Panathinaikos Baseball

Panathinaikos AC Baseball Team is a Greek baseball club. The current iteration was founded in 2014. Panathinaikos was the first club which organized a baseball game in Greece in 1946.[1]

Panathinaikos Baseball Club
Information
League	Greek Baseball League
Location	Athens, Greece
Ballpark	Hellinikon Stadium
Year founded	March 2014
Nickname(s)	The Trifolium
League championships	2014
Colors	Green, White
Manager	Tom Mazarakis
Website	panathinaikos1908.gr
Uniforms
Home Away

History

After the end of World War II, Panathinaikos A.O attempted to create new sections in the stadium of Leoforou after they repaired it from the damages of Nazi occupation and placed headlights and the new sports ground at the junction of Queen Sophia and Tsoha. Among the sports that were selected was baseball, basketball and handball.

In April 1946, the USS Missouri sailed into the bay Phalericon. The Missouri had top sporting facilities aboard and exceptional athletes serving on its crew. Kostas Zogas, a Panathinaikos athlete, organized baseball, basketball and hockey games. On 11 April 1946 the Tennis Avenue hosted the first recorded baseball game in Greece between the American warships Missouri and Providence. The second baseball game in Greece was held on Golf Avenue on June 3, 1955. A team of Americans and Greek soldiers prevailed by a score of 14-10.[2]

The department of Panathinaikos baseball was created in March 2014. The first official appearance of the team was the participation in the Greek Cup games against Aris Baseball Club ArisThessaloniki.

Honours

• Greek Baseball League: (1)
  • 2014

2015 roster

Panathinaikos Baseball roster - Qualifier European Cup 2015
Active roster				Coaches
Pitchers 13 Pete Sykaras 14 Konstantinos Kapothanasis 22 Alexandros Gounaris 28 Theodoros Bourdaniotis 77 Dimitris Chatzikiriakos		Catchers  2 Keith Gilmour 27 Georgios Pipergias Infielders  3 Peter Tountas  8 Nikos Mazarakis 12 Thomas Lekas 21 Akhtar Rasool 30 Panagiotis Cheilakis 31 Alexandros Panagiotarakos Outfielders  5 Michael Luna  7 Georgios Soulis  9 Konstantinos Skrimponis 10 Georgios Tsouloufas 17 Spiros Pashalis Ghizas 19 Athanasios Konstas 20 Max Gouoren 33 Athanasios Markou 42 Manolis Mazarakis 38 Iasonas Zachos 66 Garifalos Fradelos		Manager 54 Tom Mazarakis Coaches 35 Nikolaos Antoniadis

Source: baseballstats.eu[3]

References

1. http://panathinaikos1908.gr/sports.php?id=17
2. http://panathinaikos1908.gr/bestofpao.php?id=85
3. http://www.baseballstats.eu/2015/athens/rosters.php?roster=gre