Collegiate summer baseball league
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.
History
Hall of Famer Pie Traynor played for Falmouth in 1919
Danny MacFayden (Osterville 1924, Falmouth 1925) played for the Boston Red Sox from 1926 to 1932
New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge played for Brewster in 2012
Pre-modern era
Origins
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 early Cape League era (1923–1939)
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.
The Upper and Lower Cape League era (1946–1962)
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.
Modern era (1963–present)
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 .
Structure and season
A night game at Doran Park , home of the Bourne Braves
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.
Teams
Current teams
Cape Cod Baseball League teams (West Division teams in red, East Division teams in blue)
Division
Team
Town/Village
First year
Home Field
Capacity
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
Origin of team nicknames
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.
Franchise timelines
Origins
Below is a partial list of Cape Cod baseball teams from the 1860s until the formation of the Cape League in 1923.
Barnstable Cummaquids
Barnstable Osceolas
Barnstable Village
Chatham
Falmouth Cottage Club
Harwich
Hyannis
Orleans Pants Factory
Osterville
Sandwich Athletics
Sandwich Nichols Club
West Barnstable Mastetuketts
West Falmouth
Yarmouth Mattakeesetts
Early Cape League era (1923–1939)
Upper and Lower Cape League era (1946–1962)
A team from Otis AFB played in the Cape League from the 1940s to the 1960s. View of an inspection at Otis Field in August, 1944.
Keith Field, in the shadow of the Sagamore Bridge , was home of the Sagamore Clouters from the 1940s to the 1960s.
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.
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.
League championships
Frank "Shanty" Hogan won a CCBL championship with Osterville in 1924 and went on to a 13-year MLB career with the Boston Braves , New York Giants and Washington Senators .
Frank Skaff was an all-league outfielder for Harwich's 1933 title club, and went on to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Championships by Team, 1923–1939
Team
Won
Championship Seasons
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.
CCBL Hall of Famer Lou Lamoriello came up short in back-to-back CCBL title series as a player with Harwich and Orleans in 1962 and 1963, but won a league title in 1965 as manager of Sagamore.
Championships by Team, 1946–1962
Team
Won
Championship Seasons
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
CCBL Hall of Famer Jeff Reardon pitched for the 1974 and 1975 champion Cotuit Kettleers.
Charles Nagy was playoff MVP of Harwich's 1987 championship season.
Barry Zito pitched for the 1997 CCBL champion Wareham Gatemen
Emmanuel Burriss won playoff co-MVP in Orleans' 2005 championship season
Buster Posey played shortstop and catcher for the 2006 & 2007 back-to-back CCBL champion Y-D Red Sox
DJ LeMahieu played on Harwich's 2008 CCBL championship team
Bradley Zimmer was playoff MVP of Cotuit's 2013 championship season
Championships by Season, 1963–present
Year
Winning Team
Manager
Games
Losing Team
Manager
Playoff MVP
Ref
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]
The Cotuit Kettleers' record of 15 titles in the modern era and 17 overall is unmatched among CCBL franchises.
Skipper Mike Roberts led Cotuit to CCBL titles in 2010, 2013 and 2019
Championships by Team, 1963–present
Team
Won
Played
Last Won
Last Played
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.
Championships by Team, 1923–present
Team
Won
Championship Seasons
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.
CCBL Hall of Famer Scott Pickler has led Y-D to six league titles
CCBL Hall of Famer George Greer skippered Cotuit to three league titles in the 1980s
Championships by Manager, 1923–present
Manager
Team
Seasons as Manager
Total Seasons
Total Championships
Championship Seasons
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 .
Key
CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee
All-Star Game
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.
Annual award winners
CCBL Hall of Famer and 1976 league MVP Nat "Buck" Showalter won the league batting title with a .434 average
CCBL Hall of Famer Steve Balboni , 1977 league MVP and Outstanding Pro Prospect
CCBL Hall of Famer Walt Terrell was the league's Outstanding Pitcher in 1979
Steve Lombardozzi , 1980 Sportsmanship Award winner
CCBL Hall of Famer Joey Cora was league MVP in 1984
CCBL Hall of Famer Robin Ventura , 1987 Outstanding Pro Prospect Award winner
CCBL Hall of Famer Darin Erstad , 1994 league MVP
CCBL Hall of Famer Carlos Peña , 1997 league MVP and Sportsmanship Award winner
CCBL Hall of Famer Matt Wieters , 2006 Outstanding Pro Prospect Award winner
CCBL Hall of Famer Kolten Wong was league MVP in 2010
Stephen Piscotty was CCBL batting champ in 2011
The league annually presents several individual awards,[ 193] [ 194] including:
The Pat Sorenti MVP Award
The Robert A. McNeece Outstanding Pro Prospect Award
The BFC Whitehouse Outstanding Pitcher Award
The Russ Ford Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award
The Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award
The Manny Robello 10th Player Award
The John J. Claffey Outstanding New England Player Award
The Thurman Munson Award for Batting Champion
Key
CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee
Statistical records
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.
Individual batting, season (1963–present)
CCBL Hall of Famer Tim Teufel hit 16 home runs and had 52 RBI for Cotuit in 1979.
CCBL Hall of Famer Mickey Morandini swiped 43 bases for Y-D in 1987.
Individual pitching, season (1963–present)
CCBL Hall of Famer Paul Mitchell set a league record with 126 strikeouts for Falmouth in 1969.
CCBL Hall of Famer Ryan Speier saved 16 games for Bourne in 2001.
Presidents and commissioners
Longtime Springfield College head coach Archie Allen was CCBL Commissioner in 1983. He is shown here coaching the Dutch national team in the 1964 European Baseball Championship .
Key
CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee
Hall of Fame and Museum
CCBL Hall of Famer Thurman Munson
CCBL Hall of Famer Peter Gammons
CCBL Hall of Famer Kyle Schwarber
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):
Alumni in the National Baseball Hall of Fame
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]
Key
CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee
See also
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