2005 NECBL season Regular season Dates June 7 – August 1 Playoffs Start date August 2 Quarterfinal 1 Newport over Danbury Quarterfinal 2 North Adams over Manchester Quarterfinal 3 Keene over Sanford Quarterfinal 4 Vermont over Holyoke Semifinal 1 Newport over North Adams Semifinal 2 Vermont over Keene NECBL Championship Series Date August 8–9 Site Cardines Field , Recreation Field Champions Newport
The 2005 NECBL season was the 12th season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League . The league reduced its membership from thirteen teams to twelve teams with the league's West Warwick, Rhode Island franchise, the Riverpoint Royals , dropping out of the league.[1] Hinsdale, Massachusetts franchise, the Berkshire Dukes , moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts and became the Pittsfield Dukes .
In the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Newport defeated Danbury 2-0 (3-2,8-0), North Adams defeated Manchester 2-1 (5-3,4-5,2-1), Keene defeated Sanford 2-0 (2-1,6-3), and Vermont defeated Holyoke 2-0 (9-0,8-2). In the semifinal rounds, Newport defeated North Adams 2-0 (7-1,3-2) and Vermont defeated Keene 2-1 (7-5,0-7,5-1). In the championship round, Newport defeated Vermont 11-2 in game 1 and 6-2 in game 2 to capture the NECBL championship.[2]
Regular season standings [ edit ] Northern Division [ edit ] Southern Division [ edit ] League leaders [ edit ]
Category
Player
Team
Stat
Avg
Cyle Hankerd
Newport
.383
ERA
Troy Martin
Keene
0.77
H
Andrew Davis
Keene
56
R
Garrett Olson
Keene
37
RBI
Steffan Wilson
Torrington
39
2B
Andrew Davis
Keene
14
3B
Jeff Vincent
Danbury
5
HR
Kyle Brault
Vermont
9
TB
Steffan Wilson
Torrington
92
SB
Will Bashelor
Concord
21
K
Terry Doyle
Pittsfield
79
[3]
League awards [ edit ]
Award
Player
NECBL team
Most Valuable Player
Cyle Hankerd
Newport
Top Pro Prospect
Josh Fields
Keene
Offensive Player of the Year
Cyle Hankerd
Newport
10th Player Award
Ryan Reid
Sanford
Defensive Player of the Year
Chris Cates
North Adams
Top Pitcher
Troy Martin
Keene
Top Relief Pitcher
Josh Fields
Keene
Sportsmanship Award
Matt Rizzotti
Vermont
Rookie of the Year
Josh Fields
Keene
Most Improved Player
Troy Martin
Keene
Manager of the Year
John Russo
Vermont
Umpire of the Year
Dan Collins
[4]
Attendance [ edit ]
Rnk
Team
Year Total
Game Average
Rnk Change¿
Total Att Change
Game Avg Change
1
Keene Swamp Bats
37,362
1,779
+0
-1,924
-91
2
Vermont Mountaineers
37,751
1,707
+1
+3,234
+64
3
Newport Gulls
33,759
1,687
-1
-2,204
-111
4
Pittsfield Dukes †
32,452
1,545
+6
+24,320
+1,158
5
North Adams SteepleCats
26,230
1,249
-1
-2,227
-106
6
Torrington Twisters
19,980
951
-1
-3,374
-161
7
Sanford Mainers
14,692
699
+0
+1,932
+92
8
Manchester Silkworms
10,672
508
+1
+998
+48
9
Holyoke Giants
10,049
478
-1
-1,465
-70
10
Concord Quarry Dogs
9,920
472
-4
-9,710
-462
11
Danbury Westerners
5,601
280
+0
+33
+2
12
Mill City All-Americans
2,665
126
+0
-506
-25
TOTAL
NECBL
240,953
960
—
+6,530
+92
[5]
¿ Comparisons in relation to 2004 NECBL season .
† Pittsfield Dukes attendance figure comparisons in relation to 2004 Berkshire Dukes.
↑ http://www.necbl.com/2005webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.std Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine NECBL standings archive, URL accessed December 13, 2008↑ http://www.necbl.com/2005playoffstats/confstat.HTM Archived 2006-05-16 at Archive.today NECBL playoff archive, URL accessed December 13, 2008↑ http://www.necbl.com/2005webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.lgt Archived 2008-05-04 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 ) NECBL awards archive, URL accessed December 13, 2008↑ "New England Collegiate Baseball League" . Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-12-27 .
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