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Classification | Collegiate Summer Baseball |
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Sport | Baseball |
Founded | 1885 |
President | Andrew Lang |
Commissioner | John Castleberry |
Motto | Where the Stars of Tomorrow Shine Tonight |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | Harwich Mariners |
Most titles | Cotuit Kettleers (17) |
Official website | www.capecodleague.com |
The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over one thousand former players who have gone on to play in the major leagues.
As early as the 1860s, baseball teams representing various Cape Cod towns and villages were competing against one another. The earliest newspaper account is of an 1867 game in Sandwich between the hometown "Nichols Club" and the visiting Cummaquid team. Though not formalized as a league, the games provided entertainment for residents and summer visitors. [1] [2]
In 1885, a Fourth of July baseball game was held matching teams from Barnstable and Sandwich. [3] According to contemporary accounts, the 1885 contest may have been at least the twelfth such annual game. [4] By the late 19th century, an annual championship baseball tournament was being held each fall at the Barnstable County Fair, an event that continued well into the 20th century, with teams representing towns from Cape Cod and the larger region.
In 1921, the Barnstable County Agricultural Society determined to limit the fair's annual baseball championship to teams from Cape Cod. Falmouth won the championship in 1921, [5] [6] and Osterville in 1922. [7] Interest in baseball was growing, as was a movement to create a formal league of Cape Cod teams.
The "Cape Cod Baseball League" was formed in 1923, consisting of four teams: Falmouth, Osterville, Hyannis, and Chatham. [8] [9] Teams were made up of players from local colleges and prep schools, along with some semi-pro players and other locals. One notable player during this period was North Truro native Danny "Deacon" MacFayden, who went on to play for seventeen years in the major leagues. [10] [11]
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the composition of the league varied from season to season. Towns did not opt to field teams in every season, and teams from other towns such as Bourne, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, and Wareham joined the league. Teams were not limited to league play, and often played teams from towns and cities in the larger region, as in 1929 when Falmouth played an exhibition game against the major league Boston Braves. [12] [13] [14]
The league enjoyed widespread popularity throughout the 1930s, and even engendered competition in the form of the Barnstable County Twilight League and the Lower Cape Twilight League. However, as the cumulative effects of the Great Depression made it increasingly more difficult to secure funding for teams, the Cape League disbanded in 1940.
With young men returning home after World War II, the Cape League was revived in 1946. The league now excluded paid professional or semi-pro players, and for a while attempted to limit players to those who were Cape Cod residents. The league was split into Upper Cape and Lower Cape divisions, and in addition to many of the town teams from the "old" Cape League, new teams now joined such as those representing the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Otis Air Force Base, and the Cape Verdean Club of Harwich among others.
In 1963, the Cape Cod Baseball League was reorganized and became officially sanctioned by the NCAA. The league would no longer be limited to Cape Cod residents, but would recruit college players and coaches from an increasingly wide radius.
In 1985, the league moved away from the use of aluminum bats, and became the only collegiate summer league in the nation at that time to use wooden bats. [15] This transition began a period of significant growth in the league's popularity and prestige among MLB scouts, as well as among college players and coaches. This popularity has translated into over one thousand former players who have gone on to major league playing careers, including multiple members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The CCBL regular season runs from mid-June through mid-August. [16] Teams are geographically divided into the East Division and West Division. Each division consists of five teams which each play 44 regular season games, 6 games against each team from within their division, and 4 games against each team from the other division.
During the latter half of the regular season, an all-star game is contested between the all stars from the East and West divisions, and features a pre-game home run hitting contest. The CCBL All-Star Game was played at Fenway Park from 2009 to 2011, but is normally played at one of the CCBL home fields.
Following the regular season, the top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs, which is an elimination tournament consisting of three rounds of best of three series to determine the league champion and winner of the Arnold Mycock trophy.
Division | Team | Town/Village | First year | Home Field | Capacity |
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West | Bourne Braves | Bourne | 1988 | Doran Park (Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School) | 3,000 |
Cotuit Kettleers | Cotuit | 1947 | Lowell Park | 2,500 | |
Falmouth Commodores | Falmouth | 1923; 1946 | Arnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field | 8,000 | |
Hyannis Harbor Hawks | Hyannis | 1976 | Judy Walden Scarafile Field at McKeon Park (Pope John Paul II High School) | 3,000 | |
Wareham Gatemen | Wareham | 1952 | Clem Spillane Field (Wareham High School) | 3,000 | |
East | Brewster Whitecaps | Brewster | 1988 | Stony Brook Field (Stony Brook Elementary School) | 4,000 |
Chatham Anglers | Chatham | 1946 | Veteran's Field | 8,000 | |
Harwich Mariners | Harwich | 1946 | Whitehouse Field (Monomoy Regional High School) | 4,000 | |
Orleans Firebirds | Orleans | 1947 | Eldredge Park (Nauset Regional Middle School) | 6,000 | |
Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox | South Yarmouth | 1946 | Red Wilson Field (Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School) | 5,500 |
Prior to 2009, six of the ten teams in the CCBL shared their team nickname with a team in Major League Baseball (MLB). However, in late 2008 MLB announced that it would enforce its trademarks, and required those CCBL teams to either change their nicknames or buy their uniforms and merchandise only through MLB-licensed vendors.
Three of the teams eventually changed their nicknames. In 2009, the Chatham Athletics became the Anglers, and the Orleans Cardinals became the Firebirds. [17] The following season, the Hyannis Mets became the Harbor Hawks. [18]
The Bourne Braves and Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox, teams who share nicknames with Boston's two historic professional baseball franchises, chose to keep their nicknames and use MLB licensees for their merchandise.
MLB could not enforce the "Mariners" trademark against the Harwich Mariners because the use of the nickname by Harwich predated the entry of the Seattle Mariners into MLB as an expansion team in 1977.
The four teams whose nicknames were not in conflict with MLB have locally themed names such as the nautical monikers of the Falmouth Commodores and Brewster Whitecaps. The Cotuit Kettleers nickname recalls a legendary local Native American land transaction whose terms of sale involved the exchange of a brass kettle. [19] The Wareham Gatemen are the only team that does not play its home games over the bridge, as the town of Wareham sits on the edge of the mainland, at the "gateway" to Cape Cod. Wareham was considered Cape Cod prior to the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.
Origins
Below is a partial list of Cape Cod baseball teams from the 1860s until the formation of the Cape League in 1923.
Early Cape League era (1923–1939)
Team | Seasons |
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Barnstable | 1931–1937; 1939 |
Bourne | 1933*–1939 |
Chatham | 1923–1926; 1930–1931 |
Chatham-Harwich | 1927–1929 |
Falmouth | 1923–1939 |
Harwich | 1930–1939 |
Hyannis | 1923–1930 |
Orleans | 1928–1934; 1937–1938 |
Osterville | 1923–1930 |
Provincetown | 1933* |
Wareham | 1927–1928; 1930–1932 |
* In 1933, Provincetown withdrew and was replaced by Bourne mid-season. | |
Upper and Lower Cape League era (1946–1962)
Division | Team | Seasons |
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Upper Cape | Barnstable Townies / Barons / Red Sox | 1946*–1952† 1955–1956 1959–1962 |
Bourne Canalmen | 1946–1950 1961–1962 | |
Cotuit Kettleers | 1947–1962 | |
Falmouth All-Stars | 1946–1962 | |
Falmouth Falcons | 1951–1953 | |
Mashpee Warriors / Indians | 1946–1951 1953–1955 | |
Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 1946–1947‡ 1949–1961 | |
Osterville | 1948–1950 | |
Otis Air Force Base Jets / Minutemen | 1949–1950 1955 1957–1961 | |
Sagamore Clouters | 1946–1962 | |
Sandwich | 1946–1949 | |
Wareham Gatemen | 1952†–1962 | |
Division | Team | Seasons |
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Lower Cape | Brewster | 1948–1951 1956–1960 |
Chatham | 1946–1962 | |
Dennis Clippers | 1946–1961 | |
Eastham | 1949–1955 | |
Harwich | 1946–1962 | |
Harwich Cape Verdean Club | 1949–1950 | |
North Truro Air Force Station Blue Sox | 1952–1957 | |
Orleans Red Sox | 1947–1962 | |
Wellfleet | 1956 | |
Yarmouth Indians | 1946–1962 | |
* Barnstable played in the Lower Cape division in 1946 only. † In 1952, Barnstable withdrew and was replaced by Wareham mid- season. [20] [21] ‡ Mass. Maritime Academy played in the Lower Cape division in 1946–1947. | ||
Beginnings of the modern era (1963–1987)
From 1963 to 1969, the newly reorganized league maintained the Upper Cape/Lower Cape divisional structure, with the championship series played by the winners of each division. Beginning in 1970, the divisional structure gave way to a single combined league, with the top four teams in the league advancing to the playoffs. This combined league structure continued through 1987.
Team | Seasons |
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Bourne Canalmen | 1963–1964*; 1967–1969; 1971–1972 |
Cotuit Kettleers | 1963–1987 |
Falmouth All-Stars / Commodores | 1963–1987 |
Hyannis Mets | 1976–1987 |
Sagamore Clouters / Canalmen | 1963–1966* |
Wareham Gatemen | 1963–1987 |
* In 1965, the Bourne Canalmen and Sagamore Clouters merged. The new team was called the "Sagamore Canalmen" during the 1965 and 1966 seasons, and the "Bourne Canalmen" thereafter. | |
Team | Seasons |
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Chatham Red Sox / Athletics | 1963–1987 |
Harwich Mariners | 1963–1987 |
Orleans Cardinals | 1963–1987 |
Otis Air Force Base Minutemen | 1963–1964 |
Yarmouth Indians / Red Sox / Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox | 1963–1987 |
Present Day
In 1988, the Bourne Braves and the Brewster Whitecaps joined the CCBL as expansion teams and the resulting ten-team league was split into East and West divisions. Since 1988, there have been no changes to the league's franchise composition or divisional alignments.
Year | Winning Team | Manager | Games | Losing Team* | Manager | Ref |
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1923 | Falmouth | Byron H. Parker Frank Silva | [22] | |||
1924 | Osterville | Arthur "Dutch" Ayer | [23] [24] | |||
1925 | Osterville | Joe Murphy | [25] | |||
1926 | Hyannis / Osterville (co-champs) | Freddie Moncewicz (Hyannis) John "Dot" Whelan (Osterville) | [26] [27] [28] [29] | |||
1927 | Hyannis | Freddie Moncewicz | [30] [31] | |||
1928 | Osterville | Eddie McGrath | [32] | |||
1929 | Falmouth | Lynn Wells | [33] | |||
1930 | Wareham | Harry Noznesky | [34] | |||
1931 | Falmouth | Jack Walsh | [35] | |||
1932 | Falmouth | Jack Walsh | [36] | |||
1933 | Harwich | Joe Harraghy | 3–0 | Falmouth | Jack Walsh | [37] |
1934 | Barnstable | Pete Herman | [38] | |||
1935 | Falmouth | Jack Walsh | 3–2 | Barnstable | Pete Herman | [39] |
1936 | Bourne | Larry Donovan | [40] | |||
1937 | Barnstable | Pete Herman | [41] | |||
1938 | Falmouth | Bill Boehner | [42] | |||
1939 | Falmouth | Buzz Harvey | [43] | |||
Team | Won | Championship Seasons |
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Falmouth | 7 | 1923, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1939 |
Osterville | 4 | 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928 |
Hyannis | 2 | 1926, 1927 |
Barnstable | 2 | 1934, 1937 |
Wareham | 1 | 1930 |
Harwich | 1 | 1933 |
Bourne | 1 | 1936 |
* During the 1923–1939 era, postseason playoffs were a rarity. In most years, the regular season pennant winner was simply crowned as the league champion.
However, there were four years in which the league split its regular season and crowned separate champions for the first and second halves. In two of those
seasons (1936 and 1939), a single team won both halves and was declared overall champion. In the other two split seasons (1933 and 1935), a postseason
playoff series was contested between the two half-season champions to determine the overall champion.
Year | Winning Team | Manager | Games | Losing Team | Manager | Ref |
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1946 | Falmouth | John DeMello | 2–1 | Harwich | Charley Jones | [44] [45] [46] |
1947 | Orleans | Herb Fuller | 2–0 | Mashpee | Herb Gardner | [47] [48] |
1948 | Mashpee | Herb Gardner | 3–2 | Orleans | Herb Fuller | [49] |
1949 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | 3–1 | Falmouth | Willard E. Boyden | [50] [51] |
1950 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | 3–2 | Sagamore | George Karras | [52] [53] |
1951 | Sagamore | George Karras | 3–2 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | [54] [55] |
1952 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | 3–0 | Sagamore | George Karras | [56] |
1953 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | 3–0 | Sagamore | George Karras | [57] |
1954 | Sagamore | George Karras | 3–2 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | [58] |
1955 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | 3–0 | Cotuit | Cal Burlingame | [59] [60] |
1956 | Sagamore | Manny Pena | 2–0 | Dennis | Bren Taylor | [61] |
1957 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | 2–0 | Wareham | Steve Robbins | [62] [63] |
1958 | Yarmouth | John Halunen | 2–0 | Sagamore | Manny Pena | [64] |
1959 | Sagamore | Manny Pena | 2–0 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | [65] |
1960 | Yarmouth | John Halunen | 2–1 | Sagamore | Manny Pena | [66] |
1961 | Cotuit | Jim Hubbard | 2–1 | Yarmouth | John Halunen | [67] |
1962 | Cotuit | Jim Hubbard | 2–0 | Harwich | Dave Gavitt | [68] [69] |
Team | Won | Championship Seasons |
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Orleans | 7 | 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957 |
Sagamore | 4 | 1951, 1954, 1956, 1959 |
Cotuit | 2 | 1961, 1962 |
Yarmouth | 2 | 1958, 1960 |
Falmouth | 1 | 1946 |
Mashpee | 1 | 1948 |
Year | Winning Team | Manager | Games | Losing Team | Manager | Playoff MVP | Ref |
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1963 | Cotuit | Jim Hubbard | 2–0 | Orleans | Dave Gavitt | Not Awarded | [70] [71] |
1964 | Cotuit | Jim Hubbard | 3–1 | Chatham | Joe "Skip" Lewis | Not Awarded | [72] [73] |
1965 | Sagamore | Lou Lamoriello | 3–2 | Chatham | Joe "Skip" Lewis | Not Awarded | [74] |
1966 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | 3–1 | Chatham | Joe "Skip" Lewis | Not Awarded | [75] |
1967 | Chatham | Joe "Skip" Lewis | 2–0–1 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | Not Awarded | [76] [77] [78] |
1968 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | 3–1 | Harwich | John Carroll | Not Awarded | [79] |
1969 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | 2–1 | Chatham | Joe "Skip" Lewis | Not Awarded | [80] [81] |
1970 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | 2–0 | Orleans | Tony Williams | Not Awarded | [82] [83] |
1971 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | 3–2 | Orleans | Tony Williams | Not Awarded | [84] |
1972 | Cotuit | Jack McCarthy | 3–1 | Chatham | Ben Hays | Not Awarded | [85] |
1973 | Cotuit | Jack McCarthy | 3–1 | Yarmouth | Merrill "Red" Wilson | Not Awarded | [86] [87] |
1974 | Cotuit | Jack McCarthy | 3–2 | Orleans | Tom Yankus | Not Awarded | [88] [89] [90] |
1975 | Cotuit | Jack McCarthy | 3–2 | Falmouth | Jack Gillis | Not Awarded | [91] [92] |
1976 | Wareham | Bill Livesey | 3–2 | Chatham | Ed Lyons | Not Awarded | [93] |
1977 | Cotuit | Jack McCarthy | 3–2 | Y-D | Bob Stead | Not Awarded | [94] [95] [96] |
1978 | Hyannis | Bob Schaefer | 3–1 | Harwich | Don Prohovich | Not Awarded | [97] [98] |
1979 | Hyannis | Bob Schaefer | 3–1 | Harwich | Don Prohovich | Not Awarded | [99] [100] [101] |
1980 | Falmouth | Al Worthington | 3–2 | Chatham | Ed Lyons | Not Awarded | [102] [103] [104] |
1981 | Cotuit | George Greer | 3–1 | Orleans | Jack Donahue | Not Awarded | [105] [106] |
1982 | Chatham | Ed Lyons | 3–0 | Hyannis | Rich Magner | Not Awarded | [107] [108] [109] |
1983 | Harwich | Steve Ring | 3–2 | Cotuit | George Greer | Not Awarded | [110] [111] |
1984 | Cotuit | George Greer | 2–0 | Wareham | Mike Roberts | Not Awarded | [112] |
1985 | Cotuit | George Greer | 2–1 | Chatham | John Mayotte | Grady Hall, Cotuit | [113] |
1986 | Orleans | John Castleberry | 2–0 | Cotuit | George Greer | Gary Alexander, Orleans | [114] |
1987 | Harwich | Bill Springman | 2–1 | Y-D | Don Reed | Charles Nagy, Harwich | [115] |
1988 | Wareham | Stan Meek | 2–1 | Orleans | John Castleberry | John Thoden, Wareham | [116] [117] |
Mo Vaughn, Wareham | |||||||
1989 | Y-D | Don Reed | 2–0 | Hyannis | Ed Lyons | Mark Sweeney, Y-D | [118] [119] |
1990 | Y-D | Don Reed | 2–1 | Wareham | Jim Fleming | Kirk Piskor, Y-D | [120] [121] [122] |
1991 | Hyannis | Brad Kelley | 2–0 | Chatham | Rich Hill | Chad McConnell, Hyannis | [123] |
1992 | Chatham | Rich Hill | 2–0 | Cotuit | Roger Bidwell | Steve Duda, Chatham | [124] [125] [126] |
1993 | Orleans | Rolando Casanova | 2–0 | Wareham | Don Reed | Chris Ciaccio, Orleans | [127] [128] |
1994 | Wareham | Don Reed | 2–0 | Brewster | Bill Mosiello | Chris Boni, Wareham | [129] [130] |
1995 | Cotuit | Mike Coutts | 2–1 | Chatham | John Schiffner | Josh Paul, Cotuit | [131] [132] |
Josh Gandy, Cotuit | |||||||
1996 | Chatham | John Schiffner | 2–0 | Falmouth | Harvey Shapiro | Jermaine Clark, Chatham | [133] [134] |
Keith Evans, Chatham | |||||||
1997 | Wareham | Don Reed | 2–0 | Harwich | Chad Holbrook | Kevin Hodge, Wareham | [135] [136] |
1998 | Chatham | John Schiffner | 3–2 | Wareham | Don Reed | Matt Cepicky, Chatham | [137] [138] |
Ryan Earey, Chatham | |||||||
1999 | Cotuit | Mike Coutts | 2–1 | Chatham | John Schiffner | Garrett Atkins, Cotuit | [139] [140] |
2000 | Brewster | Dave Lawn | 2–0 | Hyannis | Tom O'Connell | Jack Headley, Brewster | [141] [142] |
Pat Shine | |||||||
2001 | Wareham | Cooper Farris | 2–1 | Chatham | John Schiffner | Aaron Hill, Wareham | [143] [144] [145] |
2002 | Wareham | Cooper Farris | 2–1 | Orleans | Carmen Carcone | Matt Kutler, Wareham | [146] |
2003 | Orleans | Carmen Carcone | 2–0 | Bourne | Harvey Shapiro | Cesar Nicolas, Orleans | [147] [148] |
2004 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–0 | Falmouth | Jeff Trundy | Ryan Rohlinger, Y-D | [149] [150] |
Joshua Faiola, Y-D | |||||||
2005 | Orleans | Kelly Nicholson | 2–1 | Bourne | Harvey Shapiro | Brad Meyers, Orleans | [151] [152] |
Emmanuel Burriss, Orleans | |||||||
2006 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–1 | Wareham | Cooper Farris | David Robertson, Y-D | [153] [154] [155] |
2007 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–0 | Falmouth | Jeff Trundy | Trevor Holder, Y-D | [156] [157] [158] |
2008 | Harwich | Steve Englert | 2–0 | Cotuit | Mike Roberts | Jason Stidham, Harwich | [159] [160] |
Marc Fleury, Harwich | |||||||
2009 | Bourne | Harvey Shapiro | 2–0 | Cotuit | Mike Roberts | Kyle Roller, Bourne | [161] [162] |
2010 | Cotuit | Mike Roberts | 2–1 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | Jordan Leyland, Cotuit | [163] |
2011 | Harwich | Steve Englert | 2–0 | Falmouth | Jeff Trundy | Mike Garza, Harwich | [164] [165] |
2012 | Wareham | Cooper Farris | 2–1 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | Kyle Schwarber, Wareham | [166] [167] [168] |
2013 | Cotuit | Mike Roberts | 2–0 | Orleans | Kelly Nicholson | Bradley Zimmer, Cotuit | [169] [170] |
2014 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–0 | Falmouth | Jeff Trundy | Walker Buehler, Y-D | [171] [172] [173] |
Marcus Mastrobuoni, Y-D | |||||||
2015 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–1 | Hyannis | Chad Gassman | Ben Bowden, Y-D | [174] [175] |
Donnie Walton, Y-D | |||||||
2016 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–1 | Falmouth | Jeff Trundy | Kevin Smith, Y-D | [176] [177] [178] |
2017 | Brewster | Jamie Shevchik | 2–1 | Bourne | Harvey Shapiro | Nick Dunn, Brewster | [179] [180] [181] |
Hunter Bishop, Brewster | |||||||
2018 | Wareham | Don Sneddon | 2–0 | Chatham | Tom Holliday | Austin Shenton, Wareham | [182] [183] |
2019 | Cotuit | Mike Roberts | 2–0 | Harwich | Steve Englert | Casey Schmitt, Cotuit | [184] [185] |
2020 | Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | ||||||
2021 | Brewster | Jamie Shevchik | 2–0 | Bourne | Harvey Shapiro | Chad Castillo, Brewster | [186] [187] |
2022 | Bourne | Scott Landers | 2–0 | Brewster | Jamie Shevchik | Bryce Eblin, Bourne | [188] [189] |
2023 | Bourne | Scott Landers | 2–1 | Orleans | Kelly Nicholson | Josh Kuroda-Grauer, Bourne | [190] [191] |
2024 | Harwich | Steve Englert | 2–1 | Bourne | Scott Landers | Wilson Weber, Harwich | [192] |
Team | Won | Played | Last Won | Last Played |
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Cotuit | 15 | 20 | 2019 | 2019 |
Wareham | 8 | 13 | 2018 | 2018 |
Y-D* | 8 | 13 | 2016 | 2016 |
Falmouth | 6 | 14 | 1980 | 2016 |
Chatham | 5 | 18 | 1998 | 2018 |
Harwich | 5 | 10 | 2024 | 2024 |
Orleans | 4 | 13 | 2005 | 2023 |
Bourne | 3 | 7 | 2023 | 2024 |
Hyannis | 3 | 7 | 1991 | 2015 |
Brewster | 3 | 5 | 2021 | 2022 |
Sagamore † | 1 | 1 | 1965 | 1965 |
* Includes records of predecessor Yarmouth Indians. † Defunct. | ||||
Team | Won | Championship Seasons |
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Cotuit | 17 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1995, 1999, 2010, 2013, 2019 |
Falmouth | 14 | 1923, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980 |
Orleans | 11 | 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1986, 1993, 2003, 2005 |
Y-D* | 10 | 1958, 1960, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
Wareham | 9 | 1930, 1976, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2018 |
Harwich | 6 | 1933, 1983, 1987, 2008, 2011, 2024 |
Hyannis | 5 | 1926, 1927, 1978, 1979, 1991 |
Sagamore † | 5 | 1951, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1965 |
Chatham | 5 | 1967, 1982, 1992, 1996, 1998 |
Bourne | 4 | 1936, 2009, 2022, 2023 |
Osterville † | 4 | 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928 |
Brewster | 3 | 2000, 2017, 2021 |
Barnstable † | 2 | 1934, 1937 |
Mashpee † | 1 | 1948 |
* Includes records of predecessor Yarmouth Indians. † Defunct. | ||
Manager | Team | Seasons as Manager | Total Seasons | Total Championships | Championship Seasons |
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Scott Pickler | Y-D | 1998–2024 | 26* | 6 | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
Bill Livesey | Falmouth Wareham | 1965–1972 (Falmouth) 1976–1977 (Wareham) | 10 | 6 | 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 (Falmouth) 1976 (Wareham) |
Laurin Peterson | Orleans | 1949–1962 | 14 | 6 | 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957 |
Jack McCarthy | Cotuit | 1970–1978 | 9 | 5 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 |
Don Reed | Y-D Wareham | 1987–1990 (Y-D) 1991–1999 (Wareham) | 13 | 4 | 1989, 1990 (Y-D) 1994, 1997 (Wareham) |
Jim Hubbard | Cotuit | 1961–1969 | 9 | 4 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 |
Steve Englert | Harwich | 2003–2024 | 21* | 3 | 2008, 2011, 2024 |
Mike Roberts | Wareham Cotuit | 1984, 2000 (Wareham) 2004–2024 (Cotuit) | 22* | 3 | 2010, 2013, 2019 (Cotuit) |
Cooper Farris | Wareham | 2001–2004 2006–2015 | 14 | 3 | 2001, 2002, 2012 |
George Greer | Cotuit | 1979–1987 | 9 | 3 | 1981, 1984, 1985 |
Jack Walsh | Falmouth | 1931–1936 | 6 | 3 | 1931, 1932, 1935 |
Scott Landers | Bourne | 2022–2024 | 3 | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
Jamie Shevchik | Brewster | 2015–2024 | 9* | 2 | 2017, 2021 |
John Schiffner | Chatham | 1993–2017 | 25 | 2 | 1996, 1998 |
Mike Coutts | Cotuit | 1995–1996 1999–2001 | 5 | 2 | 1995, 1999 |
Bob Schaefer | Bourne Hyannis | 1971–1972 (Bourne) 1978–1979 (Hyannis) | 4 | 2 | 1978, 1979 (Hyannis) |
John Halunen | Yarmouth | 1958–1963 | 6 | 2 | 1958, 1960 |
Manny Pena | Sagamore | 1956–1961 | 6 | 2 | 1956, 1959 |
George Karras | Sagamore | 1948–1954 | 7 | 2 | 1951, 1954 |
Pete Herman | Chatham Barnstable | 1930–1931 (Chatham) 1933–1937 (Barnstable) | 7 | 2 | 1934, 1937 (Barnstable) |
Freddie Moncewicz | Hyannis | 1926–1927 1929–1930 | 4 | 2 | 1926, 1927 |
* Season count excludes 2020 CCBL season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic. | |||||
CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee | |
The first CCBL All-Star Game took place in 1946, as a squad of Cape League stars battled a collection of Boston Red Sox tryout players. Throughout the Upper and Lower Cape League era (1946–1962), the two divisions routinely featured both intra-divisional all-star contests, as well as an annual inter-divisional CCBL All-Star Game. From 1957 to 1961, the CCBL All-Star Game was sponsored by P. Ballantine and Sons Brewing Company. Ballantine was a major advertising sponsor of the New York Yankees, and arranged for appearances at the CCBL festivities by Yankee alumni including Phil Rizzuto, Elston Howard, Whitey Ford, Moose Skowron, Bill Stafford, Eddie Lopat, and Mel Allen, as well as Brooklyn Dodgers great Roy Campanella.
As the league's modern era began, the All-Star Game continued to be contested between the CCBL's Upper Cape (western) and Lower Cape (eastern) divisions from 1963 to 1969. In 1963, an additional All-Star Game was played by a team from the CCBL against a team from the southeastern Massachusetts-based Cranberry League. The game was played at Keith Field in Sagamore, and the CCBL came out on top, 15–2.
From 1970 to 1987, a team of stars from the CCBL played an annual interleague All-Star Game against stars from the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL). The games were typically played at major league stadiums including Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium in New York, and Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium.
Since 1988, the All-Star Game has been contested between stars representing the CCBL's East and West divisions, and has also featured a pre-game home run hitting contest. The event is normally held at one of the CCBL home fields, though it returned to Fenway Park for a three-year stretch from 2009 to 2011.
The league annually presents several individual awards, [193] [194] including:
Year | MVP | Outstanding Pro Prospect | Outstanding Pitcher | Outstanding Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | Outstanding New Englander | Batting Champ |
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1963 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Ken Voges Chatham (.505) |
1964 | Ken Huebner Cotuit | Not Awarded | Bernie Kilroy Cotuit | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Harry Nelson Bourne (.390) |
1965 | Ron Bugbee Sagamore | Not Awarded | Noel Kinski Sagamore | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | John Awdycki Orleans (.407) |
1966 | Ed Drucker Harwich | Not Awarded | Joe Jabar Chatham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Tom Weir Chatham (.420) |
1967 | Thurman Munson Chatham | Not Awarded | Joe Jabar Chatham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Thurman Munson Chatham (.420) |
1968 | Dick Licini Bourne | Not Awarded | Phil Corddry Orleans | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Dick Licini Bourne (.382) |
1969 | Jim Norris Orleans | Not Awarded | Paul Mitchell Falmouth | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Jim Norris Orleans (.415) |
MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
1970 | Jim Prete Wareham | Not Awarded | Paul Mitchell Falmouth | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Mike Eden Orleans (.378) |
1971 | Joe Barkauskas Wareham | Not Awarded | Bob Majczan Wareham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Ken Doria Chatham (.346) |
1972 | Brad Linden Orleans | Not Awarded | John Caneira Bourne | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Ed Orrizzi Falmouth (.372) |
1973 | Steve Newell Wareham | Not Awarded | John Caneira Chatham | Not Awarded | Jeff Washington Orleans | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Dave Bergman Chatham (.341) |
1974 | Phil Welch Wareham | Not Awarded | Andy Muhlstock Harwich | Not Awarded | Jim Foxwell Wareham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Pete Ross Yarmouth (.357) |
1975 | Paul O'Neill Cotuit | Not Awarded | Jerry Hoffman Wareham | Not Awarded | Ed Kuchar Orleans | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Paul O'Neill Cotuit (.358) |
1976 | Nat Showalter Hyannis | Bobby Sprowl Wareham | Mickey O'Connor Chatham | Not Awarded | Joe Gurascio Chatham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Nat Showalter Hyannis (.434) |
Steve Taylor Chatham | ||||||||
1977 | Steve Balboni Y-D | Steve Balboni Y-D | Karl Steffen Wareham | Not Awarded | Russ Quetti Chatham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Del Bender Cotuit (.395) |
Brian Denman Cotuit | ||||||||
1978 | Bill Schroeder Hyannis | Bill Schroeder Hyannis | Chuck Dale Orleans | Not Awarded | Gary Cicatiello Falmouth | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Randy LaVigne Cotuit (.370) |
Randy LaVigne Cotuit | ||||||||
1979 | Ron Perry Jr. Hyannis | Ross Jones Hyannis | Walt Terrell Chatham | Not Awarded | Gary Kaczor Harwich | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Ross Jones Hyannis (.407) |
John McDonald Wareham | ||||||||
MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
1980 | Ron Darling Cotuit | Ron Darling Cotuit | Joe Pursell Cotuit | Not Awarded | Steve Lombardozzi Falmouth | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Brick Smith Hyannis (.391) |
Brick Smith Hyannis | ||||||||
1981 | John Morris Wareham | Wade Rowdon Orleans | Greg Myers Harwich | Not Awarded | Joe Sickles Y-D | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Sam Nattile Falmouth (.443) |
Gary Melillo Wareham | ||||||||
Jim Sherman Chatham | ||||||||
1982 | Terry Steinbach Cotuit | Gary Kanwisher Chatham | Scott Murray Harwich | Not Awarded | Jeff Innis Cotuit | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Terry Steinbach Cotuit (.431) |
1983 | Greg Lotzar Cotuit | Cory Snyder Harwich | Dennis Livingston Wareham | Not Awarded | Jim Howard Hyannis | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Greg Lotzar Cotuit (.414) |
1984 | Joey Cora Chatham | Mike Loggins Harwich | Bill Cunningham Wareham | Not Awarded | Tom Hildebrand Cotuit | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Jim McCollom Falmouth (.413) |
1985 | Greg Vaughn Cotuit | John Ramos Cotuit | John Howes Orleans | Not Awarded | Dan Arendas Wareham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Tim McIntosh Chatham (.392) |
Casey Close Harwich | ||||||||
1986 | Scott Hemond Harwich | Cris Carpenter Cotuit | Jack Armstrong Wareham | Not Awarded | Jim DePalo Chatham | Scott Coolbaugh Chatham | Not Awarded | Scott Hemond Harwich (.358) |
1987 | Mickey Morandini Y-D | Robin Ventura Hyannis | Pat Hope Hyannis | Not Awarded | Mike Hensley Wareham | Tom Aldrich Hyannis | Not Awarded | Mickey Morandini Y-D (.376) |
1988 | Dave Staton Brewster | Chuck Knoblauch Wareham | John Thoden Wareham | Not Awarded | Will Vespe Hyannis | Steve O'Donnell Y-D | Not Awarded | Chuck Knoblauch Wareham (.361) |
1989 | Kurt Olson Y-D | Tyler Green Hyannis | Mike Hostetler Cotuit | Not Awarded | Brian Bark Orleans | Bob Rivell Bourne | Not Awarded | Bob Rivell Bourne (.358) |
MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
1990 | Mark Smith Wareham | Doug Glanville Wareham | Bill Wissler Bourne | Not Awarded | Mark Sweeney Y-D | Chris Demetral Cotuit | Not Awarded | Mark Smith Wareham (.408) |
1991 | Brent Killen Y-D | Derek Wallace Chatham | Bill Wissler Bourne | Brad Clontz Wareham | Craig Mayes Falmouth | Jack Stanczak Wareham | Not Awarded | Mike Hickey Wareham (.366) |
1992 | Rick Ellstrom Cotuit | Billy Wagner Brewster | John Kelly Cotuit | Scott Smith Chatham | Lou Merloni Cotuit | Steve Hirschman Falmouth | Not Awarded | Lou Merloni Cotuit (.321) |
1993 | Jason Varitek Hyannis | Chris Clemons Y-D | Andy Taulbee Y-D | Don Nestor Falmouth | Paul Ottavinia Chatham | Nomar Garciaparra Orleans | Not Awarded | Jason Varitek Hyannis (.371) |
1994 | Darin Erstad Falmouth | Dave Shepard Orleans | Bob St. Pierre Falmouth | Scott Winchester Falmouth | Karl Thompson Wareham | Matt Quattraro Harwich | Not Awarded | Jon Petke Y-D (.379) |
1995 | Josh Paul Cotuit | Josh Paul Cotuit | Eddie Yarnall Harwich | Brendan Sullivan Cotuit | Scott Steinmann Falmouth | Scott Sollmann Brewster | Not Awarded | Josh Paul Cotuit (.364) |
Jason Ramsey Chatham | ||||||||
1996 | Kevin Nicholson Wareham | Matt Anderson Chatham | Billy Coleman Harwich | Drew Fischer Brewster | Andre Champagne Falmouth | Jermaine Clark Chatham | Not Awarded | Lance Berkman Wareham (.352) |
Clint Chrysler Wareham | ||||||||
1997 | Carlos Pena Wareham | Kip Wells Brewster | Brent Hoard Harwich | Chris Aronson Cotuit | Carlos Pena Wareham | Alex Santos Hyannis | Not Awarded | Jason McConnell Y-D (.345) |
1998 | Bobby Kielty Brewster | Kyle Snyder Chatham | Phil Devey Wareham | Tim Lavigne Bourne/Chatham | Ben Johnstone Brewster | Jeff House Bourne | Not Awarded | Bobby Kielty Brewster (.384) |
Jeff Heaverlo Cotuit | ||||||||
1999 | Lance Niekro Orleans | Mark Teixeira Orleans | Rik Currier Chatham | Derrick DePriest Chatham | Curtis Sapp Hyannis | James Ramshaw Cotuit | Not Awarded | Jaime Bubela Wareham (.370) |
Pat Pinkman Wareham | ||||||||
MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
2000 | Mike Fontenot Wareham | Bob Brownlie Falmouth | Dan Krines Chatham | Taft Cable Orleans | Bryan Prince Orleans | John Baker Y-D | Not Awarded | Steve Stanley Brewster (.329) |
Ben Crockett Wareham | Dan Rich Brewster | |||||||
2001 | Matt Murton Wareham | Russ Adams Orleans | Chris Leonard Wareham | Ryan Speier Bourne | Bill Peavey Cotuit | Adam Bourassa Y-D | Ben Crockett Wareham | Eric Reed Wareham (.365) |
2002 | Pete Stonard Cotuit | Wes Whisler Y-D | Brian Rogers Orleans | Zane Carlson Chatham | Ryan Hanigan Orleans | Ryan Hanigan Orleans | Ryan Hanigan Orleans | Pete Stonard Cotuit (.348) |
Shaun Marcum Harwich | ||||||||
2003 | J.C. Holt Brewster | Wade Townsend Wareham | Eric Beattie Bourne | Jarrett Santos Brewster | Richard Mercado Hyannis | Justin Maxwell Bourne | Chris Lambert Chatham | J.C. Holt Brewster (.388) |
2004 | Daniel Carte Falmouth | Tyler Greene Orleans | Matt Goyen Brewster | Kevin Whelan Wareham | Chris Robinson Hyannis | Cliff Pennington Falmouth | Frank Curreri Y-D | Ryan Patterson Brewster (.327) |
2005 | Evan Longoria Chatham | Andrew Miller Chatham | Andrew Miller Chatham | Steven Wright Orleans | Joel Collins Wareham | Brad Lincoln Bourne | Tim Norton Falmouth | Chris Coghlan Chatham (.346) |
Tim Norton Falmouth | ||||||||
2006 | Justin Smoak Cotuit | Matt Wieters Orleans | Terry Doyle Y-D | Joshua Fields Y-D | Matt LaPorta Brewster | Andrew Walker Falmouth | Charlie Furbush Hyannis | Matt Mangini Hyannis (.310) |
Shaun Seibert Brewster | ||||||||
2007 | Conor Gillaspie Falmouth | Aaron Crow Falmouth | Tom Milone Chatham | Nick Cassavechia Y-D | Shea Robin Hyannis | Nate Freiman Orleans | Bill Perry Bourne | Conor Gillaspie Falmouth (.345) |
2008 | A.J. Pollock Falmouth | Grant Green Chatham | Nick McCully Bourne | Russell Brewer Hyannis | Kevin Patterson Cotuit | Andrew Giobbi Harwich | Ryan Quigley Harwich | Jimmy Cesario Falmouth (.387) |
2009 | Kyle Roller Bourne | Todd Cunningham Falmouth | Chris Sale Y-D | Tyler Burgoon Y-D | Pierre LePage Bourne | Pierre LePage Bourne | Mickey Wiswall Y-D | Todd Cunningham Falmouth (.378) |
MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
2010 | Kolten Wong Orleans | Tony Zych Bourne | Grayson Garvin Bourne | Tony Zych Bourne | Joe Panik Y-D | Clint Moore Harwich | Matt Watson Y-D | John Ruettiger Hyannis (.369) |
2011 | Travis Jankowski Bourne | Victor Roache Cotuit | Ryan Eades Bourne | Trevor Gott Orleans | Patrick Cantwell Bourne | Ben Waldrip Orleans | Nate Koneski Falmouth | Stephen Piscotty Y-D (.349) |
2012 | Phil Ervin Harwich | Sean Manaea Hyannis | Sean Manaea Hyannis | Dan Slania Cotuit | Zak Blair Y-D | Jake Hernandez Orleans | Tyler Horan Wareham | Patrick Biondi Cotuit (.388) |
2013 | Max Pentecost Bourne | Jeff Hoffman Hyannis | Lukas Schiraldi Chatham | Eric Eck Hyannis | Connor Joe Chatham | Matt Troupe Orleans | Tommy Lawrence Chatham | Kevin Newman Falmouth (.375) |
2014 | Kevin Newman Falmouth | Phil Bickford Y-D | Kolton Mahoney Orleans | Phil Bickford Y-D | Anthony Hermelyn Harwich | A.J. Murray Chatham | Chris Shaw Chatham | Kevin Newman Falmouth (.385) |
Adam Whitt Cotuit | ||||||||
2015 | Nick Senzel Brewster | Nick Senzel Brewster | Mitchell Jordan Orleans | Austin Conway Bourne | Will Haynie Cotuit | Johnny Adams Harwich | Aaron Civale Hyannis | Andrew Calica Wareham (.425) |
Thomas Hackimer Brewster | ||||||||
2016 | Ernie Clement Harwich | Michael Gigliotti Falmouth | Jeff Passantino Falmouth | Garrett Cave Hyannis | Johnny Adams Harwich | Austin Filiere Harwich | Willy Yahn Bourne | Cole Freeman Wareham (.374) |
2017 | Greyson Jenista Cotuit | Griffin Conine Cotuit | Kris Bubic Y-D | Riley McCauley Y-D | Josh Breaux Falmouth | Marty Bechina Falmouth | Mickey Gasper Brewster | Tanner Dodson Wareham (.350) |
Ryan Feltner Bourne | ||||||||
2018 | Matthew Barefoot Hyannis | J.J. Bleday Orleans | Adam Laskey Falmouth | Dylan Thomas Hyannis | Maverick Handley Falmouth | Andre Lipcius Harwich | Justin Lasko Bourne | Matthew Barefoot Hyannis (.379) |
Jacob Wallace Bourne | ||||||||
2019 | Nick Gonzales Cotuit | Austin Wells Y-D | Ian Bedell Wareham | Zach Brzykcy Falmouth | Max Troiani Orleans | Austin Masel Falmouth | Jared Shuster Orleans | Zach DeLoach Falmouth (.353) |
MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
2020 | Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | |||||||
2021 | Brock Wilken Harwich | Chase DeLauter Orleans | Trey Dombroski Harwich | Eric Adler Bourne | Kurtis Byrne Brewster | Tyler Locklear Orleans | Matt Donlan Cotuit | Clark Elliott Hyannis (.344) |
2022 | Matt Shaw Bourne | Tommy Troy Cotuit | Bryce Warrecker Orleans | Cam Schuelke Cotuit | Garrett Guillemette Orleans | Rikuu Nishida Hyannis | Jordy Allard Hyannis | Matt Shaw Bourne (.360) |
2023 | Travis Bazzana Falmouth | Cam Smith Hyannis | Camron Hill Cotuit | Sean Matson Orleans | Hugh Pinkney Bourne | Derek Clark Orleans | Tyler MacGregor Falmouth | Travis Bazzana Falmouth (.375) |
2024 | Ethan Petry Y-D | Ethan Petry Y-D | Itsuki Takemoto Orleans | Trevor Moore Y-D | Tanner Thach Cotuit | Yohann Dessureault Wareham | Cam Maldonado Harwich | Jarren Advincula Cotuit (.392) |
CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee | |
Individual season records below are for a 42-game regular season from 1963 to 1987 and a 44-game regular season from 1988–present.
Aluminum bats were used from 1975 through 1984.
Batting Average (AVG) | ||
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AVG | Player | Year |
.505 | Ken Voges, Chatham | 1963 |
.443 | Sam Nattile, Falmouth | 1981 |
.434 | Nat "Buck" Showalter, Hyannis | 1976 |
.431 | Terry Steinbach, Cotuit | 1982 |
.425 | Andrew Calica, Wareham | 2015 |
.420 | Thurman Munson, Chatham | 1967 |
.420 | Tom Weir, Chatham | 1966 |
Home Runs (HR) | ||
---|---|---|
HR | Player | Year |
22 | Cory Snyder, Harwich | 1983 |
16 | Tyler Horan, Wareham | 2012 |
16 | Dave Staton, Brewster | 1988 |
16 | Tim Teufel, Cotuit | 1979 |
15 | Jim McCollom, Falmouth | 1984 |
15 | Bill Schroeder, Hyannis | 1978 |
Runs Batted In (RBI) | ||
---|---|---|
RBI | Player | Year |
54 | Doug Fisher, Falmouth | 1984 |
54 | Terry Steinbach, Cotuit | 1982 |
52 | Mike Lopez, Wareham | 1982 |
52 | Tim Teufel, Cotuit | 1979 |
51 | Chris Morgan, Hyannis | 1983 |
At Bats (AB) | ||
---|---|---|
AB | Player | Year |
191 | Paul Ottavinia, Chatham | 1993 |
189 | Don Samra, Wareham | 1983 |
188 | Warner Jones, Wareham | 2004 |
186 | Warner Jones, Wareham | 2003 |
Runs Scored (R) | ||
---|---|---|
R | Player | Year |
50 | John Morris, Wareham | 1981 |
48 | Tim Teufel, Cotuit | 1979 |
47 | Cory Snyder, Harwich | 1983 |
47 | Ron Perry Jr., Hyannis | 1979 |
Base Hits (H) | ||
---|---|---|
H | Player | Year |
75 | Terry Steinbach, Cotuit | 1982 |
70 | Sam Nattile, Falmouth | 1981 |
70 | Rod Peters, Harwich | 1981 |
69 | Mark Smith, Wareham | 1990 |
69 | Ron Perry Jr., Hyannis | 1979 |
Doubles (2B) | ||
---|---|---|
2B | Player | Year |
19 | Dan Olson, Hyannis | 1994 |
19 | Walt Weiss, Wareham | 1984 |
18 | Kevin Nicholson, Wareham | 1996 |
18 | Terry Steinbach, Cotuit | 1982 |
Triples (3B) | ||
---|---|---|
3B | Player | Year |
8 | Bruce Thompson, Hyannis | 1993 |
8 | Ed Drucker, Harwich | 1966 |
7 | Travis Jankowski, Bourne | 2011 |
7 | Jeff Groth, Chatham | 1978 |
Stolen Bases (SB) | ||
---|---|---|
SB | Player | Year |
48 | Roy Marsh, Wareham | 1993 |
47 | Jeremy Carr, Chatham | 1992 |
43 | Mickey Morandini, Y-D | 1987 |
42 | Billy Rapp, Wareham | 1986 |
Wins (W) | ||
---|---|---|
W | Player | Year |
11 | Pat Hope, Hyannis | 1987 |
10 | Noel Kinski, Sagamore | 1965 |
9 | (12 players tied) | |
Strikeouts (SO) | ||
---|---|---|
SO | Player | Year |
126 | Paul Mitchell, Falmouth | 1969 |
122 | Dan O'Brien, Chatham | 1974 |
120 | Bill Fuller, Chatham | 1972 |
119 | John Caneira, Bourne | 1972 |
118 | John Caneira, Chatham | 1973 |
Earned Run Average (ERA) | ||
---|---|---|
ERA | Player | Year |
0.21 | Mitchell Jordan, Orleans | 2015 |
0.21 | Eric Milton, Falmouth | 1996 |
0.39 | Shaun Seibert, Brewster | 2006 |
0.39 | Eric Beattie, Bourne | 2003 |
0.40 | Brian Rogers, Orleans | 2002 |
0.43 | Jonathan Gonzalez, Wareham | 2000 |
0.45 | Ed Baird, Chatham | 1965 |
0.55 | Kyle Schmidt, Bourne | 2003 |
Minimum 34 innings pitched | ||
Games (G) | ||
---|---|---|
G | Player | Year |
30 | Jeff Innis, Cotuit | 1982 |
29 | Ryan Cahalan, Cotuit | 2004 |
29 | Mike Dennison, Bourne | 2001 |
27 | Donnie Bivens, Y-D | 1996 |
Innings Pitched (IP) | ||
---|---|---|
IP | Player | Year |
123 | Walt Terrell, Chatham | 1979 |
115 | Pat Hope, Hyannis | 1987 |
111 | John Caneira, Bourne | 1972 |
110 | Dan O'Brien, Chatham | 1974 |
110 | Oz Griebel, Harwich | 1970 |
Saves (SV) | ||
---|---|---|
SV | Player | Year |
16 | Ryan Speier, Bourne | 2001 |
15 | Derrick DePriest, Chatham | 1999 |
13 | Josh Fields, Y-D | 2006 |
13 | Clint Chrysler, Wareham | 1996 |
13 | Drew Fischer, Brewster | 1996 |
13 | Scott Winchester, Falmouth | 1994 |
Years in Office | Name | Ref |
---|---|---|
1968–1970 | Charles F. Moore | [195] [196] |
1970–1971 | Elwood C. Kastner | [196] [197] |
1972–1976 | Robert A. McNeece | [197] [198] [199] [200] |
1976–1977 | Mike Curran | [199] [201] [202] |
1978–1983 | Russ Ford | [201] [203] [204] |
1983–1986 | Dick Sullivan | [203] [205] [204] |
1986–1987 | Chuck Smith | [205] [206] |
1988–1989 | Dave Mulholland | [207] [208] |
1989–1991 | John Claffey | [208] [209] |
1991–2015 | Judy Walden Scarafile | [210] [211] [212] [213] |
2015–2022 | Chuck Sturtevant | [214] [215] |
2023–present | Andrew Lang | [216] |
Years in Office | Name | Ref |
---|---|---|
1962–1968 | Danny Silva | [217] [218] [219] |
1968–1970 | Bernie Kilroy | [218] [220] [204] |
1970–1972 | Larry Upton | [221] [197] |
1973–1974 | George Manfredi | [222] [223] |
1974 | Robert Kessler | [223] |
1975–1978 | Dick Sullivan | [224] [225] [204] |
1978–1982 | G. Arthur Hyland | [226] [225] |
1983 | Archie Allen | [227] [203] |
1983–1996 | Fred Ebbett | [203] [228] [229] [230] |
1996–1998 | Dick Marr | [229] [231] |
1999–2003 | Bob Stead | [232] [233] [234] |
2003–2019 | Paul Galop | [234] [235] [236] [237] |
2019–2024 | Eric Zmuda | [236] |
2024–present | John Castleberry | [238] [239] |
CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee | |
The CCBL Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame honoring past players, coaches, and others who have made outstanding contributions to the CCBL. [240] Since its inaugural class in 2000, the Hall of Fame has held annual inductions of new members, enshrining over 170 members to date.
Originally opened to the public in 2003 at the Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich, [241] the Hall of Fame and Museum moved in 2008 to the lower level of the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum in Hyannis, Massachusetts, where it remained until 2017. [242] The league anticipates a 2024 reopening of the Hall of Fame at a permanent location in South Yarmouth. [243]
Inductees (by year):
The following former CCBL players have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
In addition to the player inductees below, Cooperstown also honored longtime CCBL president Judy Walden Scarafile in 2010 by featuring her in the museum's Diamond Dreams exhibit, which highlights stories of pioneering women in baseball. [259] [260] [261]
Player | Pie Traynor | Carlton Fisk | Frank Thomas | Craig Biggio | Jeff Bagwell | Todd Helton |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCBL Team | Falmouth / Oak Bluffs 1919 | Orleans Cardinals 1966 | Orleans Cardinals 1988 | Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox 1986 | Chatham A's 1987, 1988 | Orleans Cardinals 1994 |
Year Inducted | 1948 | 2000 | 2014 | 2015 | 2017 | 2024 |
Ref | [248] [262] | [263] | [219] [264] | [265] | [266] [267] | [268] |
CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee | |
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