Williamsport, PA, United States
Carl E. Stotz. Founder of Little League Baseball and Commissioner through 1955. Stotz developed the Little League idea in 1938; in the next year three teams played 24 games. It was at this site that Stotz established field distances for the pre-teenage players. The first 12 Little League World Serie
s were held on this field, 1947-1958, and during these years the number of teams grew from 60 to thousands in many nations.
Listen to the audio guide for Blue plaque № 29216 Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off