midwest A's
2021
2022
2023
Kuyper Kendall, Baldwin City Blues
Charlie Williams, Midwest A's
Tanner Kilmer, Baldwin City Blues
References External links
United States