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team based in
Harwich, Massachusetts Harwich ( ) is a New England town on Cape Cod, in Barnstable County in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. At the 2020 census it had a population of 13,440. Harwich experiences a seasonal increase to roughly 37,000. The town is a ...
. The team is a member of the
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(CCBL) and plays in the league's East Division. The Mariners play their home games at Whitehouse Field in the historic village of Harwich Center. Harwich has won two CCBL championships in the 21st century, most recently in 2011 by defeating the
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two games to none to win the best of three championship series. The title was the team's fourth in the CCBL's modern era and fifth overall. The team has been led since 2003 by field manager Steve Englert.


History


Pre-modern era


Early years

Organized baseball in the town of Harwich dates to the late 1800s. As early as 1873, the "Independent Base Ball Club" had been organized and was playing at the "Brooks Estate" in Harwich. The Harwich town club took on
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in an 1884 contest, and played the " Yarmouth Grays" on multiple occasions in 1886. In 1903, the town's "Old Home Week" featured a three-game baseball series in which the Harwich team defeated Sandwich twice and Hyannis once. The home club was described as "the best that ever represented Harwich," and featured several collegiate players, as well as local hurler Dick Gage, who in 1905 was described as "by far the best pitcher on the Cape."


The early Cape League era (1923–1939)

In 1923, the Cape Cod Baseball League was formed and initially included four teams: Falmouth, Chatham, Osterville, and Hyannis. This early Cape League operated through the 1939 season and disbanded in 1940, due in large part to the difficulty of securing ongoing funding during the
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. Harwich originally entered the Cape League as part of a combined Chatham-Harwich team that competed in the league from 1927 to 1929. The team's home games were split between the two town fields. In the inaugural 1927 season, the team finished fourth in the five-team league, but nevertheless was described as "the hardest hitting team in the league." 1927 Chatham-Harwich first baseman Jack Burns went on to play in seven major league seasons for the St. Louis Browns and
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. In all three seasons from 1927 to 1929, the team featured
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batterymates pitcher Pete Herman and catcher George Colbert, as well as flashy infielder Artie Gore. The trio of Herman, Colbert and Gore later teamed up again with Barnstable to bring that club multiple Cape League championships in the 1930s. Gore went on to a major league umpiring career, working ten years in the
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, including two
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assignments. In 1930, the Chatham-Harwich team split and the two towns entered individual teams in the league, with Harwich playing its home games at Brooks Park. Throughout the 1930s as other teams struggled to stay in the league, Harwich was consistently among the best funded and best supported teams in the Cape League. One of the first Harwich players to go on to the major leagues was
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native Bill Chamberlain. In 1932, Chamberlain was pitching for Harwich when he was noticed by a scout for the
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. Chamberlain was playing in Chicago by the end of the season. In 1933, Harwich won its first Cape League championship. The team starred all-league selection Frank Skaff of Villanova, an outfielder who "covers acres of territory, catches everything in sight," and was "the dread of all opposing pitchers", and who went on to play for the
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two years later. The Cape League split its regular season in 1933, and held a playoff for the league title between the winners of the first and second halves of the season. Harwich, winners of the season's second half, faced first-half winners and back-to-back defending league champion Falmouth. Harwich took the first game of the best-of-five championship series with a 4–2 home win, then went on the road and dished out a 10–1 pummelling at Falmouth Heights. The series returned to Harwich for Game 3, where the home team sent ace hurler Al Blanche to the mound. Blanche, a
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native who went on to play with the major league
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, outdueled Falmouth's Harold Poole, 3–1, to complete the three-game sweep and secure the title for Harwich. In 1937 and 1938, Harwich was led by player-manager Neil Mahoney, an all-Cape League selection at catcher who went on to be scouting director of the
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. Mahoney's 1937 Harwich team featured Holy Cross pitcher Art Kenney and former
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outfielder Bill Barrett. Barrett had played several productive seasons in the major leagues, and finished tops in the Cape League in 1937 with a .440 batting average, as his "potent bat of bygone glory still arrieda mean threat." Kenney played in the following season for the major league Boston Bees (Braves). Mahoney's 1938 team narrowly missed bringing Harwich its second league title, finishing the season just one game behind pennant-winning Falmouth.


The Upper and Lower Cape League era (1946–1962)

After a hiatus during the years of
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, the Cape League was reconstituted in 1946, with Harwich joining the Lower Cape Division. In the inaugural season of the revived league, Harwich defeated Barnstable in the playoffs for the Lower Cape title, but was shut down by Upper Cape champ Falmouth in the league championship series. The 1946 season also featured the league's first All-Star Game, held at Harwich's Brooks Park. The contest matched a team of CCBL all-stars against a team of
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tryout players chosen by scouts of the major league team. In the 1949 and 1950 seasons, Harwich fielded two entries in the Cape League, as the Cape Verdean Club of Harwich joined the league's Lower Cape Division. Harwich did not reach the league title series again until 1962 when the team was downed by Upper Cape powerhouse
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after defeating Chatham for the Lower Cape title. Harwich's 1961 and 1962 teams featured CCBL Hall of Famer and longtime
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general manager Lou Lamoriello, who played in the CCBL until 1964, then skippered Sagamore to the league title in 1965.


Modern era (1963–present)

In 1963, the CCBL was reorganized and became officially sanctioned by the
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. 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. The league was originally composed of ten teams, which were divided into Upper Cape and Lower Cape divisions. Harwich joined Orleans, Chatham, Yarmouth and a team from Otis Air Force Base in the Lower Cape Division.


The 1960s and 1970s

The Harwich teams of the mid- and late-1960s featured several notable players. Harwich's native son and
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hurler Peter Ford spent four summers with the team, posting a combined ERA of 3.36 with 18 wins and two league all-star selections. Ford later served as a Cape League vice president, and was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2010. Harwich's 1966 team featured CCBL Hall of Famer Ed Drucker, who batted .382, set a league record with eight triples, and was named league MVP. The 1967 Harwich team featured Northbridge, Massachusetts native and future major leaguer Glenn Adams, a center fielder who slugged three triples in a single game for the Mariners, and blasted a homer in the CCBL All-Star Game at Eldredge Park. In 1968, CCBL Hall of Fame manager John Carroll took the reins and led the Mariners to a 26–13 record, winning the Lower Cape Division in the team's final season at Brooks Park. The team included pitcher
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, who went on to become the
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and the
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. In the 1968 title series, Harwich faced Upper Cape champ Falmouth, who prevailed three games to one in what was the first of Falmouth's four consecutive titles from 1968 to 1971. The following year the Mariners moved to their new home at Whitehouse Field. The CCBL held its 1969 All-Star Game at the new ballpark, the Lower Cape emerging with a 4–0 victory. CCBL Hall of Famer Fred Ebbett took over the Mariners' managerial post in 1971 after over 20 highly successful seasons coaching baseball at Harwich High School. Ebbett skippered the team in 1971 and 1972, then again from 1975 to 1977. He went on to serve as CCBL Commissioner from 1984 to 1996, where he was a driving force behind the league's momentous transition to an all-wooden bat league in the mid-1980s. The Mariners qualified for the playoffs in 1974 behind CCBL Outstanding Pitcher Award winner Andy Muhlstock, but were bested in the semi-final round by Orleans. Piloted by first-year manager Don Prohovich, Harwich advanced to the CCBL title series in 1978 and followed up that appearance with a return to the finals in 1979. In both title series, the Mariners were defeated by a dominant Hyannis team that had rolled through the two regular seasons with records of 31–11 and 33–7–1.


The 1980s bring a pair of league titles

In both 1981 and 1982, the Mariners boasted the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award winner: Greg Myers in 1981, and Scott Murray in 1982. The 1981 team featured
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's Mike Yastrzemski, son of
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and
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legend
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. Nearing the end of his major league playing career, the elder Yaz found himself with time on his hands that summer due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike. As a result, he spent much of June and July in the Harwich Mariners' dugout keeping an eye on his son's progress. The 1982 Mariners featured CCBL Hall of Fame slugger Pat Pacillo, who walloped 10 homers on the season. In 1983, Harwich finally broke through and claimed a CCBL title. Skippered by Steve Ring, the team returned the powerful Pacillo, who was good again for eight homers and a .338 batting average, and even went 1–0 with a 4.82 ERA as a pitcher. Rob Souza went 7–2 on the mound in the regular season, and led the league with a 2.45 ERA. The star of the team however was the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect Award winner, Cory Snyder. The CCBL Hall of Famer clouted an amazing league record 22 home runs with 50 RBI and 47 runs scored. He hit home runs in four consecutive at bats on July 7–8, and twice hit three home runs in a game. The Mariners finished the regular season in third place, but eliminated Hyannis two games to one in the playoff semi-finals to earn a berth in the best-of-five title series against top-seeded
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. In Game 1 of the 1983 championship series, the Mariners came out on the wrong end of a 1–0 pitchers' duel, won on an RBI single by Kettleer
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. Games 2 and 3 were played as a doubleheader. In the front end of the twinbill, Harwich jumped all over the Kettleers with a seven-run second, including a grand slam by Jon Pequignot. Souza went the distance in a 16–6 Mariner rout at Lowell Park. The back end of the doubleheader was played at Whitehouse Field, where Harwich hurler Jeff Koenigsman stymied the Cotuit attack. The Mariners took it, 7–3, to go up two games to one. Games 4 and 5 were played the following day as another doubleheader. With their backs against the wall and trailing through much of Game 4 at home, the Kettleers staged a late-inning comeback to knot the series with an 8–7 win. The Game 5 finale at Harwich was an all-time classic. Cotuit got a three-run homer in the top of the first, and Harwich answered in the bottom of the frame with a Pacillo grand slam. Harwich starter Mike Ulian was hit hard for seven runs, and Souza, who had pitched a complete game the day before, came on and was effective in long relief. Mariner Doug Shields cranked a three-run homer in the seventh, and the score was tied at 7–7 going to the final frame. Cotuit's Greg Barrios launched a two-run dinger in the top of the ninth to put the Kettleers up, 9–7, and hope was waning for the Whitehouse faithful. The Mariners came down to their final out with nobody on in the bottom half of the inning, but Pacillo doubled, and Pequignot came through with a clutch homer to send the game to extra innings. Both teams threatened but did not score in the 10th. Robbie Smith came on in relief of Souza in the 11th and set down Cotuit in order. In the bottom of the 11th, Harwich's Jim Sasko drove in Pequignot from third for the series-winning RBI and Harwich's first Cape League championship in the modern era. The 1984 Mariners finished the regular season atop the league with an impressive 27–15 record, due in large part to the contributions of four CCBL Hall of Famers. League Outstanding Pro Prospect Award winner Mike Loggins batted .343 with 13 homers and was MVP of the CCBL All-Star Game at Philadelphia's
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led the league with six wins and six complete games, posted a 2.46 ERA with 77 strikeouts in 80.1 innings, and pitched two shutout innings and was the winning pitcher in the CCBL All-Star Game. Fellow all-star pitcher Scott Kamieniecki went 4–1 for the Mariners with a 2.14 ERA and 54 strikeouts.
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was a dual threat, batting .329 with six home runs while going 2–0 with a 3.19 ERA on the mound. Close returned to Harwich in 1985 and again enjoyed an all-star campaign with 11 home runs and 30 RBI. CCBL Hall of Famer
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was league MVP for Harwich in 1986; the outfielder/catcher slugged six home runs and led the league with a .358 batting average. Harwich wore the league crown again in 1987 for the second time in five years. On the mound, team MVP Dan Kite posted six wins and four complete games with a 2.21 ERA, and future major league all-star Charles Nagy of the
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and Andy Berg were CCBL all-stars in the Mariners' bullpen. The team also featured future major leaguers
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, University of Massachusetts infielder
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, and slugger
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, who led the league with 11 home runs. Led by manager Bill Springman, the Mariners finished the regular season with the league's best record, and met
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in the playoff semi-finals. In Game 1, Harwich struck early at home with a three-run bomb by Steve Finken in a four-run first inning, and Kite went the distance on the hill, striking out 13 Kettleers en route to a 4–2 win. Finken hit a two-run dinger in Game 2 at Lowell Park, and teammate Tom Boyce added a pair of homers, but it wasn't enough as Cotuit prevailed, 9–8 in 10 innings. Cotuit's Troy Chacon allowed only two Mariners hits in Game 3 at Whitehouse Field, but one of them was a second-inning solo shot by Boyce. Harwich starter Nelson Arriete made the lone run stand up, going the distance in the 1–0 shutout to advance the Mariners to the title series against Y-D. In Game 1 of the 1987 championship series at Whitehouse Field, the Red Sox chased Mariners starter Everett Cunningham from the mound in the fifth, and Nagy came on in relief trailing, 3–1. Boyce hit yet another clout in the seventh to narrow the margin, and Derek Lee proved the hero with a three-run go-ahead blast in the eighth. Nagy no-hit the Red Sox in 4 1/3 frames of relief, and the Mariners took the opener, 5–3. Kite went the distance for Harwich in Game 2 at Red Wilson Field, but scattered four runs and got little help from his bats in a 4–1 loss that knotted the series. Harwich got three runs in each of the first two innings of Game 3 on home turf, and Nagy came on in relief of starter Dave Menhart. For the second time in the series, Nagy no-hit the Red Sox over 4 1/3 innings of relief, and the Mariners came away with a 7–2 victory to secure the championship. Nagy, the playoff MVP, recorded the final out by way of strikeout against league MVP and batting champ Mickey Morandini, whom Nagy caught looking on a 3–2 count.


The 1990s

The Mariners qualified for postseason play only once in the 1990s, reaching the title series in 1997 under skipper
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, who had played in the Cape League in 1992 for Chatham. Holbrook's squad dropped the 1997 finals series to Wareham, a team that starred a familiar face: league MVP and CCBL Hall of Famer Carlos Peña, who had played for Harwich the previous season. Notable players during the 1990s included
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, a future
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fan favorite and member of the 2004 World Series team that ended the Red Sox' 86-year title drought. The Mariners also boasted the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award winner for three consecutive seasons with
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(1995), Billy Coleman (1996) and Brent Hoard (1997). In 1998, a new
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was installed at Whitehouse Field, a donation of former
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Fay Vincent, Jr. in memory of his father, Fay Vincent, Sr. The Commissioner had been a longtime summer resident of Harwich and a fan of the Mariners and the CCBL, and wished to honor his late father who had been the baseball captain at
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in 1931. The scoreboard was dedicated on July 6, 1998 as part of "Fay Vincent Night at Whitehouse Field", and was billed by the CCBL as being "the largest scoreboard in New England south of
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." The 1998 Mariners were skippered by CCBL Hall of Famer Billy Best, who had played for Falmouth in 1979 where he set a CCBL record with his 32-game hitting streak.


The 2000s and the end of a long drought

The 2004 Mariners featured CCBL Hall of Famer Craig Hansen, a hard-throwing closer who recorded a perfect 0.00 ERA with 41 strikeouts in 22.1 innings of work. Other notable players during the decade included the 2002 CCBL Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award winner Shaun Marcum, and future major league all-star and
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winner Tim Lincecum of the 2005 Mariners. The 2003 Mariners battled Orleans at Eldredge Park in a 20-inning marathon that set the record as the longest game in modern-era CCBL history. Harwich pushed across the go-ahead run in the top of the 20th, and second baseman
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took the mound and recorded the save for the Mariners in the 5 hour, 52 minute affair. The Mariners' playoff drought continued well into the 2000s, as the team reached the postseason only once during the 20-year span from 1988 to 2007. The Mariners' woes ended in 2008. The club featured future major league all-stars Brandon Belt and DJ LeMahieu, as well as one of the CCBL's top hitters,
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, who batted .352 for the season. The Mariners opened the postseason with a two-game sweep of Orleans in the semi-finals, then faced
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in the title series. After going on the road and pounding the Kettleers, 11–2, in Game 1, Harwich returned home for Game 2 with ideas of a sweep. Over 6,000 fans packed Whitehouse Field for the second game, but the series seemed headed back to Cotuit as the visitors took a 1–0 lead into the bottom of the ninth. A leadoff triple by Joe Sanders revived the Mariners' hopes, and with the bases loaded on a walk and hit batsman, skipper Steve Englert brought in pinch-hitter Mark Fleury. No stranger to late-inning heroics, Fleury had secured the East Division's 8–6 win in the CCBL All-Star Game with a two-run eighth-inning homer earlier in the season. Fleury rewarded Englert's confidence by coming through again, delivering Harwich's first league championship in 21 years with a 2-run walk-off poke to right-centerfield. For his clutch pinch-hit, Fleury was named playoff co-MVP with Jason Stidham, who had driven in seven runs for Harwich in Game 1 of the title series.


The 2010s: Englert's boys win another one

Throughout the 2010s, Harwich continued to be piloted by Steve Englert, the longest-tenured manager in team history. The club reached the playoffs in eight of ten years in the decade, finishing first in the East Division three times. Englert's 2011 squad was led by CCBL East Division All-Star Game starting pitcher Taylor Rogers, along with fellow all-stars
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at catcher, slugger Jabari Henry, and CCBL Hall of Fame reliever Chris Overman. As the playoffs began, the Mariners got a scare, with Brewster taking Game 1 of the first round series, but Harwich bounced back with an 8–2 Game 2 rout. The Mariners went down 2–0 early to the Whitecaps in Game 3, but scratched their way back behind 5.1 innings of scoreless relief by Eddie Butler, and Overman came on to get the final two outs to clinch the series with a 3–2 Harwich victory. In the East Division finals, the Mariners faced Y-D. After a Game 1 shutout of the Red Sox at home, Harwich sent Rogers to the mound with hopes of ending the series in Game 2 at Red Wilson Field. Rogers didn't disappoint, allowing only two Y-D hits through eight innings.
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homered for the Mariners, and Overman came in with runners on base in the ninth to close the door on the 4–2 Harwich victory to complete the series sweep. In the 2011 title series, Harwich faced West Division champ Falmouth. The Mariners took Game 1 of the championship at home in a closely contested 5–4 game decided by first baseman John Wooten's go-ahead homer in the sixth. Wooten blasted another one in Game 2 at Falmouth, and the game went to the bottom of the ninth with Harwich leading, 7–5. With the title just three outs away, Englert brought in Overman to try to close out the Commodores in the final frame. Overman, who had not allowed an earned run in 28.1 innings during the season, proceeded to load the bases with no outs, but wiggled out of the jam by getting Falmouth's hot-hitting Reid Redman to pop out, then striking out the next batter, and finishing the job with a popout to the catcher to secure the Mariners' championship. Playoff MVP honors went to Mariner Mike Garza, who went 5-for-9 in the championship series. Notable players during the 2010s included 2012 league MVP Phil Ervin, who batted .323 with 11 homers for the Mariners, CCBL Hall of Famer
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, a two-time CCBL all-star in 2013 and 2014, and 2016 league MVP
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, a second baseman who hit .353 on the season. Harwich boasted the league's home run derby champs in 2012 and 2014 as JaCoby Jones and Sal Annunziata claimed the honors. Massachusetts native and multi-sport athlete Pat Connaughton pitched briefly for Harwich in 2013, and went on to a career in the
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. Another multi-sport athlete, Kyler Murray of the
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, played for Harwich in 2017 and went on to win the
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in 2018. In a season highlighted by a regular season no-hitter by Jacob Palisch, and a playoff combined no-hitter against Chatham by hurlers Connor McCullough and Joe Boyle, the Mariners finished the 2019 regular season with only a .500 record, but cruised to the league championship series with playoff sweeps of Chatham and Y-D before being bounced in the finals by
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.


The 2020s

The 2020 CCBL season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2021 Mariners boasted the league's MVP as well as its Outstanding Pitcher as third baseman Brock Wilken and hurler Trey Dombroski took home the awards.


CCBL Hall of Fame inductees

The CCBL Hall of Fame and Museum is a history
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and
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honoring past players, coaches, and others who have made outstanding contributions to the CCBL. Below are the inductees who spent all or part of their time in the Cape League with Harwich.


Notable alumni

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Dustin Ackley Dustin Michael Ackley (born February 26, 1988) is an American former professional baseball second baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees. Ackley played college baseball fo ...
2008 * Glenn Adams 1967 *
Andy Allanson Andrew Neal Allanson (born December 22, 1961) is a former professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight seasons, from 1986 to 1995. Andy was signed as a second-round pick in the 1983 amateur draft, by the Cleve ...
1982 * Arshwin Asjes 2006 *
Alex Avila Alexander Thomas Avila (born January 29, 1987) is an American former professional baseball catcher. Between 2009 and 2021 he played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks and Minnesota Twins and Washingt ...
2007 *
Mike Barlow Michael Roswell Barlow (born April 30, 1948) is a retired professional baseball player who played seven seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Early life Barlow wa ...
1969 * Scott Barnes 2007 * Bill Barrett 1937 * Joey Bart 2017 * Jason Bartlett 2000 * Jim Beattie 1974 * Jordan Beck 2021 *
Jalen Beeks Jalen Christopher Beeks (born July 10, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Boston Red Sox selected Beeks in the 12th round of the 2014 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in ...
2013 * Brandon Belt 2008 *
Cavan Biggio Cavan Thomas Biggio ( '; born April 11, 1995) is an American professional baseball utility player for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the son of former MLB player and Hall of Famer Craig Biggio. High school and c ...
2014–2015 * Al Blanche 1933–1934 *
Skye Bolt Skye Michael Bolt (born January 15, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. The Oakland Athletics selected Bolt in the fourth round of the 2015 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut with the ...
2014 * Dewon Brazelton 1999 * Mark Budzinski 1994 *
Aaron Bummer Aaron James Bummer (born September 21, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career Bummer attended Sunrise Mountain High School in Peoria, Arizona and was drafted by ...
2013 * Danny Burawa 2010 * Billy Burns 2011 * Jack Burns 1927 * Eddie Butler 2011 * Daniel Cabrera 2019 * Carter Capps 2011 * Stephen Cardullo 2009 *
Keefe Cato John Keefe Cato (born May 6, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1983 and 1984. Biography A native of Yonkers, New York, Cato graduated from Fairfield University, where he played coll ...
1978 *
John Cerutti John Joseph Cerutti (April 28, 1960 – October 3, 2004) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers between 1985 and 1991, and was later a broadcaster for the Blue Jays. Playing car ...
1980 * Bill Chamberlain 1932 *
Ernie Clement Ernie James Clement (born March 22, 1996) is an American professional baseball utility player for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Cleveland Indians / Guardians and Oakland Athletics. ...
2016 *
Casey Close Casey Richard Close (born October 21, 1963) is a former American baseball player and sports agent. University of Michigan Close was born in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from Worthington High School before attending the University of Michigan on ...
1984–1985 * Pat Connaughton 2013 *
Doug Corbett Douglas Mitchell Corbett (born November 4, 1952) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins, California Angels and Baltimore Orioles between 1980 and 1987. Early years Doug Corbett was ...
1972 * Jake Cousins 2015 *
Darron Cox James Darron Cox (born November 21, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher who played 15 games for the Montreal Expos in the season. Biography A native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Cox attended Mustang High School and the Un ...
1987 * Evan Crawford 2007 *
Xzavion Curry Xzavion Rashan Curry (born July 27, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career Curry attended Benjamin Elijah Mays High School in Atlanta, Georgia and Georgia Tec ...
2018 * Gerry Davis 1978 * Tony DeFrancesco 1982–1983 *
Gary DiSarcina Gary Thomas DiSarcina (born November 19, 1967) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third base coach for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played his entire career for the California / Anaheim A ...
1987 * Trey Dombroski 2021 * Chris Dominguez 2007 * Josh Donaldson 2006 *
Sean Doolittle Sean Robert Doolittle (born September 26, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Marine ...
2005 *
Jason Dubois Jason Bradford Dubois (born March 26, 1979) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians. Dubois attended Virginia Commonwealth University, and in 1999 he played collegiate summer bas ...
1999 * Taylor Dugas 2010 * Joe Dunand 2016 *
Brad Eldred Bradley Ross Eldred (born July 12, 1980) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, and Detroit Tigers and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the ...
2000 *Phillip Ervin 2012 *Danny Farquhar 2007 *Cole Figueroa 2007 *Derek Fisher (baseball), Derek Fisher 2013 *
John Flaherty John Timothy Flaherty (born October 21, 1967) is an American television baseball broadcaster and a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for several teams between 1992 and 2005. He is currently a broadcaster for the YES Network. Ea ...
1987 *Eric Fryer (baseball), Eric Fryer 2006 *Herb Gallagher 1938 *Jeff Gardner (baseball), Jeff Gardner 1984 *John Gast (baseball), John Gast 2009 *Kevin Gausman 2011 *Dave Gavitt *Jody Gerut 1996–1997 *Johnny Giavotella 2006–2007 *Mike Gillette 1987 *Jake Goebbert 2009 *Brian Goodwin (baseball), Brian Goodwin 2010 * Artie Gore 1927–1929 *Reid Gorecki 2000 *Phil Gosselin 2009 *Oz Griebel 1970 *Mark Guthrie 1986 *Brandon Guyer 2006 *Dave Haas 1986 *
Bob Hamelin Robert James Hamelin (; born November 29, 1967) is a former first baseman and designated hitter in Major League Baseball. From 1993 through 1998, Hamelin played for the Kansas City Royals (1993–96), Detroit Tigers (1997) and Milwaukee Brewers (1 ...
1987 *Todd Haney 1985 * Craig Hansen 2004 *
Ian Happ Ian Edward Happ (born August 12, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at the University of Cincinnati for the Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team. The ...
2013–2014 *J. A. Happ 2003 *Jon Harris (baseball), Jon Harris 2014 *
Scott Hemond Scott Mathew Hemond (born November 18, 1965) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from - for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and St. Louis Cardinals. Amateur career Scott was dr ...
1986 *Randy Hennis 1986 *John Hicks (baseball), John Hicks 2010 *Tommy Hinzo 1984 *Rick Hirtensteiner 1988 *J. J. Hoover 2008 *Sam Howard 2013 *Daniel Hudson 2007 *
Tug Hulett Timothy Craig "Tug" Hulett Jr. (born February 28, 1983) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and the Kansas City Royals. Early life Hulett was bo ...
2003 *Todd Incantalupo 1996 *Jonathan India 2016–2017 *Ryan Jackson (baseball, born 1971), Ryan Jackson 1991 *Eric Jagielo 2012 *Kevin Jarvis 1989 *Pierce Johnson 2010–2011 *Eric Jokisch 2009 * JaCoby Jones 2012 * Scott Kamieniecki 1984 * Art Kenney 1937 *George Kirby (baseball), George Kirby 2018 *Joe Klink 1982 *Eric Knott 1994 *George Kontos 2005 *Marc Krauss 2008 *Zach Kroenke 2004 *Blake Lalli 2005 * Lou Lamoriello 1961–1962 *Mike Lansing 1988 *Russ Laribee 1976 * Derek Lee 1987 * DJ LeMahieu 2008 *Brent Lillibridge 2004 * Tim Lincecum 2005 *Corey Littrell 2012 *Eric Ludwick 1992 *Barry Lyons (baseball), Barry Lyons 1979, 1981 *
Joe Magrane Joseph David Magrane (born July 2, 1964) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, California Angels, and Chicago White Sox between 1987 and 1996, and is currently a color commentary broadcas ...
1984 * Neil Mahoney 1937–1938 *Mikie Mahtook 2010 *Mitch Maier 2002 *Trey Mancini 2012 *Chris Manno 2008 *Joe Mantiply 2011 * Shaun Marcum 2002 *Jake McCarthy 2017 *Joe McCarthy (outfielder), Joe McCarthy 2014 *Sam McConnell 1996 *Marshall McDougall 1999 *Aaron Meade 2009 *
Tommy Medica Thomas Anthony Medica (born April 9, 1988) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres. Amateur career Medica played college baseball at Santa Clara University, aft ...
2008 *Adam Melhuse 1991 *Matt Merullo 1984 *Brian Meyer (baseball), Brian Meyer 1985 *Levi Michael 2010 *
Kevin Millar Kevin Charles Millar (; born September 24, 1971) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and is a current analyst for MLB Network. He played in MLB for the Florida Marli ...
1992 *David Miller (baseball), David Miller 1993 *Owen Miller 2017 *Adam Morgan (baseball), Adam Morgan 2010 *Hal Morris 1985 *Taylor Motter 2010 *Kevin Mulvey 2004–2005 *Heath Murray 1993 * Kyler Murray 2017 * Charles Nagy 1987 *Packy Naughton 2016 *Jim Negrych 2005 *John Nelson (infielder), John Nelson 1999 *Sheldon Neuse 2015 *Josh Newman 2002 *Jeff Niemann 2002–2003 *Aaron Nola 2012 *
Austin Nola Austin Kyle Nola (born December 28, 1989) is an American professional baseball catcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners. Nola was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louis ...
2010–2011 *Rafael Novoa 1987–1988 *Dick Offenhamer 1939 *Kirt Ojala 1989 *Adam Ottavino 2005 * Pat Pacillo 1982–1983 *Mike Pazik 1968–1969 *Greg Peavey 2010 * Carlos Peña 1996 *Dillon Peters 2013 *Tyler Pill 2010 *Jared Poché 2014 *Ross Powell 1988 *Chris Pritchett 1990 *Matt Quatraro 1994–1995 *Dan Radison 1970 *Cal Raleigh 2016 *Matt Ramsey (baseball), Matt Ramsey 2010 *A. J. Reed 2012–2013 *Mark Reynolds (baseball), Mark Reynolds 2003 *
Bill Richardson William Blaine Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician, author, and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary ...
1968 *Mike Robertson (baseball), Mike Robertson 1989–1990 * Taylor Rogers 2011 *Matt Ruebel 1989 *Alex Sanchez (pitcher), Alex Sanchez 1986 *Joe Saunders 2001 *Tim Scannell 1989 *Darryl Scott 1988 *Chandler Shepherd 2013 *Kelly Shoppach 2000 *Jim Siwy 1979 *Scott Sizemore 2005 * Frank Skaff 1933 *Eric Skoglund 2012 *Josh Smith (infielder), Josh Smith 2017 *Pavin Smith 2016 * Cory Snyder 1983 *Peter Solomon (baseball), Peter Solomon 2016 *Noah Song 2017 *Paul Sorrento 1985 *Adam Stern 2000 *Mel Stottlemyre Jr. 1984 *Todd Stottlemyre 1985 *Chris Stratton 2011 *Darnell Sweeney 2011 *R. J. Swindle 2003 *Dave Telgheder 1987 *Clete Thomas 2004 *Wyatt Toregas 2003 *Bob Tufts 1975 *Brian Turang 1988 *Brant Ust 1997 *Anthony Varvaro 2004 *Cam Vieaux 2015 *Matt Vierling 2017 *
Luke Voit Louis Linwood Voit III (born February 13, 1991) is an American professional baseball first baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals. Voi ...
2011 *Christian Walker (baseball), Christian Walker 2011 *Kevin Ward (baseball), Kevin Ward 1982 *Tony Watson 2006 *Zach Watson 2018 *Terry Wells 1984 *Antone Williamson 1992 *Austin Wilson 2011–2012 *J. T. Wise 2007 *Ron Witmeyer 1986 *Brandon Woodruff 2012 *Mike Wright (baseball), Mike Wright 2010 *Ed Yarnall 1995 *Mark Zagunis 2013 *Josh Zeid 2007 *Brad Ziegler 2002 *Alan Zinter 1988


Yearly results


Results by season, 1927–1939

* 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.
Played from 1927 to 1929 as combined "Chatham-Harwich" team


Results by season, 1946–1962

* Regular seasons split into first and second halves are designated as (A) and (B).


Results by season, 1963–present


League award winners

(*) - Indicates co-recipient


All-Star Game selections

''Italics'' - Indicates All-Star Game Home Run Hitting Contest participant (1988 to present)


No-hit games


Managerial history

(*) - Season count excludes 2020 CCBL season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic.


See also

* :Harwich Mariners players, Harwich Mariners players


References


External links


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Other links


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