 A photograph taken at midnight during the 2005 game, June 21, 2005. The Midnight Sun Game is a baseball game played every summer solstice at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Because the sun is out for almost 24 hours a day, the game starts at about 10:30 at night and completes around 1:30 the next morning. Famous players who have appeared in the game include Tom Seaver, Dave Winfield, Terry Francona, Harold Reynolds, and Jason Giambi. The first game was in 1906. Artificial light has never been used. The sun does dip below the horizon for about an hour. Since 1960, the game has been hosted by the Alaska Baseball League's Fairbanks-based Alaska Goldpanners. Starting the game in 2008 was Boston Red Sox "Spaceman" Bill Lee. He last pitched in the game in 1967, and avenged a loss to the Japanese national champions that year by beating the Southern California Running Birds, 10-6. Past game scores- 1960: Goldpanners 11, Fairbanks Pioneers 0
- 1961: Goldpanners 10, North of the Range Military All-Stars 4
- 1962: Goldpanners 8, North of the Range Military All-Stars 3
- 1977: Goldpanners 12, Red Deer M&K Generals (Alberta, Canada) 11
- 1978: Wichita El Dorado Coors 10, Goldpanners 1
- 1986: Goldpanners 8, San Francisco Senators 1
- 1987: Mat-Su Miners 2, Goldpanners 1
- 1993: Goldpanners 10, South Lake Tahoe Stars 4
- 1994: Goldpanners 15, San Diego Stars 6
- 1995: Goldpanners 10, San Francisco Seals 4
- 1996: Goldpanners 5, Anchorage Bucs 3
- 1997: Goldpanners 12, Kelowna Grizzlies 0
- 1998: Goldpanners 14, Kelowna Grizzlies 7
- 2001: Goldpanners 2, Oceanside Waves 1
- 2002: Goldpanners 2, California Dons 1
- 2003: Goldpanners 3, California Dons 1
- 2005: Goldpanners 3, Omaha Strike Zone 1
- 2007: Oceanside Waves 5, Goldpanners 1
- 2008: Goldpanners 10, Southern California Running Birds 6
- 2009: Goldpanners 6, Lake Erie Monarchs 3
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