Welcome to Billings American Legion Post 4 Baseball

We are proud and grateful to have the support of alumni players, members of the community, and the many businesses who help us with donations, discounts, advertising purchases and services. As you may or may not know, generous donors are our only source of funds for the Program. These funds are used to continue the proud tradition of American Legion Baseball in Billings, Montana.

Little League Night

Billings American Legion Baseball will be hosting Little League Night on Saturday, May 26th during the Royal/Scarlet non-conference game beginning at 5 PM. All Little League participant will get in free if they are wearing their uniform. Both the Royal and Scarlet players will have trading cards to handout to the kids. Parents get in free as well if they are accompanied by a player. If you are a Little League baseball player, please come and enjoy and night at Dehler Park and cheer on your favorite Royal or Scarlet player.

New coach announced

Shawn Murphy has been hired as the new coach of the Billings Royals for the 2012 season. Shawn was living in Irving, Texas working as a police officer in the Dallas area as well as coaching high school baseball when he accepted the offer to coach the Royals. Coach Murphy was a baseball and football standout at Coachella Valley High School in Southern California where he lettered 3 years at the varsity level in both baseball and football. Coach Murphy attended the University of Concordia on a sports scholarship playing baseball and football. Coach Murphy was the head coach at Class 3A Harvest Christian Academy in 2007-08; the head coach at Class 4A Carrollton Christian Academy in 2009-10; and the freshman coach and varsity pitching coach at Class 5A Nolan Catholic High School in 2011.

The Billings American Baseball program is proud to welcome Coach Murphy into our program and we are excited for the Royals in the coming years. Shawn's first order of business will be to hire his coaching staff for both the Blue Jays and the Royals.

Adam Hust is the manager of the Billings Scarlets. Adam is a former catcher for the Scarlets from 1991-1993 and played on the 1993 State Championship Team. Adam played college baseball at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas (1994-1995) and at Division 1 Oral Roberts University (1996-1997). He played summer baseball in the Jayhawk League and the Cape Cod League. From 1998-2000, Adam was an assistant coach at Hutchinson. Adam has managed the Scarlets for five years.

In those five seasons, he has coached the Scarlets to three State Championships 08,09,11. In 2006, he was an assistant coach on the AA State Championship team as well. In his five seasons as Head Coach, the Scarlets have compiled a 224-78 record with a regional runner-up finish in 2011.

We are proud to have these fine men as our coaches for the upcoming season.

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Thank you for you continued support.