New England Collegiate Baseball League
Year Winning Team Series Losing Team
1994 Eastern Tides 3-2 Bristol Nighthawks
1995 Central Mass Collegians 2-0 Waterbury Barons
1996 Central Mass Collegians 2-1 Danbury Westerners
1997 Middletown Giants 2-1 Torrington Twisters
1998 Middletown Giants 3-1 Torrington Twisters
1999 Middletown Giants 3-1 Danbury Westerners
2000 Keene Swamp Bats 2-1 Rhode Island Gulls
2001 Newport Gulls 2-1 Keene Swamp Bats
2002 Newport Gulls 2-0 Keene Swamp Bats
2003 Keene Swamp Bats 2-0 Torrington Twisters
2004 Sanford Mainers 2-1 Newport Gulls
2005 Newport Gulls 2-0 Vermont Mountaineers
2006 Vermont Mountaineers 2-0 Torrington Twisters
2007 Vermont Mountaineers 2-0 Newport Gulls
2008 Sanford Mainers 2-0 Newport Gulls
2009 Newport Gulls 2-1 Vermont Mountaineers
2010 North Shore Navigators 2-1 Danbury Westerners
2011 Keene Swamp Bats 2-0 Laconia Muskrats
2012 Newport Gulls 2-0 Danbury Westerners
2013 Keene Swamp Bats 2-1 Newport Gulls
Past champions
Total NECBL Fay Vincent Cup Records Franchise Titles Last Title Appearances Newport Gulls 6 2014 11 Keene Swamp Bats 5 2019 7 North Shore Navigators 4 2010 4 Middletown Giants 3 1999 3 Vermont Mountaineers 3 2015 5 Central Mass Collegians 2 1996 2 Mystic Schooners 2 2016 3 Sanford Mainers 2 2008 4 Valley Blue Sox 2 2018 2 Danbury Westerners 0 4 New Bedford Bay Sox 0 4 Ocean State Waves 0 2 Bristol Nighthawks 0 1 Martha 's Vineyard Sharks 0 1 Winnipesaukee Muskrats 0 1 Waterbury Barons 0 1 Riverpoint Royals 0 0 Fairfield Stallions 0 0 North Adams SteepleCats 0 0 Plymouth Pilgrims 0 0 Saratoga Brigade 0 0 Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide 0 0 Upper Valley Nighthawks 0 0 In the NECBL 's history , the most successful team is the Newport Gulls , with six league championships and eleven championship series appearances ( including one championship appearance as the Cranston , Rhode Island-based Rhode Island Gulls ) . The defunct North Shore Navigators franchise had four league titles . The Keene Swamp Bats have four league titles . The Vermont Mountaineers have three league titles . A pair of franchises have won two championships , the Sanford Mainers and the defunct Central Mass Collegians . The Mystic Schooners won a single championship , when the team was known as the Eastern Tides in the league 's inaugural 1994 season . [ 9 ]
The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) is a 13-team collegiate summer baseball 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 and July, with a playoff in early August. Like the Cape Cod Baseball League and other amateur leagues, the NECBL is a showcase for top college-level players, giving professional baseball scouts a chance to see prospective pros playing against each other. Along with the Cape Cod Baseball League, Northwoods League, and Coastal Plain League, it is considered one of the top summer leagues in the country and is a part of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball. In 2019, the Collegiate Summer Baseball Register ranked the NECBL as the 2nd best collegiate summer baseball league, behind only the Cape Cod League. Founded in 1993, the NECBL began its direction under George Foster, former Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets All-Star and Major League Baseball home run leader, and Emmy Award-winning television producer/director Joseph Consentino. Play started in 1994 and today the NECBL has become a strong twelve-team league that plays in all six New England states. It recruits players attending U.S. colleges from New England, the other 44 states, and foreign countries, provided that they come from NCAA-sanctioned colleges or universities, are in good academic standing, have completed at least one year of athletic eligibility, and have at least one year of eligibility remaining. The NECBL's current commissioner is Sean McGrath, former general manager of the North Adams SteepleCats. McGrath replaced Mario Tiani, who retired following the 2012 season.