Altoona Area Baseball Association

Altoona Area Baseball Association The AABA is Altoona, PA's premier little league baseball organization. Now accepting registrations! Today, the facility is named the Joseph M.
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The Altoona Area Baseball Association began in 1948 as a four team league, without an official name, playing games on a field at Mansion Park. In 1952, The league was chartered by Williamsport as the Altoona Little League and moved to a field on 17th Street and Logan Avenue. Here, the league leased property from Robert DiVentura for $1 a year. Two founders of the league, Boots Emerick and Joe Reil

y, used their homes as collateral in order to borrow money for the fencing and other field improvements. The league played from 1952 until 1983 at this site which became known as Joe Reily Field. In 1983, the expansion of 17th Street forced the league to find a new home and the current 9th Street field was constucted. In 1991, the league changed it's name to the Altoona Area Baseball Association. As the league prospered and the number of children interested in playing baseball increased, the 10th Street field was constructed and opened for play during the 2006 season. Sheetz Youth Baseball Complex, after a long time league manager who was instrumental in the construction of the 9th Street field.

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910 Pleasant Valley Boulevard
Altoona, PA
16602

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+18143122189

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