Stotz, Carl E.

Stotz, Carl E.

▪ American sports organizer
born c. 1910, , Williamsport, Pa., U.S.
died June 4, 1992, Williamsport

      American sports organizer, the founder and commissioner of Little League baseball.

      Stotz, a lumberyard clerk, solicited sponsorship for an amateur youth baseball league from local businesses, and in the first game (June 6, 1939) Lundy Lumber beat Lycoming Dairy 23–8. He modified the playing diamond by spacing the bases 60 feet apart, by placing the pitcher's mound 40 feet from home plate, and by introducing lighter bats and balls. Along with George and Bert Bebble, he managed the first three Little League teams. By 1947 the organization had expanded to 48 teams in 12 leagues. The first national tournament was held in 1949 in Williamsport, Pa., which became the permanent home of the annual Little League World Series.

      Stotz either resigned or was fired as league commissioner when he filed a lawsuit against the organization in an attempt to stop a proposed league expansion (1955). The suit was settled out of court, but in early 1956 a federal court barred him from forming a rival group. He later served as a tax collector in his hometown.

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