New England Collegiate Baseball League
Upcoming season or competition: 2022 NECBL season |
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Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | 1993 |
Motto | Keep your eye on the dream |
No. of teams | 14 |
Country | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | Martha's Vineyard Sharks (1) |
Most titles | Newport Gulls (6) |
Official website | www |
The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) is a 14-team collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule during June and July, with a playoff in early August. Like the Cape Cod Baseball League and other amateur leagues, the NECBL is a showcase for top college-level players, giving professional baseball scouts a chance to see prospective pros playing against each other. Along with the Cape Cod Baseball League, Northwoods League, and Coastal Plain League, it is considered one of the top summer leagues in the country and is a part of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball. In 2019, the Collegiate Summer Baseball Register ranked the NECBL as the 2nd best collegiate summer baseball league, behind only the Cape Cod League.[1][2][3]
Founded in 1993, the NECBL began its direction under George Foster, former Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets All-Star and Major League Baseball home run leader, and Emmy Award-winning television producer/director Joseph Consentino. Play started in 1994 and today the NECBL has become a fourteen-team league that plays in all six New England states.[4] It recruits players attending U.S. colleges from New England, the other 44 states, and foreign countries, provided that they come from NCAA-sanctioned colleges or universities, are in good academic standing, have completed at least one year of athletic eligibility, and have at least one year of eligibility remaining.
The NECBL's current commissioner is Sean McGrath, former general manager of the North Adams SteepleCats. McGrath replaced Mario Tiani, who retired following the 2012 season.
Contents
League structure
The NECBL became a 13-team league in 2013 with the addition of teams in Rhode Island (Ocean State Waves), Massachusetts (Plymouth Pilgrims) and New York (Saratoga Brigade) (the league's first team to operate outside New England), but reverted to 12 teams after the Brigade folded. On October 30, 2015, the league announced that the Upper Valley Nighthawks would begin play in 2016 in Hartford, Vermont, bringing the league back to 13 teams.[5] The Plymouth Pilgrims ceased operations after the 2018 season[6] but were replaced by the Martha's Vineyard Sharks, a former member of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL). The New Bedford BaySox ceased after the 2019 season, replaced by the Bristol Blues, who also moved from the FCBL.[7] The North Shore Navigators returned to the league in 2021 after nine years in the FCBL.[8]
Teams
Current teams
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Relocated or renamed teams
Defunct teams
Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Years |
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Fairfield Stallions | Fairfield, Connecticut | Alumni Baseball Diamond | 1,000 | 1994 |
Bristol Nighthawks | Bristol, Connecticut | Muzzy Field | 4,900 | 1994–1995 |
Waterbury Barons | Waterbury, Connecticut | Municipal Stadium | 6,000 | 1994–1996 |
Central Mass Collegians | Leominster, Massachusetts | Doyle Field | 6,200 | 1995–1999 |
Riverpoint Royals | West Warwick, Rhode Island | McCarthy Field | 2,500 | 1996–2004 |
Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide | Old Orchard Beach, Maine | The Ball Park | 6,000 | 2000–2011 |
Saratoga Brigade | Saratoga Springs, New York | East Side Recreation | 2013 | |
Plymouth Pilgrims | Plymouth, Massachusetts | Forges Field | 2013-2018 | |
New Bedford Bay Sox | New Bedford, Massachusetts | Paul Walsh Field | 1997–2019 |
Season structure
In the 2021 season, the league was divided into two seven-team divisions, the North Division and the South Division. During the regular season, teams played 44 regular-season games, solely against division opponents, because of COVID-19 travel concerns. Scheduled doubleheaders were seven-inning games.
The top four teams from each division qualified for the eight-team playoff bracket, in which teams played best-of-three series to determine the champion.
For 2022, the NECBL went to three divisions, with a single pair of games against each out-of-division team.
Past champions
Franchise | Titles | Last Title | Appearances |
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Newport Gulls | 6 | 2014 | 11 |
Keene Swamp Bats | 5 | 2019 | 7 |
North Shore Navigators | 4 | 2010 | 4 |
Middletown Giants | 3 | 1999 | 3 |
Vermont Mountaineers | 3 | 2015 | 5 |
Central Mass Collegians | 2 | 1996 | 2 |
Mystic Schooners | 2 | 2016 | 3 |
Sanford Mainers | 2 | 2008 | 4 |
Valley Blue Sox | 2 | 2018 | 2 |
Danbury Westerners | 1 | 2021 | 5 |
Martha's Vineyard Sharks | 1 | 2022 | 2 |
New Bedford Bay Sox | 0 | 4 | |
Ocean State Waves | 0 | 2 | |
Bristol Nighthawks | 0 | 1 | |
Winnipesaukee Muskrats | 0 | 1 | |
Waterbury Barons | 0 | 1 | |
Riverpoint Royals | 0 | 0 | |
Fairfield Stallions | 0 | 0 | |
North Adams SteepleCats | 0 | 0 | |
Plymouth Pilgrims | 0 | 0 | |
Saratoga Brigade | 0 | 0 | |
Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide | 0 | 0 | |
Upper Valley Nighthawks | 0 | 0 |
In the NECBL's history, the most successful team is the Newport Gulls, with six league championships and eleven championship series appearances (including one championship appearance as the Cranston, Rhode Island-based Rhode Island Gulls). The Keene Swamp Bats are next with five league titles and the North Shore Navigators have four.[14]
Notable alumni
The following former NECBL players have gone on to play in Major League Baseball.[16] Former NECBL players have reached the major league rosters of all thirty MLB teams, the thirtieth team being the Philadelphia Phillies when, in September 2015, Brian Bogusevic debuted with the team.[17]
Major League Baseball alumni of the New England Collegiate Baseball League
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Name | Position | NECBL Team | MLB Debut Team | MLB Debut Year |
Joe Nathan | P | Fairfield Stallions | San Francisco Giants | 1999 |
Chad Paronto | P | Middletown Giants | Cleveland Indians | 2000 |
Scott Chiasson | P | Eastern Tides | Chicago Cubs | 2000 |
Alfredo Amezaga | SS | Keene Swamp Bats | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2002 |
Earl Snyder | 1B/OF | Danbury Westerners/Middletown Giants | Cleveland Indians | 2002 |
Mike Smith | P | Middletown Giants | Toronto Blue Jays | 2002 |
Mark Malaska | P/OF | Danbury Westerners | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 2003 |
Matt White | P | Danbury Westerners | Boston Red Sox | 2003 |
Pete Zoccolillo | OF | Danbury Westerners | Milwaukee Brewers | 2003 |
Jason Szuminski | P | Newport Gulls | San Diego Padres | 2004 |
Jeff Keppinger | 2B | Keene Swamp Bats | New York Mets | 2004 |
Val Majewski | OF | Eastern Tides | Baltimore Orioles | 2004 |
Craig Breslow | P | Middletown Giants | San Diego Padres | 2005 |
Keith Reed | OF | Rhode Island Reds | Baltimore Orioles | 2005 |
Tim Stauffer | P | Keene Swamp Bats | San Diego Padres | 2005 |
Jason Bergmann | P | Danbury Westerners | Washington Nationals | 2005 |
Chris Denorfia | OF | Manchester Silkworms | Cincinnati Reds | 2005 |
Charlton Jimerson | CF | Torrington Twisters | Houston Astros | 2005 |
Doug Clark | LF | Middletown Giants | San Francisco Giants | 2005 |
Andre Ethier | OF | Keene Swamp Bats | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2006 |
Kurt Birkins | P | Torrington Twisters | Baltimore Orioles | 2006 |
Sean Green | P | Torrington Twisters | Seattle Mariners | 2006 |
Zach Jackson | P | Manchester Silkworms | Milwaukee Brewers | 2006 |
Jeff Fulchino | P | Keene Swamp Bats | Florida Marlins | 2006 |
Chris Iannetta | C | Newport Gulls | Colorado Rockies | 2006 |
Brian Wilson | P | Keene Swamp Bats | San Francisco Giants | 2006 |
Jonah Bayliss | P | Manchester Silkworms | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2006 |
Brian Slocum | P | Danbury Westerners | Cleveland Indians | 2006 |
Rajai Davis | CF | Middletown Giants | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2006 |
Mike Rabelo | C | Torrington Twisters | Detroit Tigers | 2006 |
Joe Smith | P | North Adams SteepleCats | New York Mets | 2007 |
Andy LaRoche | IF | Keene Swamp Bats | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2007 |
Matt DeSalvo | P | Danbury Westerners | New York Yankees | 2007 |
Kevin Slowey | P | Sanford Mainers | Minnesota Twins | 2007 |
Andy Sonnanstine | P | Sanford Mainers | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 2007 |
Matt Tupman | C | Concord Quarry Dogs/Mill City All-Americans | Kansas City Royals | 2008 |
Matt Joyce | OF | Danbury Westerners | Detroit Tigers | 2008 |
Bobby Wilson | C | North Adams SteepleCats | Los Angeles Angels | 2008 |
Chris Lambert | P | Concord Quarry Dogs | Detroit Tigers | 2008 |
Mike Ekstrom | P | North Adams SteepleCats | San Diego Padres | 2008 |
Luke Carlin | C | Keene Swamp Bats | Arizona Diamondbacks | 2008 |
Jesse Carlson | P | Middletown Giants | Toronto Blue Jays | 2008 |
Bryan LaHair | 1B | Keene Swamp Bats | Seattle Mariners | 2008 |
Jason Motte | P | Sanford Mainers | St. Louis Cardinals | 2008 |
Mike Parisi | P | Middletown Giants/ Torrington Twisters | St. Louis Cardinals | 2008 |
Mitchell Boggs | P | Newport Gulls | St. Louis Cardinals | 2008 |
Jeff Baisley | 3B | Danbury Westerners | Oakland Athletics | 2008 |
Bobby Korecky | P | Torrington Twisters | Minnesota Twins | 2008 |
Ryan Hanigan | C | Lowell All-Americans | Cincinnati Reds | 2008 |
Joe Martinez | P | Danbury Westerners | San Francisco Giants | 2009 |
Andrew Bailey | P | Lowell All-Americans | Oakland Athletics | 2009 |
Jack Egbert | P | Danbury Westerners | Chicago White Sox | 2009 |
Jarrett Hoffpauir | 2B | Danbury Westerners | St. Louis Cardinals | 2009 |
Reid Gorecki | RF | Manchester Silkworms | Atlanta Braves | 2009 |
Jason Berken | P | Keene Swamp Bats | Baltimore Orioles | 2009 |
Dusty Hughes | P | Danbury Westerners | Kansas City Royals | 2009 |
Brian Bogusevic | P | Danbury Westerners | Houston Astros | 2010 |
Rob Delaney | P | Pittsfield / Vermont Mountaineers | Minnesota Twins | 2010 |
Jeff Frazier | OF | Danbury Westerners | Tampa Bay Rays | 2010 |
Cole Gillespie | OF | North Adams SteepleCats | Arizona Diamondbacks | 2010 |
Frank Hermann | P | Berkshire Dukes | Cleveland Indians | 2010 |
Adam Ottavino | P | Danbury Westerners | St. Louis Cardinals | 2010 |
Stephen Strasburg | P | Torrington Twisters | Washington Nationals | 2010 |
David Carpenter | P | Vermont Mountaineers | Houston Astros | 2011 |
Blake Davis | SS | North Adams SteepleCats | Baltimore Orioles | 2011 |
Graham Godfrey | P | Manchester Silkworms | Oakland Athletics | 2011 |
Ryan Lavarnway | C | Manchester Silkworms | Boston Red Sox | 2011 |
Stephen Lombardozzi | 2B | Holyoke Blue Sox | Washington Nationals | 2011 |
Darin Mastroianni | CF | Vermont Mountaineers | Toronto Blue Jays | 2011 |
Andy Parrino | 2B | Manchester Silkworms | San Diego Padres | 2011 |
Evan Scribner | P | North Adams SteepleCats | San Diego Padres | 2011 |
Adam Wilk | P | Newport Gulls | Detroit Tigers | 2011 |
Matt Adams | 1B | Pittsfield Dukes | St. Louis Cardinals | 2012 |
Scott Barnes | P | Holyoke Giants | Cleveland Indians | 2012 |
Jeff Beliveau | P | Newport Gulls | Chicago Cubs | 2012 |
Christian Friedrich | P | Vermont Mountaineers | Colorado Rockies | 2012 |
Blake Lalli | C | Vermont Mountaineers | Chicago Cubs | 2012 |
Matt McBride | LF | Holyoke Giants | Colorado Rockies | 2012 |
Mike Olt | 3B | Danbury Westerners | Texas Rangers | 2012 |
Dan Otero | P | Newport Gulls | San Francisco Giants | 2012 |
A. J. Pollock | CF | Vermont Mountaineers | Arizona Diamondbacks | 2012 |
Media
All NECBL games are broadcast online through the NECBL Broadcast Network from Blueframe, with Pointstreak providing live stats for all games.[18]
On May 14, 2010, the league signed an agreement with Pointstreak. Pointstreak provides "real-time scoring, official statistics, and administration services" to the NECBL. A highlight of Pointstreak's services is Game Live, a real-time statistics feature providing play-by-play for every NECBL game.[19]
In 2020, the league announced that Blueframe would provide the official streaming service for the league.
See also
Notes
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External links
Team websites
- Danbury Westerners
- Keene Swampbats
- Mystic Schooners
- New Bedford Bay Sox
- Newport Gulls
- North Adams SteepleCats
- Ocean State Waves
- Plymouth Pilgrims
- Sanford Mainers
- Valley Blue Sox
- Vermont Mountaineers
- Winnipesaukee Muskrats
- North Shore Navigators
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