The Quebec Major Baseball League (QMBL; French: Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Québec, LBMQ) is a senior (23 and over) amateur baseball league in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the highest level of non-professional baseball in the province of Quebec.
History
The league is the result of the 2002 amalgamation of several men's senior elite level baseball teams in the province of Quebec. The league from Montreal, the Ligue de Baseball Senior de Montréal, merged with those of the Quebec City and Trois-Rivières areas. There were originally ten teams, five from the Montreal area, four from Quebec City and one from Trois-Rivières. A year later, the senior-level league teams from the Estrie and Bas-Saint-Laurent leagues joined bringing the total up to 15. In 2009, the league became the sole senior elite baseball league in Quebec when the Ligue de Baseball Senior Majeur du Québec folded, and its four teams joined the LBEQ.
In 2004, the LBSEQ became the first in Quebec to use wooden baseball bats exclusively. Other competitive levels of play in Quebec have since followed suit (senior, junior and midget).
In its seven years of existence, the LBSEQ has represented Quebec in the Baseball Canada Senior Men's Championship each year and has earned four medals. These were a bronze in 2002, a gold in 2003, a bronze in 2004 and a silver in 2008.
The LBSEQ has also participated in various tournaments outside of Quebec. In 2008, they played in the 4 Nations Cup in Liège against professional teams from Belgium and England. In 2009, the LBSEQ participated in a tournament in Rouen, France hosted by the local team the Huskies, along with teams from Germany, the USA and the French national team. In 2008, the league participated in and won the Vintage Base Ball World Series in Massachusetts. It competed against the Intercounty Baseball League of Ontario in the 2010 New Era All-Star Classic.
In 2013, with the league's growing caliber and reputation, the league's leaders made the decision to rename it the Ligue de baseball majeur du Québec (LBMQ).
Teams +Active teams in the Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Québec Team City Venue Acton Vale Castors Acton Vale Léo-Asselin Stadium Coaticook Big Bill Coaticook Julien Morin Stadium Brock Baseball Club Drummondville Jacques-Desautels Stadium Granby Guerriers Granby Napoléon-Fontaine Stadium Laurentides Cardinaux Saint-Colomban Gaffney-Kennedy Field Montreal Jets Montreal Raymond Daviault Stadium St-Jean Pirates Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Richard Lafontaine Stadium Shawinigan Cascades Shawinigan Shawinigan Optimiste Park Sherbrooke Expos Sherbrooke Amedée Roy Stadium Thetford Unicanvas Thetford Mines Caisses Desjardins Stadium Victoriaville Cactus Victoriaville Victoriaville Park
Champions 2025: Acton Vale Castors 2024: Victoriaville Cactus 2023: Acton Vale Castors 2022: Thetford Mines Blue Sox 2021: Shawinigan Cascades 2020: Victoriaville Cactus 2019: Thetford Mines Blue Sox 2018: Thetford Mines Blue Sox 2017: Acton Vale Castors 2016: Thetford Mines Blue Sox 2015: Thetford Mines Blue Sox 2014: Thetford Mines Blue Sox 2013: Thetford Mines Blue Sox 2012: Thetford Mines Blue Sox 2011: Acton Vale Castors 2010: St-Jérôme TPX 2009: Sherbrooke Expos 2008: Trois-Rivières Vertdure 2007: Victoriaville 4*44 2006: Rivière-du-Loup Ciel 2005: Rivière-du-Loup Ciel 2004: Sherbrooke Indiens 2003: Montreal 2002: Laval
See also Baseball awards#Canada
References
External links LBMQ.ca