Royal Oak Leprechauns

Leprechaun Lineage

The Royal Oak Leprechauns, a summer collegiate baseball team in the 26-team Northwoods League, brings players from all over the country to play in Royal Oak, MI. Many players have "Next Level" abilities as the NWL has put more than 340 players into Major League Baseball including Detroit Tiger alums – three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson and three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (Texas Rangers.)

The players and coaches are from a variety of colleges and universities from NAIA to Division 1 representing every major conference including the SEC, Big 10, ACC, Pac 12, MAC, the Big 12 and more. 

The Leprechaun's home field and Royal Oak’s premier park – Memorial Park aka #TheLuckyCorner - is just minutes from downtown Royal Oak, downtown Berkley, downtown Ferndale with the Woodward Corners just across the street featuring the Woodward Corners Market and many specialty restaurants. With more than $500,000 initially invested in the field and scoreboard by team President, Brother Rice alum and New York Yankees third baseman, D.J. LeMahieu, the team’s focus is now to upgrade and renovate beyond the field. Partnering with the city in a public/private partnership, plans are in place to add two decks, new backstop and netting, new seating and press box along with many other amenities for fans and residents to use at Memorial Park for every scheduled event there. 

The team is a division of the USA Prime Michigan organization- founded in 1999, in Birmingham, Michigan in 1999. By 2005, with expanded growth, the organization became a non-profit and included players from all over Oakland County. In 2015, USA Prime Michigan added the Leprechauns, and team owner and General Manager Mark Sackett signed with the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League and began this program at Siena Heights University. He moved the team to Royal Oak and to Memorial Field in 2018 and began play in the GLSCL in 2021 before moving to the Northwoods League for the 2024 season.

The team has a need for host families for the players and interns to help work home games. Contact Mark Sackett if you are interested. Game day activities include plenty of giveaways and between-inning entertainment, as well as pizza, hot dogs, beer, and much more.

For more information and ticket information, please visit the Royal Oak Leprechauns website.

Contact Information

The Royal Oak Leprechauns - A division of the Michigan Red Sox, Inc and Michigan Connect

3421 Coolidge Highway, Royal Oak, MI 48073

leprechaunball@gmail.com, 248-930-0388