The Rimini Baseball Club is a team that played in
Serie A1 Italian Baseball League
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. The team is based in the city of
Rimini
Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...
and plays its home games at the Stadio dei Pirati since 1973.
Rimini has won 13 national championships and three
European Cups during its entire history.
The club participated in the first and highest-tier level of the Italian league pyramid until 2018, then did not participate to the following 2019 Serie A.
Championship titles
*1975; 1979; 1980; 1983; 1987; 1988; 1992; 1999; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2015; 2017
European Cup titles
*1976; 1979; 1989
MLB alumni
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Manny Alexander
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Don August
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Yorman Bazardo
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Matt Beech
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Jim Brower
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Chuck Carr
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Ramón Castro
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Ivanon Coffie
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Chris Colabello
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Francisco Cruceta
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Mark DiFelice
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Mike Ekstrom
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College
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Pete Falcone
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As a senior at Lafayette High School in Brooklyn, N ...
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Tony Fiore
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Mark Funderburk
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Amaury García
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Brian Looney
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José Malavé
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Luis Maza
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Juan Melo
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Bry Nelson
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Dave Nilsson
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Ray Olmedo
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Elvis Peña
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Josh Phelps
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Willis Roberts
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Liu Rodríguez
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Alex Romero
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Mike Saipe
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Oscar Salazar
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Alex Serrano
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Jason Simontacchi
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Tom Urbani
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Jim Vatcher
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Rick Waits
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See also
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Rimini Baseball Club players
Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminus ...
Sources
2015 Rimini rosterRimini Baseball Club official website
(Italian)
Baseball Reference – Italian Baseball League Encyclopedia and History
Baseball teams in Italy
Sport in Emilia-Romagna
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