2001 NECBL season

2001 NECBL season

Regular season
Dates	June 3 – July 31
Playoffs
Start date	August 1
Semifinal 1	Newport over Eastern
Semifinal 2	Keene over Torrington
NECBL Championship Series
Date	August 4–6
Site	Alumni Field, Cardines Field
Champions	Newport
NECBL seasons

The 2001 NECBL season was the eighth season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league expanded to ten franchises with the addition of a second New Hampshire franchise, the Concord Quarry Dogs of Concord, New Hampshire. Also, the league's West Warwick, Rhode Island franchise rejoined the league as the Riverpoint Royals. The league's Cranston, Rhode Island franchise, the Rhode Island Gulls, moved to Newport, Rhode Island and became the Newport Gulls. The league's Lowell, Massachusetts franchise, the Mill City All-Americans, was renamed the Lowell All-Americans.

In the semifinal playoff rounds, Newport defeated Eastern 2-1, and Keene defeated Torrington 2-1. In the championship round, Newport defeated Keene 2-1 to win the NECBL championship.

Regular season standings

National Division

Team	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	GB
Torrington Twisters	25	15	.625	0
Keene Swamp Bats	24	16	.600	1
Lowell All-Americans	23	17	.575	2
Danbury Westerners	17	23	.425	8
Concord Quarry Dogs	16	24	.400	9

American Division

Team	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	GB
Newport Gulls	25	15	.625	0
Eastern Tides	24	16	.600	1
Riverpoint Royals	17	23	.425	8
Middletown Giants	16	24	.400	9
Manchester Silkworms	13	27	.325	12

Championship series

• Game 1-Newport 6, Keene 1
• Game 2-Keene 7, Newport 3
• Game 3-Newport 2, Keene 1

League leaders

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Avg.	Chris Westervelt	Keene	.359
HR	Mike Bohlander	Newport	10
RBI	Kevin Wissner	Middletown	31
SB	Chris Graziano	Middletown	35
H	Shaun Larkin	Keene	53
2B	Mike Budak	Danbury	12
3B	Doug Jackson	Newport	3
OBP	Chad Henry	Newport	.481
SLG%	Shaun Larkin	Keene	.581
XBH	Kainoa Obrey	Newport	17
R	Myron Leslie	Keene	38
ERA	John Velosky	Concord	0.76
W	Mike MacDonald	Lowell	7
SV	Matt Elfeldt	Concord	10
K	John Velosky	Concord	65
APP	Matt Elfeldt	Concord	24
CG	Tim Stauffer	Keene	6
SO	Chris Shank	Lowell	2
IP	Gabe Ribas	Keene	71.2
L	Steve Bray	Middletown	6
BB	Jeremy Fortner	Danbury	45
HRA	Mike Eilers	Danbury	7

League awards

Award	Player	NECBL team	Collegiate team
Most Valuable Player	Shaun Larkin	Keene	Cal State Northridge
Top Pro Prospect	Taber Lee	Torrington	San Diego State University
10th Player Award	Kainoa Obrey	Newport Gulls	BYU
Defensive Player of the Year	Matt Tupman	Concord	Umass Lowell
Top Pitcher	John Velosky	Concord	Dartmouth College
Top Relief Pitcher	Matt Elfeldt	Concord	Boston College
Sportsmanship Award	Jeff Tarigo	Middletown	University of Vermont
Rookie of the Year	Chris Westerveldt	Keene	Stetson University
Most Improved Player	Mike Bohlander	Newport	Pace University
Manager of the Year	Mike Susi	Eastern

Attendance

Rnk	Team	Year Total	Game Average
1	Concord Quarry Dogs	31,667	1,583
2	Keene Swamp Bats	31,009	1,550
3	Torrington Twisters	21,891	1,216
4	Newport Gulls	11,491	676
5	Manchester Silkworms	7,971	420
6	Danbury Westerners	4,806	240
7	Riverpoint Royals	3,266	163
8	Mill City All-Americans	2,769	146
9	Middletown Giants	1,825	107
10	Eastern Tides	1,863	93
TOTAL	NECBL	118,558	992

External links

• NECBL website

Notes

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