Sports league season
2001 NECBL season Duration June 3 – July 31 Start date August 1 Semifinal 1 Newport over Eastern Semifinal 2 Keene over Torrington Date August 4–6 Site Alumni Field , Cardines Field Champions Newport
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.[1]
Regular season standings [ ]
National Division [ ]
American Division [ ]
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
Middletown
6
BB
Jeremy Fortner
Danbury
45
HRA
Mike Eilers
Danbury
7
League awards [ ]
[2]
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 [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ "Welcome to the NECBL" . Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-11-27 . NECBL archive, URL accessed November 27, 2008
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-01-02 .{{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link ) NECBL archive, URL accessed November 27, 2008
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