North American League

The North American League was an independent league formed in 2011 when teams from the Golden Baseball League, United League Baseball and Northern League joined to form a single league. It played two seasons, folding after the 2012 campaign. Within weeks of opening the league's inaugural season, there was still uncertainty about its line-up of teams. The league faced financial problems from the beginning. The Lake County Fielders were accused of not paying players and coaches for most of the season and in the middle of the season released all but two players and the coaches to replace them with cheaper options. The league decided to end their season a week early after the Na Koa Ikaika Maui folded.

As the league headed into its second season in 2012, it still had ambitious plans. 9 of the 10 original teams were expected back, with Lake County the sole holdout, as well as up to four new franchises. The Henderson Roadrunners and Fullerton Flyers had both been listed in plans for the 2011 season, but were set to begin play a year later, while new franchises were planned for untapped markets in San Rafael, CA and Fort McMurray, AB, the latter a city that had never hosted professional teams before that. The additions confirmed the circuit as the farthest flung geographically in all of baseball, with Fort McMurray the northernmost city to ever field a team, Maui the westernmost, and Yuma being almost on the Mexican border. Problems for the league continued as it was announced that the Chico Outlaws, Edmonton Capitals and Calgary Vipers would not return to the league. With the addition of the Abilene Prairie Dogs and the future of the Fullerton Flyers in question, this left just three teams in the Northern Division and a six team all Texas based Southern Division.

The league disbanded after the 2012 season, with some of its Western teams moving to the new Pacific Association, and its Texas-based teams going to the United League.

2011

2011 Standings

Northern Division							Southern Division
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager		Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager
Edmonton Capitals	56	32	.636	--	Orv Franchuk		San Angelo Colts	52	36	.591	--	Doc Edwards
Calgary Vipers	53	33	.616	3.0	Morgan Burkhart		Rio Grande Valley White Wings	51	37	.580	1.0	Eddie Dennis
Chico Outlaws	41	47	.466	15.0	Mike Marshall		Edinburg Roadrunners	37	52	.416	15.5	Steve Maddock
Lake County Fielders	27	36	.429	16.5	Tim Johnson		McAllen Thunder	37	52	.416	15.5	Matt Stark
Na Koa Ikaika Maui	29	40	.420	17.5	Garry Templeton		Yuma Scorpions	35	53	.398	17.0	Jose Canseco

Playoffs

• Semifinals Edmonton defeated Calgary 4 games to 2; Rio Grande Valley defeated San Angelo 4 games to 0
• Finals Edmonton defeated Rio Grande Valley 4 games to 1

2012

2012 Standings

Northern Division							Southern Division
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager		Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager
San Rafael Pacifics	34	26	.567	--	Mike Marshall		Edinburg Roadrunners	60	36	.625	--	Vince Moore
Maui Na Koa Ikaika	36	30	.545	1.0	Jamie Vermilyea		Fort Worth Cats	52	44	.542	8.0	Curt Wilkerson
Hawaii Stars	25	29	.463	6.0	Garry Templeton, Jr.		Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings	51	44	.537	8.5	Eddie Dennis
Sonoma County Grapes	19	29	.396	9.0	Joe Morello		San Angelo Colts	51	45	.531	9	Doc Edwards
							Abilene Prairie Dogs	34	53	.391	21.5	Bobby Brown
							McAllen Thunder	31	57	.352	25	Al Gallagher

Playoffs

• Semifinals Fort Worth defeated San Angelo 3 games to 0; Edinburgh defeated Rio Grande Valley 2 games to 0
• Finals Edinburgh defeated Fort Worth 3 games to 0

Cities Represented

• Abilene, TX:
  • Abilene Prairie Dogs 2012
• Calgary, AB:
  • Calgary Vipers 2011, moved from Golden Baseball League
• Chico, CA:
  • Chico Outlaws 2011, moved from Golden Baseball League
• Edinburg, TX:
  • Edinburg Roadrunners 2011-2012, moved from United League
• Edmonton, AB:
  • Edmonton Capitals 2011, moved from Golden Baseball League
• Fort Worth, TX
  • Fort Worth Cats 2012, moved from American Association
• Harlingen, TX
  • Rio Grande Valley White Wings 2011-2012, moved from United League
• Hilo, HI:
  • Hawaii Stars 2012
• Maui, HI:
  • Na Koa Ikaika Maui 2011-2012, moved from Golden Baseball League
• McAllen, TX:
  • McAllen Thunder 2011-2012
• San Angelo, TX:
  • San Angelo Colts 2011-2012, moved from United League
• San Rafael, CA:
  • San Rafael Pacifics 2012
• Yuma, AZ:
  • Yuma Scorpions 2011, moved from Golden Baseball League
• Zion, IL:
  • Lake County Fielders 2011, moved from Northern League

The Sonoma County Grapes were a traveling team in 2012.