In the original 2011 season, the Pecos League was based along the Pecos River from Alpine, Texas to Roswell, New Mexico. The Pecos League has two divisions which stretch from the plains of Kansas to the Oceans of California to the Mexican Border of Texas. In 2017 the Pecos League moved to California and broke into two divisions. From 2011-2017 the Pecos League signed players to Pecos League Contracts. In 2018 Congress passed Saving America's Pastime Act Bill which required all leagues that contract their players to pay minimum wage to their players. This no longer allowed the Pecos League to contract their players, but actually increased the money the players received. Effective in 2018 players would receive money from baseball camps, 50/50 raffles and team activities. They could no longer be contracted and paid by the teams.
Currently,there are two divisions in the Pecos League, A Pacific Division which has all of its teams in California and a Mountain Division which covers all non California Teams. Tucson has rotated between Mountain and Pacific Division every year they have been in the league since 2016. The Tucson Saguaros play in Kino Stadium which is considered the number one stadium available to independent baseball in the entire country.
The Pecos League added the Kansas City Hormigas for the 2025 season. The Hormigas play in historic Satchiel Paige Stadium on the Missouri side of Kansas City. The Hormigas roster is entirely comprised of Mexican, Cuban, and Venezuelan players whose rights are owned by the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. These are younger players that do not make the major league teams in Liga Mexicana under the age of 22. The in park broadcast of the games in Kansas City are in Spanish and the team has created their own Mariachi Band that plays live music while the games go on.
In 2024 six of the teams in the Pecos League play in California which is the entire Pacific Divison. The Pecos League bought the San Rafael Pacifics in 2019 and moved them into the Pecos League in 2021. The Pecos League is the only league in the World that does not use a DH maintaining 2019 National League Rules with the pitcher hitting. Teams in the Pecos League wear solid color tackle twill jerseys no white or grey. Players are required to use MLB approved bats. Rawlings is the official game ball and the only game ball permitted in Pecos League Games. The Pecos League has a custom Rawlings Ball made known for its durability and longevity. The Pecos League has been selling these balls to public since 2012 and are very popular amongest College Baseball Programs.
Pointstreak is the scoring application used for all Pecos League Teams and was the official scoring application for independent baseball since 2010.
The league's high power offenses are fueled by high altitudes and smaller ballparks. The Mountain Division of the Pecos League is home to high altitude baseball where our average elevation is 4870. Our players come from all over the US and all over the world and are a combination of rising stars, falling stars, shooting stars and athletes with stars in their eyes. Our communities take tremendous pride in their teams.
The Pecos League has 22 man roster with no DH used in games. Each team roster has 9 experienced players and 14 rookies. The Pecos League Regular Season is nestled in the middle of the summer from May 22 1-July 28. This timing leads for increased fan participation and support.
Several players that played in the Pecos League went on to play in Major League Baseball including:
On January 31, 2019 it was announced the Salina Stockade will serve as one of the two International Travel Teams in the CanAm League for the 2019 season. The Stockade will play an 18 game season from June 9 to June 26 in Canada and Metro New York City. The team will be owned and operated by the Pecos League.
The Salina Stockade became the first Professional Baseball in history to play in three different leagues in three different years after playing the Pecos League in 2016 and the American Association in 2017.
The Stockade have always been a travel team.
The off season of 2017 changed the entire footprint and the future of the Pecos League forever.
The Pecos League traded its Kansas identity for four teams in California.
The Pecos League went from 10 teams to 12 teams and moved 4 teams into California.
Once a desert league with mainly New Mexico Teams, the Pecos League now had teams in six states and three time zones.
There were teams on the Coast Line of California to the Plains of Kansas to the Mexican Border in Texas and all points in between.
On May 3, 2017 it was announced that the Pecos League would be running the travel team in the American Association.
The Salina Stockade were reformed as a American Association Travel Team.
The Laredo Lemurs folded due to their owner being locked out of her ballpark and a major FBI border sting.
The League had limited options and limited time.
In a joint agreement between the City of Salina, the American Association and the Pecos League it was agreed to use the name Salina Stockade.
Salina was a great geographic location in between Kansas City, Wichita and Lincoln.
The Pecos League would own and operate the team under a private agreement in the American Association.
The team would be a Pecos League Team operating in the American Association.
The team would wear the exact jerseys and hats with grey pants being worn every game.
The team had almost no chance to be competitive in the first month as they lost the majority of their games.
Things changed from June 1 on as the Pecos League allowed 10 of its players to be called up.
The Stockade started to win and be competitive in the majority of its games.
In the offseason of 2016 the Pecos League finally added Tucson to the Pecos League.
In 2016 the Pecos League returned to 10 teams adding Tucson, Arizona and playing in Kino Stadium.
Although it was obvious the cost of playing in Kino wouldn't last forever..
Kino was by far the best stadium the league had and set the leagues attendence record and drew 8720 fans for 4th of July.
The Saguaros won the league championship and the Regular season title. Kino Sportsplex instantly became the GEM of the Pecos League.
Tucson wasn't the only Arizona city that benefitted from the Pecos League.
The Tucson Saguaros played all of their Sunday Games in Bisbee and had great crowds and a great atmosphere.
The Roswell Invaders, Trinidad Triggers, White Sands Pupfish and Alpine Cowboys all had good attendence and support years.
Las Cruces had a structural issue to their stadium in January that did not allow the team to play in 2016. The Pecos League added Great Bend in their place.
In 2015 the Pecos League really began to turn the corner. The league strictly enforced a 22 man paid roster.
The League implemented a 25 and under age limit. The league dropped Raton, Bisbee and Douglas immediately when the season ended.
The City of Raton no longer wanted a losing team in Trinidad's shadown. Having gone 1-24 against the hated Triggers in two years was enough.
Raton had some good support but the was outgrowing the City.
The move of the Padres to El Paso happened and the Pecos League attempted to move to Tucson but instead had teams on border towns of Bisbee and Douglas.
All teams from 2013 returned with the addition of two Arizona Teams. The league went to two divisions of five teams.
The 2013 Season will be the season always remembered for filming of the Pecos League TV Show.
2013 the league removed Taxi Players for good.
2013 also marked the first year of the Rawlings Baseball and no more composite bats were allowed.
The DH was removed for good from the Pecos League.
The League began to offer full website stories for all of its games.
The DH was added for this season. The Pecos League hired league umpires. The Pecos Spring League was formed as a source for players.
The White Sands Pupfish shut out the El Paso Diablos in Cohen Stadium 6-0 behind a gem from Curtis Camili.
The Vaqueros lost 16-9 to the Diablos in Apodoca Park.
The game marked the only time in league history an American Association team played in a Pecos League Stadium.
El Paso's Stadium had been torn apart by a sold out Shakira concert.
Apodoca Park's surface was 10 times better than multi purpose Cohen Stadium.
The Roswell Invaders nearly fell apart and took major steps backward, as their field manager was constantly causing problems and caused an uproar in the Community.
The first ever Pecos League Game occured in Cohen Stadium when the Roswell Invaders defeated the El Paso Diablos from the American Association 10-7.
This game was an exhibition game but showed fans and players that the Pecos League wasn't the Continental League. The Diablos were the mighty team in the region and many thought they would run rule the Continental Baseball League Team.
The Invaders would play an exhibition game against the San Angelo Colts of the United League two weeks later in which they lost.
The league was formed in August 2010 with the Cowboys and Vaqueros.
The new league was formed and the league was called the Pecos League.
Named after the Pecos River which ran from Clovis to Del Rio.
Andrew Dunn was the sole owner of the Las Cruces Vaqueros and was the commisioner of the Pecos League.
Roswell New Mexico finally got professional baseball with a team named the Invaders.
Matt McNeile demanded the Coastal Kingfish to be a full time team in Alamogordo and named the team the White Sands Pupfish.
Dunn agreed to own the Pupfish with huge city support from McNeile and the City of Alamogordo.
This brought the Pecos League to four teams.
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