The Danbury Westerners are a
collegiate summer baseball team based in
Danbury, Connecticut. The team, a member of the
New England Collegiate Baseball League
The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) is a 13-team collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule during June ...
, plays their home games at
Rogers Park
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. The team played its inaugural season in
1995
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. The Danbury Westerners are the oldest active team in the NECBL. The Westerners compete in the Southern Division in the NECBL.
On August 12, 2021, the Westerners finally won their first NECBL championship as they defeated the
North Shore Navigators
The North Shore Navigators are a wooden-bat, collegiate summer baseball team based in Lynn, Massachusetts, playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). The team plays home games at Fraser Field in Lynn. The team is owned by Ol ...
in two games.
Postseason appearances
Alumni in MLB
The Danbury Westerners have had 26 former players make it into the Big Leagues since playing with them. The first being Earl Snyder with Cleveland in 2002.
Mark Malaska's #15 is the only number retired by Danbury as he was the first to win a championship, which he did in 2004 with Boston.
Bold denotes player is still active in MLB.
See also
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New England Collegiate Baseball League
The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) is a 13-team collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule during June ...
References
External links
Danbury Westerners Official SiteNECBL Website
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Danbury, Connecticut
New England Collegiate Baseball League teams
Amateur baseball teams in Connecticut
Baseball teams in the New York metropolitan area
1995 establishments in Connecticut
Baseball teams established in 1995
Sports in Fairfield County, Connecticut