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 Rogers Park is the first of Chicago's 77 community areas. Located from the Loop, it is on the city's far north side on the shore of Lake Michigan. The neighborhood is commonly known for its cultural diversity, lush green public spaces, early ...

. The team played its inaugural season in

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

. 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.

References

External links

Danbury Westerners Official Site

NECBL Website
{{Connecticut Sports 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

Postseason appearances

Alumni in MLB

See also

References

External links