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Alaska Baseball League

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Alaska Baseball League
LeagueNational Baseball Congress
ClassificationCollegiate summer baseball
SportBaseball
Founded1974
PresidentChris Beck
No. of teams5
Country United States
HeadquartersPalmer, Alaska
Most recent
champion(s)
Anchorage Glacier Pilots

The Alaska Baseball League (ABL) is an amateur collegiate summer baseball league. Players in the league must have attended one year of college and must have one year of NCAA eligibility remaining.

The Midnight Sun Game, held at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks on the longest day of each year, is one of the highlights of the Alaska Baseball League season.

In the past, the ABL has sent its top teams to compete at the National Baseball Congress (NBC) World Series, where the league's representatives have won multiple championships. Anchorage has won in 1969, 1971, 1986, 1991, and 2001, Fairbanks in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, and 2002, Kenai in 1977, 1993, and 1994, and Matsu in 1987 and 1997. League teams have also finished second in several years.[1]

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Amateur baseball in the United States

Amateur baseball in the United States

Amateur baseball is baseball in which the players either are not paid for playing, or receive only a modest stipend or employment arranged by the team's boosters. Amateur baseball is played in the United States by players of all ages, from young children to adults.

Collegiate summer baseball

Collegiate summer baseball

Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operate from early June to early August. In contrast to college baseball, which allow aluminum or other composite baseball bats, players in these leagues use only wooden bats, hence the common nickname of these leagues as "wood-bat leagues". Collegiate summer leagues allow college baseball players the ability to compete using professional rules and equipment, giving them experience and allowing professional scouts the opportunity to observe players under such conditions.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Midnight Sun Game

Midnight Sun Game

The Midnight Sun Game is an amateur baseball game played every summer solstice at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Because the sun is out for almost 24 hours a day, the game starts at about 10:30 at night and completes around 1:30 the next morning. However, because Fairbanks's summer time zone differs by about an hour from local solar time, coupled with the state's observance of daylight saving time, the game may not actually last until solar midnight, at about 1:53. Famous players who have appeared in the game include Tom Seaver, Dave Winfield, Terry Francona, Harold Reynolds, Jason Giambi, and Bill "Spaceman" Lee.

Growden Memorial Park

Growden Memorial Park

Growden Memorial Park is an outdoor park in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.Originally called Memorial Park, the park was renamed in 1964 in memory of James Growden who, along with his two sons, lost his life in the tsunami created by the Good Friday Earthquake of 1964. Growden had been active in youth activities in Fairbanks for a number of years.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the population of the city proper at 32,515 and the population of the Fairbanks North Star Borough at 95,655, making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Alaska after Anchorage. The Metropolitan Statistical Area encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and is the northernmost Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States, located 196 miles by road south of the Arctic Circle.

National Baseball Congress

National Baseball Congress

The National Baseball Congress of Wichita, Kansas is an organization of 17 amateur and semi-professional baseball leagues operating in the United States and Canada. Since its founding in 1935 by Hap Dumont, it has conducted an annual North American championship tournament among its members, The National Baseball Congress World Series has been held annually since 1935, at Wichita's Lawrence–Dumont Stadium through 2018; at Wichita State's Eck Stadium in 2019; and jointly at Eck Stadium and Wichita's Riverfront Stadium starting in 2020.

Current teams

Alaska Baseball League (Alaska)

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Anchorage Bucs

Anchorage Bucs

The Anchorage Bucs Baseball Club is a college summer baseball team in Anchorage, Alaska. The team has been a member of the Alaska Baseball League since 1981.

Mulcahy Stadium

Mulcahy Stadium

Mulcahy Stadium is a 3,500-capacity baseball park in Anchorage, Alaska. Built in 1964, it is home to two teams of the Alaska Baseball League: the Anchorage Glacier Pilots and Anchorage Bucs. In addition to the Glacier Pilots and Bucs, high school and American Legion games are played at Mulcahy.

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Matanuska-Susitna Borough, had a population of 398,328 in 2020, accounting for more than half the state's population. At 1,706 sq mi (4,420 km2) of land area, the city is the fourth-largest by area in the United States and larger than the smallest state, Rhode Island, which has 1,212 sq mi (3,140 km2).

Anchorage Glacier Pilots

Anchorage Glacier Pilots

The Anchorage Glacier Pilots are a college summer baseball team in Anchorage, Alaska in the United States. They are part of the Alaska Baseball League, and a member of the National Baseball Congress.

Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks

Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks

The Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks are a college summer baseball club in the Alaska Baseball League (ABL). The Chinooks are based in Chugiak, Alaska, United States. The team is operated by Athletes in Action. Until 2010 the team was based out of Fairbanks under the name AIA Fire. They won their only ABL Championship in 2007.

Mat-Su Miners

Mat-Su Miners

The Mat-Su Miners are a college summer baseball club in the Alaska Baseball League (ABL). The Miners are based in Palmer, Alaska, and their name refers to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough where Palmer is located. The team was founded in 1976 and play their home games at Hermon Brothers Field.

Palmer, Alaska

Palmer, Alaska

Palmer is a city in and the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, located 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska Valley. It is the ninth-largest city in Alaska, and forms part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 5,888, down from 5,937 in 2010.

Peninsula Oilers

Peninsula Oilers

The Peninsula Oilers are a college summer baseball club in the Alaska Baseball League. The Oilers are based in Kenai, Alaska, and their name refers to the Kenai Peninsula region. They are the league's southernmost team. The team was founded in 1974 and play their home games in the 1,300-seat Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark.

Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark

Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark

Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark is a 1,300-seat baseball park in Kenai in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is home to the Peninsula Oilers of the Alaska Baseball League. It was constructed in 1976, and remodeled in 1998. It was formerly known as Oiler Park before being renamed in honor of Coral Seymour, a vital figure in the early history of the Oilers. It is surrounded by spruce trees. It has a natural grass playing field.

Kenai, Alaska

Kenai, Alaska

Kenai is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is one hundred and fifty-eight miles by road southwest from Anchorage. The population was 7,424 as of the 2020 census, up from 7,100 in 2010, the fifteenth-most populated city in the state.

Former teams

Past league champions

  • 2022: Anchorage Glacier Pilots
  • 2021: Anchorage Glacier Pilots
  • 2020: League Not Held
  • 2019: Anchorage Bucs
  • 2018: Mat-Su Miners
  • 2017: Mat-Su Miners
  • 2016: Mat-Su Miners
  • 2015: Anchorage Bucs
  • 2014: Fairbanks Goldpanners
  • 2013: Fairbanks Goldpanners
  • 2012: Anchorage Glacier Pilots
  • 2011: Peninsula Oilers
  • 2010: Mat-Su Miners
  • 2009: Mat-Su Miners
  • 2008: Anchorage Glacier Pilots
  • 2007: Fairbanks AIA Fire
  • 2006: Peninsula Oilers
  • 2005: Fairbanks Goldpanners
  • 2004: Mat-Su Miners
  • 2003: Fairbanks Goldpanners
  • 2002: Fairbanks Goldpanners
  • 2000: Peninsula Oilers
  • 1998: Anchorage Bucs/Peninsula Oilers (tie)
  • 1996: Anchorage Bucs
  • 1994: Fairbanks Goldpanners
  • 1993: Anchorage Bucs
  • 1992: Anchorage Bucs
  • 1991: Anchorage Bucs
  • 1990: Anchorage Bucs

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Aaron Boone

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Jacoby Ellsbury

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Aaron Judge

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Source: "Alaska Baseball League", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, November 3rd), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Baseball_League.

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References
  1. ^ Past NBC World Series Finalists nbcbaseball.com - Retrieved September 5, 2009 Archived March 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Chugiak-Eagle River: "Place of Many Places" - Retrieved May 28, 2012". Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  3. ^ "Jason Castro Player Profile - University of Stanford - Retrieved June 17,2016". Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  4. ^ "Former Player". Anchorage Glacier Pilots. ABL. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  5. ^ Chinooks Ace Mike Jeffreys to Sign - Mention of Josh Donaldson - Retrieved June 17, 2016
  6. ^ "NBC Graduates of the Year nbcbaseball.com, Jacoby Ellsbury - Retrieved September 5, 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  7. ^ Divish, Ryan (December 23, 2014). "Pilots Randy Johnson to Baseball Hall of Fame". Alaska Baseball League. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  8. ^ Before he was a star for the Yankees, Aaron Judge cost the Glacier Pilots a lot of baseballs - Retrieved July 12, 2017
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