Continental Baseball League

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Continental Baseball League
Continental Baseball League logo
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2006
Ceased	2010
No. of teams	4
Country	United States
Official website	www.cblproball.com

The Continental Baseball League, based in Addison, Texas, was an independent minor league professional baseball league that operated for four seasons, from 2007 to 2010. The league conceived as a professional, independent baseball organization operating in the U.S. states of New Mexico, Louisiana and Texas in cities not served by Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball teams nor affiliated with either. The league was founded by Ron Baron and former major leaguer Jay Johnstone.

After a shortened 2010 season, the Continental Baseball League ceased operations after the league championship was played on July 31. Some of the teams which played in the 2010 season moved to the Pecos League in 2011.

2010 Season Overview

Standings

Final regular season standings for 2010:

Team	Games	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB
*Big Bend Cowboys	48	33	15	.687	0
Las Cruces Vaqueros	49	33	16	.673	0.5
Coastal Kingfish	51	11	40	.215	23.5
Desert Valley Mountain Lions	52	26	26	.500	9.0

- CBL Champions

2009 Season Overview

Standings

Final regular season standings for 2009:

Team	Games	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB
Bay Area Toros	56	38	18	.679	-
Texarkana Gunslingers	58	38	20	.655	1.0
*Alexandria Aces	60	39	21	.650	1.0
Big Bend Cowboys	59	35	24	.593	4.5
South Louisiana Pipeliners	57	16	41	.281	22.5
Coastal Kingfish	58	8	50	.138	31.0

- CBL Champions

2008 Season Overview

Standings

Final regular-season standings for 2008

Team	Games	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB
*Bay Area Toros	73	44	29	.603	-
Texarkana Gunslingers	72	38	34	.528	5.5
Corpus Christi Beach Dawgs	72	34	38	.472	9.5
McKinney Blue Thunder	73	29	44	.397	15

- CBL Champions

2007 Season Review

Standings

Final regular-season standings for 2007

Team	Wins	Losses	PCT
*Tarrant County Blue Thunder	30	17	.638
Texas Heat	25	17	.595
Lewisville Lizards	19	25	.432
Bay Area Toros	13	28	.317

- CBL Champions

Expansion

Year	# of Teams	Expansion Teams	Folded Teams	Suspended Teams	Returning Teams	Relocated Teams
2007	4	Bay Area Toros Lewisville Lizards Tarrant County Blue Thunder Texas Heat				Tarrant County → McKinney Blue Thunder
2008	4	Texarkana Gunslingers	Lewisville Lizards		Bay Area Toros	Texas → Corpus Christi Beach Dawgs McKinney → Dallas Aviators Dallas → Coastal Kingfish
2009	6	Alexandria Aces Coastal Kingfish Big Bend Cowboys South Louisiana Pipeliners	Corpus Christi Beach Dawgs McKinney Blue Thunder		Bay Area Toros Texarkana Gunslingers
2010	4	Las Cruces Vaqueros Desert Valley Mountain Lions	Texarkana Gunslingers South Louisiana Pipeliners	Bay Area Toros	Big Bend Cowboys Coastal Kingfish

References

v t e Continental Baseball League
Teams	Alexandria Aces Bay Area Toros Big Bend Cowboys Coastal Kingfish South Louisiana Pipeliners

Professional baseball leagues

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Major League Baseball
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Triple-A	International League Pacific Coast League
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Independent

MLB Partner Leagues	American Association Atlantic League Frontier League Pioneer League MLB Draft League
Non-partnered leagues	Cuban National Series Curaçao AA League Empire League Mexican League Liga Norte de México Pecos League United Shore League Venezuelan Major League Women's Pro Baseball League

Off-season

MLB-affiliated	Arizona Fall League Dominican Professional Baseball League Mexican Pacific League Puerto Rico Baseball League Venezuelan Professional Baseball League Liga Paralela
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Defunct

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Asia

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Defunct major	Israel Baseball League

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Major	Nippon Professional Baseball Central League Pacific League
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Women's	Japan Women's Baseball League

South Korea

Major	KBO League
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Taiwan

Major	Chinese Professional Baseball League
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Defunct major	Taiwan Major League

Europe

Italy and San Marino

Italian Baseball League

Netherlands

Major	Honkbal Hoofdklasse
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Australia

MLB-affiliated:	Australian Baseball League

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Asia Professional Baseball Championship Asia Winter Baseball League Caribbean Series Latin American Series Triple-A National Championship Game

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