2005 NECBL season

{{Infobox league season
|name=2005 NECBL season
|image=
|caption=
|comment=
|season_start=June 7
|season_end=August 1
|playoffs_start=August 2
|cup_title1=Quarterfinal 1
|cup_date1=
|cup_champ1=Newport over Danbury
|cup_title2=Quarterfinal 2
|cup_date2=
|cup_champ2=North Adams over Manchester
|cup_title3=Quarterfinal 3
|cup_date3=
|cup_champ3=Keene over Sanford
|cup_title4=Quarterfinal 4
|cup_date4=
|cup_champ4=Vermont over Holyoke
|cup_title5=Semifinal 1
|cup_date5=
|cup_champ5=Newport over North Adams
|cup_title6=Semifinal 2
|cup_date6=
|cup_champ6=Vermont over Keene
|champion_title=NECBL Championship Series
|champion_date=August 8-9
|champion_site=[[Cardines Field]], [[Montpelier Recreation Field|Recreation Field]]
|champion=Newport
|seasons_title=NECBL seasons
|prev=[[2004 NECBL season|2004]]
|next=[[2006 NECBL season|2006]]
}}

The '''2005 NECBL season''' was the twelfth season of the [[New England Collegiate Baseball League]]. The league reduced its membership from thirteen teams to twelve teams with the league's [[West Warwick, Rhode Island]] franchise, the [[Riverpoint Royals]], dropping out of the league.<ref>http://www.necbl.com/2005webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.std NECBL standings archive, URL accessed December 13, 2008</ref> Also, the league's [[Hinsdale, Massachusetts]] franchise, the [[Pittsfield American Defenders|Berkshire Dukes]], moved to [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]] and became the [[Pittsfield American Defenders|Pittsfield Dukes]].

In the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Newport defeated Danbury 2-0 (3-2,8-0), North Adams defeated Manchester 2-1 (5-3,4-5,2-1), Keene defeated Sanford 2-0 (2-1,6-3), and Vermont defeated Holyoke 2-0 (9-0,8-2). In the semifinal rounds, Newport defeated North Adams 2-0 (7-1,3-2) and Vermont defeated Keene 2-1 (7-5,0-7,5-1). In the championship round, Newport defeated Vermont 11-2 in game 1 and 6-2 in game 2 to capture the NECBL championship.<ref>http://www.necbl.com/2005playoffstats/confstat.HTM NECBL playoff archive, URL accessed December 13, 2008</ref>

==Regular Season Standings==
====Northern Division====
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!Rnk
!Team
!Wins
!Losses
!Win Pct.
|-
|'''1'''
|[[Keene Swamp Bats]]
|30
|13
|.698
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Vermont Mountaineers]]
|25
|19
|.568
|-
|'''3'''
|[[North Shore Navigators|Holyoke Giants]]
|23
|19
|.548
|-
|'''4'''
|[[Sanford Mainers]]
|23
|19
|.548
|-
|'''5'''
|[[Holyoke Blue Sox|Concord Quarry Dogs]]
|20
|22
|.476
|-
|'''6'''
|[[Lowell All-Americans|Mill City All-Americans]]
|15
|27
|.357
|-
|}
====Southern Division====
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!Rnk
!Team
!Wins
!Losses
!Win Pct.
|-
|'''1'''
|[[Newport Gulls]]
|25
|16
|.610
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Manchester Silkworms]]
|22
|20
|.524
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Danbury Westerners]]
|20
|22
|.476
|-
|'''4'''
|[[North Adams SteepleCats]]
|20
|22
|.476
|-
|'''5'''
|[[New Bedford Bay Sox|Torrington Twisters]]
|19
|23
|.452
|-
|'''6'''
|[[Pittsfield American Defenders|Pittsfield Dukes]]
|11
|31
|.262
|}
==League Leaders==
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0
!Category
!Player
!Team
!Stat
|-
|'''Avg'''
|Cyle Hankerd
|Newport
|.383
|-
|'''ERA'''
|Troy Martin
|Keene
|0.77
|-
|'''H'''
|Andrew Davis
|Keene
|56
|-
|'''R'''
|Garrett Olson
|Keene
|37
|-
|'''RBI'''
|Steffan Wilson
|Torrington
|39
|-
|'''2B'''
|Andrew Davis
|Keene
|14
|-
|'''3B'''
|Jeff Vincent
|Danbury
|5
|-
|'''HR'''
|Kyle Brault
|Vermont
|9
|-
|'''TB'''
|Steffan Wilson
|Torrington
|92
|-
|'''SB'''
|Will Bashelor
|Concord
|21
|-
|'''K'''
|Terry Doyle
|Pittsfield
|79
|}
<ref>http://www.necbl.com/2005webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.lgt NECBL leaders archive, URL accessed December 12, 2008</ref>
==League Awards==
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!Award
!Player
!NECBL team
|-
|'''Most Valuable Player'''
|Cyle Hankerd
|Newport
|-
|'''Top Pro Prospect'''
|Josh Fields
|Keene
|-
|'''Offensive Player of the Year'''
|Cyle Hankerd
|Newport
|-
|'''10th Player Award'''
|Ryan Reid
|Sanford
|-
|'''Defensive Player of the Year'''
|Chris Cates
|North Adams
|-
|'''Top Pitcher'''
|Troy Martin
|Keene
|-
|'''Top Relief Pitcher'''
|Josh Fields
|Keene
|-
|'''Sportsmanship Award'''
|Matt Rizzotti
|Vermont
|-
|'''Rookie of the Year'''
|Josh Fields
|Keene
|-
|'''Most Improved Player'''
|Troy Martin
|Keene
|-
|'''Manager of the Year'''
|John Russo
|Vermont
|-
|'''Umpire of the Year'''
|Dan Collins
|
|}
<ref>http://www.necbl.com/awards2005.htm NECBL awards archive, URL accessed December 13, 2008</ref>
==Attendance==
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!Rnk
!Team
!Year Total
!Game Average
|-
|'''1'''
|[[Keene Swamp Bats]]
|37,362
|1,779
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Vermont Mountaineers]]
|37,751
|1,707
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Newport Gulls]]
|33,759
|1,687
|-
|'''4'''
|[[Pittsfield American Defenders|Pittsfield Dukes]]
|32,452
|1,545
|-
|'''5'''
|[[North Adams SteepleCats]]
|26,230
|1,249
|-
|'''6'''
|[[New Bedford Bay Sox|Torrington Twisters]]
|19,980
|951
|-
|'''7'''
|[[Sanford Mainers]]
|14,692
|699
|-
|'''8'''
|[[Manchester Silkworms]]
|10,672
|508
|-
|'''9'''
|[[North Shore Navigators|Holyoke Giants]]
|10,049
|478
|-
|'''10'''
|[[Holyoke Blue Sox|Concord Quarry Dogs]]
|9,920
|472
|-
|'''11'''
|[[Danbury Westerners]]
|5,601
|280
|-
|'''12'''
|[[Lowell All-Americans|Mill City All-Americans]]
|2,665
|126
|-
|'''TOTAL'''
|'''NECBL'''
|'''240,953'''
|'''960'''
|}
<ref>http://www.necbl.com/2005webstats/confstat.HTM NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 27, 2008</ref>
==External links==
* [http://www.necbl.com NECBL website]
==Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{NECBL seasons}}

[[Category:New England Collegiate Baseball League]]