New South Wales Major League
Current season, competition or edition: [[NSW State Baseball League 2014-15]]
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| Sport | Baseball |
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| Founded | 1899 |
| No. of teams | 9 |
| Country |
 Australia
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| Most recent champion(s) |
1st Grade Premiers: Penrith Panthers(1) Club Championship: Baulkham Hills Kookaburras(13) |
| Most titles |
1st Grade Premierships: Canterbury Bankstown Vikings(9) Club Championships: Baulkham Hills (13) |
| Related competitions |
Australian Baseball League Sydney Winter Baseball League |
| Official website | NSW State Baseball League |
The NSW State Baseball League (previously known as the New South Wales Major League) is the highest amateur level of play for the sport of baseball in New South Wales. The league is currently composed of 9 baseball clubs predominantly from Sydney, with one club from the Central Coast. The current 1st Grade Champions are the Penrith Panthers, and the current Club Champions are the Baulkham Hills Kookaburras.
The NSW State Baseball League is composed of four separate divisions of play. Each club participating is required to field a team in each division, of:
The teams play a round-robin format of games that forms the regular season. The teams in each division are ranked on their win/loss percentage, dividing the number of wins (counting ties as a half win) by the number of games played. The four highest-placed teams from each division progressing to compete in their respective finals series in the post-season, to determine the four division Premiers. The finals are played at the neutral venue of Blacktown International Sportspark, one of the venues for baseball during the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and home of the Sydney Blue Sox during the Australian Baseball League
At the end of the regular season, the Club Championship is calculated by taking each grade's win/loss percentage, and multiplying it by a maximum number of Club Championship points that would have been available in that grade, had a full season been played (some games being cancelled due to rain-outs).
Then, 100 bonus points are added for each occasion where a club wins a "clean sweep" (win all divisions) over their opponent in a particular round. The club with the highest total are declared the Club Champions.
The following 9 clubs competed in the 2014-15 season.
The NSW Baseball Association (the precursor to Baseball NSW) was first established in 1894. But it was not until 1899 that what is now known as the NSW Major League was played, with Redfern as the inaugural winners. The league expanded in 1901 to include a second grade, with clubs fielding teams in both. Paddington won the premiership for both grades that year, a feat which has been achieved a total of 27 times over the 107 seasons of Second Grade played.
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