Little League World Series (Central Region)
Year Champion City LLWS Record
1957 Jaycee LL Escanaba , Michigan Fourth Place 0-2
1958 Jaycee LL Kankakee , Illinois Runner-Up 2-1
1959 Hamtramck National LL Hamtramck , Michigan Champions 3-0
1960 New Boston Kiwanis LL New Boston , Ohio Seventh Place 1-2
1961 American LL Terre Haute , Indiana Fifth Place 2-1
1962 Central LL Kankakee , Illinois Runner-Up 2-1
1963 Central LL Duluth , Minnesota Third Place 2-1
1964 National LL Bartlesville , Oklahoma Fifth Place 2-1
1965 George Rogers Clark LL Jeffersonville , Indiana Fourth Place 1-2
1966 Jaycee LL Kankakee , Illinois Fifth Place 2-1
1967 North Roseland LL Chicago , Illinois Runner-Up 2-1
1968 American LL Terre Haute , Indiana Fifth Place 2-1
1969 West LL Elyria , Ohio Third Place ( tie ) 1-1
1970 South LL Highland , Indiana Fourth Place 1-2
1971 Anderson LL Gary , Indiana Runner-Up 2-1
1972 Edison LL Hammond , Indiana Runner-Up 2-1
1973 Federal LL Birmingham , Michigan Fourth Place 1-2
1974 Tallmadge LL Tallmadge , Ohio Fourth Place 1-2
1975 American LL Davenport , Iowa Third Place 1-1
1976 Windsor LL Des Moines , Iowa Eighth Place 0-3
Regional Champions ( 1957-2000 )
The Central Region was a region that competed in the Little League World Series between and . It was inaugurated as the North Region in , when the LLWS first gave out Series berths to regional winners. The region was renamed to Central in , and in was split into the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. The region produced one world champion, in , when Hamtramck, Michigan, defeated Auburn, California, 12-0, in the championship game. The region consisted of teams from the Dakotas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Wisconsin. In 2000, Kentucky replaced Oklahoma in the region. Little League Baseball expanded the LLWS to sixteen teams for the 2001 Little League World Series. The Central Region was split into the Midwest Region (the Dakotas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska) and the Great Lakes Region (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin).