New England Collegiate Baseball League

The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) is a 13-team Summer Collegiate Baseball league founded in 1993. It is sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 42-game schedule during June and July, with a playoff in early August. Like the Cape Cod Baseball League and other amateur leagues, the NECBL is a showcase for top college-level players, giving professional baseball scouts a chance to see prospective pros playing against each other.

The league was founded by former MLB player George Foster and television producer Joseph Consentino. The league started play in 1994 and today the NECBL has become a strong twelve-team league that plays in all six New England states. Players are recruited from NCAA colleges or universities who are in good academic standing, have completed at least one year of athletic eligibility, and have at least one year of eligibility remaining.

Teams

North Division			South Division
Team	Location		Team	Location
Winnipesaukee Muskrats	Laconia, NH		Danbury Westerners	Danbury, CT
Keene Swamp Bats	Keene, NH		Martha's Vineyard Sharks	Oak Bluffs, MA
North Adams SteepleCats	North Adams, MA		Mystic Schooners	Mystic, CT
Sanford Mainers	Sanford, ME		Bristol Blues	Bristol, CT
Upper Valley Nighthawks	Hartford, VT		Newport Gulls	Newport, RI
Vermont Mountaineers	Montpelier, VT		Ocean State Waves	South Kingstown, RI
North Shore Navigators	Lynn, MA		Holyoke Blue Sox	Holyoke, MA

Former Teams

• Waterbury White Sox (1994)
• Waterbury Barons (1995-1996)
• Eastern Tides (1994-2001)
• Thread City Tides (2002-2003)
• Berkshire Dukes (2004)
• Pittsfield Dukes (2005-2008)
• Pittsfield American Defenders (2009)
• Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club (2010)
• Middletown Giants (1994-2003)
• Holyoke Giants (2004-2007)
• Rhode Island Reds (1996-1999)
• Torrington Twisters (1997-2008)
• Rhode Island Gulls (1999-2000)
• Mill City All-Americans (2000-2005)
• Lowell All-Americans (2006-2010)
• Manchester Silkworms (2000-2009)
• Concord Quarry Dogs (2001-2007)
• Fairfield Stallions (1994)
• Bristol Nighthawks (1994-1995)
• Central Mass Collegians (1995-1999)
• Riverpoint Royals (2001-2004)
• Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide (2011)
• Saratoga Brigade (2013)
• Plymouth Pilgrims (2013-2018)
• Laconia Muskrats (2010-2015)
• New Bedford Bay Sox (2009-2019)

Championship Finals

Year	Winner	Series	Loser
1994	Eastern Tides	3-2	Bristol Nighthawks
1995	Central Mass Collegians	2-0	Waterbury Barons
1996	Central Mass Collegians	2-1	Danbury Westerners
1997	Middletown Giants	2-1	Torrington Twisters
1998	Middletown Giants	3-1	Torrington Twisters
1999	Middletown Giants	3-1	Danbury Westerners
2000	Keene Swamp Bats	2-1	Rhode Island Gulls
2001	Newport Gulls	2-1	Keene Swamp Bats
2002	Newport Gulls	2-0	Keene Swamp Bats
2003	Keene Swamp Bats	2-0	Torrington Twisters
2004	Sanford Mainers	2-1	Newport Gulls
2005	Newport Gulls	2-0	Vermont Mountaineers
2006	Vermont Mountaineers	2-0	Torrington Twisters
2007	Vermont Mountaineers	2-0	Newport Gulls
2008	Sanford Mainers	2-0	Newport Gulls
2009	Newport Gulls	2-1	Vermont Mountaineers
2010	North Shore Navigators	2-1	Danbury Westerners
2011	Keene Swamp Bats	2-0	Laconia Muskrats
2012	Newport Gulls	2-0	Danbury Westerners
2013	Keene Swamp Bats	2-1	Newport Gulls
2014	Newport Gulls	2-0	Sanford Mainers
2015	Vermont Mountaineers	2-1	Mystic Schooners
2016	Mystic Schooners	2-0	Sanford Mainers
2017	Holyoke Blue Sox	2-0	Ocean State Waves
2018	Holyoke Blue Sox	2-0	Ocean State Waves
2019	Keene Swamp Bats	2-0	Martha's Vineyard Sharks
2021	Danbury Westerners	2-0	North Shore Navigators

Official Website

NECBL