2005 NECBL season

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2005 NECBL season
Regular season
DatesJune 7 – August 1
Playoffs
Start dateAugust 2
Quarterfinal 1Newport over Danbury
Quarterfinal 2North Adams over Manchester
Quarterfinal 3Keene over Sanford
Quarterfinal 4Vermont over Holyoke
Semifinal 1Newport over North Adams
Semifinal 2Vermont over Keene
NECBL Championship Series
DateAugust 8–9
Site Cardines Field, Recreation Field
ChampionsNewport
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The 2005 NECBL season was the 12th season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league reduced its membership from thirteen teams to twelve teams with the league's West Warwick, Rhode Island franchise, the Riverpoint Royals, dropping out of the league. [1] Also, the league's Hinsdale, Massachusetts franchise, the Berkshire Dukes, moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts and became the Pittsfield Dukes.

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In the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Newport defeated Danbury 2-0 (3-2,8-0), North Adams defeated Manchester 2-1 (5-3,4-5,2-1), Keene defeated Sanford 2-0 (2-1,6-3), and Vermont defeated Holyoke 2-0 (9-0,8-2). In the semifinal rounds, Newport defeated North Adams 2-0 (7-1,3-2) and Vermont defeated Keene 2-1 (7-5,0-7,5-1). In the championship round, Newport defeated Vermont 11-2 in game 1 and 6-2 in game 2 to capture the NECBL championship. [2]

Regular season standings

Key to colors in standings
Top four of each division advanced to 2005 NECBL playoffs

Northern Division

TeamWinsLossesWin Pct.
Keene Swamp Bats 3013.698
Vermont Mountaineers 2519.568
Holyoke Giants 2319.548
Sanford Mainers 2319.548
Concord Quarry Dogs 2022.476
Mill City All-Americans 1527.357

Southern Division

TeamWinsLossesWin Pct.
Newport Gulls 2516.610
Manchester Silkworms 2220.524
Danbury Westerners 2022.476
North Adams SteepleCats 2022.476
Torrington Twisters 1923.452
Pittsfield Dukes 1131.262

League leaders

CategoryPlayerTeamStat
AvgCyle HankerdNewport.383
ERATroy MartinKeene0.77
HAndrew DavisKeene56
RGarrett OlsonKeene37
RBISteffan WilsonTorrington39
2BAndrew DavisKeene14
3BJeff VincentDanbury5
HRKyle BraultVermont9
TBSteffan WilsonTorrington92
SBWill BashelorConcord21
KTerry DoylePittsfield79

[3]

League awards

AwardPlayerNECBL team
Most Valuable PlayerCyle HankerdNewport
Top Pro ProspectJosh FieldsKeene
Offensive Player of the YearCyle HankerdNewport
10th Player AwardRyan ReidSanford
Defensive Player of the Year Chris Cates North Adams
Top PitcherTroy MartinKeene
Top Relief PitcherJosh FieldsKeene
Sportsmanship AwardMatt RizzottiVermont
Rookie of the YearJosh FieldsKeene
Most Improved PlayerTroy MartinKeene
Manager of the YearJohn RussoVermont
Umpire of the YearDan Collins

[4]

Attendance

RnkTeamYear TotalGame AverageRnk Change¿Total Att ChangeGame Avg Change
1 Keene Swamp Bats 37,3621,779+0-1,924-91
2 Vermont Mountaineers 37,7511,707+1+3,234+64
3 Newport Gulls 33,7591,687-1-2,204-111
4 Pittsfield Dukes†32,4521,545+6+24,320+1,158
5 North Adams SteepleCats 26,2301,249-1-2,227-106
6 Torrington Twisters 19,980951-1-3,374-161
7 Sanford Mainers 14,692699+0+1,932+92
8 Manchester Silkworms 10,672508+1+998+48
9 Holyoke Giants 10,049478-1-1,465-70
10 Concord Quarry Dogs 9,920472-4-9,710-462
11 Danbury Westerners 5,601280+0+33+2
12 Mill City All-Americans 2,665126+0-506-25
TOTALNECBL240,953960—+6,530+92

[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2005webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.std Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine NECBL standings archive, URL accessed December 13, 2008
  2. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2005playoffstats/confstat.HTM Archived 2006-05-16 at archive.today NECBL playoff archive, URL accessed December 13, 2008
  3. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2005webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.lgt Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine NECBL leaders archive, URL accessed December 12, 2008
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2010-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) NECBL awards archive, URL accessed December 13, 2008
  5. ↑ "New England Collegiate Baseball League". Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-12-27. NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 27, 2008

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