Harvey Shapiro (baseball)

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Harvey Shapiro
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Biographical details
Born New Britain, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
Baseball
1967–1970 Connecticut
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Baseball
c. 1980 Springfield (assistant)
1984–1998 Bowdoin
1999–2004 Hartford
Women's basketball
1976–1977 Springfield
1980–1983Springfield
Head coaching record
Overall265–392–6 (baseball)
65–27 (women's basketball)

Harvey Shapiro is an American college baseball coach, and former manager of the Netherlands national baseball team and the Bourne Braves. He was most recently head coach of the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2022.

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Biography

A native of New Britain, Connecticut, Shapiro played college baseball at the University of Connecticut under coach Larry Panciera. He graduated from UConn in 1970 with a degree in accounting, and received a master's degree in physical education from Springfield College in 1975. [1]

Shapiro was an assistant baseball coach at Springfield under coach Archie Allen in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and also served as the school's head women's basketball coach in 1976–1977 and again from 1980 to 1983, compiling a 65–27 record over four seasons on the Springfield hardwood. [2] [3] [4] He became head baseball coach at Bowdoin College in 1984 and remained at that post for 15 seasons through 1998, simultaneously leading Bowdoin's women's basketball program as head coach for the same period. [4] [5] [6] While at Bowdoin, Shapiro also served as manager of the Netherlands national baseball team from 1984 to 1986, leading the club to multiple appearances in the Baseball World Cup. [4] [7] He became head baseball coach at the University of Hartford in 1999 and led the team for six seasons through 2004. [1] [8]

Shapiro's long association with the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) began in the late 1980s with assistant coaching jobs with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox and Wareham Gatemen. [9] [10] He went on to skipper the Falmouth Commodores from 1994 to 1998, winning the league's coach of the year honors in 1996. [11] Shapiro took the helm of the Bourne Braves in 2003, [12] a post where he remained through 2021. At Bourne, he coached dozens of future major league stars such as Pete Alonso, Mitch Moreland and Tommy La Stella, and led the club to its first league championship in 2009. [13] Following the 2021 season, Shapiro left Bourne to return to Wareham as field manager. [14] [15] Shapiro was inducted into the CCBL's Hall of Fame as part of its 2020 class. [11] [16]

Shapiro was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019. [17]

Head coaching record

Baseball

The following is a table of Shapiro's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach. [5] [8]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Bowdoin Polar Bears (New England Small College Athletic Conference)(1984–1998)
1984Bowdoin 13–12
1985Bowdoin 15–17
1986Bowdoin 15–15
1987Bowdoin 9–18
1988Bowdoin 7–18
1989Bowdoin 7–11
1990Bowdoin 10–13
1991Bowdoin 17–8
1992Bowdoin 12–11
1993Bowdoin 13–10–1
1994Bowdoin 11–12
1995Bowdoin 14–14–2
1996Bowdoin 15–12–1
1997Bowdoin 17–8
1998Bowdoin 14–14–1
Bowdoin:189–193–5
Hartford Hawks (America East Conference)(1999–2004)
1999 Hartford 12–347–208th
2000 Hartford 13–346–228th
2001 Hartford 14–3510–188th
2002 Hartford 17–298–147th
2003 Hartford 9–34–17–156th
2004 Hartford 11–335–168th
Hartford:76–199–143–105
Total:265–392–6

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  2. ↑ "Harvey Shapiro". Springfield College. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Springfield College Women's Basketball All-Time Results". springfieldcollegepride.com. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Ken Cerino (March 6, 2017). "Veteran coach Harvey Shapiro looks back on special season". ncaa.com. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Bowdoin College Baseball History" (PDF). bowdoin.edu. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Bowdoin College Women's Basketball History" (PDF). bowdoin.edu. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  7. ↑ Shapiro, Harvey (2006). "Chapter 14: Holland: An American Coaching Honkbal". In Gmelch, George (ed.). Baseball without Borders: The International Pastime. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 247–262. ISBN   0803271255.
  8. 1 2 "Hartford Hawks Baseball Record Book" (PDF). hartfordhawks.com. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  9. ↑ Erin Lewis (June 27, 2007). "Braves' Shapiro stresses human qualities in players". Bourne Courier. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  10. ↑ Matt Pulsifer (July 9, 2014). "Managers have a shared history". The Bourne Courier. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  11. 1 2 Benjamin Rosenberg (June 21, 2020). "Bourne to Manage: Hall-Bound Harvey Shapiro Reflects on Time in Cape League". capecodtimes.com. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Coaching Staff". bournebraves.org. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  13. ↑ Szmit, Kathleen (August 14, 2009). "Bourne makes history: Braves win their first Cape League Championship". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. pp. B3, B4.
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  15. ↑ Courtney Jacobs (August 25, 2021). "Field manager Harvey Shapiro leaving Bourne for Wareham". capecodtimes.com. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  16. ↑ Brad Joyal (June 14, 2020). "Cape League announces Hall of Fame class". capecodtimes.com. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Lashua, Scott, Drapeau, Olore among Maine Baseball Hall of Fame selections". bangordailynews.com. April 26, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
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