Alaska Baseball League Explained

Alaska Baseball League
League:National Baseball Congress
Classification:Collegiate summer baseball
Sport:Baseball
Founded:1974
President:Chris Beck
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Teams:5
Headquarters:Palmer, Alaska
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Champion:Anchorage Glacier Pilots

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

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
Anchorage BucsAnchorageMulcahy Stadium3,500
Anchorage Glacier PilotsAnchorageMulcahy Stadium3,500
Chugiak-Eagle River ChinooksChugiakLoretta French Park600
Mat-Su MinersPalmerHermon Brothers Field1,700
Peninsula OilersKenaiCoral Seymour Memorial Ballpark1,300

Former teams

Past league champions

Notable alumni

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nbcbaseball.com/pastnbcbaseballfinalists.html Past NBC World Series Finalists nbcbaseball.com - Retrieved September 5, 2009
  2. Web site: Jason Castro Player Profile - University of Stanford - Retrieved June 17,2016 . 2016-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160530022737/http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600 . 2016-05-30 . dead .
  3. Web site: Former Player . Anchorage Glacier Pilots . ABL . March 14, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180620232450/http://pointstreaksites.com/view/glacierpilots/news-archives/archives/former-player#C . dead . June 20, 2018.
  4. http://alaskabaseballleague.org/view/alaskabaseballleague/alaska-baseball-league-news-feed/news_80950, Chinooks Ace Mike Jeffreys to Sign - Mention of Josh Donaldson - Retrieved June 17, 2016
  5. Web site: NBC Graduates of the Year nbcbaseball.com, Jacoby Ellsbury - Retrieved September 5, 2009 . 2009-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090814161947/http://www.nbcbaseball.com/nbcwsgraduatesoftheyear.html . 2009-08-14 . dead .
  6. Web site: Divish . Ryan . Pilots Randy Johnson to Baseball Hall of Fame . Alaska Baseball League . March 14, 2020 . December 23, 2014.
  7. https://www.adn.com/sports/2017/05/23/before-he-was-a-star-for-the-yankees-aaron-judge-cost-the-glacier-pilots-a-lot-of-baseballs/ Before he was a star for the Yankees, Aaron Judge cost the Glacier Pilots a lot of baseballs - Retrieved July 12, 2017
  8. Web site: 2009 Hall of Fame . Anchorage Glacier Pilots . ABL . March 14, 2020.

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