2004 NECBL season Regular season Dates June 11 – August 1 Playoffs Start date August 2 Quarterfinal 1 Riverpoint over Manchester Quarterfinal 2 Sanford over North Adams Quarterfinal 3 Keene over Vermont Quarterfinal 4 Newport over Torrington Semifinal 1 Sanford over Keene Semifinal 2 Newport over Riverpoint NECBL Championship Series Date August 9–11 Site Goodall Park , Cardines Field Champions Sanford
The 2004 NECBL season was the 11th season in the history of the New England Collegiate Baseball League . The league's Middletown, Connecticut franchise, the Middletown Giants , moved to Holyoke, Massachusetts and became the Holyoke Giants . Also, the league's Willimantic, Connecticut franchise, the Thread City Tides , moved to Hinsdale, Massachusetts and became the Berkshire Dukes .[1]
In the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Riverpoint defeated Manchester 2-1, Sanford defeated North Adams 2-1, Keene defeated Vermont 2-0, and Newport defeated Torrington 2-1. In the semifinal rounds, Sanford defeated Keene 2-1 and Newport defeated Riverpoint 2-1. In the championship round, Sanford defeated Newport 2-1 to win the franchise's first NECBL title.[2]
Regular season standings [ edit ] Northern Division [ edit ] Southern Division [ edit ] League leaders [ edit ]
Category
Player
Team
Stat
Avg
Chris Stanton
Newport
.405
ERA
Ryan Turner
Keene
1.24
H
Chris Stanton
Newport
60
R
Chris Stanton
Newport
40
RBI
Jim Negrych
Keene
39
2B
Reed Eastley
Danbury
14
3B
Eli Iorg
Torrington
5
HR
Jim Negrych
Keene
9
TB
Ryan Crew
Sanford
90
SB
Chris Stanton
Newport
21
K
Andrew Bailey
Mill City
79
[3]
League awards [ edit ]
Award
Player
NECBL team
Most Valuable Player
Chris Stanton, Jim Negrych
Newport, Keene
Top Pro Prospect
Zack Kalter
Berkshire
Offensive Player of the Year
Chris Stanton
Newport
10th Player Award
Scott Grimes
North Adams
Defensive Player of the Year
Jim Negrych
Keene
Top Pitcher
Kevin Slowey
Sanford
Top Relief Pitcher
McKenzie Willoughby, Richie Lentz
Vermont, Newport
Sportsmanship Award
Jeff Hourigan
Torrington
Rookie of the Year
Jim Negrych
Keene
Most Improved Player
Scott Chambers
North Adams
Manager of the Year
Scott Brown
Sanford
[4]
Attendance [ edit ]
Rnk
Team
Year Total
Game Average
Rnk Change¿
Total Att Change
Game Avg Change
1
Keene Swamp Bats
39,286
1,870
+1
+3,360
+207
2
Newport Gulls
35,963
1,798
+2
+14,359
+598
3
Vermont Mountaineers
34,517
1,643
-2
-475
-23
4
North Adams SteepleCats
28,457
1,355
+1
+10,961
+481
5
Torrington Twisters
23,354
1,112
+1
+6,761
+283
6
Concord Quarry Dogs
19,630
934
-3
-5,865
-280
7
Sanford Mainers
12,760
607
+0
+2,792
+133
8
Holyoke Giants †
11,514
548
+1
+6,143
+280
9
Manchester Silkworms
9,674
460
-1
+2,104
+62
10
Berkshire Dukes ‡
8,132
387
+1
+4,653
+204
11
Danbury Westerners
5,568
278
-1
+1,574
+57
12
Mill City All-Americans
3,171
151
+0
-188
-8
13
Riverpoint Royals
2,397
119
+0
+623
+31
TOTAL
NECBL
234,423
868
–
+46,803
+146
[5]
¿ Comparisons in relation to 2003 NECBL season .
† Holyoke Giants attendance figure comparisons in relation to 2003 Middletown Giants.
‡ Berkshire Dukes attendance figure comparisons in relation to 2003 Thread CIty Tides. External links [ edit ]
↑ http://www.necbl.com/2004webstats/LGSUMM.HTM#form.std Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine NECBL standings archive, URL accessed December 12, 2008↑ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2009-01-03 .CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link ) NECBL playoff archive, URL accessed December 12, 2008↑ http://www.necbl.com/2004webstats/LGSUMM.HTM#form.lgt Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine NECBL leaders archive, URL accessed December 12, 2008↑ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2010-01-02 .CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link ) ↑ "New England Collegiate Baseball League" . Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-12-22 .
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