Minnesota State Champions of American Legion Baseball

Minnesota has been a participant in the national American Legion Baseball program since its inception in 1925.
Join us in honoring all the following Minnesota Championship Teams -- and thanking them for their contributions to the great game of American Legion Baseball.

Year	Champ	District	Runner-Up	District	Tournament Site	Reg'd Teams in MN
2017					St. Paul (Tri-City Red)
2016	Woodbury Blue	3	Forest Lake	3	Delano
2015	Wayzata	10	Eden Prairie	10	Chanhassen
2014	Lakeville North	3	St. Cloud Chutes	6	Eagan
2013	Eden Prairie	10	Burnsville*	3	Edina
2012	Edina	10	Eden Prairie	10	Chaska
2011	Eden Prairie*+	10	Lino Lakes	10	Eden Prairie
2010	Eden Prairie*++	10	Eagan	3	Hibbing
2009	Rochester Patriots	1	Apple Valley	3	New Ulm
2008	Eastview	3	Eden Prairie	10	Burnsville
2007	Eden Prairie*++	10	Apple Valley	3	Bloomington
2006	Eden Prairie	10	Coon Rapids	10	Excelsior (Minnetonka)
2005	Eden Prairie	10	Woodbury Blue*	3	St. Cloud
2004	Eden Prairie*	10	Apple Valley	3	Northfield
2003	Rochester A's*+	1	Bloomington Blue	10	Rochester
2002	Apple Valley	3	Excelsior*++	10	Marshall
2001	Coon Rapids	10	New Ulm Gold	2	Rochester
2000	Tri-City Red, New Brighton	4	Waite Park	6	Duluth	330
1999	Tri-City Red, New Brighton*+	4	Bloomington Blue*	10	St. Cloud	331
1998	Excelsior*	10	South St. Paul	3	Hibbing/Virginia	329
1997	Tri-City Red, New Brighton*	4	Hamline, St. Paul	4	Chaska/Jordan	319
1996	Rochester A's	1	Excelsior	10	Moorhead	310
1995	New Ulm	2	Osseo*	10	Hibbing/Virginia	312
1994	Tri-City Red, New Brighton	4	Anoka	10	Dundas/Northfield	258
1993	Tri-City Red, New Brighton	4	Osseo*	10	New Ulm/Sleepy Eye	258
1992	New Ulm	2	Cold Spring	6	Willmar	246
1991	Excelsior	10	Apple Valley	3	Mankato	256
1990	St. Paul Hamline	4	Duluth Lakeview	8	Richfield	258
1989	Apple Valley	3	New Ulm	2	New Ulm	246
1988	Moorhead*	9	Rochester	1	Ely	240
1987	St. Louis Park	10	Apple Valley	3	Grand Rapids	239
1986	Waite Park	6	Rochester	1	Marshall	236
1985	St. Paul Jacobsen	4	Hutchinson	3	Richfield	235
1984	Waite Park	6	Willmar	7	Albert Lea	243
1983	Edina*+	10	New Ulm	2	New Ulm	253
1982	Edina*	10	Minneapolis-Richfield	5	Willmar	251
1981	Rochester, William T. McCoy	1	Hastings	3	Ely	252
1980	Minneapolis-Richfield	5	St. Paul Arcade-Phalen	4	Richfield	242
1979	St. Paul Arcade-Phalen	4	St. Cloud	6	Willmar	245
1978	New Ulm*	2	Bloomington	10	Austin	245
1977	St. Cloud	6	Edina	10	Ely	249
1976	St. Cloud	6	White Bear Lake	4	Willman	254
1975	Grand Rapids	8	White Bear Lake	4	Ely	252
1974	St. Paul Attucks-Brooks	4	Bemidji	6	New Ulm	261
1973	Minneapolis-Richfield*	5	St. Louis Park	10	St. Paul	263
1972	Minneapolis-Richfield	5	Moorhead	9	St. Cloud	262
1971	North St. Paul	4	Winona	1	Moorhead	262
1970	Winona	1	Minneapolis Gopher	5	Winona	256
1969	Edina	10	Moorhead	9	St. Cloud	267
1968	St. Paul Attucks-Brooks	4	Minneapolis-Richfield	5	St. Cloud	257
1967	St. Paul Attucks-Brooks	4	Minneapolis-Richfield	5	St. Paul	274
1966	North St. Paul	4	St. Paul Park	3	St. Paul	339
1965	Rosetown Memorial	4	Brooklyn Center	10	Winona	341
1964	Minneapolis Grain Exchange	5	Austin	1	St. Paul	348
1963	St. Paul Christie de Parcq	4	Austin	1	Minneapolis (Parade)	325
1962	St. Paul Christie de Parcq	4	Duluth	8	St. Paul	315
1961	Minneapolis-Richfield	5	St. Paul Christie de Parcq	4	St. Paul	285
1960	Fergus Falls	9	Norwood	3	St. Paul	314
1959	Minneapolis-Richfield	5	Granite Falls	7	Austin	257
1958	Minneapolis Grain Exchange	5	Duluth Wisted	8	St. Paul	266
1957	Mankato	2	St. Paul North End	4	St. Paul	255
1956	St. Paul North End	4	Mpls Grain Exchange	6	St. Paul	248
1955	Edina	10	Minneapolis Camden	5	St. Paul	265
1954	St. Paul North End	4	St. Cloud	6	St. Paul	257
1953	Austin	1	St. Paul North End	4	St. Paul	266
1952	St. Paul North End	4	Melrose	6	St. Paul	270
1951	St. Cloud	6	Austin	1	St. Paul	271
1950	St. Paul North End*	4	Minneapolis-Richfield	5	Shakopee	276
1949	St. Paul North End	4	Winona	1	St. Paul	290
1948	Austin*	1	St. Cloud	6	St. Paul	287
1947	St. Paul Christie de Parcq	4	St. Cloud	6	St. Paul	300
1946	St. Paul Christie de Parcq	4	Stillwater	3	Duluth	242
1945	Minneapolis Fire & Police	5	Winona	1	St. Paul	118
1944	Minneapolis-Richfield*	5	St. Paul Twin City Federal	4	St. Paul	66
1943	Minneapolis-Richfield*+	5	South St. Paul	3	St. Paul	48
1942	St. Paul Hamline	4	Robbinsdale	10	St. Paul	89
1941	New Ulm	2	Minneapolis Courthouse	5	St. Paul	180
1940	Minneapolis Fire & Police	5	Waverly	10	St. Paul	190
1939	Minneapolis Fire & Police	5	Blackduck	6	Minneapolis	240
1938	St. Paul Midway	4	Cokato	10	Minneapolis (U of M)	240
1937	Railroad, St. Paul	4	Cokato	10	Fergus Falls	236
1936	Minneapolis North Side	5	St. Paul Christie de Parcq	4	Willmar	300
1935	St. Paul Christie de Parcq	4	Mpls Laidlaw*	5	Breckenridge	514
1934	New Ulm	2	Cokato	10	Cokato	450
1933	St. Paul Post 8	4	Mpls Kyle	5	4/5th Districts (U of M)	350
1932	Minneapolis North Side*	5	Duluth	8	Minneapolis (U of M)	350
1931	Winona	1	Mpls North Side	5	Stillwater	500
1930	Minneapolis North Side	5	Parkers Prairie	9	Stillwater	401
1929	Cottonwood	8	St. Paul Post 8	4	St. Cloud	368
1928	St. Paul John de Parcq	4	St. Cloud**	6	St. Paul	211
1927	St. Paul John de Parcq	4	Cambridge	10	Little Falls	175
1926	Crosby	6	St. Paul Navy-Marine	4	Mankato	100

*Regional Champion
+National Champion
++National Runner-Up
**Sectional Champion
District designation is based upon today's district lines.

Trophy Information

The Ken Skoug Championship Trophy is awarded annually to the State Department Champions. It is named in honor of a past Department Baseball Director, Kenneth Skoug of Duluth, who was lost in a plane crash in Lake Michigan while on his way to the annual Department Convention in Duluth in 1950.

The Mark Haywood Runner-Up Trophy is awarded annually to the State Runner-Up. It is named in honor of the veteran Christie de Parcq Post member who was one of the organizers and longtime coach or manager of this fine team that was located in St. Paul.

The Red Haddox Third Place Trophy is awarded annually too the third place finisher in the Division I Tournament and named in honor of Gerald "Red" Haddox of Bloomington. Haddox pursued a lifelong passion for youth sports that included coaching the Blooming Gold American Legion team and serving as Department Vice Director for six years. He has also been active in other Legion activities, including chairing several state conventions.

The Father Moran Sportsmanship Trophy is named in honor of the first District Director of American Legion Baseball in the Third District. This trophy is awarded to that team displaying the proper attitude both on and off the field, as selected by the sportsmanship committee appointed for this purpose at each State Department Tournament.

Last updated: 8/3/16
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State Champtionship		State Runner-Up
District	# of Times	District	# of Times
District 1	8	District 1	8
District 2	6	District 2	3
District 3	5	District 3	16
District 4	30	District 4	11
District 5	15	District 5	10
District 6	6	District 6	12
District 7	0	District 7	2
District 8	2	District 8	4
District 9	2	District 9	3
District 10	17	District 10	22

Minnesota State Champions

American Legion Baseball

(Division 1)

Year-by-Year Results

Trophy Information

Year	Team
2017
2016	St. Paul Hamline Purple
2015	Princeton
2014	Hutchinson
2013	St. Cloud Chutes
2012	Grand Rapids Post 60
2011	Minneapolis Southwest
2010
2009	Grand Rapids Post 60
2008	North St. Paul 39ers
2007	Cambridge

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