About Us – Washington Babe Ruth

Washington Babe Ruth [WBR]

John Tennant. State Commissioner
Longview, WA
Cell: 360-431-5885

Email: 1957bambam@gmail.com

WELCOME VISITORS!

Effective 2026, Washington Babe Ruth [WBR] represents two geographic divisions, East and West, to preserve and maximize post-season opportunities. Our focus is team recruitment, league chartering, and conducting post-regular season tournaments. The boundary approximates the Cascade Trail. See the attached map. League and District boundaries are subject to change annually.

Eastern Western WA Boundary Map

Web Site: Our web site serves both divisions.

Who We Are: WBR represents Babe Ruth League, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, in business since 1951. For decades, we have supported baseball for players 13-18 years old through local, independent, non-profit organizations serving as leagues. Babe Ruth Leagues operate within local geographical boundaries reflecting parent[s] or guardian[s] residence. WBR owns no portion of and does not control internal affairs of local leagues except as they pertain to Babe Ruth League, Inc. rules. A group of local leagues comprises a District. In turn, a group of Districts comprises our State Organization.

Local league Age Divisions: 13-16 Division and 16-18 Division. Post season provides the following competition:

13-Year-Old tournaments (State, Regional, and World Series)
14-Year-Old tournaments (State, Regional, and World Series)
13–16 Year-Old tournaments (State, Regional, and World Series)
16-18 Year-Old tournaments (State, Regional, and World Series)

See Links on the Home Page to contact Babe Ruth Baseball National Headquarters for complete details to join the Babe Ruth Baseball experience.

From The State Commissioner’s Desk:

December 2025

Happy Holidays!

We hope everyone’s Winter is going well! We are excited to announce the launch of the 2026 Season in SportsEngine’s Season Management,
which took place on December 1st

Don’t forget to Charter with Babe Ruth by Clicking Here.

SportsEngine+Babe Ruth League are always looking to make things easier for League Admins and hopefully, with some of these changes, we
have done that.

We now have only 4 Memberships (which are
Free): 2025-26 Coach Membership; 2025-26
Non-Coach Volunteer Membership; 2025-2026

BRL Umpire Membership; and 2026 Player
Membership.

All Memberships can be obtained in the
following ways: (Click Here for Membership
Guide):
• Including Memberships in the Registration Workflow
• Selecting Memberships On-Behalf-Of a Member (OBO)
• Providing Members the Public Club
Assignment Link Directly
Assignment Link Directly
• Sending Members a Direct Club Assignment

Important Notes:
• The only Staﬀ Roles that are required in Season Management are Head Coach (also known as Manager) and Assistant Coach.
• Any Non-Coach Volunteer that has. ANY contact with a Player is required to have a Non-Coach Volunteer Membership through the League, with all eligibility requirements completed, in order to be compliant with Babe Ruth League rules.
• All Teams MUST be shared with Babe Ruth League, not just Tournament Trail Teams
• It’s a Leagues responsibility to ensure Coach and Non-Coach Volunteers are completing the required Background Screen and all eligibility requirements for Insurance as well as to ensure Player Safety.

If you don’t have registration and/or a SportsEngine website and are interested in learning more about that, please click here.

With the partnership between SportsEngine and Babe Ruth, using SportsEngine makes the process for submitting teams to Babe Ruth very
easy and oﬀers partnership discounts.

Jan 5, 2026

Welcome to 2026 …Happy New Year

First off, let me thank you for all you do for the youth in Washington State Babe Ruth League..
I am looking forward to meeting all of you at some point in the future..Babe Ruth League would not be possible if it wasn’t for your hard work and diligence…I and my assistant state commissioners are here for you if you need any assistance, please don’t hesitate to ask…a few bullet point I need to stress …
1…Get your team registered in your league .I would like to see all teams into the system by May 15 if possible …

2. If any members of the coaching staff need to update their background checks, do it now. If you are a returning coach, you can go into your Sports Engine account, pay the $25 fee and submit your information. Your team information does not need to be first. Do not wait on this. I will be checking Sports Engine on a regular basis. If your background check is not current, you will not coach.

3. If you decide to enter the tournament trail, you need to be committed to play all the way through if you qualify. If not, do not enter. As soon as you can commit, please let me know by June 1 at the latest.

4. The State tournament is the full State. We have 2 guaranteed spots to Regionals. If other States do not send teams (June 1 deadline), we may have additional spots as well.

5. Cost sharing fee for State will be determined once we have a firm team count. The Regional cost sharing fee remains at $750.

6. Age determination. As per rule book requirements

7. Uniform patches. Babe Ruth patches need to be affixed about 2″ up on the left sleeve. If wearing a sleeveless jersey, place on the left chest.

No other baseball program patches should be on the uniform.

Please contact me if you have questions. League presidents, please pass on to any teams in your area that may be interested and have them contact me.

Thanks for supporting Babe Ruth Baseball.

John Tennant

Washington State Babe Ruth

State Commissioner

13-18 Division

360-431-5885

1957bambam@gmail.com

CONTACTS AND LEAGUE CHARTERS

WBR [West Division]

District 1: Clark, Cowlitz, western portions of Skamania County, south Pacific County, and Wahkiakum Counties in Washington along with the Clatskanie and Rainier School District in Oregon.

Leagues

Camas Washougal Babe Ruth- Bryan Caine

Email: cwbaberuth@gmail.com

Castle Rock/Toutle Lake Babe Ruth–Kyle Rask

Email: kyle.rask@gmail.com

Centerfield Baseball-Will Block

Email: wikseblock@yahoo.com

Kelso Babe Ruth- Travis Keele

Email: tkeele@northcoast.com

Longview Babe Ruth- Ryan Brown

Email: brewhab6@gmail.com

Twin Cities/Lewis County–Tony Baker

Email: ARBaker41@yahoo.com

District 2 Lewis County; Mason County; the Tenino, Rochester, North Thurston, Olympia, Griffin, Tumwater, Rainier and Yelm School Districts in Thurston County [including that part of the Yelm School District in Pierce County]; Eatonville School District of Pierce County; Grays Harbor County, and north Pacific County.]

Contact: Scott Gutschmidt:

Email: gutscott@yahoo.com

Leagues

Black Hills Babe Ruth- Andrew Hardy

Email: andrewthardy@hotmail.com

Harbor Babe Ruth- Brady Turner

Email: moparbrado@gmail.com

Hoquiam Babe Ruth–Gordy Ray

Email: gcuz24@gmail.com

Nisqually Basin Youth Baseball–Charles Johnson

Email: nbyb.president@gmail.com

Twin Cities/Lewis County Babe Ruth- Tony Baker