Mat-Su Miners Explained

Team:Mat-Su Miners
Founded:1976
League:Alaska Baseball League
Ballpark:Hermon Brothers Field (Capacity: 1,700)
City:Palmer, Alaska
Colors:Green, yellow
Owner:Pete Christopher
Manager:Tyler LeBrun
Championships:NBC (1987, 1997)
ABL (1987, 1990, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018)

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.

The franchise began play as the fourth Alaska-based team of the ABL along with the Fairbanks Goldpanners, Anchorage Glacier Pilots and the Peninsula Oilers for the 1976 season.[1] Originally called the Valley Green Giants, the team would finish the inaugural season in last place.[2] By the 1980 season the franchise would change its name to the Mat-Su Miners which it has been known as ever since.[3] The franchise has won two National Baseball Congress championships for the 1987 and 1997 seasons.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Pilots to play in all-Alaska league . Dave . Woodson . . Anchorage, AK . February 26, 1976 . 9 . June 12, 2010.
  2. News: Kenai squashes Giants . Staff Reporters . . Anchorage, AK . August 10, 1976 . 9 . June 12, 2010.
  3. News: Mat-Su Miners: Starting from scratch . Bill . Stewart . . Anchorage, AK . May 7, 1980 . B1 . June 12, 2010.
  4. http://www.nbcbaseball.com/pastnbcbaseballfinalists.html Past NBC World Series Finalists nbcbaseball.com - Retrieved June 12, 2010