Cape Cod Baseball League
Division Team Seasons
Upper Cape Barnstable Townies/Barons/Red Sox 1946*-52 1955-56 1959-62
Upper Cape Bourne Canalmen 1946-50 1961-62
Upper Cape Cotuit Kettleers 1947-62
Upper Cape Falmouth All-Stars 1946-62
Upper Cape Falmouth Falcons 1951-53
Upper Cape Mashpee Warriors/Indians 1946-51 1953-55
Upper Cape Massachusetts Maritime Academy 1946-47 1949-61
Upper Cape Osterville 1948-50
Upper Cape Otis Air Force Base Jets/Minutemen 1949-50 1955 1957-61
Upper Cape Sagamore Clouters 1946-62
Upper Cape Sandwich 1946-49
Upper Cape Wareham Gatemen 1952 -62
Teams -- Franchise timelines
Origins Below is a partial list of Cape Cod baseball teams from the 1860s until the formation of the Cape League in 1923 . Barnstable Cummaquids Barnstable Osceolas Barnstable Village Chatham Falmouth Cottage Club Harwich Hyannis Orleans Pants Factory Osterville Sandwich Athletics Sandwich Nichols Club West Barnstable Mastetuketts West Falmouth Yarmouth Mattakeesetts .mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner { display : flex ; flex-direction : column } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow { display : flex ; flex-direction : row ; clear : left ; flex-wrap : wrap ; width:100% ; box-sizing : border-box } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle { margin:1px ; float : left } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader { clear : both ; font-weight : bold ; text-align : center ; align-self : center ; background-color : transparent ; width:100% } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption { text-align : left ; background-color : transparent } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption-center { text-align : center ; background-color : transparent } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left { text-align : left } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right { text-align : right } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center { text-align : center } @ media all and ( max-width:720px ) { .mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner { width:100% ! important ; box-sizing : border-box ; max-width : none ! important ; align-items : center } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow { justify-content : center } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle { float : none ! important ; max-width:100% ! important ; box-sizing : border-box ; text-align : center } .mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption { text-align : center } } Blondy Ryan and Red Rolfe played for Orleans during the Early Cape League era . Both went on to enjoy long major league careers . Ryan was starting shortstop for the 1933 World Series champion New York Giants , and Rolfe was starting third basemen for five New York Yankees World Series championship teams . Early Cape League era ( 1923-1939 ) Team Seasons Barnstable 1931-37 ; 1939 Bourne 1933*-39 Chatham 1923-26 ; 1930–31 Chatham-Harwich 1927-29 Falmouth 1923-39 Harwich 1930-39 Hyannis 1923-30 Orleans 1928-34 ; 1937–38 Osterville 1923-30 Provincetown 1933* Wareham 1927-28 ; 1930–32 * In 1933 , Provincetown withdrew and wasreplaced by Bourne mid-season .  A team from Otis AFB played in the Cape League in the 1950s and 1960s . View of an inspection at Otis Field in August , 1944 . Upper and Lower Cape League era ( 1946-1962 )
The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over one thousand former players who have gone on to play in the major leagues.