American Association of Independent Professional Baseball

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Latest revision as of 18:02, 10 May 2012

This article is about the modern American Association founded in 2005. For other uses, see American Association.

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American Association
American Association.png
American Association logo
Sport Baseball
Founded 2006
No. of teams 14
Country(ies) United States
Canada
Most recent champion(s) Grand Prairie AirHogs
Most titles Fort Worth Cats (2)
Official website Official website

The first American Association was formed in 1902 as an independent minor league for larger cities in the midwest. The original members of the league were the St. Paul Apostles, the Minneapolis Millers, the Kansas City Cowboys, the Toledo Mud Hens, the Indianapolis Indians, the Louisville Colonels, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Columbus (OH) Senators. In 1963, the American Association would close its doors. The surviving teams were absorbed by the Pacific Coast League and the International League, the remaining AAA leagues.

In 1969 the American Association returned as the expansion of major league baseball created a need for more Class AAA farm clubs. The original six members of the returning Association were the Indianapolis Indians, the Omaha Royals, the Tulsa Oilers, the Denver Bears, the Iowa Oaks, and the Oklahoma City 89ers. The following year the league would go to eight clubs with the addition of Wichita and Evansville. The league remained fairly stable until 1997 when minor league baseball decided to realign and the American Association was again dropped. As in the prior demise of the league, teams would be absorbed by the other two AAA leagues.

The current American Association of Independent Professional Baseball,[1] based in Durham, North Carolina, is a professional baseball league founded in 2005 and independent of Major League Baseball (MLB). It operates in the Midwestern, Texas and the Canadian province of Manitoba, mostly in cities not served by MLB teams or their minor league affiliates.

Miles Wolff is the league's commissioner.

Contents

[edit] History

The third American Association was founded in October 2005 when Northern League teams left that league. Following the folding of the Central Baseball League, five teams from that league joined with the four former Northern League franchises, and to even things out an expansion team was placed in St. Joseph, Missouri. The league began play in 2006, with a 96-game schedule. The Fort Worth Cats defeated the St. Paul Saints 3 games to 2, to win the first league championship. The same two teams met for the 2007 title, with exactly the same result. In 2008, the Sioux Falls Canaries won the league championship series 3 games to 1 over the Grand Prairie AirHogs.

[edit] Current franchises

American Association of Independent Professional Baseball
Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity
North

1996

4,513

1993

6,069

1993
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

4,500

1994

7,481
Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity
Central

2002

6,139

2003
CommunityAmerica Ballpark

6,537

2001

8,000

1993

3,631

2008

6,400
Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity
South

2010
Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium

8,500

2005

9,725

2007

5,445

2012

6,000

[edit] Former teams

[edit] Champions

[edit] All-star game

The American Association has hosted an annual All-Star Game since its inception. The venue changes annually. The league's first All-Star game was played in El Paso, Texas on July 18, 2006, which pit a team of American Association All-Stars against an All-Star team from the Can-Am League. Its current format pits the all-stars from each division against each other. There was no All Star game in 2011.

Game results
  • 2006 - AAB 5, Can-Am 3
  • 2007 - South 6, North 4
  • 2008 - South 11, North 4
  • 2009 - North 6, South 2
  • 2010 - South 12, North 3
  • 2011 - No All-star game played
Most Valuable Players
  • 2006 - Jake Whitesides, (St. Joe Blacksnakes)
  • 2007 - Jorge Alvarez, (El Paso Diablos)
  • 2008 - Brian Fryer, (Fort Worth Cats)
  • 2009 - Trevor Lawhorn, (Sioux Falls Canaries)
  • 2010 - Chris Garcia, (Shreveport-Bossier Captains)
  • 2011 - Lee Cruz, (Amarillo Sox)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "League History". American Association of Independent Professional Baseball official website. http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/office-history.php. Retrieved 2011-11-23. 
  2. ^ http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/cgi-bin/dist/news_new.cgi?id=1319646773

[edit] External links

American Association of Independent Professional Baseball
North Division Central Division South Division
Sioux Falls Fighting Pheasants
Annual events: All-Star Game · Championship

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