Panathinaikos Baseball

Panathinaikos Baseball Club
Information
League	Greek Baseball League
Location	Athens, Greece
Ballpark	Hellinikon Stadium
Founded	March 2014
Nickname(s)	The Trifolium
League championships	2014
Colors	Green, White
Manager	Tom Mazarakis
Website	panathinaikos1908.gr
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Panathinaikos AC Baseball Team was founded in 2014. Panathinaikos was the first club which organized a baseball game in Greece in 1946.

History

After the end of World War II Panathinaikos A.O attempted to create new sections in the stadium of Leoforou after they repaired it from the damages of German nazi occupation and placed headlights and the new sports ground at the junction of Queen Sophia and Tsoha. Among the sports that were selected was baseball,basketball and handball.

In April 1946 sailed into the bay Phalericon the American Battleship Missouri which had inside the top sporting facilities and between the crew serving exceptional athletes. The athlete of Panathinaikos Kostas Zogas organized baseball matches,basketball and hockey. On 11 April 1946 the Tennis Avenue hosted the first recorded baseball game in Greece between American warships Missouri and Providence. The second baseball game in Greece held again in golf Avenue on June 3, 1955. Team formed by Americans and Greek soldiers prevailed with a score of 14-10.

The department of Panathinaikos baseball was created in March 2014. The first official appearance of the team was the participation in the Greek Cup games against Aris Baseball Club ArisThessaloniki.

Honours

• Greek Baseball League: (1)
  • 2014

2015 roster

Panathinaikos Baseball roster - Qualifier European Cup 2015
Active roster				Coaches
Pitchers 13 Pete Sykaras 14 Konstantinos Kapothanasis 22 Alexandros Gounaris 28 Theodoros Bourdaniotis 77 Dimitris Chatzikiriakos		Catchers  2 Keith Gilmour 27 Georgios Pipergias Infielders  3 Peter Tountas  8 Nikos Mazarakis 12 Thomas Lekas 21 Akhtar Rasool 30 Panagiotis Cheilakis 31 Alexandros Panagiotarakos Outfielders  5 Michael Luna  7 Georgios Soulis  9 Konstantinos Skrimponis 10 Georgios Tsouloufas 17 Spiros Pashalis Ghizas 19 Athanasios Konstas 20 Max Gouoren 33 Athanasios Markou 42 Manolis Mazarakis 38 Iasonas Zachos 66 Garifalos Fradelos		Manager 54 Tom Mazarakis Coaches 35 Nikolaos Antoniadis

Source: baseballstats.eu