National Baseball Congress World Series

The National Baseball Congress World Series is held annually in Wichita, KS. It was first held in 1935 with Satchel Paige's Bismarck Churchills becoming the first champions. Until 2018, it was staged at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, then moved to a temporary home in 2019 after the venerable ballpark was demolished to make way for a modern facility. It was played for the first time in its new home, Riverfront Stadium, in 2021.

Originally intended as a tournament for semi-professional clubs or town teams sponsored by local businesses the typical makeup of a team changed in the 1970s as most semi-professional teams folded. The teams were replaced with mainly amateur college players looking to impress Major League scouts.

The Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League have won the tournament the most times with nine championships.

Format

The tournament was traditionally run in a double-elimination format, i.e. one in which a team was eliminated if it lost two games, from the inaugural tournament in 1935 until 2015. The 2016 tournament saw major changes as the double-elimination format was replaced by World Baseball Classic-style pool play. This guaranteed teams of playing at least three games, rather than a possible two.

In spite of the change of format, the tournament has retained a division into two brackets, the "First Week" and "Championship Week" brackets, with the top two teams in the first week advancing to championship week. When all championship week pool games have been played, the top two teams in each group advance to quarter-finals then semi-finals.

The tournament organizers occasionally invite teams to play in the tournament, such as the 1995 champion Team USA, the 2003 champion Chinese Taipei national team and the 2017 winners the Kansas Stars.

Champions and MVP's

2006 Tournament

Year	Champion	MVP
1935	Bismarck Churchills	Satchel Paige, Bismarck
1936	Halliburton Cementers	Harry White, Halliburton
1937	Eason Oilers	Claude Gilchrist, Eason
1938	Bona Allen Shoemakers	Andy Johnson, Bona Allen
1939	Halliburton Cementers	Roy Helser, Silverton Red Sox
1940	Champlin Refiners	Vance Cauble, Champlin
1941	Champlin Refiners	Red Barkley, Champlin
1942	Boeing Bombers	Red Borom, Boeing
1943	Camp Wheeler Spokes	George Archie, Fort Riley US Army
1944	Sherman Field Flyers	Cot Deal, Enid Airs
1945	Enid Airs	Cot Deal, Enid
1946	St. Joseph Autos	Les Lollis, Carmichael Firemen
1947	Fort Wayne General Electric	Bruce Konopka, Golden Coors
1948	Fort Wayne General Electric	Veo Story, Elkin Chatham
1949	Fort Wayne General Electric	Bill Ricks, Fort Wayne
1950	Fort Wayne Capeharts	Pat Scantlebury, Fort Wayne
1951	Plymouth Oilers	Steve Repach, Plymouth
1952	Fort Myer Colonials	Danny O'Connell, Fort Myer
1953	Fort Leonard Wood Hilltoppers	Bob McKee, Ft. Leonard Wood
1954	Boeing Bombers	Don Lee, Casa Grande Cotton Kings
1955	Boeing Bombers	Daryl Spencer, Boeing
1956	Fort Wayne Allen Dairy	Clyde McCullough, Alpine Cowboys
1957	Plymouth Oilers	Wilmer Fields, Fort Wayne
1958	Drain Black Sox	Jim O'Rourke, Drain
1959	Houston FedMart	Clyde Girrens, Wichita Weller
1960	Grand Rapids Sullivans	Robert Seltzer, Tampa Gibsonton
1961	Ponchatoula Athletics	Al Ware, Grand Rapids Sullivans
1962	Rapid Transit Dreamliners	Rocky Krsnich, Rapid Transit
1963	Rapid Transit Dreamliners	Sam Suplizio, Alaska Goldpanners
1964	Wichita Service Auto Glass	Dick Sanders, Service Auto Glass
1965	Rapid Transit Dreamliners	Bob Boyd, Rapid Transit
1966	Boulder Collegians	Ray Henningsen, Boulder
1967	Boulder Collegians	Frank Duffy, Boulder
1968	Liberal BeeJays	Joe Tanner, Jackson Braves
1969	Anchorage Glacier Pilots	Chris Chambliss, Anchorage
1970	Grand Rapids Sullivans	Rusty Gerhardt, Grand Rapids
1971	Anchorage Glacier Pilots	Bruce Bochte, Anchorage
1972	Alaska Goldpanners	Kerry Dineen, Alaska
1973	Alaska Goldpanners	Lee Iorg, Alaska
1974	Alaska Goldpanners	Steve Kemp, Alaska
1975	Boulder Collegians	Mike Colbern, Boulder
1976	Alaska Goldpanners	Greg Harris, Alaska
1977	Peninsula Oilers	Bob Skube, Peninsula Oilers
1978	Boulder Collegians	Robert Ferris, Boulder
1979	Liberal BeeJays	Gary D'Onofrio, Liberal
1980	Alaska Goldpanners	Kevin McReynolds, Alaska
1981	Clarinda A's	Keith Mucha, Clarinda
1982	Santa Maria Indians	Dave Hengel, Santa Maria
1983	Grand Rapids Sullivans	Curtis Morgan, Grand Rapids
1984	Grand Rapids Sullivans	Bill Bates, Grand Rapids
1985	Liberal BeeJays	Kerry Richardson, Liberal
1986	Anchorage Glacier Pilots	Steve Bates, Anchorage
1987	Mat-Su Miners	Ken Kremer, Mat-Su
1988	Everett Merchants	David Wong, Everett
1989	Wichita Broncos	Jim Huslig, Wichita Broncos
1990	Wichita Broncos	Kirk Vucsko, Midlothian White Sox
1991	Anchorage Glacier Pilots	Chris Hmielewski, Peninsula Oilers
1992	Midlothian White Sox	Mike Kane, Midlothian
1993	Peninsula Oilers	Jeff Poor, Peninsula Oilers
1994	Peninsula Oilers	Jesse Zepeda, Peninsula Oilers
1995	Team USA	Lance Berkman, Hays Larks
1996	El Dorado Broncos	Kevin Frederick, El Dorado
1997	Mat-Su Miners	Jeff Juarez, Nevada Griffons
1998	El Dorado Broncos	Jason Aspito, El Dorado
1999	Dallas Phillies	Marco Cunningham, Dallas
2000	Liberal BeeJays	Cory Metzler, Liberal
2001	Anchorage Glacier Pilots	Jeff Francis, Anchorage
2002	Alaska Goldpanners	Blake Gill, Alaska
2003	Taiwan National Team	Chang-Wei Tu, Taiwan
2004	Aloha Knights	Scott Simon, Mat-Su Miners
2005	Prairie Gravel	Ryan Anetsberger, Prairie Gravel
2006	Santa Barbara Foresters	Jon Qualls/Matt Whitaker, Derby Twins
2007	Havasu Heat	Brad Arnett, Havasu
2008	Santa Barbara Foresters	Kevin Keyes, Santa Barbara
2009	El Dorado Broncos	Jake Sabol, El Dorado
2010	Liberal BeeJays	Paul Gonzalez, Liberal
2011	Santa Barbara Foresters	Mitch Mormann, Santa Barbara
2012	Santa Barbara Foresters	Zach Fish, Santa Barbara
2013	Seattle Studs	David Benson, Seattle
2014	Santa Barbara Foresters	Jon Duplantier, Santa Barbara
2015	Seattle Studs	Conner Savage, Seattle
2016	Santa Barbara Foresters	Jacob Patterson, Santa Barbara
2017	Kansas Stars	Ryan Langerhans, Kansas Stars
2018	Santa Barbara Foresters	Patrick Mathis, Santa Barbara
2019	Seattle Studs	Henry Cheney, Seattle
2020	Santa Barbara Foresters	Sean Johnson, Santa Barbara
2021	Santa Barbara Foresters	Justin Eckhardt, Santa Barbara
2022	Santa Barbara Foresters	Gavin Kash, Santa Barbara
2023	Hutchinson Monarchs	Max Buettenback , Hutchinson

Most Championships

Team	Titles
Santa Barbara Foresters	10
Alaska Goldpanners	6
Anchorage Glacier Pilots	5
Fort Wayne*	5
Liberal BeeJays	5
Boulder Collegians	4
Grand Rapids Sullivans	4
El Dorado Broncos	3
Enid Oilers/Refiners*	3
Peninsula Oilers	3
Boeing Bombers	3
Rapid Transit Dreamliners	3
Seattle Studs	3
Halliburton Cementers	2
Mat-Su Miners	2
Plymouth Oilers	2
Wichita Broncos	2
Aloha Knights	1
Bismarck Churchills	1
Bona Allen Shoemakers	1
Camp Wheeler Spokes	1
Clarinda A's	1
Dallas Phillies	1
Drain Black Sox	1
Enid Airs	1
Everett Merchants	1
Fort Leonard Wood Hilltoppers	1
Fort Myer Colonials	1
Havasu Heat	1
Houston FedMart	1
Hutchinson Monarchs	1
Midlothian White Sox	1
Ponchatoula Athletics	1
Prairie Gravel	1
St. Joseph Auscos	1
Sherman Field Flyers	1
Santa Maria Indians	1
Taiwan	1
Team USA	1
Wichita Service Auto Glass	1
Kansas Stars	1

Note: *Enid and Fort Wayne won multiple championships under different sponsor names.