Western Baseball Association (1967–72)
| Formerly | Big West Conference (1970–1972) |
|---|---|
| League | National Baseball Congress |
| Classification | Collegiate summer baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Ceased | 1972 |
| No. of teams | 5 (at ceasing of operations) |
| Country | United States |
The Western Baseball Association was a collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1967, and later known as the Big West Conference, was composed of teams from across the Pacific Northwest. The WBA, along with the Cape Cod League, was one of the first summer collegiate baseball leagues to be officially certified and supported by the NCAA in 1968, and is the direct predecessor to the well known Alaska Baseball League. The original ceased operation at the end of the 1972 season to make way for the ABL. The league was reformed in 1983 by the Humboldt Crabs, the only original WBA team in the new WBA, and played through the 2000 season.