Peninsula Oilers
From BR Bullpen
- Location: Kenai, Alaska
- League: Alaska Baseball League
- Home Field: Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark
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[edit] Team Bio
Founded in 1974, the Peninsula Oilers are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team playing in the Alaska Baseball League. The Oilers make their home in Kenai, AK and in the past have been known as the Kenai Oilers and the Kenai Peninsula Oilers. The Oilers play thier home games at Coral Seymour Memorial Stadium in Kenai.
Like other Summer Collegiate Baseball teams, the Peninsula Oilers are dedicated and designed to providing minor league level competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The Oilers operate in a similar manner to a Minor League team: playing nightly in stadiums before fans, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. Like all other summer collegiate players, the Oilers are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.
- All games are broadcast on KSRM 920 AM
[edit] 2007 On Field Staff
- Head Coach: Thad Johnson- Riverside Community College
- Assistant Coach: Brian Hickman- Eastern Oklahoma State College
- Assistant Coach: Daniel Boyle- Cosumnes River College
- Trainer: Lauren Hensley- Oral Roberts University
[edit] Championships and Honors
- 1977 National Baseball Congress World Series Champions
- 1991 2nd place National Baseball Congress World Series
- 1993 National Baseball Congress World Series Champions
- 1994 National Baseball Congress World Series Champions
- 2006 Alaska Baseball League Champions
[edit] Notable Oilers Alumni
- Dave Stieb
- Atlee Hammaker
- Jimmy Key
- John Olerud
- Frank Viola
- Bobby Thigpen
- Jeff Cirillo
- Bob Tewksbury
- Rich Aurilia
- Jeff Treadway
- Doug Mientkiewicz
- J.D. Drew
- J.T. Snow
[edit] Related Links
Peninsula Oilers Home Page National Baseball Congress Home Page
