Mat-Su Miners

• Location: Palmer, AK
• League: Alaska Baseball League 1980-present
• Stadium: Hermon Brothers Field

Team Bio

The Mat-Su Miners were founded in 1976 as the Valley Green Giants. The Giants were originally owned and operated by the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks as an expansion team to the Alaska Baseball League. The team were renamed in 1980 when they severed ties with the Goldpanners. In a visible effort to make a clean break, the people of Palmer, AK chose the Mat-Su Miners name. "Mat-Su" is the local vernacular for the Matanuska-Susitna River Valley.·

In 1987 the Miners won the Alaska Baseball League Championship and traveled to the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kansas. Despite winning the tournament the Miners had to use almost their entire budget for the following season to make trip. As a result, the Miners were not able to bring any players up from the lower 48 states of the continental United States. The Miners sat out the 1988 season, but resumed for the 1989 season. The Miners have won the National Baseball Congress World Series twice.

NBC Finals Appearances

• 1987 beat the Wichita Broncos 11-8
• 1997 beat the Nevada Griffons (MO) 10-9
• 2004 lost to the Aloha Knights 7-0

Yearly record since 1997

Year	Record	Manager	NBC World Series
1997	31-18	Dave Ravitz	Champions
1998	21-24	Pete Wilk
1999	20-24	Pete Wilk
2000	16-14	Bob Myers
2001	28-19	Bob Myers	4-2
2002	19-30	Travis Young
2003	24-23	Kevin Edwards
2004	27-15	Mike Buchmiller	Runner Up
2005	28-15	Jimmy Smith
2006	19-15	Matt Dorey
2007	24-11	Jeff Pritchard
2008	21-14	Conor Bird
2009	28-17	Russell Raley

Year	Record	Manager	Playoffs
2010	31-14	Russell Raley
2011	21-15	Brian Yocke
2012	16-24	Chris Gordon
2013	20-15	Ben Taylor
2014	26-14	Ben Taylor	Runners Up
2015	34-11	Ben Taylor	Runners Up
2016	28-19	Ben Taylor	Champions
2017	30-14	Ben Taylor	Champions
2018	27-17	Ben Taylor	Champions
2019	26-18	Tyler LeBrun	1st Round
2021	30-13	Tyler LeBrun	1st Round
2022	28-12	Tyler LeBrun
2023	24-17	Tyler LeBrun	Runners Up

Notable Miners Alumni

• Craig Counsell
• Ryan McGuire
• Jeff Brantley
• Mike Devereaux,
• Dave Schmidt
• Kevin Romine
• Ron Roenicke
• Steve Trachsel
• Travis Baptist
• Brandon Duckworth
• Abe Alvarez
• Eric Bruntlett
• Todd Dreifort

Related Links

• Mat-Su Miners Home Page

• Alaska Baseball League