St. Cloud River Bats

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St. Cloud River Bats

Founded	1997^[1]
Ballpark	Joe Faber Field
Based in	St. Cloud, Minnesota
Team Colors	black, maroon
League	Northwoods League
Team Manager	Tony Arnerich
Vice President	Marc Jerzak^[2]
Owner/General Manager	Joel Sutherland^[2]

The St. Cloud River Bats are a baseball team that plays in the Northwoods League, an NCAA summer baseball league. Their home games are played at the Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The River Bats won the 2007 Northwoods League Championship on Friday, August 17.

[edit] Notable alumni

Chris Basak, New York Yankees
Chris Demaria, Kansas City Royals
Thomas Diamond, 10th overall pick of the 2004 MLB Draft, Texas Rangers
Tom Gorzelanny, Pittsburgh Pirates
Justin Huisman, Kansas City Royals
Robb Quinlan, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

[edit] References

^ Reusse, Patrick. "Newcomer St. Cloud to open play in collegiate league", Star Tribune, 1997-06-09.
^ ^a ^b Meet the Front Office. St. Cloud River Bats. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.

[edit] External links

St. Cloud River Bats - official site
Northwoods League - official site

	This box: view • talk • edit Sports teams based in Minnesota
Baseball	MLB: Minnesota Twins, AA: St. Paul Saints, NwL: Alexandria Beetles • Brainerd Blue Thunder • Duluth Huskies • Mankato MoonDogs • Rochester Honkers • St. Cloud River Bats
Basketball	NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves, WNBA: Minnesota Lynx
Football	NFL: Minnesota Vikings, NWFA: Minnesota Vixen
Hockey	NHL: Minnesota Wild, NAHL: Albert Lea Thunder • Alexandria Blizzard • Owatonna Express, WWHL: Minnesota Whitecaps
Soccer	USL-1: Minnesota Thunder, WL: Minnesota Lightning, NPSL: St. Paul Twin Stars
Lacrosse	NLL: Minnesota Swarm
College athletics (NCAA Division I)	University of Minnesota, Minnesota State University, Mankato (Hockey), St. Cloud State University (Hockey), University of Minnesota Duluth (Hockey) Bemidji State University(Hockey)