LeagueLineup shut down August 31, 2026
LeagueLineup Alternative for Baseball & Softball Leagues
Twenty-seven years of league history went offline. Most of what matters survives somewhere — we'll show you where to look, even if you pick somebody else. Then, if you want a landing spot that works the way LeagueLineup did, we'll rebuild your league on DugoutHQ for you.
Do this first
Rebuild From What Survived
This part matters whether or not you ever talk to us. LeagueLineup's pages no longer load, but rosters, schedules, and stats usually live on in emails, spreadsheets, and archived pages. Work through this list while people still remember where things are.
Team rosters and player contact lists
The hardest thing to rebuild and the thing your season actually runs on. Check old registration emails, captains’ spreadsheets, and any CSV anyone downloaded over the years.
This season’s schedule
Dates, times, diamonds, and matchups. Announcement emails and team group chats usually hold most of it — and a fresh schedule can be generated in minutes anyway.
Standings and final results
Champions, records, and placements. Look for screenshots, Facebook posts, and captures of your old pages on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
Historical statistics
Career batting and pitching numbers going back years. If anyone ever exported them, that file is gold. Otherwise check the Wayback Machine — coverage is patchy, so look before assuming anything survived.
Registration records and payment history
Who paid, how much, and when. Your payment processor and bank still have these records even though the LeagueLineup pages are gone.
Photo albums
Board members’ phones, team Facebook pages, and old email attachments are where surviving copies usually live.
Sponsor logos and contact details
Ask your sponsors for their logo files directly. They have the originals, and it is a good reason to be in touch before renewal.
Your domain registrar login
If you bought a domain through LeagueLineup, find out where it is registered, confirm you control it, and check it has not lapsed. The domain can outlive the site.
Executive and board contact pages
Small thing, easy to forget, annoying to reassemble from group chats.
Want the longer version, with the order to do it in and where to look when nobody saved a file? Read the full recovery guide →
Free to Run, No Subscription
You picked LeagueLineup because running a rec league does not come with a budget. Every alternative being pitched to you right now wants a subscription. We do not.
Running your league on DugoutHQ is free. The one thing that costs money is optional: a 5% platform fee on registrations you take by credit card. Collect by e-transfer or cash and there is no fee at all. Migrating costs nothing.
We are telling you the fee up front because you would find it eventually, and finding it later is worse.
Feature by feature
What You Had, and What You Get
Everything LeagueLineup advertised, mapped honestly — including the rows where we come up short. You are going to check these anyway.
| LeagueLineup feature | DugoutHQ | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| League and team website | Yes | Pages, blog, photo gallery, sponsors, executives, and a live score ticker — built from a drag-and-drop editor, no code. |
| Online registration | Yes | Team and individual/free-agent registration with divisions, team caps, waitlists, and digital waivers. |
| Payment processing | Yes | Credit card via Stripe, Interac e-Transfer, or cash on the day. Your choice per event. |
| Schedules and calendars | Yes | Plus an automatic schedule generator, a fairness report, subscribable calendar feeds, and PDF/CSV exports. |
| Photo albums | Yes | Gallery section on your league site. |
| Player and team statistics | Yes | Batting and pitching stats, public player profiles, team stats, and attendance — scored correctly for slo-pitch. |
| Free to run | Yes | Running your league costs nothing and there is no subscription. The only fee is 5% on registrations you collect by credit card. |
| Custom domain | Partly | You get yourleague.dugouthq.com. If you already own a domain, you can forward it there from your registrar — but we do not host it directly yet. |
| Text alerts and email blasts | Partly | Push notifications and in-event announcements reach players on their phones. We do not send SMS or bulk email campaigns. |
| Background checks | No | Not offered. If your league requires screening, you will need a separate provider. |
| Sports other than baseball and softball | No | Baseball, softball, and slo-pitch only. If you also run basketball or hockey, those will need a different home. |
The trade-off
Two Sports, Done Properly
LeagueLineup covered seven sports. We cover baseball and softball. If your organization runs hockey or basketball too, that is a real problem and you should weigh it — we are not going to pretend otherwise.
What you get in exchange is software that knows the difference between baseball and everything else:
- Slo-pitch ERA calculated over seven innings, not nine
- On-base percentage that correctly excludes hit-by-pitch for slo-pitch
- The Slo-Pitch National rulebook preloaded and editable for your umpire crew
- Mens, Ladies, and Coed divisions, with gender quotas in the player draft
- Diamond and park handling built for how ball fields are actually booked
How the move works
We Do the Rebuilding, Not You
To be clear about the mechanism: there is no button that connects the two platforms. You send us spreadsheets, we load them through our bulk importers and finish the setup by hand. A person does this.
1. Send us your league details
Fill in the form below with your league name and your old LeagueLineup address. That is all we need to start.
2. We tell you where to look
We look at how your league was set up and send back a specific list of what we need and where it usually survives — your own files, old emails, captains’ spreadsheets, archived pages. Not a generic checklist.
3. We do the rebuilding
You send us the files. We run them through our bulk importers — schedules, rosters, free agents, and stats all load from spreadsheets — and set up your divisions, standings rules, and league site.
4. You review, then go live
Nothing is public until you say so. Check the rosters, fix what we got wrong, and publish when your season is ready.
Your domain
Keep the Web Address Your Players Know
If you bought a domain through LeagueLineup, do this today: find out which registrar actually holds it, confirm you can log in, and check it has not lapsed. The domain can outlive the site — but only if someone keeps renewing it.
Your DugoutHQ league site lives at yourleague.dugouthq.com. Once it is live, set a forwarding rule at your registrar pointing your domain there, and the address on your jerseys and dugout signs keeps working.
Being precise about what that is: forwarding, not hosting. Visitors typing your domain will land on the right page, but the browser bar will show the dugouthq.com address. Hosting your domain directly is something we want to support and do not yet.
Get migration help
Send Us Your League
Tell us where your league used to live and we will come back with a specific list of what to look for and a plan. No account required, and no obligation to switch.
Questions Commissioners Are Asking
Is our league’s LeagueLineup data gone?
From LeagueLineup itself, assume yes. It shut down on August 31, 2026 and its league pages no longer load, so there is nothing left to download there and no support desk to appeal to. What usually survives is somewhere else: files you or your captains exported, registration emails, payment records, and sometimes captures on the Internet Archive. Start there.
Can you recover our old stats for us?
Only from what still exists somewhere. We cannot pull anything from LeagueLineup now that it is offline. If you have partial exports, screenshots, or archived pages, send them and we will load what can be loaded — and tell you plainly what cannot.
Is this an automatic import? Do you connect to LeagueLineup?
No, and we want to be straight about that. There is no direct connection between the two platforms. You send spreadsheets, and we run them through our bulk import tools — the same ones that handle schedules, rosters, free agents, and player stats — and finish the setup by hand. A person does this, not a button.
How long does the move take?
For a typical rec league with a dozen teams, a few days from the point we have your files. Larger multi-division leagues take longer. The bottleneck is almost always gathering the files, not loading them.
What does DugoutHQ cost?
Running your league is free, with no subscription and no charge for the migration. The one fee is optional: 5% on registrations you collect by credit card through Stripe. If you take registration by e-transfer or cash, there is no fee.
We bought our domain through LeagueLineup — can we keep it?
Probably, if it has not lapsed. Find out which registrar actually holds the domain, confirm you can log in and control it, and check the expiry date. Your DugoutHQ league site lives at yourleague.dugouthq.com, and you can point your own domain at it using your registrar’s forwarding setting. Be aware that is forwarding, not hosting: visitors will see the dugouthq.com address in the browser bar. Direct custom domain hosting is something we want to build, but it does not exist today.
Do we have to move right away?
No. Plenty of leagues finish their season on spreadsheets and group chats and set up a new platform over the winter, ahead of spring registration. Gathering what survived is worth doing now, while people still remember where things are. The move itself can wait.
Is DugoutHQ only for baseball and softball?
Yes, and that is deliberate. We do not support other sports at all. The upside is that everything is built the way baseball and softball actually work — slo-pitch ERA calculated over seven innings, on-base percentage that excludes hit-by-pitch, the Slo-Pitch National rulebook preloaded for your umpires, and Mens, Ladies, and Coed divisions with coed draft quotas. If your organization also runs other sports, they will need somewhere else to live.
What if we are not ready to decide until spring?
That is completely normal, and it is when most leagues actually choose. Send us your details anyway so we have your league on file, and we will pick it up whenever you are ready to set up your season.