CarShield Collegiate League

The CarShield Collegiate League is a collegiate summer baseball league based at CarShield Field in O'Fallon, Missouri. The league was formed in 2020 after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the Prospect League, which had the location host O'Fallon Hoots as a member. The CarShield Collegiate League began play as a six–team league on July 1, 2020, with all games being played at CarShield Field. The league announced plans to return for the 2021 season.

CarShield Collegiate League
SportBaseball, Collegiate summer baseball
Founded2020
No. of teams6
CountryUnited States
Most titlesO'Fallon Hoots (1)
Official websitehttps://ofallonhoots.com/

History

For the 2020 season, the collegiate summer baseball O'Fallon Hoots were scheduled to play as a member of the Prospect League. However, the multi–state Prospect League ceased play in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The O'Fallon Hoots, based in suburban St. Louis, Missouri, created a six–team league structure and served as host to the league at CarShield Field. With each team scheduled for 30 game seasons, the CarShield Collegiate League began play on July 1, with a schedule of 7–inning games. The season ended on August 14.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Limited tickets were made available to fans beginning June 8, 2020. In addition, CarShield Collegiate League games were broadcast live through Prospect League TV and CarShield Collegiate League TV.[4][6][8][11]

"The CarShield Collegiate League will showcase local, high-caliber college baseball players to our great O’Fallon community," said O'Fallon Hoots General Manager David Schmoll."This spring and summer has seen players lose their seasons and fans lose sports. We are excited to still be able to provide community entertainment in a safe and responsible fashion."[4]

The O'Fallon Hoots won the 2020 CarShield Collegiate League Championship with a record of 15–11–3.[12][13][14][15]

On November 13, 2020, the Hoots announced that the league would return in 2021, with CarShield Collegiate League games played alongside the existing O'Fallon Hoots/Prospect League scheduled games.[16]

The ballpark

All CarShield Collegiate League games are played at CarShield Field. Built in 1999, CarShield Field opened as TR Hughes Ballpark. Owned by the City of O'Fallon, the ballpark has a capacity of 5,150 people and dimensions of (left–center–right) 320 feet (98 m)–382 feet (116 m)–299 feet (91 m). The field is synthetic turf. The ballpark is located at 900 TR Hughes Boulevard, O'Fallon, Missouri.[17][18]

2020 standings
TeamWLTPCTGBManagers
O'Fallon Hoots15113.568—
Cornbelters15122.5510.5
Falcons15131.5341.0
Eagles15150.5002.0
Cavemen12144.4663.0
Gems10172.3795.5

[13][14][15][19][20][21]

References
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  5. "Prospect League Cancels 2020 Season Due To COVID-19 | Prospect Collegiate Baseball LLC". www.prospectleague.com.
  6. Viquez, Marc. "Summer Collegiate Leagues are Morphing Into Mini-Leagues | Stadium Journey".
  7. https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2020/06/05/covid-19-pivot-minor-league-team-takes-swing-at-n.html
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  10. "CarShield Collegiate League". gc.com.
  11. "CarShield Collegiate League TV - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  12. https://twitter.com/carshieldcl?lang=en
  13. "O'Fallon Hoots | Summer 2020 | College Baseball". GameChanger.io.
  14. "View source for CarShield Collegiate League" – via Wikipedia.
  15. "Cornbelters | Summer 2020 | College Baseball". GameChanger.io.
  16. "CarShield Collegiate League Returns to O'Fallon – O'Fallon Hoots". Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  17. "Tickets – O'Fallon Hoots".
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  19. "Cavemen | Summer 2020 | College Baseball". GameChanger.io.
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