Kitchener Panthers

Kitchener Panthers
League Intercounty Baseball League (1919–present)
Location Kitchener, Ontario
Ballpark Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
Year founded 1919
Nickname(s) Panthers
League championships 10
Former name(s)
  • Kitchener Panthers (1960–present)
  • KW Dutchmen
  • Kitchener Legionnaires
  • Kitchener Panthers (1919–Present)
Former ballparks Victoria Park Downtown Kitchener
Colours Yellow and Black
Manager Dave TeBokherst
General Manager Scott Ballantyne
President Bill Pegg
Media Twitter- @IBL_Panthers Facebook- Kitchener Panthers Baseball Instagram- @IBL_Panthers
Website http://www.kitchenerpanthers.com

The Kitchener Panthers are an independent, minor league baseball team of the semi-pro Intercounty Baseball League based in Kitchener, Ontario. They play their home games at Jack Couch Baseball Park.

History

The Panthers were a founding member of the Intercounty Baseball League (along with Galt, Guelph and Stratford in 1919). 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.

Championships

Kitchener has won ten championships, the second most in the league, behind the Brantford Red Sox with eleven. The Panthers have won in:

  • 1957
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1990
  • 1996
  • 1998
  • 2000
  • 2001

Past players

Current players

Pitchers:

Position players:

2015 season

The Kitchener Panthers had a great start to the 2015 season, first defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs, followed by a great pitching performance the following week in Barrie, Ontario, defeating the Barrie Baycats. They then went on to defeat the Guelph Royals and Brantford Red Sox. They were in 2nd place after 4 games, going 4-0 only behind the London Majors, who started 7-0.

The Panthers' field was being reconstructed so even though their season started in early May, their home opener wasn't until May 28, 2015. In the home opener they played the Burlington Bandits and lost 8-7. Coach Tebo was ejected from the game for arguing a bad call by the umpire. The next Panthers game was on Friday, May 29th, against the Hamilton Cardinals in Hamilton. The Panthers clinched the playoffs 2nd, and they faced the Hamilton Cardinals in the first round in 5 games. The second round went to 7 games against the London Majors. The Panthers won that, so they will play the Barrie Baycats in the finals with game 1 beginning Tuesday, August 25. The Panthers lost the series 4 games to 1 and Barrie won its 2nd straight IBL Championship.

Panthers Hall of Fame

  1. 8 Tom Mckenzie 1966-1980
  2. 9 Bob Mckillop 1966-1977
  3. 10 Kevin Curran 1984-1999
  4. 13 Jeff Pietrazko 1995-2014
  5. 22 Randy Curran 1984-90, 95-2003

References

The Kitchener Panthers themselves

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