Keene Swamp Bats

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Keene Swamp Bats
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League NECBL  (Northern Division)
Location Keene, NH (1997–present)
Ballpark Alumni Field (1997–present)
Founded1997
Post-season division championships6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013)
Regular-season division championships6 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012)
League championships6 (2000, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2025)
Former name(s)Keene Swamp Bats (1997–present)
Former league(s)
  • NECBL
    • Northern Division (2002, 2004–2008)
    • National Division (2001)
ColorsPurple, black
  
OwnershipKevin Watterson
ManagementVicki Bacon (GM)
Manager Gary Calhoun
Website swampbats.com

The Keene Swamp Bats are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Keene, New Hampshire. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Alumni Field. In the NECBL, they are consistently one of the top teams and have reached the league playoffs in 18 of the past 21 seasons[Edit] The team has won the League Championship six times, and also has one of the largest fan bases in the league. Since 2002, they have led the NECBL in attendance three times and have finished outside the top two teams in attendance only once. This attendance is facilitated by Alumni Field's having the largest official capacity of any NECBL ballpark.

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Team history

YearRegular seasonPostseason
199818-24DNQ
199927-141-2
200027-154-2*
200124-163-3
200231-114-4
200327-146-0*
200426-163-2
200530-133-2
200622-200-2
200722-200-2
200824-172-2
200927-131-2
201020-221-2
201128-146-2*
201229-132-2
201327-176-3*
201421-211-2
201513-29DNQ
201620-26DNQ
201720-250-1
201824-210-1
201930-194-1*
2020Season cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
202127-171-2
202217-27DNQ
202326-18DNQ
202417-27DNQ
202532-126-0*
Total624-45554-58
Overall678-513

KEY:* - won Championship; DNQ - did not qualify

Postseason appearances

YearDivision semi-finalsDivision finals*NECBL Championship Series
Keene Swamp Bats
1999 Danbury Westerners L (1–2)
2000 Middletown Giants W (2–1) Rhode Island Gulls W (2–1)
2001 Torrington Twisters W (2–1) Newport Gulls L (1–2)
2002 Torrington Twisters W (2–1) Lowell All-Americans W (2–1) Newport Gulls L (0–2)
2003 Concord Quarry Dogs W (2–0) Sanford Mainers W (2–0) Torrington Twisters W (2–0)
2004 Vermont Mountaineers W (2–0) Sanford Mainers L (1–2)
2005 Sanford Mainers W (2–0) Vermont Mountaineers L (1–2)
2006 Sanford Mainers L (0–2)
2007 Vermont Mountaineers L (0–2)
2008 North Shore Navigators W (2–0) Sanford Mainers L (0–2)
2009 Holyoke Blue Sox L (1–2)
2010 North Adams SteepleCats L (1–2)
2011 Danbury Westerners W (2–1) Holyoke Blue Sox W (2–1) Laconia Muskrats W (2–0)
2012 Vermont Mountaineers W (2–0) Danbury Westerners L (0–2)
2013 Holyoke Blue Sox W (2–1) Vermont Mountaineers W (2-1) Newport Gulls W (2-1)
2014 Sanford Mainers L (1-2)
2017 Valley Blue Sox L (0-5)
2018 Sanford Mainers L (0-2)
2025 Upper Valley Nighthawks W (2-0) Sanford Mainers W (2-0) Martha's Vineyard Sharks W (2-0)