Toms River Black Sox

• Location: Toms River, NJ
• League: Atlantic Baseball Confederation
• Stadium: Ocean County College

Team Bio

Originally founded in 1991 as an independent barnstorming Summer Collegiate Baseball team, the Toms River Black Sox celebrated their 10th aniversary by becoming one of the founding members of the newly formed Atlantic Baseball Confederation in the summer of 2001.

The Toms River Black Sox are like every other summer college baseball team in that they dedicated and designed to provide minor league-style competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The Black Sox operate in the model an Independent Minor League team: recruiting athletes, playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. The Black Sox actively recruit players, and have hosted collegiate athletes from throughout the United States. Like all other summer collegiate players, Black Sox athletes are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.

Championships and Honors

• 2001 Atlantic Baseball Confederation Champions
• 2003 Atlantic Baseball Confederation Champions
• 2004 Atlantic Baseball Confederation Champions
• 2005 Atlantic Baseball Confederation Champions

Black Sox Alumni in MLB Affiliated Baseball

• Cole Kimball- Washington Nationals organization
• Jimmy Baxter- Boston Red Sox organization
• Ryan Doherty- Arizona Diamondbacks organization
• Bryan Mulhern- Houston Astros organization
• Graig Badger- Toronto Blue Jays organization
• Nick Cerulo- Kansas City Royals organization

Black Sox Alumni in Independent Professional Baseball

• Bobby Darling- Rockford RiverHawks
• James Koehler- Reno Silver Sox
• Mike McTamney- Fullerton Flyers
• Josh Norton- Atlantic City Surf
• Ken Lup- Fort Worth Cats
• Brian Weingart- Brockton Rox
• Taylor Hargrove- Quebec Les Capitales