(edit 3/1/2024)
The Capital of Texas Baseball League, Inc., was incorporated in 2024 and will apply for IRS 501(c)(3) status as part of our new organization. This will allow us to expand our community outreach efforts.
(Originally posted 2014; updated most recently March 2022)
Welcome to the home of the Central Texas Baseball League, Inc. The CTBL runs an independent, adult recreational baseball league in the Austin, TX area. The CTBL organized in 2003 as a Texas non-profit corporation and offers Spring, Summer, and Fall seasons for recreational baseball players age 18 and older. Our league plays about 15 to 20 games in the Spring/Summer season, depending on number of teams in the division.
Our Fall season is typically 8-10 games from September to November.
What is the CTBL?
The Central Texas Baseball League incorporated in October 2003. The league originally formed because no one was offering adult baseball in the fall. Adult baseball includes recreational players age 18 to 40 and older, playing real hard ball on local fields. We play modified Major League Baseball rules, with independent batting and defensive lineups, free defensive substitution, wear steel spikes, steal bases (or get thrown out tryin'!), hit home runs, bunt, all that good stuff you don't get to do when you're playing slow-pitch softball. Most players have some high school experience and some have some college or professional experience.
Most of our games are on Sundays, with a few night and Saturday games as well.
There will also be a Fall season running from September to early November.
Here is the league's growth in recent years:
Spring 2007: 6 teams
Summer 2007: 7 teams
Fall 2007: 10 teams
Spring 2008: 12 teams
Spring 2009: 15 teams
Fall 2009: 14 teams
Spring 2010: 10 teams in 18+, and 8 more teams in 28+.
Spring 2011: 9 teams in 18+, 7 teams in 28+; 8 teams in Fall.
Spring 2012: 5 teams in AA, 7 teams in A; 8 teams in Fall.
Spring 2013: The league started off with a 10-team open division and realigned into divisions after 10 games; The top 4 teams in AA played for the AA championship and the bottom 2 AA teams and the top 2 A teams played for the A championship.
Fall 2013: AA division was 6 teams, including 2 expansion teams; A division was 4 teams with 1 expansion team.
Spring 2014: 7 teams in AA; 5 teams in A. One interdivision game per week for the league.
How do you get on a team?
Sign up via the website's Registration page. The form includes contact information, age, experience, and position(s) played. An email copy is sent to you and to the league. You will then be put into a draft and a manager will contact you. You can even pay online with a credit card with PayPal or Venmo!
How do you bring your team to CTBL?
Email the league president, Thi Van Ausdal, info@ctbl.org to discuss bringing or starting a team in CTBL. Starting a team entails many responsibilities, including collecting fees to the league, ordering jerseys, making a lineup each week and managing a roster throughout a season, and ensuring your team understands and obeys the rules of the game and of CTBL.
