The History of the Saugerties Little League

The Saugerties Little League established in 1951 and plays in New York Little League District 15 of Section 3 - 100 miles north of New York City and 45 miles South of the State Capital, Albany. The league is comprised of over 600 baseball and softball players ages 6-16 and is host to one of the Hudson Valley’s only Challengers program.

1971-1982 - Bob Lehman

Lehman first became a farm system manager in 1971. At the time, there were 8 major league teams playing on the Sauer Field and 8 farm teams (wearing caps only) playing on the minor league field. There was also Grasshoppers on Saturday morning (4 teams of 8 year olds). No girls sofball and no T-ball.

1983-2007 - Gladys Hutton

Hutton began as a statistician and publicity chairman for the league from 1973 - 1981 and was one of the original Managers of the Softball division of Saugerties Little League, formed in 1974. She managed six different Girls Little League All-Star Teams from 1974 – 1981. In 1976, Gladys led the Saugerties Girls All-Stars all the way to the New York State Championship, losing a heart-breaker in the championship game to Spring Valley at Gil Hodges Stadium in Brooklyn.






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