2002 NECBL season

2002 NECBL season
Regular season
Dates	June 8 – August 1
Playoffs
Start date	August 2
Quarterfinal 1	Danbury over Middletown
Quarterfinal 2	Newport over North Adams
Quarterfinal 3	Keene over Torrington
Quarterfinal 4	Mill City over Concord
Semifinal 1	Newport over Danbury
Semifinal 2	Keene over Mill City
NECBL Championship Series
Date	August 9–10
Site	Alumni Field, Cardines Field
Champions	Newport

The 2002 NECBL season was the ninth season in the history of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league expanded to twelve franchises with the addition of the North Adams SteepleCats of North Adams, Massachusetts and the Sanford Mainers of Sanford, Maine, the league's first franchise in the New England state of Maine. Also, the league's Willimantic, Connecticut franchise changed its name from the Eastern Tides to the Thread City Tides Tides.^[1]

In the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Danbury defeated Middletown 2–0, Newport defeated North Adams 2–1, Keene defeated Torrington 2–1, and Mill City defeated Concord 2–1. In the semifinal rounds, Newport defeated Danbury 2–0, and Keene defeated Lowell 2–1, setting up a championship series between the Newport Gulls and the Keene Swamp Bats. In game 1, Newport defeated Keene 8–4, and in game 2, Newport defeated Keene 3–2 to win the NECBL championship.^[2]

Regular season standings[edit]

Western Division[edit]

Team	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	GB
Danbury Westerners	25	16	.610	0
North Adams SteepleCats	23	19	.548	2.5
Torrington Twisters	22	20	.524	3.5
Manchester Silkworms	16	26	.381	9.5

Northern Division[edit]

Team	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	GB
Keene Swamp Bats	31	11	.738	0
Concord Quarry Dogs	24	17	.585	6.5
Lowell All-Americans	24	18	.571	7
Sanford Mainers	15	27	.357	16

Southern Division[edit]

Team	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	GB
Newport Gulls	25	17	.595	0
Middletown Giants	23	19	.548	2
Riverpoint Royals	13	29	.310	12
Thread City Tides	10	32	.238	15

League leaders[edit]

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Avg.	Mike Wagner	North Adams	.342
ERA	Grant Reynolds	Danbury	0.46
H	Mike Wagner	North Adams	50
R	Mike Wagner	North Adams	39
RBI	Bryan LaHair	Keene	33
2B	Joseph Cantone	Riverpoint	12
3B	Mike Wagner	North Adams	4
HR	Bennett Stapf	Danbury	7
TB	Mike Wagner	North Adams	85
SB	Rafael Lara	Newport	22
K	David Humen	Keene	77

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League awards[edit]

Award	Player	NECBL team
Most Valuable Player	Mike Wagner	North Adams
Top Pro Prospect	Grant Reynolds	Concord
Batting Champion	Mike Wagner (.342)	North Adams
10th Player Award	Trey Hendricks	Keene
Defensive Player of the Year	Rafael Lara	Newport
Top Pitcher	Grant Reynolds	Concord
Top Relief Pitcher	Chris Homer	North Adams
Sportsmanship Award	Ranger Wiens	Newport
Rookie of the Year	Jeff Frazier	Danbury
Most Improved Player	Mike Bergeron	Newport
Manager of the Year	Paul Swingle	Keene

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Attendance[edit]

Rnk	Team	Year Total	Game Average	Rnk Change¿	Total Att Change	Game Avg Change
1	Keene Swamp Bats	38,898	1,852	+1	+7,889	+302
2	Torrington Twisters	29,345	1,467	+1	+7,454	+251
3	Concord Quarry Dogs	30,315	1,443	-2	-1,352	-140
4	North Adams SteepleCats†	19,087	908	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	Newport Gulls	16,640	792	-1	+5,149	+116
6	Sanford Mainers†	13,829	658	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	Manchester Silkworms	8,728	415	-2	+757	-5
8	Danbury Westerners	6,992	368	-2	+2,186	+128
9	Middletown Giants	7,561	360	+0	+5,736	+253
10	Thread City Tides	4,226	201	+0	+2,363	+108
11	Riverpoint Royals	3,800	172	-4	+534	+9
12	Mill City All Americans	2,975	156	-4	+206	+10
TOTAL	NECBL	182,396	735	–	+63,838	-257

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¿ Comparisons in relation to 2001 NECBL season.
† The North Adams SteepleCats and Sanford Mainers were founded for the 2003 season.

Notes[edit]

↑ http://www.necbl.com/2002finalstandings.htm Archived 2007-10-20 at the Wayback Machine NECBL standings archive; URL accessed December 9, 2008
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2010-01-03. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) NECBL playoff archive; URL accessed December 9, 2008
↑ http://www.necbl.com/1webstats/Lgsumm.htm#form.lgt Archived 2007-10-19 at the Wayback Machine NECBL league leaders archive; URL accessed December 9, 2008
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2010-01-02. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) NECBL standings archive; URL accessed December 9, 2008
↑ "New England Collegiate Baseball League". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-12-21. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) NECBL team statistics archive; URL accessed December 21, 2008

External links[edit]

NECBL website

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[1] ttp://www.necbl.com/2002finalstandings.htm Archived 2007-10-20 at the Wayback Machine NECBL standings archive; URL accessed December 9, 2008

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2010-01-03. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) NECBL playoff archive; URL accessed December 9, 2008

[3] ttp://www.necbl.com/1webstats/Lgsumm.htm#form.lgt Archived 2007-10-19 at the Wayback Machine NECBL league leaders archive; URL accessed December 9, 2008

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2010-01-02. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) NECBL standings archive; URL accessed December 9, 2008

[5] "New England Collegiate Baseball League". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-12-21. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) NECBL team statistics archive; URL accessed December 21, 2008

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