Alaska Baseball League
The Alaska Baseball League (ABL) is an amateur collegiate summer baseball league, with six teams located in four Alaskan cities. 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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[edit] Teams
- Anchorage Bucs – Mulcahy Stadium, Anchorage
- Anchorage Glacier Pilots – Mulcahy Stadium, Anchorage
- Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks – Growden Memorial Park, Fairbanks
- Fairbanks Athletes in Action Fire – Growden Memorial Park, Fairbanks
- Mat-Su Miners – Hermon Brothers Field, Palmer
- Peninsula Oilers – Coral Seymour Ballpark, Kenai
[edit] Past league champions
- 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
[edit] Notable alumni
- Bruce Bochte
- Barry Bonds
- Chris Chambliss
- Jeff Francis
- Jason Giambi
- Luis Gonzalez
- Mark Grace
- Brian Horwitz
- Eric Karros
- Mark McGwire
- John Olerud
- Dave Stieb
- Frank Viola
- Dave Winfield
- Brendan Ryan
- JT Snow
- JD Drew
- Doug Mientkiewicz
- Jeff Kent
- CJ Wilson
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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