Alaska_Baseball_League Knowpia

Alaska Baseball League
League	National Baseball Congress
Classification	Collegiate summer baseball
Sport	Baseball
Founded	1974
President	Chris Beck
No. of teams	5
Country	United States
Headquarters	Palmer, Alaska
Most recent; champion(s)	Anchorage Glacier Pilots
Official website	alaskabaseballleague.org

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

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]

Current teams edit

Anchorage Bucs – Mulcahy Stadium, Anchorage
Anchorage Glacier Pilots – Mulcahy Stadium, Anchorage
Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks – Loretta French Park, Chugiak (Note: they were previously the Athletes in Action Fire)^[2]
Mat-Su Miners – Hermon Brothers Field, Palmer
Peninsula Oilers – Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark, Kenai

Alaska Baseball League (Alaska)

Former teams edit

North Pole Nicks 1980–1987
Palouse Empire Cougars 1986–1991
Hawaii Island Movers 1986–2001
San Francisco Senators 1988
Athletes in Action Fire 2001–2011
Valley Green Giants 1976–1979
Cook Inlet Bucs 1980–1983
Alaska Goldpanners 1974–2010; 2012–2015

Past league champions edit

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

Notable alumni edit

References edit

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