Kitchener Panthers

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The Kitchener Panthers are an amateur men's baseball team operating out of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, and a founding member of the Intercounty Baseball League (along with Galt, Guelph and Stratord in 1919).

Contents 1 History 2 Championships 3 Past Players 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

[edit] History

The team changed names when the current league began play in 1957 as the Legionnaires and Dutchmen, but reverted to the current name in 1960.

The team plays home games at Jack Couch Centennial Baseball Park on Ottawa Street North.

[edit] Championships

Kitchener has won the most championships in the league:

• 1952
• 1953
• 1957 (as the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)
• 1967
• 1968
• 1971
• 1973
• 1990
• 1996
• 1998
• 2000
• 2001

[edit] Past Players

• Bob McKillop - 4 time MVP and later with the Chicago White Sox
• Gary Ebel - later with the Oakland Athletics
• Ron Smith - San Francisco Giants
• Scott Medvin - Pittsburgh Pirates
• Harry Psutka - later with the Detroit Tigers

[edit] See also

• List of baseball teams in Canada

[edit] External links

• Panthers
• History of the Panthers
• Intercounty Baseball League
• Kitchener, Ontario

[edit] References

• Intercounty Major Baseball League's 1998 Record Book by Editor Herb Morell and Dominico Promotions Inc.