The National Baseball Congress of Wichita, Kansas is an organization of 15 amateur and semi-professional baseball leagues operating in the United States and Canada. Since its founding in 1934 by Hap Dumont, it has conducted an annual North American championship tournament among its members, The National Baseball Congress World Series, held at Wichita's Lawrence-Dumont Stadium annually since 1935.

History

Dumont said he was inspired to start the league after seeing a huge crowd for the circus clown-firemen baseball game in Wichita (the clowns were not allowed to perform on Sundays because of Blue Laws. In 1931 he started the National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress Kansas State Tournament which played on an island of the Arkansas River.

When the stadium burned the city built the Lawrence Stadium. In 1935 he offered Satchel Paige $1,000 to bring his touring Bismarck Churchills from Bismarck, North Dakota team to Wichita. Paige struck out 60 batters and won four games both of which are still records.

With the rise of Minor League Baseball, the league now is for amateur athletes.

Leagues

Championships

Graduate of the Year

Many players have gone to professional teams. Since 1975 the NBC has recognized a "Graduate of the Year"