Cotuit Kettleers
(Redirected from Cotuit Kettlers)
- Location: Cotuit, MA
- League: Cape Cod Baseball League 1963-present
- Stadium: Lowell Park
Team Bio[edit]
The Cotuit Kettleers are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team playing in the Cape Cod Baseball League, considered by many to be the nation's premier summer collegiate baseball league. The Kettleers, who were formed in 1947, play their home games at Lowell Park in Cotuit, MA. They are by far the most successful team in the CCL, with 14 league championships. Former manager Jack McCarthy led the Kettleers to four straight titles in the seventies.
The Kettleers invest heavily in actively recruiting and training top players, and have hosted elite collegiate athletes from throughout the United States and Canada, including several Major League players. The Kettleers have won 14 CCBL championships.
The Cotuit Kettleers, like other summer college baseball teams, are dedicated and designed to provide minor league-style competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball and routinely send players to the MLB Drafts. The Kettleers operate in the model of an Independent Minor League team: recruiting athletes, playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. Like all other summer collegiate players, the Cotuit Kettleers are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.
- All Cape Cod Baseball League Games are Free to the Public. A donation can be offered at the gate.
Yearly Record[edit]
Year | Record | Manager | Playoffs |
---|---|---|---|
1963 | 28-4 | Jim Hubbard | Champions |
1964 | 31-3 | Jim Hubbard | Champions |
1965 | 15-16 | Jim Hubbard | |
1966 | 14-22 | Jim Hubbard | |
1967 | 22-16 | Jim Hubbard | |
1968 | 16-24 | Jim Hubbard | |
1969 | 21-22-2 | Jim Hubbard | 1st Round |
1970 | 23-21 | Jack McCarthy | 1st Round |
1971 | 20-18-4 | Jack McCarthy | 1st Round |
1972 | 26-15-1 | Jack McCarthy | Champions |
1973 | 24-17 | Jack McCarthy | Champions |
1974 | 20-19-3 | Jack McCarthy | Champions |
1975 | 24-18 | Jack McCarthy | Champions |
1976 | 25-12-5 | Jack McCarthy | 1st Round |
1977 | 27-13-2 | Jack McCarthy | Champions |
1978 | 19-22-1 | Jack McCarthy | |
1979 | 23-17-2 | George Greer | 1st Round |
1980 | 25-15-2 | George Greer | 1st Round |
1981 | 19-18-5 | George Greer | Champions |
1982 | 24-16-2 | George Greer | 1st Round |
1983 | 27-11-3 | George Greer | Runner Up |
1984 | 22-16-4 | George Greer | Champions |
1985 | 28-14 | George Greer | Champions |
1986 | 23-18-1 | George Greer | Runner Up |
1987 | 22-18-2 | George Greer | 1st Round |
1988 | 21-18-5 | Pete Varney | |
1989 | 23-20-1 | Pete Varney | |
1990 | 22-19-2 | Pete Varney | 1st Round |
1991 | 21-21-2 | Roger Bidwell | |
1992 | 28-14-1 | Roger Bidwell | Runner Up |
1993 | 24-20 | Roger Bidwell | |
1994 | 20-21-2 | Roger Bidwell | |
1995 | 29-11-3 | Mike Coutts | Champions |
1996 | 23-19-2 | Mike Coutts | |
1997 | 21-21-2 | Tom Walter | |
1998 | 18-22-4 | Tom Walter | |
1999 | 26-18 | Mike Coutts | Champions |
2000 | 17-26 | Mike Coutts | |
2001 | 20-20-4 | Mike Coutts | |
2002 | 23-16-5 | Garrett Quinn | 1st Round |
2003 | 20-21-2 | Garrett Quinn | |
2004 | 20-23-1 | Mike Roberts | |
2005 | 22-19-3 | Mike Roberts | 1st Round |
2006 | 27-16-1 | Mike Roberts | 1st Round |
2007 | 14-27-3 | Mike Roberts | |
2008 | 24-18-2 | Mike Roberts | Runner Up |
2009 | 20-18-6 | Mike Roberts | Runner Up |
2010 | 19-23-2 | Mike Roberts | Champions |
2011 | 14-30 | Mike Roberts | |
2012 | 30-14 | Mike Roberts | 1st Round |
2013 | 25-18-1 | Mike Roberts | Champions |
2014 | 18-25-1 | Mike Roberts | Semi Final |
2015 | 17-27 | Mike Roberts | 1st Round |
2016 | 15-28-1 | Mike Roberts | |
2017 | 22-21-1 | Mike Roberts | 1st Round |
2018 | 22-18-4 | Mike Roberts | 1st Round |
2019 | 20-20-4 | Mike Roberts | Champions |
2021 | 18-17-1 | Mike Roberts | 1st Round |
Notable Kettleers Alumni[edit]
- Tim Teufel
- Will Clark
- Bob Butkus
- Jack McCarthy
- Jim Perkins
- Ron Darling
- George Greer
- Bernie Kilroy
- Cal Burlingame
- Terry Steinbach
- Arnold Mycock
- Jeff Reardon
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