Keene Swamp Bats

Keene Swamp Bats
Information
League	NECBL (Northern Division)
Location	Keene, NH (1997–present)
Ballpark	Alumni Field (1997–present)
Founded	1997
League championships	5 (2000, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2019)
Post-season division championships	6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013)
Regular-season division championships	6 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Former name(s)	Keene Swamp Bats (1997–present)
Former league(s)	NECBL Northern Division (2002, 2004–2008) National Division (2001)
Colors	Purple, black
Ownership	Kevin Watterson
Management	Vicki Bacon (GM)
Manager	Gary Calhoun
Website	swampbats.com

The Keene Swamp Bats are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Keene, New Hampshire. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Alumni Field. In the NECBL, they are consistently one of the top teams and have reached the league playoffs in 18 of the past 21 seasons. The team also has one of the largest fan bases in the league. Since 2002, they have led the NECBL in attendance three times and have finished outside the top two teams in attendance only once. This attendance is facilitated by Alumni Field's having the largest official capacity of any NECBL ballpark.

Team history

Year	Regular season	Postseason
1998	18-24	DNQ
1999	27-14	1-2
2000	27-15	4-2*
2001	24-16	3-3
2002	31-11	4-4
2003	27-14	6-0*
2004	26-16	3-2
2005	30-13	3-2
2006	22-20	0-2
2007	22-20	0-2
2008	24-17	2-2
2009	27-13	1-2
2010	20-22	1-2
2011	28-14	6-2*
2012	29-13	2-2
2013	27-17	6-3*
2014	21-21	1-2
2015	13-29	DNQ
2016	20-26	DNQ
2017	20-25	0-1
2018	24-21	0-1
Total	507-357	43-35
Overall		550-392

KEY: * - won Championship; DNQ - did not qualify

Postseason appearances

Year	Division semi-finals		Division finals*		NECBL Championship Series
Keene Swamp Bats
1999			Danbury Westerners	L (1–2)
2000			Middletown Giants	W (2–1)	Rhode Island Gulls	W (2–1)
2001			Torrington Twisters	W (2–1)	Newport Gulls	L (1–2)
2002	Torrington Twisters	W (2–1)	Lowell All-Americans	W (2–1)	Newport Gulls	L (0–2)
2003	Concord Quarry Dogs	W (2–0)	Sanford Mainers	W (2–0)	Torrington Twisters	W (2–0)
2004	Vermont Mountaineers	W (2–0)	Sanford Mainers	L (1–2)
2005	Sanford Mainers	W (2–0)	Vermont Mountaineers	L (1–2)
2006	Sanford Mainers	L (0–2)
2007	Vermont Mountaineers	L (0–2)
2008	North Shore Navigators	W (2–0)	Sanford Mainers	L (0–2)
2009	Holyoke Blue Sox	L (1–2)
2010	North Adams SteepleCats	L (1–2)
2011	Danbury Westerners	W (2–1)	Holyoke Blue Sox	W (2–1)	Laconia Muskrats	W (2–0)
2012	Vermont Mountaineers	W (2–0)	Danbury Westerners	L (0–2)
2013	Holyoke Blue Sox	W (2–1)	Vermont Mountaineers	W (2-1)	Newport Gulls	W (2-1)
2014	Sanford Mainers	L (1-2)
2017	Valley Blue Sox	L (0-5)
2018	Sanford Mainers	L (0-2)

• *The NECBL did not separate into divisions until 2001

External links

• Keene Swamp Bats official website
• NECBL