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 Senior Divison I
Championship Teams -- and thanking them for their contributions
to the great game of American Legion Baseball.
(Note: No State Tournaemnt was held in 2020; due to the Covid-19
pandemic, the season was cancelled by National American Legion
Baseball.)
| Year | Champ | District | Runner-Up | District | Tournament Site
(Host Team; Field 1) |
Reg'd Teams in MN |
| 2024 | ||||||
| 2023 | St. Michael Mikes | 10 | Eden Prairie | 10 | Rochester (by Redhawks at Mayo) | |
| 2022 | St. Michael Mikes | 10 | Mankato National | 2 | Burnsville (at AliMagnet) | |
| 2021 | Osseo | 10 | Hopkins | 10 | St. Cloud (by Chutes at St. Cloud MAC) | |
| 2020 | NO SEASON | |||||
| 2019 | Excelsior | 10 | Edina | 10 | Cold Spring | |
| 2018 | Tri-City Red | 4 | Wayzata | 10 | Edina (at Braemar) | |
| 2017 | Tri-City Red | 4 | Ham Lake | 10 | St. Paul (by Tri-City Red at CHS Field) | |
| 2016 | Woodbury Blue | 3 | Forest Lake | 3 | Delano (at Municipal Park) | |
| 2015 | Wayzata | 10 | Eden Prairie | 10 | Chanhassen | |
| 2014 | Lakeville North | 3 | St. Cloud Chutes | 6 | Eagan | |
| 2013 | Eden Prairie | 10 | Burnsville* | 3 | Edina (at Braemar) | |
| 2012 | Edina | 10 | Eden Prairie | 10 | Chaska (at Athletic Park) | |
| 2011 | Eden Prairie*+ | 10 | Lino Lakes | 10 | Eden Prairie (at Round Lake) | |
| 2010 | Eden Prairie*++ | 10 | Eagan | 3 | Hibbing (at Al Nyberg Field) | |
| 2009 | Rochester Patriots | 1 | Apple Valley | 3 | New Ulm (at Johnson Park) | |
| 2008 | Eastview of Apple Valley | 3 | Eden Prairie | 10 | Burnsville (at AliMagnet) | |
| 2007 | Eden Prairie*++ | 10 | Apple Valley | 3 | Bloomington (at Red Haddox) | |
| 2006 | Eden Prairie | 10 | Coon Rapids | 10 | Excelsior (at Big Willow, Minnetonka) | |
| 2005 | Eden Prairie | 10 | Woodbury Blue* | 3 | St. Cloud (at St. Cloud MAC) | |
| 2004 | Eden Prairie* | 10 | Apple Valley | 3 | Northfield | |
| 2003 | Rochester A's*+ | 1 | Bloomington Blue | 10 | Rochester (by A's) | |
| 2002 | Apple Valley | 3 | Excelsior*++ | 10 | Marshall | |
| 2001 | Coon Rapids | 10 | New Ulm Gold | 2 | Rochester (at Mayo Field) | |
| 2000 | Tri-City Red, New Brighton | 4 | Waite Park | 6 | Duluth (at Wade Stadium) | 330 |
| 1999 | Tri-City Red, New Brighton*+ | 4 | Bloomington Blue* | 10 | St. Cloud (at St. Cloud MAC) | 331 |
| 1998 | Excelsior* | 10 | South St. Paul | 3 | Hibbing (at Al Nyberg Field) | 329 |
| 1997 | Tri-City Red, New Brighton* | 4 | Hamline, St. Paul | 4 | Chaska (at Athletic Park) | 319 |
| 1996 | Rochester A's | 1 | Excelsior | 10 | Moorhead | 310 |
| 1995 | New Ulm | 2 | Osseo* | 10 | Hibbing (at Al Nyberg Field) | 312 |
| 1994 | Tri-City Red, New Brighton | 4 | Anoka | 10 | Northfield | 258 |
| 1993 | Tri-City Red, New Brighton | 4 | Osseo* | 10 | New Ulm (at Johnson Park) | 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 | Willmar | 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 (Midway Stadium) | 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 (Midway Stadium) | 274 |
| 1966 | North St. Paul | 4 | St. Paul Park | 3 | St. Paul (Midway Stadium) | 339 |
| 1965 | Rosetown Memorial | 4 | Brooklyn Center | 10 | Winona | 341 |
| 1964 | Minneapolis Grain Exchange | 5 | Austin | 1 | St. Paul (Midway Stadium) | 348 |
| 1963 | St. Paul Christie de Parcq | 4 | Austin | 1 | Minneapolis (Parade Stadium) or Midway? | 325 |
| 1962 | St. Paul Christie de Parcq | 4 | Duluth | 8 | St. Paul (Midway Stadium) | 315 |
| 1961 | Minneapolis-Richfield | 5 | St. Paul Christie de Parcq | 4 | St. Paul (Midway Stadium) | 285 |
| 1960 | Fergus Falls | 9 | Norwood | 3 | St. Paul (Midway Stadium) | 314 |
| 1959 | Minneapolis-Richfield | 5 | Granite Falls | 7 | Austin | 257 |
| 1958 | Minneapolis Grain Exchange | 5 | Duluth Wisted | 8 | St. Paul (Midway Stadium) | 266 |
| 1957 | Mankato | 2 | St. Paul North End | 4 | St. Paul (Midway Stadium) | 255 |
| 1956 | St. Paul North End | 4 | Mpls Grain Exchange | 6 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 248 |
| 1955 | Edina | 10 | Minneapolis Camden | 5 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 265 |
| 1954 | St. Paul North End | 4 | St. Cloud | 6 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 257 |
| 1953 | Austin | 1 | St. Paul North End | 4 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 266 |
| 1952 | St. Paul North End | 4 | Melrose | 6 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 270 |
| 1951 | St. Cloud | 6 | Austin | 1 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 271 |
| 1950 | St. Paul North End* | 4 | Minneapolis-Richfield | 5 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 276 |
| 1949 | St. Paul North End | 4 | Winona | 1 | Shakopee | 290 |
| 1948 | Austin* | 1 | St. Cloud | 6 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 287 |
| 1947 | St. Paul Christie de Parcq | 4 | St. Cloud | 6 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 300 |
| 1946 | St. Paul Christie de Parcq | 4 | Stillwater | 3 | Duluth | 242 |
| 1945 | Minneapolis Fire & Police | 5 | Winona | 1 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 118 |
| 1944 | Minneapolis-Richfield* | 5 | St. Paul Twin City Federal | 4 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 66 |
| 1943 | Minneapolis-Richfield*+ | 5 | South St. Paul | 3 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 48 |
| 1942 | St. Paul Hamline | 4 | Robbinsdale | 10 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 89 |
| 1941 | New Ulm | 2 | Minneapolis Courthouse | 5 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 180 |
| 1940 | Minneapolis Fire & Police | 5 | Waverly | 10 | St. Paul (Lexington Park) | 190 |
| 1939 | Minneapolis Fire & Police | 5 | Blackduck | 6 | Minneapolis (Nicollet Park) | 240 |
| 1938 | St. Paul Midway | 4 | Cokato | 10 | Rochester | 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 (Lexington Park) | 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.
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.
| Year | Team |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Sartell Post 277 |
| 2022 | Farmington Post 189 |
| 2021 | Foley Post 298 |
| 2020 | NO TOURNAMENT HELD |
| 2019 | Ham Lake Post 2000 |
| 2018 | Buffalo Post 270 |
| 2017 | Rochester Patriots Post 92 |
| 2016 | St. Paul Hamline Purple Post 418 |
| 2015 | Princeton Post 216 |
| 2014 | Hutchinson Post 96 |
| 2013 | St. Cloud Chutes Post 76 |
| 2012 | Grand Rapids Post 60 |
| 2011 | Minneapolis Southwest |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Grand Rapids Post 60 |
| 2008 | North St. Paul 39ers, Post 39 |
| 2007 | Cambridge Post 290 |
The Fred Wannamaker Outstanding Player Trophy...
Number
of State Championships, by District, 1926 through 2023 (98 years
of ALB, 97 State Tournaments):
(*Note: No State Tournament was held in 2020; due
to the Covid-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled by National
American Legion Baseball.)
| State Champtionship | State Runner-Up | ||
| District | # of Times | District | # of Times |
| District 1 | 8 | District 1 | 8 |
| District 2 | 6 | District 2 | 4 |
| District 3 | 5 | District 3 | 16 |
| District 4 | 32 | 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 | 21 | District 10 | 27 |
| Total, through 2023 | 97 | Total, through 2023 | 97 |
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