Keene Swamp Bats

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.

Keene Swamp Bats
Information
LeagueNECBL (Northern Division)
LocationKeene, NH (1997–present)
BallparkAlumni Field (1997–present)
Year founded1997
League championships5 (2000, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2019)
Post-season division championships6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013)
Regular-season division championships6 (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)
ColorsPurple, black
   
OwnershipKevin Watterson
ManagementVicki Bacon (GM)
ManagerGary Calhoun
Websiteswampbats.com

Team history
YearRegular seasonPostseason
199818-24DNQ
199927-141-2
200027-154-2*
200124-163-3
200231-114-4
200327-146-0*
200426-163-2
200530-133-2
200622-200-2
200722-200-2
200824-172-2
200927-131-2
201020-221-2
201128-146-2*
201229-132-2
201327-176-3*
201421-211-2
201513-29DNQ
201620-26DNQ
201720-250-1
201824-210-1
Total507-35743-35
Overall550-392

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
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