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| League | Cape Cod Baseball League (West Division) |
| Location | Bourne, Massachusetts |
| Ballpark | Doran Park |
| League championships | 1936, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1965, 2009, 2022, 2023, 2025 |
| Former name | Bourne Canalmen Sagamore Clouters |
| Colors | Red, Navy Blue, and Gold |
| Ownership | Bourne Athletic Association |
| President | Nicole Norkevicius |
| General manager | Cooper Karas |
| Manager | Scott Landers |
| Website | www.capecodleague.com/bourne/ |
TheBourne Braves are acollegiate summer baseball team based inBourne, Massachusetts. The team is a member of theCape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in the league's West Division. The Braves play their home games atDoran Park on the campus ofUpper Cape Cod Regional Technical School in Bourne. The Braves are owned and operated by the non-profit Bourne Athletic Association.
Bourne won its fifth overall CCBL championship of the modern era by defeating theYarmouth–Dennis Red Sox to win the 2025 finals series. Teams from Bourne/Sagamore have claimed ten championship titles since the league's beginnings, and over 100 players have gone on to play inMajor League Baseball.
Bourne's baseball history is one of the longest of all teams on the Cape, dating as far back as the 1860s when the town was still part ofSandwich. In 1867, Sandwich had four organized baseball teams: the Nichols, Independent, Shawme, and American clubs.[1] The "Independent Club" defeated the "Mattakeesetts" ofYarmouth that year, winning 41–35 in eight innings.[2] The same year, the "Nichols Club" played a series of three games against the "Cummaquid Club" ofBarnstable. The first game, played "a short distance from theSandwich Glass Company's works," was won by the Cummaquids, but the Nichols Club took the second game played in Barnstable. The third game was contested at a "neutral" site inWest Barnstable, with the Cummaquid Club taking the rubber match. Of these early contests, it was reported that, "a large party from this and adjoining villages were present to witness the game, and as it was new to very many of the number, it was of unusual interest."[3][4][5]
In 1909, a team from Bourne sponsored by theKeith Car & Manufacturing Company ofSagamore played a pair of games against theFalmouth town team.[6][7] In 1910, the Sagamore club was described as "one of the finest local teams on the Cape."[8] Although the 1910 team lost twice to the powerfulHyannis town team early in the summer,[9][10] the Keith squad had its revenge at the close of the season in what was billed as the baseball "championship of the Cape" at the annual Barnstable County Fair.[11] In the four-team tournament, Falmouth defeated Hyannis and Sagamore shut outWellfleet to set up a final game between Sagamore and Falmouth. On a rain-soaked day that produced "mud and slippery ball and bats," Sagamore prevailed in a shortened seven-inning contest, by a score reported variously as 9–3 or 10–3.[11][12][13] The Keith team had another successful year in 1911,[14][15] and again made a strong showing at the season-ending fair tournament.[16][17] The Keith Car team continued to compete through at least the 1913 season, when the club was described as the "strongest team on the Cape."[18][19][20]
Bourne first joined the Cape League in 1933. The league had begun in 1923 with four teams,[21] but over the years various towns moved in and out of the league. In 1933,Provincetown had joined the league for the first time, but withdrew mid-season. Bourne stepped in and played out the remainder of Provincetown's schedule, but won only one game in its inaugural partial season.[22][23] Bourne remained in the league until the league itself folded after the 1939 season,[24][25] and played its home games at theBourne High School diamond.
In 1934 and 1935, Bourne featured hard-hitting third basemanBob "Red" Daughters, who went on to play for theBoston Red Sox,[26][27] andFreddie Moncewicz, a longtimeHyannis/Barnstable infielder who had played for Boston in 1928.[28][29] Bourne's mainstay during this period was Massachusetts nativeTony Plansky, who was a league all-star for Bourne each year from 1933 to 1939. Plansky, a star fullback fromGeorgetown University, had played professionally in theNational Football League for theNew York Giants andBoston Braves. Prior to the NFL, Plansky had played forHyannis in the Cape League in 1928,[30] and when his football career was over, Plansky returned to the Cape to play for Bourne. In 1999, Plansky was ranked bySports Illustrated as the #25 all-time greatest sports figure fromMassachusetts.[31] He was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2001.[32]
Bourne had its most successful campaign of the era in 1936, winning the Cape League title led by player-manager Larry Donovan, the team's first baseman. In addition to perennial all-star Plansky, Donovan's club featured local star third baseman Ugo Tassinari, as well as several "winning pitchers" including Frank "Quack" Escott, Al Sayce, and Ray Chamberlain.[33][34] Normally during this period, the Cape League season had no playoffs; a champion was determined by the best regular season record. But as it had done in 1933 and 1935, the league split the 1936 season in two half-seasons, with the winners of the two halves meeting in a postseason series for the overall title. In 1936, no postseason was needed, as Bourne took both the first and second half titles and was declared league champion.[35]
The Cape League was revived afterWorld War II,[36] and the new league began play in 1946 with 11 teams playing in Upper Cape and Lower Cape divisions. The town of Bourne was represented in the Upper Cape Division by Bourne and Sagamore teams. Bourne's team became known as theBourne Canalmen, and Sagamore's as theSagamore Canal Clouters, orSagamore Clouters.
The Canalmen played in the league until 1950, then after a decade-long hiatus, returned to the league in 1961. The Bourne team of the 1940s featured CCBL Hall of Famer Jack Sanford, a hard-throwing lefty who went on to play with Sagamore until 1954, winning a career total of 60 games in the league, including a no-hitter in 1953.[37][38]
The Clouters played at Keith Field, just steps from theCape Cod Canal in the shadow of theSagamore Bridge. Keith Field had been dedicated in 1936 and named in memory of Bourne native Eben Keith, aMassachusetts state senator and head ofKeith Car & Manufacturing Company, once the Cape's largest industrial plant. The field was constructed privately by the Marconi Social and Athletic Club on land previously occupied by the Keith plant.[39][40][41][42]
The Clouters were initially led by CCBL Hall of Fame manager Pat Sorenti, who later served as president and commissioner of the Cape League.[43] CCBL Hall of Famer George Karras was Sagamore's player-manager from 1948 to 1954.[44] Karras' teams starred CCBL Hall of Famer Tello Tontini, the team's popular infielder, who was a seven-time all-star for Sagamore from 1946 to 1952.[45] Karras was followed by fellow CCBL Hall of Famer Manny Pena, who had played in the league forFalmouth and Sagamore from 1946 to 1955, and skippered the Clouters from 1956 to 1961.[37]
Sagamore was a league powerhouse throughout the decade of the 1950s. To fans, it seemed that Sagamore would reach the league championship series every season, usually to face the Lower Cape's dominant team,Orleans. The Clouters claimed league titles in 1951, 1954, 1956 and 1959. At a time when most Cape League teams generally abided by the unwritten rule of using predominantly local players, Sagamore led the way in recruiting collegiate talent, and so set the stage for the league's modern era.
The Clouters first reached the title series in 1950, when they were downed byOrleans,[46] but Sagamore had its revenge in the 1951 title rematch. In the most drawn-out championship series in league history, the best-of-five 1951 CCBL championship series was scheduled with just one game each week, and so began in late August and ended on the final day of September. The Clouters were on the verge of being swept after dropping Game 1 at home, 4–2, and Game 2 atEldredge Park, 2–1.[47][48] A classic Game 3 saw Sagamore turn the series around on a last-minute rally. Orleans had scored early in Game 3 at Keith Field, and Sagamore manager Karras brought in CCBL Hall of Fame hurler Jack Sanford, just back in his first game after a tour in Korea with the US Army, for long relief in the second inning. Sanford kept the game close, but the Clouters found themselves trailing, 5–4, in the bottom of the ninth. Needing only one final out to secure the series, Orleans committed a throwing error that scored Walt Stahura from third base. With the bases loaded and the score now tied, pinch-hitter Bill McCabe drew a walk that sent CCBL Hall of Famer Tello Tontini across the plate with the winning run.[49] The Clouters started Sanford on the mound in Game 4 on the road, and came away with a 10–8 win highlighted by a six-run fourth inning that was manufactured on just two hits.[50] Sanford got the call again in the Game 5 finale at neutralLowell Park, and twirled a six-hit complete game 8–4 victory to give the championship to Sagamore. Sanford's impressive final line for the series included three wins on the mound, and a 5-for-12 performance at the plate.[51]
Orleans topped Sagamore in the 1952 and 1953 championship series,[52][53] but Sagamore rebounded again as the two clubs met in the title tilt for the fifth consecutive season in 1954. Games 1 and 2 of the 1954 championship were played as a doubleheader. In a matchup of CCBL Hall of Fame hurlers, Orleans took Game 1, 4–3, with Roy Bruninghaus outdueling the Clouters' Jack Sanford. Sagamore answered in Game 2 with a 5–3 victory behind moundsman Dick Smith.[54] The Clouters took Game 3, but Orleans knotted the series with a 10–6 Game 4 victory, setting up a decisive Game 5 to be played on the neutralChatham field.[55] In the finale, the Clouters held down Orleans early, leading 5–0 after seven behind a masterful performance by Sanford. Orleans rallied to score three in the eighth, and with two down in the ninth, pushed across another and put the tying run on second. With the series on the line, Sanford put Orleans batter Johnny Linnell in the hole with two quick strikes. Linnell managed to foul off the next five offerings before Sanford finally whiffed him on a high ball to claim the crown for the Clouters.[56]
From 1955 to 1958, the Clouters featuredBilly Cleary, the 1958 Upper Cape MVP, and his brotherBobby Cleary.[57][58][59] The Clearys wereHarvard ice hockey standouts who went on to lead the US ice hockey team to a gold medal at the1960 Winter Olympics.[60] The Clouters were back in championship form in 1956 as Pena's men facedCotuit for the 1956 Upper Cape title, and swept the Kettleers in two games. Sagamore jumped out early in Game 1 atLowell Park with a six-run second frame, and hurler Johnny Karras made it stand up, tossing a complete game in the 7–5 win. The Clouters pasted Cotuit at Keith Field in Game 2, striking in the second once again with an eight-run frame, and riding the strong arm of Dick Smith to the 13–2 victory.[61][62] The win sent Sagamore to the Cape League title series against the Lower Cape championDennis Clippers. Smith twirled a two-hitter in Game 1 of the title tilt, and the Clouters downed the Clippers at Dennis, 7–1. Game 2 was a tight pitcher's duel early, but Sagamore scratched out a 5–3 win to secure its third Cape League championship in six years.[57]
Sagamore's 1958 and 1959 teams featured Bill Powers, who earned the Upper Cape Division's Most Valuable Pitcher Award in both seasons. Pena's Clouters reached the championship series again in 1958, but were downed byYarmouth,[63] then bounced back in 1959 to claim another CCBL championship. Sagamore finished atop the Upper Cape league in both halves of the 1959 regular season, earning a spot in the title series against their familiar foe, Lower Cape champOrleans. The Clouters jumped ahead in the best-of-three 1959 championship series as Powers went the distance on the mound in the 14–4 Game 1 rout at Keith Field. Sagamore completed the sweep in Game 2 atEldredge Park, scratching out a 5–3 win to give the Clouters the title. The 1959 series was the Clouters' final championship matchup with longtime foe Orleans, and Sagamore's win evened the score at three titles apiece over the teams' six title tilts in the decade.[64][65]
In a repeat of its 1958 title loss, Sagamore was again downed in the 1960 championship series by Lower Cape championYarmouth.[66] The 1962 Clouters featured CCBL Hall of FamerWayne Granger, who hit .329 with six homers.[67]
In 1963, the CCBL was reorganized and became officially sanctioned by theNCAA. The league would no longer be characterized by "town teams" who fielded mainly Cape Cod residents, but would now be a formal collegiate league. Teams began to recruit college players and coaches from an increasingly wide geographic radius.[68]
The league was originally composed of ten teams, which were divided into Upper Cape and Lower Cape divisions. The Clouters and Canalmen joinedWareham,Falmouth, andCotuit in the Upper Cape Division.[69]
Bourne reached the playoffs in 1963, but was bumped out in the first round byWareham. In 1964, CCBL Hall of FamerLou Lamoriello became Bourne's 21-year-old player-manager. Lamoriello had played in the Cape League since 1961 withHarwich andOrleans.[70] His 1964 Bourne club starred CCBL Hall of Famer and league batting champion Harry Nelson, who hit .390 for the season.[71][72]
Sagamore's 1963 team featured future major league all-starBilly Grabarkewitz, but the team finished in last place with only six wins on the season.
The two teams from Bourne merged for the 1965 season as theSagamore Canalmen.[73][74] The 1965 team was skippered by Lou Lamoriello, now no longer in a player-manager role. Powered by an array of talented ballplayers, including league MVP Ron Bugbee, and CCBL Hall of FamersDan DeMichele,[75] shortstopBob Schaefer,[76] and pitcher Noel Kinski, who won 10 games for the team.[43] The 1965 club went 25–9 in the regular season and met Lower Cape champChatham in the best-of-five CCBL title series. Kinski got the 4–3 win for Sagamore in Game 1 atVeteran's Field, but the Canalmen lost a 16–14 slugfest as the teams combined for nine home runs at cozy Keith Field in Game 2.[77][78] Kinski was on the mound again on the road for Game 3, and tossed a complete game three-hit gem in the 2–1 Sagamore victory. Chatham again knotted the series with a Game 4 win, setting up the Game 5 finale back in Chatham. Making his first start of the season on the mound, the Canalmen's Bob Ritchie overcame Chatham's four-run first inning to scatter nine hits in a complete game 5–4 win that gave Sagamore the league championship.[79][80]
In 1967, the club reclaimed its former monikerBourne Canalmen, and the late 1960s saw two more CCBL Hall of Fame players on the team. Former Bourne High School baseball star Jim Prete played several seasons in the CCBL with Bourne andWareham.[81]Notre Dame slugger Dick Licini was league MVP in 1968, leading the league with a .382 batting average.[76]
Bourne withdrew from the league for the 1970 season, but was back the following season.[82] 1971 and 1972 saw the return of 1965 Sagamore shortstop Bob Schaefer, now the pilot of the Bourne team.[76] Schaefer's 1972 team featured CCBL Hall of Fame pitcherJohn Caneira, who racked up 119 strikeouts as the league's Outstanding Pitcher.[45] The team folded after the 1972 season,[83] beginning a 16-year period when Bourne did not field a team in the league.
In 1988, the Cape League expanded from eight teams to ten, adding theBrewster Whitecaps andBourne Braves, and forming two new five-team divisions. The drive to secure a team for Bourne was led by CCBL Hall of FamersJack Aylmer, president of Bourne'sMassachusetts Maritime Academy and a former state senator,[75] and Maritime head baseball coach Bob Corradi.[71][84] Aylmer had spearheaded the Cape League's addition of an expansion franchise inHyannis in 1976,[85] and their positions at the Maritime Academy afforded Aylmer and Corradi a similar opportunity in 1988. The Bourne Braves called the Academy's Hendy Field home from 1988 to 1995, when they moved to Coady School Field next to Bourne High School.
In their inaugural 1988 season, the Braves were skippered by Maritime Academy assistant coach Jim Watkins.[86]Worcester, Massachusetts native andDartmouth College productMark Johnson played for the Braves in 1988 and 1989, and went on to play several seasons in the big leagues. In 1989, just the Braves' second year in the league, Watkins' squad finished the regular season in first place atop the West Division, but was bumped from the playoffs in the West finals byHyannis.[87][88] The 1989 Braves starred infielder Bob Rivell, the league's 10th Player Award winner, who led the league with a .358 batting average, and also featured Cape Cod native Jeff Handler ofHarwich, the team's starting third baseman fromEastern Connecticut State University.[86]
Bourne struggled throughout the 1990s, and fan support was low at times.[89] The team made the playoffs only twice, being ousted byWareham in the West Division finals in both 1997 and 1998.[90] Notable players of the decade included local product Steve Corradi of Sandwich andUMass-Amherst, who was a league all-star for the Braves in 1990,[91][92] and returned to the Braves in 1991 and 1992.[93][94] The 1991 Braves featured two future CCBL Hall of Famers:Framingham, Massachusetts nativeLou Merloni,[67] and tall righty Bill Wissler, who returned from the 1990 team and was named the league's Outstanding Pitcher in both seasons. Wissler had posted an 8–2 record with a 1.56 ERA in 1990. In 1991, he led the league in innings pitched with 92, and posted a 1.96 ERA with seven complete games and three shutouts.[95] The 1991 squad also featured sluggerBobby Higginson, who went on to an 11-year career with theDetroit Tigers.Bill Mueller was a Cape League all-star with the 1992 Braves,[96] then went on to win anAmerican League batting title, and was starting third baseman for theWorld Series champion2004 Boston Red Sox. 1992 Braves hurlerRon Villone left the team mid-season to play forTeam USA at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona,[97][98][99] and 1994 BraveMark Kotsay won a bronze medal withTeam USA at the1996 Atlanta Olympics before going on to a 17-year major league career. CCBL Hall of Fame skipper Bob Stead managed the club in 1995 and 1996,[100] and future major league all-starsBrandon Inge and hurlerMark Mulder were CCBL all-stars for the Braves in 1997.[101]
Bourne's 2001 team featured CCBL Hall of Fame relieverRyan Speier, winner of the league's Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award. Speier set a league record with 16 saves, and allowed only 10 hits, one walk, and one earned run in his 20 innings of relief.[81] The team made the playoffs, but was once again ousted byWareham.
2003 saw the arrival of CCBL Hall of Fame managerHarvey Shapiro.[71][102] In his first year with the team, Shapiro led the Braves to their first appearance in the league's championship series, where they were defeated byOrleans.[103][104][105] The Braves were led by the microscopic earned run averages of Kyle Schmidt (0.55) and CCBL Hall of Famer Eric Beattie (0.39).[106] Beattie went 4–0 and struck out 51 while walking only six on the season, and was named the league's Outstanding Pitcher. The team again reached the championship series in 2005, but was again shut down byOrleans.[107][108][109]
In 2006, the Braves moved from Coady Field to a new field constructed behindUpper Cape Cod Regional Technical School. The following season, the field was dedicated as "Doran Park" in honor of George Doran, Sr.[110][111] The 2006 team was powered by futureBoston Red Sox sluggerMitch Moreland, who won the league's annual All-Star Game Home Run Derby.[112]
In 2009, the Braves finished in first place in the West Division, and featured the league's MVP in CCBL Hall of FamerKyle Roller,[113] who hit .342 with 33 RBIs and a league-best 10 home runs during the regular season, and Pierre LePage, the spark plug of Shapiro's club, who was the league's 10th Player Award winner.[114] In a year when playoff seedings crossed divisional lines, Bourne faced old nemesisOrleans for the right to advance to the championship series.
Game 1 of the semi-final series did not look good for Bourne, as Orleans hurlerJorge Reyes dominated the Braves through eight innings at Doran Park, and took a 2–0 lead into the final frame. But with one out in the ninth, Bourne's Scott Woodward singled, and LePage drew a four-pitch walk that marked the end of Reyes' night. Roller then lined a shot off the shortstop's glove into left field that allowed Woodward to score on a close play at home. LePage scored the game-tying run on a wild pitch, and Stefan Romero belted a long sacrifice fly that brought in Roller from third with the walk-off score.[115] Game 2 atEldredge Park was not as dramatic. Braves starterSeth Maness set down 10 straight Firebirds to open the game, and Bourne got solo shots from LePage and Roller, going on to shut out Orleans, 8–0, and sweeping its way into the CCBL title series againstCotuit.[116]
The championship series opened at Doran Park, with the Braves startingAlex Wimmers on the mound for Game 1. The Braves proceeded to jump all over the Kettleers, scoring seven in the first, and another six in the second, on a total of eight hits and eight walks in the first two frames. Cotuit managed only one run through five innings, but had begun to make noise in the sixth when the game was interrupted multiple times and finally called due to heavy fog, a 15–5 Braves victory.[117] In Game 2 atLowell Park, LePage again was the spark, belting a two-run single in the third, then stealing second and drawing a throw that allowed Woodward to score from third to put the Braves up, 3–1. Bourne never looked back. Starter Eric Cantrell tossed five plus, then gave way to Logan Billbrough and closerKevin Munson, who shut down the Kettleers' attack. Bourne took it, 5–1, to complete the sweep and earn the Braves' first CCBL title, and the first for a Bourne team since the 1965 Sagamore club. Roller took home playoff MVP honors, having hit .500 with eight RBIs in the postseason.[118][119][120]
The Braves reached the playoffs in nine of ten years in the 2010s, advancing to the West Division finals five times. Bourne was back in the title series in 2017, but was downed byBrewster in a matchup of the two 1988 expansion franchises.[121] Skipper Harvey Shapiro continued to pilot the team throughout the decade, his total years with the Braves surpassing the total of all previous managers combined.[122][123]
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In 2010, Bourne featured the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect and Outstanding Relief Pitcher,Tony Zych. Zych allowed only two runs while striking out 29 in 20.1 innings, posting an 0.89 ERA with 12 saves, and contributing a shutout inning in the CCBL All-Star Game.[124] Joining Zych on the 2010 staff was the league's Outstanding Pitcher,Grayson Garvin, who went 5–0 with a league-leading 0.74 ERA in 36.2 innings.[125] The Outstanding Pitcher Award went to a Brave for a second consecutive season whenRyan Eades took the 2011 honor. Eades posted a 3–0 record with an 0.84 ERA in 32.1 innings, and was the West Division starting pitcher at the CCBL All-Star Game.[126]
Bourne boasted the league MVP twice in the decade, as CCBL Hall of FamersTravis Jankowski andMax Pentecost took home the honor in 2011 and 2013 respectively. Jankowski hit .329 and stole 15 bases, and led the league in hits, runs and triples.[127][100] Pentecost was among the league leaders in all three triple crown categories, finishing with a .346 average, 6 homers and 29 RBIs.[128] Braves hurler Jeff Thompson spun a no-hitter in a rain-shortened six-inning game againstHarwich at Doran Park in 2012,[129] and pitchersAustin Gomber, Josh Laxer, and Ryan Harris teamed up for a combined no-hitter atCotuit in 2013.[130]
Bourne's Spencer Brickhouse was West Division MVP at the 2018 CCBL All-Star Game, going 2-for-2 with a homer, double and two RBI's in the West's 4–3 victory.[131] A pair of Braves hurlers were named co-recipients of the league's Outstanding New England Player Award in 2018, as Justin Lasko ofStratford, Connecticut and theUniversity of Massachusetts shared the honor withMethuen, Massachusetts native Jacob Wallace of theUniversity of Connecticut.[132]University of Hartford lefty Nick Dombkowski provided the highlight of the 2019 season when he tossed aperfect game for Bourne in a 5-inning rain-shortened 6–0 win overYarmouth-Dennis at Doran Park.[133][134]
The 2020 CCBL season was cancelled due to thecoronavirus pandemic.[135] Shapiro's 2021 Braves began the season with an 11-game winning streak, followed it up with another 8-game streak later in the season, and finished the regular season in first place atop the West Division, but were downed in the playoff finals byBrewster.[136][137][138] After the 2021 season, Shapiro stepped down as Bourne's manager after 18 seasons.[139][140]
The 2022 Braves were led by first-year pilot Scott Landers and hitting coach and formerBoston Red Sox catcherJarrod Saltalamacchia.[141][142][143] Bourne featured league MVPMatt Shaw, who led the league in batting (.360), and became the first CCBL player in 11 years to hit for the cycle when he accomplished the feat atHyannis.[144][145] The Braves finished the regular season in first place atop the West Division, and after disposing ofFalmouth andHyannis in the divisional playoffs, met theBrewster Whitecaps in the CCBL championship series for a second consecutive season. Braves skipper Scott Landers, who had been the pitching coach for Brewster during their 2021 finals victory over Bourne, was now poised to help his new club exact its revenge.[146][147] In Game 1 at Doran Park, the Braves rode a shutout performance by hurlers Matt Duffy and Seth Keener, and scratched out three runs against strong Brewster pitching to take the opener.[148][149] On the road for Game 2, Bourne jumped out to an early lead with a four-run first inning and never looked back. Shaw and Ryan Enos added late-game homers to give the Braves a series-clinching 8–1 win to secure the club's second CCBL crown of the modern era. Playoff MVP Bryce Eblin batted .458 in the postseason, and went 4-for-5 in the Game 2 finale.[150][151]
Landers' 2023 Braves returned playoff star Eblin,Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, and pitcherBryce Cunningham, and also featured sluggers Garrett Michel and CCBL All-Star Game MVP Derek Bender.[152] After a fourth place regular season finish, Bourne swept first-placeCotuit in the opening round of playoffs to meetHyannis in the West Division finals for a second consecutive season.[153][154][155] After dropping Game 1 atMcKeon Park,[156] the Braves took Game 2, 13–3, behind back-to-back homers by Bender and Michel.[157] Bender went deep again in Game 3 as Bourne's 12–4 victory earned the club a return trip to the CCBL finals to face East Division champOrleans.[158][159] Game 1 of the championship series featured a starting pitchers' matchup ofVanderbilt teammates Cunningham and Orleans' Greysen Carter, with the Braves prevailing, 6–4.[160][161] Bourne dropped Game 2 at home, 4–3, sending the series to a decisive Game 3 atEldredge Park.[162][163] Bourne starter Trystan Levesque allowed a pair of solo homers to Firebirds second baseman Jo Oyama early, and the Braves trailed, 2–0, after three innings. Bourne got one run back in the fourth, then took the lead on a Bender RBI double as part of a three-run sixth inning rally. Bender added an insurance run in the eighth on a solo homer, and Anthony DeFabbia nailed it down in relief with four and a third scoreless innings, sealing the Braves' 5–2 win and second consecutive league title. Eblin finished the playoffs with a team record 23-game hitting streak, and Kuroda-Grauer, who hit .444 with two homers and 13 RBI in the postseason, was named playoff MVP.[164][165][166]
TheCCBL Hall of Fame and Museum is a historymuseum andhall of fame honoring past players, coaches, and others who have made outstanding contributions to the CCBL.[167] Below are the inductees who spent all or part of their time in the Cape League with Bourne.
| Year Inducted | Ref. | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | [32] | Tony Plansky | Player / Manager |
| 2002 | [44] | George Karras | Player / Manager |
| 2003 | [43] | Noel Kinski | Player |
| Pat Sorenti | Manager / Executive | ||
| 2004 | [45] | Tello Tontini | Player |
| John Caneira | Player | ||
| 2005 | [37] | Manny Pena | Player / Manager |
| Jack Sanford | Player | ||
| 2007 | [76] | Dick Licini | Player |
| Bob Schaefer | Player / Manager | ||
| 2009 | [70] | Lou Lamoriello | Player / Manager |
| 2010 | [67] | Wayne Granger | Player |
| Lou Merloni | Player | ||
| 2011 | [95] | Bill Wissler | Player |
| 2012 | [75] | John "Jack" Aylmer | Executive |
| Dan DeMichele | Player | ||
| 2013 | [81] | Jim Prete | Player |
| Ryan Speier | Player | ||
| 2014 | [106] | Eric Beattie | Player |
| 2016 | [113] | Kyle Roller | Player |
| 2017 | [168] | Chuck Sturtevant | Executive |
| 2020 | [71] | Bob Corradi | Executive |
| Harry Nelson | Player | ||
| Harvey Shapiro | Manager | ||
| 2023 | [169] | Max Pentecost | Player |
| 2025 | [100] | Travis Jankowski | Player |
| Bob Stead | Manager |
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| Year | Won | Lost | Regular Season Finish | Postseason* | Manager | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933† | 1 | 25 | 5th League (B) | Jack Fisher | [170][171] [172] | |
| 1934 | 22 | 24 | 3rd League | Jack Fisher | [173] | |
| 1935 | 19 | 29 | 3rd League (A) 4th League (B) | Tony Plansky | [174][175] [176] | |
| 1936 | 30 | 17 | 1st League (A) 1st League (B) | Won championship | Larry Donovan | [177][35] |
| 1937 | 26 | 19 | 3rd League | Larry Donovan | [178] | |
| 1938 | 21 | 33 | 4th League | Bill Lane | [179] | |
| 1939 | 23 | 30 | 3rd League (A) 4th League (B) | Herb Gallagher | [180] |
* During the CCBL's 1923–1939 era, postseason playoffs were a rarity. In most years, the regular season pennant winner was simply crowned as the league champion.
However, there were four years in which the league split its regular season and crowned separate champions for the first (A) and second (B) halves. In two of those
seasons (1936 and 1939), a single team won both halves and was declared overall champion. In the other two split seasons (1933 and 1935), a postseason
playoff series was contested between the two half-season champions to determine the overall champion.
† In 1933, Bourne joined the league mid-season after Provincetown withdrew.
| Sagamore | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Won | Lost | Regular Season Finish* | Postseason | Manager | Ref. |
| 1946 | Lost semi-finals (Falmouth) | Pat Sorenti | ||||
| 1947 | Pat Sorenti | |||||
| 1948 | George Karras | |||||
| 1949 | George Karras | |||||
| 1950 | 23 | 9 | 1st Upper Cape Division (A) T-3rd Upper Cape Division (B) | Won semi-finals (Cotuit) Lost championship (Orleans) | George Karras | [181][182] |
| 1951 | 24 | 10 | 1st Upper Cape Division (A) 1st Upper Cape Division (B) | Won championship (Orleans) | George Karras | [183][184] |
| 1952 | Lost championship (Orleans) | George Karras | ||||
| 1953 | 25 | 11 | 2nd Upper Cape Division (A) 1st Upper Cape Division (B) | Won semi-finals (Mass. Maritime) Lost championship (Orleans) | George Karras | [185][186] |
| 1954 | Won semi-finals (Cotuit) Won championship (Orleans) | George Karras | ||||
| 1955 | Lost semi-finals (Cotuit) | Jack Sanford | ||||
| 1956 | 22 | 13 | 4th Upper Cape Division | Won round 1 (Wareham) Won semi-finals (Cotuit) Won championship (Dennis) | Manny Pena | [187] |
| 1957 | 14 | 16 | 3rd Upper Cape Division | Lost round 1 (Cotuit) | Manny Pena | [188] |
| 1958 | 21 | 5 | 1st Upper Cape Division (A) 1st Upper Cape Division (B) | Lost championship (Yarmouth) | Manny Pena | [189][190] |
| 1959 | 26 | 5 | 1st Upper Cape Division (A) 1st Upper Cape Division (B) | Won championship (Orleans) | Manny Pena | [191][192] |
| 1960 | 20 | 8 | 3rd Upper Cape Division | Won round 1 (Falmouth) Won semi-finals (Cotuit) Lost championship (Yarmouth) | Manny Pena | [193] |
| 1961 | 19 | 11 | 2nd Upper Cape Division | Lost round 1 (Falmouth) | Manny Pena | [194] |
| 1962 | 16 | 14 | 2nd Upper Cape Division (T) | Won round 1 (Wareham) Lost semi-finals (Cotuit) | Jack McDonough | [195] |
| Bourne | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Won | Lost | Regular Season Finish* | Postseason | Manager | Ref. |
| 1946 | ||||||
| 1947 | Lost semi-finals (Mashpee) | Bill Crump | ||||
| 1948 | ||||||
| 1949 | Al Gagnon | |||||
| 1950 | 11 | 19 | 6th Upper Cape Division (A) 8th Upper Cape Division (B) | [181][182] | ||
| 1951– 1960 | Did not play | |||||
| 1961 | 10 | 18 | 6th Upper Cape Division | Gabe Mottla | [194] | |
| 1962 | 15 | 15 | 4th Upper Cape Division | Lost round 1 (Cotuit) | Gabe Mottla | [195] |
* Regular seasons split into first and second halves are designated as (A) and (B).
| Sagamore (1963–1966) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Won | Lost | Tied | Regular Season Finish | Postseason | Manager |
| 1963 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 5th Upper Cape Division | Bill Hendy | |
| 1964 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 5th Upper Cape Division | Ken Clarke | |
| 1965 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1st Upper Cape Division | Won championship (Chatham) | Lou Lamoriello |
| 1966 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2nd Upper Cape Division | Charlie Duchesney Ken Clarke | |
| Bourne | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Won | Lost | Tied | Regular Season Finish | Postseason | Manager |
| 1963 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2nd Upper Cape Division | Lost round 1 (Wareham) | Charlie Duchesney |
| 1964 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 2nd Upper Cape Division | Lou Lamoriello | |
| 1965 | Did not play | |||||
| 1966 | Did not play | |||||
| 1967 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 3rd Upper Cape Division (T) | William F. Homan | |
| 1968 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2nd Upper Cape Division | Rick Doherty | |
| 1969 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 4th Upper Cape Division | Rick Doherty | |
| 1970 | Did not play | |||||
| 1971 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 7th League | Bob Schaefer | |
| 1972 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 7th League | Bob Schaefer | |
| Year | Won | Lost | Tied | Regular Season Finish | Postseason | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 5th West Division | Jim Watkins | |
| 1989 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 1st West Division | Lost semi-finals (Hyannis) | Jim Watkins |
| 1990 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 4th West Division | Jim Watkins | |
| 1991 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 4th West Division | Bob Gendron | |
| 1992 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 3rd West Division | Bob Gendron | |
| 1993 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 5th West Division | Bob Gendron | |
| 1994 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 5th West Division | Nino Giarratano Bob Stead | |
| 1995 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 4th West Division | Bob Stead | |
| 1996 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 5th West Division | Bob Stead | |
| 1997 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2nd West Division | Lost semi-finals (Wareham) | Kevin O'Sullivan |
| 1998 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 2nd West Division | Lost semi-finals (Wareham) | Jayson King |
| 1999 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 3rd West Division | Mike Rikard | |
| 2000 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 5th West Division | Mike Rikard | |
| 2001 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2nd West Division | Lost semi-finals (Wareham) | Spencer Graham |
| 2002 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 4th West Division | Matt Noone | |
| 2003 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 1st West Division | Won semi-finals (Hyannis) Lost championship (Orleans) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2004 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 5th West Division | Harvey Shapiro | |
| 2005 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 1st West Division | Won semi-finals (Cotuit) Lost championship (Orleans) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2006 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 5th West Division | Harvey Shapiro | |
| 2007 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 1st West Division | Lost semi-finals (Falmouth) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2008 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2nd West Division (T) | Lost play-in game (Falmouth) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2009 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 1st West Division | Won semi-finals (Orleans) Won championship (Cotuit) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2010 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 1st West Division | Lost round 1 (Wareham) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2011 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2nd West Division (T) | Lost round 1 (Wareham) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2012 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 4th West Division | Won round 1 (Cotuit) Lost semi-finals (Wareham) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2013 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 4th West Division | Won round 1 (Hyannis) Lost semi-finals (Cotuit) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2014 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 1st West Division | Lost round 1 (Cotuit) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2015 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2nd West Division | Won round 1 (Wareham) Lost semi-finals (Hyannis) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2016 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 3rd West Division | Won round 1 (Wareham) Lost semi-finals (Falmouth) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2017 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3rd West Division | Won round 1 (Cotuit) Won semi-finals (Wareham) Lost championship (Brewster) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2018 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 5th West Division | Harvey Shapiro | |
| 2019 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 4th West Division | Lost round 1 (Falmouth) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due tocoronavirus pandemic | |||||
| 2021 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1st West Division | Won semi-finals (Cotuit) Lost championship (Brewster) | Harvey Shapiro |
| 2022 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 1st West Division | Won round 1 (Falmouth) Won semi-finals (Hyannis) Won championship (Brewster) | Scott Landers |
| 2023 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 4th West Division | Won round 1 (Cotuit) Won semi-finals (Hyannis) Won championship (Orleans) | Scott Landers |
| 2024 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2nd West Division (T) | Won round 1 (Hyannis) Won semi-finals (Cotuit) Lost championship (Harwich) | Scott Landers |
| 2025 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1st West Division | Won round 1 (Hyannis) Won semi-finals (Cotuit) Won championship (Y-D) | Scott Landers |
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| The Pat Sorenti MVP Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 1965 | Ron Bugbee (Sag.) |
| 1968 | Dick Licini |
| 2009 | Kyle Roller |
| 2011 | Travis Jankowski |
| 2013 | Max Pentecost |
| 2022 | Matt Shaw |
| The Robert A. McNeece Outstanding Pro Prospect Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 2010 | Tony Zych |
| The BFC Whitehouse Outstanding Pitcher Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 1965 | Noel Kinski (Sag.) |
| 1972 | John Caneira |
| 1990 | Bill Wissler |
| 1991 | Bill Wissler |
| 2003 | Eric Beattie |
| 2008 | Nick McCully |
| 2010 | Grayson Garvin |
| 2011 | Ryan Eades |
| The Russ Ford Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 1998 | Tim Lavigne |
| 2001 | Ryan Speier |
| 2010 | Tony Zych |
| 2015 | Austin Conway* |
| 2017 | Ryan Feltner* |
| 2021 | Eric Adler |
| The Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 2009 | Pierre LePage |
| 2011 | Patrick Cantwell |
| 2023 | Hugh Pinkney |
| The Manny Robello 10th Player Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 1989 | Bob Rivell |
| 1998 | Jeff House |
| 2003 | Justin Maxwell |
| 2005 | Brad Lincoln |
| 2009 | Pierre LePage |
| The John J. Claffey Outstanding New England Player Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 2007 | Bill Perry |
| 2016 | Willy Yahn |
| 2018 | Justin Lasko* |
| 2018 | Jacob Wallace* |
| The Thurman Munson Award for Batting Champion | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 1964 | Harry Nelson (.390) |
| 1968 | Dick Licini (.382) |
| 1989 | Bob Rivell (.358) |
| 2022 | Matt Shaw (.360) |
| All-Star Game MVP Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 2018 | Spencer Brickhouse |
| 2023 | Derek Bender |
| 2024 | Ethan Conrad |
| All-Star Home Run Hitting Contest Champion | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 2004 | Austin Easley |
| 2006 | Mitch Moreland |
| 2025 | Kuhio Aloy |
| The Star of Stars Playoff MVP Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 2009 | Kyle Roller |
| 2022 | Bryce Eblin |
| 2023 | Joshua Kuroda-Grauer |
| 2025 | Jon LeGrande |
(*) - Indicates co-recipient
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| Year | Players | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Pete Mottla, Bob Fenton, John Lanza, Bob Driscoll, Rolly Hicks (Sagamore): Jim Prete, Frank DeVincentis, Leon Orvis | [196] |
| 1964 | Pete Mottla, Noel Kinski,Lou Lamoriello, Harry Nelson, James Monahan (Sagamore): (None) | [197] |
| 1965 | (Sagamore): Pete Mottla, Noel Kinski, Alan Constantino, Robert Ritchie, Daniel Hootstein, James Petteruti,Bob Schaefer, Ron Bugbee, Steve Nelson | [198] |
| 1966 | (Sagamore): Phil Trombino,Dan DeMichele | [199] |
| 1967 | Paul Fortin | [200] |
| 1968 | Jim Prete, Jack Callahan, Fran Combs | [201] |
| 1969 | Mike Gabarra,Tommy Smith, Jim Potter, Tom Seybold | [202] |
| 1970 | Did not play | |
| 1971 | Rich Magner, Augie Garbatini | [203] |
| 1972 | Jim Baker | [204] |
| 1973– 1987 | Did not play | |
| 1988 | Mike Kelly,Mark P. Johnson | [205] |
| 1989 | Mike Basse,Warren Sawkiw, Winston Wheeler | [206] |
| 1990 | Bill Wissler, Steve Corradi, Brendan Mahoney | [207] |
| 1991 | Bill Wissler, Mark Sobolewski, Ron Tucker, Bubba Hardwick,Bobby Higginson | [208][209] |
| 1992 | Kortney Paul,Bill Mueller, Javi Gomez | [210] |
| 1993 | Mike Dunnett, Scott Beardsley | [211] |
| 1994 | Jeremy Giambi,Mark Kotsay | [212] |
| 1995 | Mark DeRosa, Mike Amrhein, Jeremy Jackson,Peter Tucci | [213] |
| 1996 | Mark Mortimer, Jason Navarro, Brent Husted | [214] |
| 1997 | Mark Mulder,Brandon Inge, Sammy Serrano, Matthew Burch, Chris Heck | [215] |
| 1998 | Mike O'Brien, Mike Dzurilla, Matt Griswold, Jeff House, Shane Rhodes,Kelley Gulledge | [216] |
| 1999 | Andy Beal, Jeff Carlsen,John Ballon | [217] |
| 2000 | Kevin Youkilis, Darren Welch, Josh Brey, Luke DeBold | [218] |
| 2001 | Casey Shumaker,Ryan Speier, Mike Dennison,Chad Oliva | [219] |
| 2002 | Trey Webb, David Castillo, Matt Brown,Chris Ray | [220] |
| 2003 | Justin Maxwell, Kyle Schmid, Eric Beattie, Tim Grant | [221] |
| 2004 | Mike Madsen,Austin Easley | [222] |
| 2005 | Brad Lincoln, Forrest Cory III, Gib Hobson | [223] |
| 2006 | David Cash, Brett Bartles,Andrew Carignan, Tom Farmer,Mitch Moreland | [224] |
| 2007 | Kevin Hoef,Ben Guez,Josh Satin, T.J. Hose, Jordan Flasher,Mitch Moreland | [225] |
| 2008 | Dusty Coleman,Marc Krauss, Bryce Stowell, Jordan Henry, Nick McCully, Eric Pettis,Kyle Roller | [226] |
| 2009 | Kyle Roller, Stephen Harrold,Kevin Munson | [227] |
| 2010 | Scott Woodward,Tony Zych,R. J. Alvarez,Grayson Garvin,Dan Bowman | [228] |
| 2011 | Colin Moran,Ryan Eades, Patrick Cantwell,Travis Jankowski, Tommy Coyle, Josh Conway, John Farrell | [229] |
| 2012 | Colin Moran, John Murphy, Timothy Giel,Mason Robbins | [230] |
| 2013 | Max Pentecost,Jaron Long, Tim Caputo, Clint Freeman,Ryan Kellogg, Trace Dempsey,Jeff Schalk | [231] |
| 2014 | Mark Laird, Blake Davey,Richie Martin,Travis Bergen, Joey Strain | [232] |
| 2015 | Nick Solak,Jacob Robson,Ryan Boldt, Austin Conway, Gavin Pittore,Pete Alonso | [233] |
| 2016 | Connor Wong, Justin Yurchak,Jake Mangum, Willy Yahn,Michael Dibrell, Brady Miller,Andrew Wantz,Brendon Little,Danny Reyes | [234] |
| 2017 | Grant Williams, Zac Susi, Luis Alvarado,Ryan Feltner | [235] |
| 2018 | Spencer Brickhouse,Jared Triolo, Jacob Wallace, Jared DiCesare | [236] |
| 2019 | Max Lardner, Harrison Rutkowski, Karl Johnson, Jackson Greer,Jud Fabian,Cody Morissette | [237] |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due tocoronavirus pandemic | |
| 2021 | Dalton Rushing, Christian Knapczyk,Max Anderson,Braylen Wimmer, Michael Sansone,Jake Bennett,Eric Adler,Trystan Vrieling, Austin Parsley | [238] |
| 2022 | Matt Shaw, Evan Sleight, Chris Brito, Seth Keener,Ty Cummings,Carson Jones | [239][240] |
| 2023 | Derek Bender,Caden Bodine,Bryce Cunningham, Bryce Eblin, Matthew McShane, Jonathan Vastine | [241][242] |
| 2024 | Joe Ariola,Ethan Conrad, Braden Holcomb,Marek Houston, Chris Stanfield, Justin West | [243][244] |
| 2025 | Logan Hughes, Jon LeGrande, Kade Lewis, Jonathan Stevens, Ryker Waite, Will Whelan,Kuhio Aloy | [245] |
Italics - Indicates All-Star Game Home Run Hitting Contest participant
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| Year | Pitcher | Opponent | Score | Location | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Jack Cunningham | Sandwich | 4–0 | [246] | ||
| 1952 | Jim Patterson (Sagamore) | Cotuit | 7–2 | [246] | ||
| 1953 | Jim Patterson (Sagamore) | Wareham | 5–2 | [246] | ||
| 1953 | Jack Sanford (Sagamore) | Falmouth (Falcons) | 12–0 | Central Park Field | [38] | |
| 1953 | Jim Patterson (Sagamore) | Mashpee | 8–0 | [246] | ||
| 1954 | Dick Smith (Sagamore) | Mashpee | 3–0 | [246] | ||
| 1955 | Larry Cumming (Sagamore) | Wareham | 3–0 | [247] | ||
| 1955 | Jack Sanford (Sagamore) | Cotuit | 6–0 | [247] | ||
| 1959 | Russ Nixon (Sagamore) | Maritime | 10–0 | Keith Field | [247][248] | |
| 1964 | Frank Ward (Sagamore) | Wareham | 0–2 | Clem Spillane Field | Combined; Lost game | [249] |
| Jack Clough (Sagamore) | ||||||
| 2008 | Nick McCully | Orleans | 2–0 | Doran Park | Perfect game; 5-inning game | [250][251] |
| 2012 | Jeff Thompson | Harwich | 9–0 | Doran Park | 6-inning game | [129] |
| 2013 | Austin Gomber | Cotuit | 8–0 | Lowell Park | Combined | [130] |
| Josh Laxer | ||||||
| Ryan Harris | ||||||
| 2019 | Nick Dombkowski | Y-D | 6–0 | Doran Park | Perfect game; 5-inning game | [133][134] |
| Manager | Seasons | Total Seasons | Championship Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Watkins | 1988–1990 | 3 | |
| Bob Gendron | 1991–1993 | 3 | |
| Nino Giarratano | 1994 | 1 | |
| Bob Stead | 1994–1996 | 3 | |
| Kevin O'Sullivan | 1997 | 1 | |
| Jayson King | 1998 | 1 | |
| Mike Rikard | 1999–2000 | 2 | |
| Spencer Graham | 2001 | 1 | |
| Matt Noone | 2002 | 1 | |
| Harvey Shapiro | 2003–2021 | 18* | 2009 |
| Scott Landers | 2022–2025 | 4 | 2022, 2023, 2025 |
(*) - Season count excludes 2020 CCBL season cancelled due tocoronavirus pandemic.
