2009 NECBL season

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2009 NECBL season
Regular season
DatesJune 6 – July 31
Playoffs
Start dateAugust 2 [1]
West Semifinal 1Keene vs. Holyoke [1]
West Semifinal 2North Adams vs. Vermont [1]
East Semifinal 1Newport vs. New Bedford [1]
East Semifinal 2Sanford vs. North Shore [1]
West FinalVermont vs. Holyoke [1]
East FinalNewport vs. Sanford [1]
NECBL Championship Series
DateAugust 8–10 [1]
Site Montpelier Recreation Field, Cardines Field [1]
Champions Newport Gulls [1]
←  2008 NECBL seasons 2010  →

The 2009 NECBL season is the 16th season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league. The league's Torrington, Connecticut franchise, the Torrington Twisters, moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts and became the New Bedford Bay Sox. [2] Due to the move, the League realigned into the East and West Divisions with 6 teams each. [3]

Contents

In the championship series, the East Division champion Newport Gulls defeated the West Division champion Vermont Mountaineers after each team advanced through the playoffs. [1]

Regular season standings

Key to colors in standings
Top four of each division advanced to 2009 NECBL playoffs

East Division

TeamWinsLossesWin Pct.GB
Newport Gulls 3110.756-
Sanford Mainers 2316.5907
North Shore Navigators 2021.48811
New Bedford Bay Sox 1724.41514
Manchester Silkworms 1326.33317
Lowell All-Americans 1328.31718

West Division

TeamWinsLossesWin Pct.GB
Keene Swamp Bats 2713.675-
North Adams SteepleCats 2516.6102.5
Vermont Mountaineers 2019.5136.5
Holyoke Blue Sox 2021.4887.5
Danbury Westerners 1922.4638.5
Pittsfield American Defenders 1325.34213

[4]

All-star game

The NECBL's 2009 All-Star Game was hosted by the West Division's Holyoke Blue Sox. The event was held at Mackenzie Stadium in Holyoke, Massachusetts on July 18, 2009. The West Division won the game 6-5. The game was attended by 4,906, setting a new record for All-Star Game attendance. Holyoke's Jake Rosenbeck was named the game's MVP. [5]

Playoffs

Eight teams qualified for the 2009 NECBL playoffs, which consisted of three rounds of best-of-three series. In the championship series, East Division champion Newport defeated West Division champion Vermont 2-1.

League leaders

CategoryPlayerTeamStat
HSteven RosadoVermont49
RMark MicowskiSanford34
RBIJohn SchultzNorth Adams30
2BDavid GustafsonLowell15
3BMark MicowskiSanford7
HRPaul HoilmanNorth Adams8
TBDavid GustafsonLowell68
SBJohn SchultzNorth Adams19
KBrach DavisNorth Adams66

[6]

League awards

Weekly awards

Year-end awards

AwardPlayerNECBL team
Most Valuable PlayerJim WoodHolyoke
Top Pro ProspectAdam ConleyKeene
Batting ChampionCasey LytlePittsfield
10th Player AwardPeter VerdinKeene
Defensive Player of the YearAlan FredrikssonNew Bedford
Top PitcherAdam ConleyKeene
Top Relief PitcherTyler MizenkoSanford
Sportsmanship AwardDave GustafsonLowell
Rookie of the YearAdam ConleyKeene
Most Improved PlayerAaron WestlakeNewport
Manager of the YearMike CoombsNewport
Umpire of the YearDan Collins

[8]

All-NECBL Teams

Top 10 prospects

The following is a list of the NECBL's top 10 professional prospects for the 2009 season, as ranked by Baseball America. [9]

Rk.PlayerPositionNECBL TeamCollege
1Devin Jones P Danbury Mississippi St.
2Peter Verdin OF, C Keene Georgia
3Tyler Mizenko P Sanford Winthrop
4Troy Scott 1B Newport Washington
5Joey Bergman 3B Newport College of Charleston
6Taylor Featherston SS New Bedford TCU
7Adam Conley P Keene Washington St.
8Chad Arnold P NewportWashington St.
9Andrew Benak P Vermont Rice
10Andrew Kittredge P NewportWashington

Regular season attendance

The Newport Gulls led the league in attendance for the fourth consecutive season, while the Lowell All-Americans finished last in the league for the fifth straight year. New Bedford, Danbury, and Newport showed the greatest increase in average attendance, while Keene and Vermont showed the greatest decrease.

The top 6 teams in attendance also ranked in the top 50 in national collegiate summer league attendance. The Newport Gulls were ranked third, with the Vermont Mountaineers (24th), Keene Swamp Bats (26th), Holyoke Blue Sox (32nd), New Bedford Bay Sox (42nd), and North Adams SteepleCats (45th) also finishing in the top 50. [10]

RnkTeamYear TotalGame AverageRnk Change¿Total Att ChangeGame Avg Change
1 Newport Gulls 45,5472,277+0+1,424+176
2 Keene Swamp Bats 28,6671,433+0-8,308-327
3 Vermont Mountaineers 24,3061,350+0-8,500-370
4 Holyoke Blue Sox 24,2841,156+1+1,855+88
5 New Bedford Bay Sox†23,7001,128+2+5,834+278
6 North Adams SteepleCats 20,5111,025-2-6,113-99
7 Pittsfield American Defenders‡15,165798-1-2,663-93
8 North Shore Navigators 14,924710+0+3,713+150
9 Sanford Mainers 9,818516+0-1,695-32
10 Danbury Westerners 10,642506+1+4,945+222
11 Manchester Silkworms 7,379368-1-1,493-54
12 Lowell All-Americans 4,644221+0+2,148+103
TOTALNECBL229,587953—-5,853-24

[11] [12]

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  2. ↑ "Torrington Twisters to Relocate to New Bedford", URL accessed February 10, 2009. Archived 2009-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Newport Gulls to Change Divisions in 2009" Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine , URL accessed February 10, 2009
  4. ↑ NECBL standings at necbl.com; URL accessed August 1, 2009. Archived 2009-08-02.
  5. ↑ West Wins All-Star game in Holyoke, Hometown Hero gets MVP at necbl.com, URL accessed August 21, 2009. Archived 2009-09-07.
  6. ↑ Leaders Summary at necbl.com; URL accessed August 1, 2009. Archived 2009-08-01.
  7. 1 2 Players of the Week at necbl.com, URL accessed September 7, 2009. Archived 2009-09-09.
  8. 1 2 3 2009 Awards Archived 2009-12-13 at the Wayback Machine at necbl.com, URL accessed August 21, 2009
  9. ↑ Baseball America releases Top Prospects Lists for Summer Leagues and Team USA at thecollegebaseballblog.com, URL accessed September 2, 2009
  10. ↑ Attendance Rankings at ballparkbiz.com, URL accessed January 12, 2010. Archived 1/12/10
  11. ↑ Team Statistics 2009 Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine at necbl.com, URL accessed August 1, 2009
  12. ↑ Team Statistics 2008, URL accessed December 27, 2008. Archived 2009-08-06.
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