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Bourne Braves
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LeagueCape Cod Baseball League (West Division)
LocationBourne, Massachusetts
BallparkDoran Park
League championships1936, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1965, 2009, 2022, 2023
Former name(s)Bourne Canalmen
ColorsRed, Navy Blue, and Gold
     
PresidentNicole Norkevicius
General ManagerDarin Weeks
ManagerScott Landers
Websitewww.capecodleague.com/bourne/

The Bourne Braves are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Bourne, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in the league's West Division. The Braves play their home games at Doran Park on the campus of Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School in Bourne. The Braves are owned and operated by the non-profit Bourne Athletic Association.

Bourne won its second consecutive and ninth overall CCBL championship in 2023 by defeating the Orleans Firebirds two games to one to win the best of three championship series.

History

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Pre-modern era

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Early years

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Bourne's baseball history is one of the longest of all teams on the Cape, dating as far back as the 1860s when the town was still part of Sandwich. In 1867, Sandwich had four organized baseball teams: the Nichols, Independent, Shawme, and American clubs.[1] The "Independent Club" defeated the "Mattakeesetts" of Yarmouth that year, winning 41–35 in eight innings.[2] The same year, the "Nichols Club" played a series of three games against the "Cummaquid Club" of Barnstable. The first game, played "a short distance from the Sandwich Glass Company's works," was won by the Cummaquids, but the Nichols Club took the second game played in Barnstable. The third game was contested at a "neutral" site in West Barnstable, with the Cummaquid Club taking the rubber match. Of these early contests, it was reported that, "a large party from this and adjoining villages were present to witness the game, and as it was new to very many of the number, it was of unusual interest."[3][4][5]

In 1909, a team from Bourne sponsored by the Keith Car & Manufacturing Company of Sagamore played a pair of games against the Falmouth town team.[6][7] In 1910, the Sagamore club was described as "one of the finest local teams on the Cape."[8] Although the 1910 team lost twice to the powerful Hyannis town team early in the summer,[9][10] the Keith squad had its revenge at the close of the season in what was billed as the baseball "championship of the Cape" at the annual Barnstable County Fair.[11] In the four-team tournament, Falmouth defeated Hyannis and Sagamore shut out Wellfleet to set up a final game between Sagamore and Falmouth. On a rain-soaked day that produced "mud and slippery ball and bats," Sagamore prevailed in a shortened seven-inning contest, by a score reported variously as 9–3 or 10–3.[11][12][13] The Keith team had another successful year in 1911,[14][15] and again made a strong showing at the season-ending fair tournament.[16][17] The Keith Car team continued to compete through at least the 1913 season, when the club was described as the "strongest team on the Cape."[18][19][20]

Georgetown and NFL fullback and CCBL Hall of Famer Tony Plansky was a perennial league all-star for Bourne in the 1930s and a member the 1936 title club

The early Cape League era (1923–1939)

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Bourne first joined the Cape League in 1933. The league had begun in 1923 with four teams,[21] but over the years various towns moved in and out of the league. In 1933, Provincetown had joined the league for the first time, but withdrew mid-season. Bourne stepped in and played out the remainder of Provincetown's schedule, but won only one game in its inaugural partial season.[22][23] Bourne remained in the league until the league itself folded after the 1939 season,[24][25] and played its home games at the Bourne High School diamond.

In 1934 and 1935, Bourne featured hard-hitting third baseman Bob "Red" Daughters, who went on to play for the Boston Red Sox,[26][27] and Freddie Moncewicz, a longtime Hyannis/Barnstable infielder who had played for Boston in 1928.[28][29] Bourne's mainstay during this period was Massachusetts native Tony Plansky, who was a league all-star for Bourne each year from 1933 to 1939. Plansky, a star fullback from Georgetown University, had played professionally in the National Football League for the New York Giants and Boston Braves. Prior to the NFL, Plansky had played for Hyannis in the Cape League in 1928,[30] and when his football career was over, Plansky returned to the Cape to play for Bourne. In 1999, Plansky was ranked by Sports Illustrated as the #25 all-time greatest sports figure from Massachusetts.[31] He was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2001.[32]

Bourne had its most successful campaign of the era in 1936, winning the Cape League title led by player-manager Larry Donovan, the team's first baseman. In addition to perennial all-star Plansky, Donovan's club featured local star third baseman Ugo Tassinari, as well as several "winning pitchers" including Frank "Quack" Escott, Al Sayce, and Ray Chamberlain.[33][34] Normally during this period, the Cape League season had no playoffs; a champion was determined by the best regular season record. But as it had done in 1933 and 1935, the league split the 1936 season in two half-seasons, with the winners of the two halves meeting in a postseason series for the overall title. In 1936, no postseason was needed, as Bourne took both the first and second half titles and was declared league champion.[35]

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

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The Cape League was revived after World War II,[36] and the new league began play in 1946 with 11 teams playing in Upper Cape and Lower Cape divisions. The town of Bourne was represented in the Upper Cape Division by Bourne and Sagamore teams. Bourne's team became known as the Bourne Canalmen, and Sagamore's as the Sagamore Canal Clouters, or Sagamore Clouters.

Bourne Canalmen
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The Canalmen played in the league until 1950, then after a decade-long hiatus, returned to the league in 1961. The Bourne team of the 1940s featured CCBL Hall of Famer Jack Sanford, a hard-throwing lefty who went on to play with Sagamore until 1954, winning a career total of 60 games in the league, including a no-hitter in 1953.[37][38]

Keith Field, former home of the Sagamore Clouters
Sagamore Clouters
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The Clouters played at Keith Field, just steps from the Cape Cod Canal in the shadow of the Sagamore Bridge. Keith Field had been dedicated in 1936 and named in memory of Bourne native Eben Keith, a Massachusetts state senator and head of Keith Car & Manufacturing Company, once the Cape's largest industrial plant. The field was constructed privately by the Marconi Social and Athletic Club on land previously occupied by the Keith plant.[39][40][41][42]

The Clouters were initially led by CCBL Hall of Fame manager Pat Sorenti, who later served as president and commissioner of the Cape League.[43] CCBL Hall of Famer George Karras was Sagamore's player-manager from 1948 to 1954.[44] Karras' teams starred CCBL Hall of Famer Tello Tontini, the team's popular infielder, who was a seven-time all-star for Sagamore from 1946 to 1952.[45] Karras was followed by fellow CCBL Hall of Famer Manny Pena, who had played in the league for Falmouth and Sagamore from 1946 to 1955, and skippered the Clouters from 1956 to 1961.[37]

Sagamore was a league powerhouse throughout the decade of the 1950s. To fans, it seemed that Sagamore would reach the league championship series every season, usually to face the Lower Cape's dominant team, Orleans. The Clouters claimed league titles in 1951, 1954, 1956 and 1959. At a time when most Cape League teams generally abided by the unwritten rule of using predominantly local players, Sagamore led the way in recruiting collegiate talent, and so set the stage for the league's modern era.

The Clouters first reached the title series in 1950, when they were downed by Orleans,[46] but Sagamore had its revenge in the 1951 title rematch. In the most drawn-out championship series in league history, the best-of-five 1951 CCBL championship series was scheduled with just one game each week, and so began in late August and ended on the final day of September. The Clouters were on the verge of being swept after dropping Game 1 at home, 4–2, and Game 2 at Eldredge Park, 2–1.[47][48] A classic Game 3 saw Sagamore turn the series around on a last-minute rally. Orleans had scored early in Game 3 at Keith Field, and Sagamore manager Karras brought in CCBL Hall of Fame hurler Jack Sanford, just back in his first game after a tour in Korea with the US Army, for long relief in the second inning. Sanford kept the game close, but the Clouters found themselves trailing, 5–4, in the bottom of the ninth. Needing only one final out to secure the series, Orleans committed a throwing error that scored Walt Stahura from third base. With the bases loaded and the score now tied, pinch-hitter Bill McCabe drew a walk that sent CCBL Hall of Famer Tello Tontini across the plate with the winning run.[49] The Clouters started Sanford on the mound in Game 4 on the road, and came away with a 10–8 win highlighted by a six-run fourth inning that was manufactured on just two hits.[50] Sanford got the call again in the Game 5 finale at neutral Lowell Park, and twirled a six-hit complete game 8–4 victory to give the championship to Sagamore. Sanford's impressive final line for the series included three wins on the mound, and a 5-for-12 performance at the plate.[51]

Orleans topped Sagamore in the 1952 and 1953 championship series,[52][53] but Sagamore rebounded again as the two clubs met in the title tilt for the fifth consecutive season in 1954. Games 1 and 2 of the 1954 championship were played as a doubleheader. In a matchup of CCBL Hall of Fame hurlers, Orleans took Game 1, 4–3, with Roy Bruninghaus outdueling the Clouters' Jack Sanford. Sagamore answered in Game 2 with a 5–3 victory behind moundsman Dick Smith.[54] The Clouters took Game 3, but Orleans knotted the series with a 10–6 Game 4 victory, setting up a decisive Game 5 to be played on the neutral Chatham field.[55] In the finale, the Clouters held down Orleans early, leading 5–0 after seven behind a masterful performance by Sanford. Orleans rallied to score three in the eighth, and with two down in the ninth, pushed across another and put the tying run on second. With the series on the line, Sanford put Orleans batter Johnny Linnell in the hole with two quick strikes. Linnell managed to foul off the next five offerings before Sanford finally whiffed him on a high ball to claim the crown for the Clouters.[56]

In the late 1950s, brothers Billy and Bobby Cleary played for the Sagamore Clouters. The pair went on to lead the US to Olympic gold in ice hockey in 1960.

From 1955 to 1958, the Clouters featured Billy Cleary, the 1958 Upper Cape MVP, and his brother Bobby Cleary.[57][58][59] The Clearys were Harvard ice hockey standouts who went on to lead the US ice hockey team to a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.[60] The Clouters were back in championship form in 1956 as Pena's men faced Cotuit for the 1956 Upper Cape title, and swept the Kettleers in two games. Sagamore jumped out early in Game 1 at Lowell Park with a six-run second frame, and hurler Johnny Karras made it stand up, tossing a complete game in the 7–5 win. The Clouters pasted Cotuit at Keith Field in Game 2, striking in the second once again with an eight-run frame, and riding the strong arm of Dick Smith to the 13–2 victory.[61][62] The win sent Sagamore to the Cape League title series against the Lower Cape champion Dennis Clippers. Smith twirled a two-hitter in Game 1 of the title tilt, and the Clouters downed the Clippers at Dennis, 7–1. Game 2 was a tight pitcher's duel early, but Sagamore scratched out a 5–3 win to secure its third Cape League championship in six years.[57]

Sagamore's 1958 and 1959 teams featured Bill Powers, who earned the Upper Cape Division's Most Valuable Pitcher Award in both seasons. Pena's Clouters reached the championship series again in 1958, but were downed by Yarmouth,[63] then bounced back in 1959 to claim another CCBL championship. Sagamore finished atop the Upper Cape league in both halves of the 1959 regular season, earning a spot in the title series against their familiar foe, Lower Cape champ Orleans. The Clouters jumped ahead in the best-of-three 1959 championship series as Powers went the distance on the mound in the 14–4 Game 1 rout at Keith Field. Sagamore completed the sweep in Game 2 at Eldredge Park, scratching out a 5–3 win to give the Clouters the title. The 1959 series was the Clouters' final championship matchup with longtime foe Orleans, and Sagamore's win evened the score at three titles apiece over the teams' six title tilts in the decade.[64][65]

In a repeat of its 1958 title loss, Sagamore was again downed in the 1960 championship series by Lower Cape champion Yarmouth.[66] The 1962 Clouters featured CCBL Hall of Famer Wayne Granger, who hit .329 with six homers.[67]

Modern era (1963–present)

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The 1960s and 1970s

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In 1963, the CCBL was reorganized and became officially sanctioned by the NCAA. 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.[68]

The league was originally composed of ten teams, which were divided into Upper Cape and Lower Cape divisions. The Clouters and Canalmen joined Wareham, Falmouth, and Cotuit in the Upper Cape Division.[69]

Bourne reached the playoffs in 1963, but was bumped out in the first round by Wareham. In 1964, CCBL Hall of Famer Lou Lamoriello became Bourne's 21-year-old player-manager. Lamoriello had played in the Cape League since 1961 with Harwich and Orleans.[70] His 1964 Bourne club starred CCBL Hall of Famer and league batting champion Harry Nelson, who hit .390 for the season.[71][72]

CCBL Hall of Famer Lou Lamoriello skippered Sagamore to the CCBL title in 1965.

Sagamore's 1963 team featured future major league all-star Billy Grabarkewitz, but the team finished in last place with only six wins on the season.

The two teams from Bourne merged for the 1965 season as the Sagamore Canalmen.[73][74] The 1965 team was skippered by Lou Lamoriello, now no longer in a player-manager role. Powered by an array of talented ballplayers, including league MVP Ron Bugbee, and CCBL Hall of Famers Dan DeMichele,[75] shortstop Bob Schaefer,[76] and pitcher Noel Kinski, who won 10 games for the team.[43] The 1965 club went 25–9 in the regular season and met Lower Cape champ Chatham in the best-of-five CCBL title series. Kinski got the 4–3 win for Sagamore in Game 1 at Veteran's Field, but the Canalmen lost a 16–14 slugfest as the teams combined for nine home runs at cozy Keith Field in Game 2.[77][78] Kinski was on the mound again on the road for Game 3, and tossed a complete game three-hit gem in the 2–1 Sagamore victory. Chatham again knotted the series with a Game 4 win, setting up the Game 5 finale back in Chatham. Making his first start of the season on the mound, the Canalmen's Bob Ritchie overcame Chatham's four-run first inning to scatter nine hits in a complete game 5–4 win that gave Sagamore the league championship.[79][80]

In 1967, the club reclaimed its former moniker Bourne Canalmen, and the late 1960s saw two more CCBL Hall of Fame players on the team. Former Bourne High School baseball star Jim Prete played several seasons in the CCBL with Bourne and Wareham.[81] Notre Dame slugger Dick Licini was league MVP in 1968, leading the league with a .382 batting average.[76]

Bourne withdrew from the league for the 1970 season, but was back the following season.[82] 1971 and 1972 saw the return of 1965 Sagamore shortstop Bob Schaefer, now the pilot of the Bourne team.[76] Schaefer's 1972 team featured CCBL Hall of Fame pitcher John Caneira, who racked up 119 strikeouts as the league's Outstanding Pitcher.[45] The team folded after the 1972 season,[83] beginning a 16-year period when Bourne did not field a team in the league.

Bill Mueller, 1992 Bourne Brave and starting third basemen for the 2004 World Series champion Boston Red Sox

The 1980s: the Braves are born

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In 1988, the Cape League expanded from eight teams to ten, adding the Brewster Whitecaps and Bourne Braves, and forming two new five-team divisions. The drive to secure a team for Bourne was led by CCBL Hall of Famers Jack Aylmer, president of Bourne's Massachusetts Maritime Academy and a former state senator,[75] and Maritime head baseball coach Bob Corradi.[71][84] Aylmer had spearheaded the Cape League's addition of an expansion franchise in Hyannis in 1976,[85] and their positions at the Maritime Academy afforded Aylmer and Corradi a similar opportunity in 1988. The Bourne Braves called the Academy's Hendy Field home from 1988 to 1995, when they moved to Coady School Field next to Bourne High School.

In their inaugural 1988 season, the Braves were skippered by Maritime Academy assistant coach Jim Watkins.[86] Worcester, Massachusetts native and Dartmouth College product Mark Johnson played for the Braves in 1988 and 1989, and went on to play several seasons in the big leagues. In 1989, just the Braves' second year in the league, Watkins' squad finished the regular season in first place atop the West Division, but was bumped from the playoffs in the West finals by Hyannis.[87][88] The 1989 Braves starred infielder Bob Rivell, the league's 10th Player Award winner, who led the league with a .358 batting average, and also featured Cape Cod native Jeff Handler of Harwich, the team's starting third baseman from Eastern Connecticut State University.[86]

The 1990s

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Bourne struggled throughout the 1990s, and fan support was low at times.[89] The team made the playoffs only twice, being ousted by Wareham in the West Division finals in both 1997 and 1998.[90] Notable players of the decade included local product Steve Corradi of Sandwich and UMass-Amherst, who was a league all-star for the Braves in 1990,[91][92] and returned to the Braves in 1991 and 1992.[93][94] The 1991 Braves featured two future CCBL Hall of Famers: Framingham, Massachusetts native Lou Merloni,[67] and tall righty Bill Wissler, who returned from the 1990 team and was named the league's Outstanding Pitcher in both seasons. Wissler had posted an 8–2 record with a 1.56 ERA in 1990. In 1991, he led the league in innings pitched with 92, and posted a 1.96 ERA with seven complete games and three shutouts.[95] The 1991 squad also featured slugger Bobby Higginson, who went on to an 11-year career with the Detroit Tigers. Bill Mueller was a Cape League all-star with the 1992 Braves,[96] then went on to win an American League batting title, and was starting third baseman for the World Series champion 2004 Boston Red Sox. 1992 Braves hurler Ron Villone left the team mid-season to play for Team USA at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona,[97][98][99] and 1994 Brave Mark Kotsay won a bronze medal with Team USA at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics before going on to a 17-year major league career. Future major league all-stars Brandon Inge and hurler Mark Mulder were CCBL all-stars for the Braves in 1997.[100]

The 2000s and the Braves' first championship

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Bourne's 2001 team featured CCBL Hall of Fame reliever Ryan Speier, winner of the league's Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award. Speier set a league record with 16 saves, and allowed only 10 hits, one walk, and one earned run in his 20 innings of relief.[81] The team made the playoffs, but was once again ousted by Wareham.

A night game at Doran Park, home of the Bourne Braves since 2006

2003 saw the arrival of CCBL Hall of Fame manager Harvey Shapiro.[71][101] In his first year with the team, Shapiro led the Braves to their first appearance in the league's championship series, where they were defeated by Orleans.[102][103][104] The Braves were led by the microscopic earned run averages of Kyle Schmidt (0.55) and CCBL Hall of Famer Eric Beattie (0.39).[105] Beattie went 4–0 and struck out 51 while walking only six on the season, and was named the league's Outstanding Pitcher. The team again reached the championship series in 2005, but was again shut down by Orleans.[106][107][108]

In 2006, the Braves moved from Coady Field to a new field constructed behind Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School. The following season, the field was dedicated as "Doran Park" in honor of George Doran, Sr.[109][110] The 2006 team was powered by future Boston Red Sox slugger Mitch Moreland, who won the league's annual All-Star Game Home Run Derby.[111]

In 2009, the Braves finished in first place in the West Division, and featured the league's MVP in CCBL Hall of Famer Kyle Roller,[112] who hit .342 with 33 RBIs and a league-best 10 home runs during the regular season, and Pierre LePage, the spark plug of Shapiro's club, who was the league's 10th Player Award winner.[113] In a year when playoff seedings crossed divisional lines, Bourne faced old nemesis Orleans for the right to advance to the championship series.

CCBL Hall of Famer Kyle Roller was playoff MVP of the Braves 2009 championship team.

Game 1 of the semi-final series did not look good for Bourne, as Orleans hurler Jorge Reyes dominated the Braves through eight innings at Doran Park, and took a 2–0 lead into the final frame. But with one out in the ninth, Bourne's Scott Woodward singled, and LePage drew a four-pitch walk that marked the end of Reyes' night. Roller then lined a shot off the shortstop's glove into left field that allowed Woodward to score on a close play at home. LePage scored the game-tying run on a wild pitch, and Stefan Romero belted a long sacrifice fly that brought in Roller from third with the walk-off score.[114] Game 2 at Eldredge Park was not as dramatic. Braves starter Seth Maness set down 10 straight Firebirds to open the game, and Bourne got solo shots from LePage and Roller, going on to shut out Orleans, 8–0, and sweeping its way into the CCBL title series against Cotuit.[115]

The championship series opened at Doran Park, with the Braves starting Alex Wimmers on the mound for Game 1. The Braves proceeded to jump all over the Kettleers, scoring seven in the first, and another six in the second, on a total of eight hits and eight walks in the first two frames. Cotuit managed only one run through five innings, but had begun to make noise in the sixth when the game was interrupted multiple times and finally called due to heavy fog, a 15–5 Braves victory.[116] In Game 2 at Lowell Park, LePage again was the spark, belting a two-run single in the third, then stealing second and drawing a throw that allowed Woodward to score from third to put the Braves up, 3–1. Bourne never looked back. Starter Eric Cantrell tossed five plus, then gave way to Logan Billbrough and closer Kevin Munson, who shut down the Kettleers' attack. Bourne took it, 5–1, to complete the sweep and earn the Braves' first CCBL title, and the first for a Bourne team since the 1965 Sagamore club. Roller took home playoff MVP honors, having hit .500 with eight RBIs in the postseason.[117][118][119]

The 2010s

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The Braves reached the playoffs in nine of ten years in the 2010s, advancing to the West Division finals five times. Bourne was back in the title series in 2017, but was downed by Brewster in a matchup of the two 1988 expansion franchises.[120] Skipper Harvey Shapiro continued to pilot the team throughout the decade, his total years with the Braves surpassing the total of all previous managers combined.[121][122]

Slugger Pete Alonso played for Bourne in 2015.

In 2010, Bourne featured the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect and Outstanding Relief Pitcher, Tony Zych. Zych allowed only two runs while striking out 29 in 20.1 innings, posting an 0.89 ERA with 12 saves, and contributing a shutout inning in the CCBL All-Star Game.[123] Joining Zych on the 2010 staff was the league's Outstanding Pitcher, Grayson Garvin, who went 5–0 with a league-leading 0.74 ERA in 36.2 innings.[124] The Outstanding Pitcher Award went to a Brave for a second consecutive season when Ryan Eades took the 2011 honor. Eades posted a 3–0 record with an 0.84 ERA in 32.1 innings, and was the West Division starting pitcher at the CCBL All-Star Game.[125]

Bourne boasted the league MVP twice in the decade, as Travis Jankowski took home the honor in 2011, and CCBL Hall of Famer Max Pentecost won it in 2013. Jankowski hit .329 and stole 15 bases, and led the league in hits, runs and triples.[126] Pentecost was among the league leaders in all three triple crown categories, finishing with a .346 average, 6 homers and 29 RBIs.[127] Braves hurler Jeff Thompson spun a no-hitter in a rain-shortened six-inning game against Harwich at Doran Park in 2012,[128] and pitchers Austin Gomber, Josh Laxer, and Ryan Harris teamed up for a combined no-hitter at Cotuit in 2013.[129]

Bourne's Spencer Brickhouse was West Division MVP at the 2018 CCBL All-Star Game, going 2-for-2 with a homer, double and two RBI's in the West's 4–3 victory.[130] A pair of Braves hurlers were named co-recipients of the league's Outstanding New England Player Award in 2018, as Justin Lasko of Stratford, Connecticut and the University of Massachusetts shared the honor with Methuen, Massachusetts native Jacob Wallace of the University of Connecticut.[131] University of Hartford lefty Nick Dombkowski provided the highlight of the 2019 season when he tossed a perfect game for Bourne in a 5-inning rain-shortened 6–0 win over Yarmouth-Dennis at Doran Park.[132][133]

The 2020s: Braves claim back-to-back championships

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The 2020 CCBL season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[134] Shapiro's 2021 Braves began the season with an 11-game winning streak, followed it up with another 8-game streak later in the season, and finished the regular season in first place atop the West Division, but were downed in the playoff finals by Brewster.[135][136][137] After the 2021 season, Shapiro stepped down as Bourne's manager after 18 seasons.[138][139]

The 2022 Braves were led by first-year pilot Scott Landers and hitting coach and former Boston Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia.[140][141][142] Bourne featured league MVP Matt Shaw, who led the league in batting (.360), and became the first CCBL player in 11 years to hit for the cycle when he accomplished the feat at Hyannis.[143][144] The Braves finished the regular season in first place atop the West Division, and after disposing of Falmouth and Hyannis in the divisional playoffs, met the Brewster Whitecaps in the CCBL championship series for a second consecutive season. Braves skipper Scott Landers, who had been the pitching coach for Brewster during their 2021 finals victory over Bourne, was now poised to help his new club exact its revenge.[145][146] In Game 1 at Doran Park, the Braves rode a shutout performance by hurlers Matt Duffy and Seth Keener, and scratched out three runs against strong Brewster pitching to take the opener.[147][148] On the road for Game 2, Bourne jumped out to an early lead with a four-run first inning and never looked back. Shaw and Ryan Enos added late-game homers to give the Braves a series-clinching 8–1 win to secure the club's second CCBL crown of the modern era. Playoff MVP Bryce Eblin batted .458 in the postseason, and went 4-for-5 in the Game 2 finale.[149][150]

Landers' 2023 Braves returned playoff star Eblin, Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, and pitcher Bryce Cunningham, and also featured sluggers Garrett Michel and CCBL All-Star Game MVP Derek Bender.[151] After a fourth place regular season finish, Bourne swept first-place Cotuit in the opening round of playoffs to meet Hyannis in the West Division finals for a second consecutive season.[152][153][154] After dropping Game 1 at McKeon Park,[155] the Braves took Game 2, 13–3, behind back-to-back homers by Bender and Michel.[156] Bender went deep again in Game 3 as Bourne's 12–4 victory earned the club a return trip to the CCBL finals to face East Division champ Orleans.[157][158] Game 1 of the championship series featured a starting pitchers' matchup of Vanderbilt teammates Cunningham and Orleans' Greysen Carter, with the Braves prevailing, 6–4.[159][160] Bourne dropped Game 2 at home, 4–3, sending the series to a decisive Game 3 at Eldredge Park.[161][162] Bourne starter Trystan Levesque allowed a pair of solo homers to Firebirds second baseman Jo Oyama early, and the Braves trailed, 2–0, after three innings. Bourne got one run back in the fourth, then took the lead on a Bender RBI double as part of a three-run sixth inning rally. Bender added an insurance run in the eighth on a solo homer, and Anthony DeFabbia nailed it down in relief with four and a third scoreless innings, sealing the Braves' 5–2 win and second consecutive league title. Eblin finished the playoffs with a team record 23-game hitting streak, and Kuroda-Grauer, who hit .444 with two homers and 13 RBI in the postseason, was named playoff MVP.[163][164][165]

CCBL Hall of Fame inductees

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CCBL Hall of Famer Lou Merloni
CCBL Hall of Famer Ryan Speier

The CCBL Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame honoring past players, coaches, and others who have made outstanding contributions to the CCBL.[166] Below are the inductees who spent all or part of their time in the Cape League with Bourne.

Year Inducted Ref. Name Position
2001 [32] Tony Plansky Player / Manager
2002 [44] George Karras Player / Manager
2003 [43] Noel Kinski Player
Pat Sorenti Manager / Executive
2004 [45] Tello Tontini Player
John Caneira Player
2005 [37] Manny Pena Player / Manager
Jack Sanford Player
2007 [76] Dick Licini Player
Bob Schaefer Player / Manager
2009 [70] Lou Lamoriello Player / Manager
2010 [67] Wayne Granger Player
Lou Merloni Player
2011 [95] Bill Wissler Player
2012 [75] John "Jack" Aylmer Executive
Dan DeMichele Player
2013 [81] Jim Prete Player
Ryan Speier Player
2014 [105] Eric Beattie Player
2016 [112] Kyle Roller Player
2017 [167] Chuck Sturtevant Executive
2020 [71] Bob Corradi Executive
Harry Nelson Player
Harvey Shapiro Manager
2023 [168] Max Pentecost Player

Notable alumni

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Tommy La Stella
Harrison Bader
Jed Hoyer
See also: Bourne Braves players

Yearly results

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CCBL Hall of Famer Wayne Granger played for Sagamore in 1962
1963 Sagamore Clouter Billy Grabarkewitz
1997 Bourne Brave and future major league all-star Brandon Inge
2000 Brave Kevin Youkilis
2001 Brave Joe Blanton
Seth Maness won a CCBL title with the Braves in 2009
Tewksbury, Massachusetts native Scott Oberg of the 2009 CCBL champion Braves
2010 Bourne Brave Travis Shaw
2010 Brave Nick Ahmed

Results by season, 1933–1939

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Year Won Lost Regular Season Finish Postseason* Manager Ref
1933† 1 25 5th League (B) Jack Fisher [169][170]
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1934 22 24 3rd League Jack Fisher [172]
1935 19 29 3rd League (A)
4th League (B)		 Tony Plansky [173][174]
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1936 30 17 1st League (A)
1st League (B)		 Won championship Larry Donovan [176][35]
1937 26 19 3rd League Larry Donovan [177]
1938 21 33 4th League Bill Lane [178]
1939 23 30 3rd League (A)
4th League (B)		 Herb Gallagher [179]

* 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.
† In 1933, Bourne joined the league mid-season after Provincetown withdrew.

Results by season, 1946–1962

[edit]
Sagamore
Year Won Lost Regular Season Finish* Postseason Manager Ref.
1946 Lost semi-finals (Falmouth) Pat Sorenti
1947 Pat Sorenti
1948 George Karras
1949 George Karras
1950 23 9 1st Upper Cape Division (A)
T-3rd Upper Cape Division (B)		 Won semi-finals (Cotuit)
Lost championship (Orleans)		 George Karras [180][181]
1951 24 10 1st Upper Cape Division (A)
1st Upper Cape Division (B)		 Won championship (Orleans) George Karras [182][183]
1952 Lost championship (Orleans) George Karras
1953 25 11 2nd Upper Cape Division (A)
1st Upper Cape Division (B)		 Won semi-finals (Mass. Maritime)
Lost championship (Orleans)		 George Karras [184][185]
1954 Won semi-finals (Cotuit)
Won championship (Orleans)		 George Karras
1955 Lost semi-finals (Cotuit) Jack Sanford
1956 22 13 4th Upper Cape Division Won round 1 (Wareham)
Won semi-finals (Cotuit)
Won championship (Dennis)		 Manny Pena [186]
1957 14 16 3rd Upper Cape Division Lost round 1 (Cotuit) Manny Pena [187]
1958 21 5 1st Upper Cape Division (A)
1st Upper Cape Division (B)		 Lost championship (Yarmouth) Manny Pena [188][189]
1959 26 5 1st Upper Cape Division (A)
1st Upper Cape Division (B)		 Won championship (Orleans) Manny Pena [190][191]
1960 20 8 3rd Upper Cape Division Won round 1 (Falmouth)
Won semi-finals (Cotuit)
Lost championship (Yarmouth)		 Manny Pena [192]
1961 19 11 2nd Upper Cape Division Lost round 1 (Falmouth) Manny Pena [193]
1962 16 14 2nd Upper Cape Division (T) Won round 1 (Wareham)
Lost semi-finals (Cotuit)		 Jack McDonough [194]
Bourne
Year Won Lost Regular Season Finish* Postseason Manager Ref.
1946
1947 Lost semi-finals (Mashpee) Bill Crump
1948
1949 Al Gagnon
1950 11 19 6th Upper Cape Division (A)
8th Upper Cape Division (B)		 [180][181]
1951–
1960 		Did not play
1961 10 18 6th Upper Cape Division Gabe Mottla [193]
1962 15 15 4th Upper Cape Division Lost round 1 (Cotuit) Gabe Mottla [194]

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

Results by season, 1963–1972

[edit]
Sagamore (1963–1966)
Year Won Lost Tied Regular Season Finish Postseason Manager
1963 6 27 0 5th Upper Cape Division Bill Hendy
1964 4 29 0 5th Upper Cape Division Ken Clarke
1965 25 9 0 1st Upper Cape Division Won championship (Chatham) Lou Lamoriello
1966 17 17 0 2nd Upper Cape Division Charlie Duchesney
Ken Clarke
Bourne
Year Won Lost Tied Regular Season Finish Postseason Manager
1963 21 11 0 2nd Upper Cape Division Lost round 1 (Wareham) Charlie Duchesney
1964 18 15 0 2nd Upper Cape Division Lou Lamoriello
1965 Did not play
1966 Did not play
1967 12 27 0 3rd Upper Cape Division (T) William F. Homan
1968 20 20 0 2nd Upper Cape Division Rick Doherty
1969 13 30 0 4th Upper Cape Division Rick Doherty
1970 Did not play
1971 16 25 0 7th League Bob Schaefer
1972 14 25 0 7th League Bob Schaefer

Results by season, 1988–present

[edit]
Year Won Lost Tied Regular Season Finish Postseason Manager
1988 12 29 0 5th West Division Jim Watkins
1989 24 17 3 1st West Division Lost semi-finals (Hyannis) Jim Watkins
1990 19 24 1 4th West Division Jim Watkins
1991 20 20 4 4th West Division Bob Gendron
1992 19 23 1 3rd West Division Bob Gendron
1993 15 28 1 5th West Division Bob Gendron
1994 12 28 3 5th West Division Nino Giarratano
Bob Stead
1995 18 23 3 4th West Division Bob Stead
1996 18 25 1 5th West Division Bob Stead
1997 25 17 2 2nd West Division Lost semi-finals (Wareham) Kevin O'Sullivan
1998 20 21 3 2nd West Division Lost semi-finals (Wareham) Jayson King
1999 23 20 1 3rd West Division Mike Rikard
2000 13 29 1 5th West Division Mike Rikard
2001 23 18 3 2nd West Division Lost semi-finals (Wareham) Spencer Graham
2002 16 24 4 4th West Division Matt Noone
2003 23 19 1 1st West Division Won semi-finals (Hyannis)
Lost championship (Orleans)		 Harvey Shapiro
2004 19 24 1 5th West Division Harvey Shapiro
2005 26 17 1 1st West Division Won semi-finals (Cotuit)
Lost championship (Orleans)		 Harvey Shapiro
2006 9 32 2 5th West Division Harvey Shapiro
2007 25 17 2 1st West Division Lost semi-finals (Falmouth) Harvey Shapiro
2008 23 20 1 2nd West Division (T) Lost play-in game (Falmouth) Harvey Shapiro
2009 25 17 2 1st West Division Won semi-finals (Orleans)
Won championship (Cotuit)		 Harvey Shapiro
2010 24 20 0 1st West Division Lost round 1 (Wareham) Harvey Shapiro
2011 22 20 2 2nd West Division (T) Lost round 1 (Wareham) Harvey Shapiro
2012 17 27 0 4th West Division Won round 1 (Cotuit)
Lost semi-finals (Wareham)		 Harvey Shapiro
2013 21 21 1 4th West Division Won round 1 (Hyannis)
Lost semi-finals (Cotuit)		 Harvey Shapiro
2014 28 15 1 1st West Division Lost round 1 (Cotuit) Harvey Shapiro
2015 22 20 2 2nd West Division Won round 1 (Wareham)
Lost semi-finals (Hyannis)		 Harvey Shapiro
2016 21 21 2 3rd West Division Won round 1 (Wareham)
Lost semi-finals (Falmouth)		 Harvey Shapiro
2017 22 22 0 3rd West Division Won round 1 (Cotuit)
Won semi-finals (Wareham)
Lost championship (Brewster)		 Harvey Shapiro
2018 18 25 1 5th West Division Harvey Shapiro
2019 18 24 2 4th West Division Lost round 1 (Falmouth) Harvey Shapiro
2020 Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021 24 9 3 1st West Division Won semi-finals (Cotuit)
Lost championship (Brewster)		 Harvey Shapiro
2022 23 14 7 1st West Division Won round 1 (Falmouth)
Won semi-finals (Hyannis)
Won championship (Brewster)		 Scott Landers
2023 23 20 1 4th West Division Won round 1 (Cotuit)
Won semi-finals (Hyannis)
Won championship (Orleans)		 Scott Landers
2024 21 16 3 2nd West Division (T) Won round 1 (Hyannis)
Won semi-finals (Cotuit)
Lost championship (Harwich)		 Scott Landers

League award winners

[edit]
The Braves' Travis Jankowski was CCBL league MVP in 2011
Bourne's Mitch Moreland won the CCBL home run derby in 2006
The Pat Sorenti MVP Award
Year Player
1965 Ron Bugbee (Sag.)
1968 Dick Licini
2009 Kyle Roller
2011 Travis Jankowski
2013 Max Pentecost
2022 Matt Shaw
The Robert A. McNeece Outstanding Pro Prospect Award
Year Player
2010 Tony Zych
The BFC Whitehouse Outstanding Pitcher Award
Year Player
1965 Noel Kinski (Sag.)
1972 John Caneira
1990 Bill Wissler
1991 Bill Wissler
2003 Eric Beattie
2008 Nick McCully
2010 Grayson Garvin
2011 Ryan Eades
The Russ Ford Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award
Year Player
1998 Tim Lavigne
2001 Ryan Speier
2010 Tony Zych
2015 Austin Conway*
2017 Ryan Feltner*
2021 Eric Adler
The Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award
Year Player
2009 Pierre LePage
2011 Patrick Cantwell
2023 Hugh Pinkney
The Manny Robello 10th Player Award
Year Player
1989 Bob Rivell
1998 Jeff House
2003 Justin Maxwell
2005 Brad Lincoln
2009 Pierre LePage
The John J. Claffey Outstanding New England Player Award
Year Player
2007 Bill Perry
2016 Willy Yahn
2018 Justin Lasko*
2018 Jacob Wallace*
The Thurman Munson Award for Batting Champion
Year Player
1964 Harry Nelson (.390)
1968 Dick Licini (.382)
1989 Bob Rivell (.358)
2022 Matt Shaw (.360)
All-Star Game MVP Award
Year Player
2018 Spencer Brickhouse
2023 Derek Bender
2024 Ethan Conrad
All-Star Home Run Hitting Contest Champion
Year Player
2004 Austin Easley
2006 Mitch Moreland
The Star of Stars Playoff MVP Award
Year Player
2009 Kyle Roller
2022 Bryce Eblin
2023 Joshua Kuroda-Grauer

(*) - Indicates co-recipient

All-Star Game selections

[edit]
Tommy Smith was an all-star for Bourne in 1969
1995 Bourne Braves all-star Mark DeRosa
Bourne all-star Justin Maxwell won the league's 10th Player Award in 2003
Bourne all-star Tony Zych was CCBL Outstanding Pro Prospect in 2010
Year Players Ref
1963 Pete Mottla, Bob Fenton, John Lanza, Bob Driscoll, Rolly Hicks
(Sagamore): Jim Prete, Frank DeVincentis, Leon Orvis		 [195]
1964 Pete Mottla, Noel Kinski, Lou Lamoriello, Harry Nelson, James Monahan
(Sagamore): (None)		 [196]
1965 (Sagamore): Pete Mottla, Noel Kinski, Alan Constantino, Robert Ritchie, Daniel Hootstein, James Petteruti, Bob Schaefer, Ron Bugbee, Steve Nelson [197]
1966 (Sagamore): Phil Trombino, Dan DeMichele [198]
1967 Paul Fortin [199]
1968 Jim Prete, Jack Callahan, Fran Combs [200]
1969 Mike Gabarra, Tommy Smith, Jim Potter, Tom Seybold [201]
1970 Did not play
1971 Rich Magner, Augie Garbatini [202]
1972 Jim Baker [203]
1973–
1987		 Did not play
1988 Mike Kelly, Mark P. Johnson [204]
1989 Mike Basse, Warren Sawkiw, Winston Wheeler [205]
1990 Bill Wissler, Steve Corradi, Brendan Mahoney [206]
1991 Bill Wissler, Mark Sobolewski, Ron Tucker, Bubba Hardwick, Bobby Higginson [207][208]
1992 Kortney Paul, Bill Mueller, Javi Gomez [209]
1993 Mike Dunnett, Scott Beardsley [210]
1994 Jeremy Giambi, Mark Kotsay [211]
1995 Mark DeRosa, Mike Amrhein, Jeremy Jackson, Peter Tucci [212]
1996 Mark Mortimer, Jason Navarro, Brent Husted [213]
1997 Mark Mulder, Brandon Inge, Sammy Serrano, Matthew Burch, Chris Heck [214]
1998 Mike O'Brien, Mike Dzurilla, Matt Griswold, Jeff House, Shane Rhodes, Kelley Gulledge [215]
1999 Andy Beal, Jeff Carlsen, John Ballon [216]
2000 Kevin Youkilis, Darren Welch, Josh Brey, Luke DeBold [217]
2001 Casey Shumaker, Ryan Speier, Mike Dennison, Chad Oliva [218]
2002 Trey Webb, David Castillo, Matt Brown, Chris Ray [219]
2003 Justin Maxwell, Kyle Schmid, Eric Beattie, Tim Grant [220]
2004 Mike Madsen, Austin Easley [221]
2005 Brad Lincoln, Forrest Cory III, Gib Hobson [222]
2006 David Cash, Brett Bartles, Andrew Carignan, Tom Farmer, Mitch Moreland [223]
2007 Kevin Hoef, Ben Guez, Josh Satin, T.J. Hose, Jordan Flasher, Mitch Moreland [224]
2008 Dusty Coleman, Marc Krauss, Bryce Stowell, Jordan Henry, Nick McCully, Eric Pettis, Kyle Roller [225]
2009 Kyle Roller, Stephen Harrold, Kevin Munson [226]
2010 Scott Woodward, Tony Zych, R. J. Alvarez, Grayson Garvin, Dan Bowman [227]
2011 Colin Moran, Ryan Eades, Patrick Cantwell, Travis Jankowski, Tommy Coyle, Josh Conway, John Farrell [228]
2012 Colin Moran, John Murphy, Timothy Giel, Mason Robbins [229]
2013 Max Pentecost, Jaron Long, Tim Caputo, Clint Freeman, Ryan Kellogg, Trace Dempsey, Jeff Schalk [230]
2014 Mark Laird, Blake Davey, Richie Martin, Travis Bergen, Joey Strain [231]
2015 Nick Solak, Jacob Robson, Ryan Boldt, Austin Conway, Gavin Pittore, Pete Alonso [232]
2016 Connor Wong, Justin Yurchak, Jake Mangum, Willy Yahn, Michael Dibrell, Brady Miller, Andrew Wantz, Brendon Little, Danny Reyes [233]
2017 Grant Williams, Zac Susi, Luis Alvarado, Ryan Feltner [234]
2018 Spencer Brickhouse, Jared Triolo, Jacob Wallace, Jared DiCesare [235]
2019 Max Lardner, Harrison Rutkowski, Karl Johnson, Jackson Greer, Jud Fabian, Cody Morissette [236]
2020 Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021 Dalton Rushing, Christian Knapczyk, Max Anderson, Braylen Wimmer, Michael Sansone, Jake Bennett, Eric Adler, Trystan Vrieling, Austin Parsley [237]
2022 Matt Shaw, Evan Sleight, Chris Brito, Seth Keener, Ty Cummings, Carson Jones [238][239]
2023 Derek Bender, Caden Bodine, Bryce Cunningham, Bryce Eblin, Matthew McShane, Jonathan Vastine [240][241]
2024 Joe Ariola, Ethan Conrad, Braden Holcomb, Marek Houston, Chris Stanfield, Justin West [242][243]

Italics - Indicates All-Star Game Home Run Hitting Contest participant

No-hit games

[edit]
Austin Gomber tossed part of a combined no-hitter for Bourne in 2013.
Year Pitcher Opponent Score Location Notes Ref
1948 Jack Cunningham Sandwich 4–0 [244]
1952 Jim Patterson (Sagamore) Cotuit 7–2 [244]
1953 Jim Patterson (Sagamore) Wareham 5–2 [244]
1953 Jack Sanford (Sagamore) Falmouth (Falcons) 12–0 Central Park Field [38]
1953 Jim Patterson (Sagamore) Mashpee 8–0 [244]
1954 Dick Smith (Sagamore) Mashpee 3–0 [244]
1955 Larry Cumming (Sagamore) Wareham 3–0 [245]
1955 Jack Sanford (Sagamore) Cotuit 6–0 [245]
1959 Russ Nixon (Sagamore) Maritime 10–0 Keith Field [245][246]
1964 Frank Ward (Sagamore) Wareham 0–2 Clem Spillane Field Combined;
Lost game		 [247]
Jack Clough (Sagamore)
2008 Nick McCully Orleans 2–0 Doran Park Perfect game;
5-inning game		 [248][249]
2012 Jeff Thompson Harwich 9–0 Doran Park 6-inning game [128]
2013 Austin Gomber Cotuit 8–0 Lowell Park Combined [129]
Josh Laxer
Ryan Harris
2019 Nick Dombkowski Y-D 6–0 Doran Park Perfect game;
5-inning game		 [132][133]

Managerial history

[edit]
CCBL Hall of Famer Harvey Shapiro led the Braves to their first league title in 2009.
Manager Seasons Total Seasons Championship Seasons
Jim Watkins 1988–1990 3
Bob Gendron 1991–1993 3
Nino Giarratano 1994 1
Bob Stead 1994–1996 3
Kevin O'Sullivan 1997 1
Jayson King 1998 1
Mike Rikard 1999–2000 2
Spencer Graham 2001 1
Matt Noone 2002 1
Harvey Shapiro 2003–2021 18* 2009
Scott Landers 2022–2024 3 2022, 2023

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

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[edit]

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