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Cape Cod was a landmark for early explorers of the North American coast. Champlain visited and charted the harbors in 1609, while Captain John Smith marked it on his map in 1614. Before landing on the mainland, the Pilgrims stopped at the present site of Provincetown in November, 1620, where they drew up the Mayflower Compact.Whaling prospered in the 18th century. In the 19th century, cranberry growing became popular.
Introduction
Because of its exposed location, Cape Cod was visited by many early explorers. Although clear-cut evidence is lacking, the Vikings may have sighted this land about 1,000 years ago. It was visited by Samuel de Champlain in 1605, and his detailed descriptions and charts have helped present-day scientists to determine the rate of change of Nauset Beach Spit and Nauset marsh. Bartholomew Gosnold, a lesser known explorer, settle for a short time on the Elizabeth Islands to the southwest of Woods Hole and gave Cape Cod its name in 1602.
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Index map of Cape Cod and the
Islands, Massachusetts
The Pilgrims first landed in America on the tip of lower Cape Cod after they were turned back from their more southerly destination by shoals between Cape Cod and Nantucket Island. On Cape Cod, they found potable water and food and had their first fight with the natives. The Pilgrims, however, decided that this land was too sandy to support them, and they sailed across Cape Cod Bay to establish Plymouth. Today, the natural landscape of Cape Cod is little changed. Small villages are separated by large areas of forest, dune, beach, and marsh. This unspoiled natural beauty makes Cape Cod one of the most favored vacation areas for the people living in the thickly settled northeastern States.
The Great Ice Age (called the Pleistocene Epoch) began about one and a half million years ago. It is characterized by great ice sheets that advanced into the temperate regions of the Earth many times. These events are called glacial stages. Each glacial stage was accompanied by a worldwide lowering of sea level, because the glacial ice was made from water evaporated from the ocean basins. When these continental ice sheets melted away, during interglacial stages, the climate and sea level were probably much like they are today. In fact, many scientists believe that the Earth is presently in an interglacial stage and that ice sheets will once again advance into the temperate regions of the globe. If previous interglacial stages are used as an example, it suggests that the present interglacial is near its end and a new ice age is about to begin. However, man-induced global warming may alter this somewhat.
As the last continental ice sheets melted away, the water returned to the ocean basins and sea level rose. Eventually, on Cape Cod, the rising sea began to drown the land left behind by the ice. Waves attacked the shore and eroded the glacial deposits. The sand was transported and redeposited by waves and currents to form bays protected from the open ocean by barrier spits and barrier islands. In the bays, marshes grew as the sea rose. The remaining glacial landforms and the landforms created by the rise in sea level make up today's landscape.
Glacial Cape Cod
The geologic history of Cape Cod mostly involves the advance and retreat of the last continental ice sheet (named the Laurentide after the Laurentian region of Canada where it first formed) and the rise in sea level that followed the retreat of the ice sheet. On Cape Cod, these events occurred within the last 25,000 years, and many can be dated by using radiocarbon techniques.
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Figure 2: The continental ice sheet advanced across Cape Cod to the islands about 23,000 years ago. Its maximum advance is marked today by gravel deposits on the continental shelf and by the outwash plains and moraines on the Islands.
Figure 3. Moraines and heads of outwash plains on Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and Cape Cod mark positions of the ice front during retreat. They also define lobes of the Laurentide ice sheet. The relationship between the deposits and lobes can be seen in this figure.
Figure 4. Up ice aerial view of the Greenland icecap. This may have been the kind of view one would have seen flying over Cape Cod about 19,000 years ago (photo by J. H.. Hartshorn).
Sometime after 23,000 years ago, the glacier reached its maximum advance, a position marked approximately by the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard (Fig. 2). The ice sheet was characterized by lobes (Fig. 3) that occupied large basins in the bedrock surface. These lobes were responsible for the location and overall shape of Cape Cod and the islands. Thus, the western side of Cape Cod was formed by the Buzzards Bay lobe, the middle part by the Cape Cod Bay lobe, and the lower or outer Cape by the South Channel lobe, which occupied a deep basin to the east of the Cape. During the maximum ice advance the landscape, where Cape Cod was soon to be, was glacial ice to the horizon (Fig. 4).
Within a few thousand years or possibly less, the ice sheet started to retreat rapidly, and by 18,000 years ago, it had retreated away from Cape Cod and into the Gulf of Maine, which lies to the east and to the north of the Cape. Thus the retreat of the ice from the islands to a position north of Cape Cod may have taken only a few thousand years. By roughly 15,000 years ago, the ice had retreated from the Gulf of Maine and all of southern New England.
Figure 5. Ice contact deposits of the Alaskan Malaspina Glacier. Till, boulders, and sand and gravel are underlain by the irregular surface of melting ice. Silt and clay are being deposited in ponds that occupy depressions in the ice surface (photo by J. H.. Hartshorn).
The rock debris deposited by glaciers is called drift. It overlies bedrock that is similar to the hard rock that crops out throughout the rest of New England. On Cape Cod, the bedrock is buried by glacial deposits ranging from more than 200 to more than 600 feet thick. Drift consists of very fine to very coarse rock debris. If unstratified and unsorted, it is called glacial till. Till is deposited directly by ice and is unsorted because ice cannot separate rock fragments of different sizes. Thus, it is a mixture of all sizes of rock debris ranging from clay-sized particles to very large boulders. Stratified drift, on the other hand, is deposited by water which can separate the different sizes of rock fragments. The rock fragments are deposited in layers called strata. Gravel and sand are sorted and stratified by meltwater flowing in streams draining the glacier. The clay and silt-sized particles are carried by the meltwater streams into quiet water (glacial lakes or the sea) where they settle out according to the size of the particles the coarsest, first, and the finest, last. Meltwater stream sediments that are laid down over and around glacial ice are called ice-contact deposits (Fig. 5) and generally consist of sand and gravel, but locally include silt and clay, till, and large to very large boulders.
Figure 6. Geologic Map of Cape Cod (generalized from detailed mapping by K. F. Mather, R. P. Goldthwait, L. R. Theismeyer, J. H. Hartshorn, Carl Koteff, and R. N. Oldale). Click for larger image and index.)
The distribution of the glacial deposits on Cape Cod is shown by the generalized geologic map (Fig. 6). Most of the drift has been fashioned into either moraines or outwash plains. Both features mark positions of the ice front. Moraines are ridges of drift formed by moving ice. Most moraines are formed when the ice front remains more or less in the same place because advance of the glacier is balanced by melting along the ice front.
When the debris falls free of the ice, it accumulates along the ice front much like material at the end of a conveyor belt. However, the Buzzards Bay and Sandwich moraines were formed in a different way. They were formed when an advancing ice front overrode sediments it had previously deposited or sediments that were older than the last glaciation. The advancing ice thrust sheets of drift upward and forward to form a large ridge beyond the ice front. Thus, the formation of the moraine more closely resembles the work of a bulldozer rather than a conveyor belt (Fig. 7).
Figure 7. Ice-Thrust Model for formation of Buzzards Bay and Sandwich glaciotectonic end moraines by advancing ice (represented by horizontal arrow). The thrust moraine is formed by adding thrust sheets at base of moraine.
Figure 8. Aerial view of the outwash plain in the Schuchert Valley, East Greenland. The outwash plain sediments are deposited beyond the ice front by streams of meltwater. The braided pattern is characteristic of meltwater streams because sediment loads are high and water the volume varies with the amount of melting (photo by J. P. Schafer).
Outwash plains make up most of the Cape Cod landscape. They are made up of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater streams that flowed across the plain in a braided pattern (Fig. 8). This resulted in a broad flat depositional surface that sloped gently away from the ice front. The deposits in the ice proximal part of the outwash plain were deposited atop the glacial terminus, and when the ice melted away, these (Fig. 9) deposits collapsed to form an irregular surface that sloped steeply in an up-ice direction. This slope is called an ice-contact head of outwash.
Outwash deposits also form a highly irregular and unorganized morphology called kame and kettle terrain. A kame is a knoll or hill composed of outwash deposits, which originally filled a hole in the ice.ice. When ice melted away, the deposits collapsed to form a hill. A kettle is just the opposite of a kame. The outwash was deposited around and over an ice block. When the ice block melted away, the outwash collapsed to form a hole. Figure 9 shows the relationship between buried ice and collapse morphology in kettle holes and the ice-contact head of outwash.
Figure 9. Only the outwash plain that forms eastern half of the upper Cape Cod still has an ice-contact head. Ice-contact heads of outwash plains on western half of upper Cape have been incorporated into the Sandwich moraine those of outwash plains on lower Cape have been destroyed by wave erosion.
Most, if not all, of the outwash plains were formed as deltas in glacial lakes. The outwash plains on the upper Cape were formed in glacial lakes that occupied Nantucket Sound and Vineyard Sound, and those on the lower Cape were formed in a lake that occupied Cape Cod Bay. This is the best known of all the glacial lakes because outwash deltas graded to the lake occur all around Cape Cod Bay from Duxbury to Truro. Thus, the lake was given the name Glacial Lake Cape Cod. The earliest levels of the lake ranged between roughly 80 and 50 feet above present sea level, and during these lake stages, the lake drained across the Sandwich moraine and into the lowland that was to become Buzzards Bay. As the Cape Cod Bay lobe retreated northward, lower outlets were occupied and eventually the lake drained completely. The initial outlet across the Sandwich moraine was continuously lowered by erosion as the water escaped, and when the outlet was eroded to an elevation of about 30 feet, the outlet was abandoned. This low divide across the Sandwich moraine made it the obvious location for a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay, a conclusion reached by both Miles Standish and George Washington. However, the first canal was not completed until 1914, and the improved canal (built and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) was completed in 1940 (Fig. 10).
Figure 11. Doane Rock located just off Nauset Road, Eastham is the largest glacial boulder on Cape Cod. Pits dug at the base showed as much rock below the surface as above. A boulder this large could only be deposited directly from glacial ice.
Many other features on Cape Cod owe their existence, at least in part, to glaciation. The most common feature may be the large to very large boulders scattered about the glacial surface, usually in the moraines or ice contact terraine. These glacial boulders are too large to have been carried by running water and thus must have been deposited directly by the ice. Doane Rock in Eastham (Fig. 11) is the largest glacial boulder known on Cape Cod, and pits dug at the base showed as much rock below the surface as above.
Figure 12. Ashumet Valley in Falmouth is typical of valleys cut into outwash plains by spring sapping. The lower reaches have been drowned by sea-level rise and upper reaches are commonly the sites of cranberry bogs.
Perhaps the most intriguing features related to glaciation are the valleys eroded in the outwash plains (Fig. 12). The valleys are relict because most do not contain rivers or streams. They are dry, except where their lower reaches have been drowned by the rise in sea level. The origin of these valleys is complex. They most likely were formed by a process called spring sapping. This occurs when the water issuing from a spring carries away loose sand and gravel and causes the spring to migrate headward carving a long straight valley. In the case of the outwash plain valleys on Cape Cod, some special conditions were required. Presently, there are few springs on Cape Cod, because in almost all places the outwash deposits are very permeable and the upper part of the outwash plain deposits is dry. In order for the spring sapping to have occurred, a higher than present water table is required. This could be accomplished by glacial lakes with altitudes well above present sea level being dammed by the outwash plains. The best example would be Glacial Lake Cape Cod that was dammed by the outwash plains and the Sandwich moraine on upper Cape Cod. The high lake levels would cause a rise in the water table that, in turn, would cause springs to form on the outwash plains. There is evidence for a glacial lake to the east of the lower Cape outwash plains in the form of the silt and clay beds exposed in the cliff below Highland Light in Truro. Nothing more is known of this lake, but it may have provided a higher than present water table to allow spring sapping to form the valleys in the lower cape outwash plains.
Figure 13. Pamet River Valley in Truro is cut into the Wellfleet outwash plain and completely crosses lower Cape from Cape Cod Bay to the Atlantic and is thought to have formed when a headward eroding spring sapping valley intersected the glacial lake to east of lower Cape Cod and caused the lake to drain catastrophically.
The Pamet Valley in Truro (Fig. 13) is wider and deeper than all other valleys on Cape Cod. The original floor of the valley, made up of glacial outwash, is well below sea level and overlain by mostly salt marsh deposits. The Pamet Valley may have started out like all other spring sapping valleys, however, the extreme width and depth of the valley requires further explanation. It is likely, that headward erosion by spring sapping cut completely across the Wellfleet outwash plain, reaching the outwash dam holding in a glacial lake to the east of the lower Cape. The breach caused the lake to drain catastrophically. This great flood carried away vast amounts of outwash to widened and deepened the original spring sapping valley.
Figure 14. Great Pond in Wellfleet. This kettle pond marks the site of a large ice block left behind by the retreating South Channel lobe. The original kettle hole was far from round, but wave erosion and deposition along the shore have trimmed off headlands and closed off embayments in the shoreline much as they do along the ocean shore.
Depressions in the outwash plain are called kettle holes. They mark the site of ice blocks that were left behind by the retreating glacier and buried by the outwash deposits. The buried ice was well insulated from the warmer post-glacial temperatures and may have persisted for several thousand years Kettle holes that are deep enough to expose the water table contain ponds or lakes (Fig. 14). Similar to the ocean shore, waves have eroded sections along the shore to form cliffs and the eroded sand and gravel have been carried along the shore and deposited across reentrents in the shoreline. These low ridges composed of beach sand are called baymouth bars. In many kettle ponds, these processes have smoothed the shoreline so that the ponds are almost circular.
Basal organic sediments in kettle ponds have been carbon dated. The oldest ages are on the order of 12 thousand years. These early dates appear to occur in kettles that are underlain by fine sediments, which prevented or impeded the percolation of rain and snow melt. Other kettle pond basal sediments are much younger and appear to indicate the time when the rising water table, caused by the rising sea level, first intersected the floor of the kettle hole.
Figure 15. Aerial photo of the embayed coastline from Nauset to Chatham. The drowned lows were formed when buried ice of sublobe of South Channel lobe melted out. Headland erosion to north of Nauset and longshore transport have formed the barriers and closed off the embayments.
The indented coastline from Eastham southward to Chatham (Fig. 15) also owes its existence to the Laurentide ice sheet. Most likely, it represents the last remnant of an irregular coastline made up of headlands and embayments that marked the eastern limit of the glacial Cape. It also represents a western expansion of the South Channel lobe in the form of a sublobe, which at its largest size, occupied the site of the Eastham outwash plain as well as limiting the eastern extent of the Harwich outwash plain and the distribution of the Nauset Heights deposits.
Figure 16. Wind-polished stone or ventifact. These fluted, faceted, and pitted stones were shaped by wind driven sand, silt, and clay particles as they sat on the outwash plain surface. Later they were worked upward into the eolian layer by frost action. The unusual shape of some ventifacts cause them to be mistaken for Indian artifacts by laymen.
At the end of glaciation and before the landscape was well covered with vegetation, winds blowing across the barren glacial deposits, including material from the exposed bottoms of drained glacial lakes, picked up sand, silt, and clay and deposited this material as a thin almost continuous blanket on the drift surface. Stones lying on the drift surface were cut, faceted, and polished by sand blasting. These stones, called ventifacts, have been moved into the windblown layer by frost action. They are distinctively shaped and some have been mistaken for tools of Indian origin (Fig. 16).
The windblown material and the upper part of the underlying drift make up the parent material for Cape Cod soils. These soils are called podzols and are typical of young soils developed on a sandy parent material in a temperate climate under forest cover. A podzol is characterized by a soil profile that consists of an upper dark organic zone and a bone-white zone that together make up the "A" horizon and a reddish orange zone that makes up the "B" horizon (Fig. 17). Beneath the "B" horizon is the parent material of the soil, either drift or the windblown layer or both.
Figure 17. A Cape Cod podzol soil. From top to bottom the soil consists of an "A" horizon made up of the organic litter zone and the leached zone (light colored zone), and the dark colored reddish orange "B" horizon. The "B" horizon is underlain by the parent material.
Why History Buffs Love Cape Cod
There&aposs more to Cape Cod than sandy beaches and breath-taking vistas. The peninsula, first settled by the Wampanoag tribe long before the Pilgrims came ashore in Provincetown, is full of archaeological gems, presidential pride and plenty of the nation’s firsts. Here are the best spots to soak in history and culture as you start exploring.
Early roots
The Mashpee Wampanoag Museumꃞtails the history and culture of the Wampanoag tribe from the Stone Age to present times. Set within a restored historic property, the museum features displays of ancient artifacts and other Native American heirlooms, and provides a detailed picture of life and times on the Cape prior to the English settlers&apos arrival. Displays include a variety of tools, baskets, hunting and fishing implements, weapons and domestic utensils.
The Colonia Era
Climb the 116 steps to the top of Provincetown&aposs Pilgrim Monument to commemorate the first landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims in the New World on November 11, 1620. Standing at 252 feet, it’s the tallest all granite structure in the U.S.
Ever wonder what life was like in 17th century New England? Plimoth Plantation recreates the experience of the Wampanoag people and the colonial English community in the 1600s the living history museum allows you to interact with people who live, dress, work and speak just like they did almost 400 years ago. The re-creations are based on a wide variety of written records and artifacts from the time.
Wing Fort House in Sandwich is a slice of Cape Cod nostalgia. The property, now a museum, is the oldest home in New England continuously owned by the same family. Built in 1641, it later became the home of Stephen Wing, one of the early settlers of Sandwich. The family restored it and furnished it with Wing family antiques showcasing the house&aposs long history, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Natural History
For those with an affinity for the great outdoors, theꃊpe Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster is the perfect place to discover and explore. The museum features exhibits on the Cape’s changing landscape, a seasonal butterfly house, a Honey Bee Observation Hive, an entire wing dedicated to Eldridge Arnold’s world-class bird carvings, and an aquarium comprising creatures common to the Cape’s ponds, streams, oceans and tidepools. Guided walks along the museum&aposs outdoor trails meander through marshes, woodlands and tidal flats.
The 20th Century
A visit to the pristine, protected Cape Cod National Seashore is a must for any history buff, as is checking out the original site where Guglielmo Marconi sent the first two-way trans-Atlantic wireless radio transmission. It was from South Wellfleet where, in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt spoke with King Edward III in Cornwall, England. While most of the former South Wellfleet site is now gone due to erosion, thehatham Marconi Maritime Centerꃎlebrates Marconi’s contributions to wireless communication the newly pioneered technology won Marconi the Nobel Prize in 1909.
For a more familiar understanding of the 35th president, the John F. Kennedy Museum in Hyannis provides a window into the years JFK spent at the family compound in Hyannis Port. There are four permanent photographic exhibits, as well as revolving exhibits on loan from the JFK Library in Boston. From the museum, walk the 1.6-mile Kennedy Legacy Trail around downtown Hyannis. There are 10 sites in all, and the trail finishes at the JFK Memorial overlooking Lewis Bay.
Heritage Museums & Gardens is one of Sandwich’s crown jewels. In addition to housing folk art, cultural artifacts, and acres of lush gardens, the museum has a collection of rare antique cars ranging from an 1913 Ford Model T and 1962 Chevrolet Corvette to a 1909 White Steam Car Model M owned by President Taft. From April through October, the museum will put its permanent collection in storage to make room for the limited time exhibit “Start Your Engines! Cars and Stars of the Indy 500.” Twenty iconic Indy 500 race and pace cars will be on display𠅏rom the 1914 Duesenberg driven by Eddie Rickenbacker to the 2016 NAPA winner driven by Alexander Rossi.
Just down the road, the Sandwich Glass Museum helps tell the story of the town’s greatest contribution to the American Industrial Revolution. Displays offer more than 6,000 stunning pieces created by the town&aposs glass companies during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Maritime History The local experts
For those with a love of all things nautical, theꃊpe Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis is an intimate space dedicated to the Cape&aposs close ties to the sea. The museum showcases the Cape&aposs maritime history with a variety of permanent and temporary exhibits, along with the region’s largest scrimshaw collection. There&aposs also a variety of classes and lectures ranging from sailing knot know-how to boatbuilding.
For a deeper view of town records and other little-known facts about the Cape’s rich history, local historical societies offer a wealth of information. The Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit provides a peek into 19th-century life on the Cape. Visit the Dottridge Homestead to better understand life on the coast, while the Fire Museum displays a 1916 Model T Ford Fire, the first mechanized fire truck on Cape Cod. Visitors are also able to tour the Cotuit Archives, the Rothwell Ice House, Cotuit Museum Shop, and Historical Kitchen Gardens.
Theourne Historical Society is housed in the former town library, built in 1896 by the well-known architect Henry Vaughan. The organization also oversees the Aptucxet Trading Post, the first trade house built in 1627 by Pilgrims who settled in Plymouth Colony
The Atwood House and Museum is home to the Chatham Historical Society. The gambrel-roofed house was built in the 1750&aposs and includes eight exhibits – from displays on the town’s commercial fishing industry to the works of famed local author Joseph Crosby Lincoln. Walk the grounds to see the Chatham School Bells display, and the original fresnel lens from the town’s famous twin lights.
Theꃺlmouth Museums on the Green overlook the town&aposs Village Green, where members of the Colonial militia trained in the 1700s. Two 18th-century houses display period furniture, fine art, textiles and rotating exhibits that provide a glimpse into the town’s rich historic past. Nearby, on the Falmouth Public Library lawn, take time to admire the statue that pays homage to town native Katharine Lee Bates, who penned the patriotic anthem 𠇊merican the Beautiful.”
The Harwich Historical Society is located within the Brooks Academy building, home to Harwich&aposs first high school. The society boasts the largest collection dedicated to cranberry culture on Cape Cod and maintain the reconstructed Elmer Crowell Barn on the museum grounds the restored workshop presents the life and times of the famous bird carver.
In 2016, the Brewster Historical Society moved into its new location - the beautifully restored Captain Elijah Cobb House. Each room features a themed exhibit, some permanent, some rotating. In addition, the society manages a restored 18th century windmill and a blacksmith shop (offering tours and demonstrations) at Windmill Village adjacent Drummer Boy Park.
Keepsakes
One last way to celebrate the Cape’s past is to frame it…literally! Maps of Antiquity in Chatham features thousands of original and reproduction antique prints, including lighthouse charts, nautical charts, postcards and vintage maps depicting the Cape and Islands.
Variations of the Cape
Full Cape (or Double Cape)
Apparently the quintessential Cape Cod house, full Capes were actually rare in the 18th century. Those that existed belonged to the most accomplished settlers. They have a steep pitched roof and a symmetrical five-bay façade with a generous entrance door centered on the massive chimney.
Three-Quarter Cape
Although seldom copied in the Cape Cod revivals that would come many decades later, the three-quarter Cape was a mainstay of 18th- and early-19th-century New England. On the three-quarter Cape as well as the half Cape, the entry was offset slightly from the chimney.
One-Half Cape (or Single Cape)
The starter house of its day, the half Cape often evolved through subsequent additions into a three-quarter Cape and on to a full Cape as its occupants&rsquo families and fortunes grew. Nevertheless, examples remain throughout New England.
Keeping room in a Cape Cod house in coastal Maine, built 1819.
History in Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard
In November 1620, a gaunt and exhausted band of Pilgrims traveling on a rickety boat called the Mayflower landed on the tip of the Cape in what is now Provincetown. While some people believe that they landed in nearby Plymouth, the Pilgrims actually landed in Provincetown. Plymouth was their second stop. While in Provincetown, they put together a little agreement called the Mayflower Compact, which was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. At the far east end of Commercial Street in Provincetown, a rock marks the spot where the Pilgrims are believed to have landed, and a bas-relief on Bradford Street, behind Town Hall, pays tribute to the Mayflower Compact.
The Pilgrims were not the first European explorers to discover the region. Cape Cod was named around 1602 by explorer Bartholomew Gosnold, after "the great stoare of codfysshes" he saw offshore. He is also said to have named Martha's Vineyard after his daughter and the large number of grapevines he saw. But many say the area had been visited by Europeans long before Gosnold some local historians even believe they have evidence, in the form of markings on boulders, that the Vikings were here as early as A.D. 1000.
However, the Cape's cultural history really begins with the Wampanoag Tribe, a name that translates as "The People of the First Light." This Native American tribe inhabited the northeast coast and used the area that is now the town of Mashpee on the Upper Cape as one of their bases. The Pilgrims were greeted by members of the Wampanoag Tribe, among them Squanto, who is said to have stayed with the newcomers for the 1 1/2 years that they lived over in Plymouth, teaching them the ways of the New World. The Wampanoags were friendly to the Europeans, offering them food during the cold winter and showing them how to farm crops in the sandy soil. The Pilgrims seem to have repaid them with smallpox and some beaver pelts. The Pilgrims set up one of the first trading posts, at a spot the Native Americans had long been using, at what is now the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum (24 Aptucxet Rd., Bourne tel. 508/759-9487).
The Wampanoags were receptive to missionary efforts that led them to be known as "the praying Indians." The 1684 Indian Meeting House where they worshiped is one of the oldest churches on Cape Cod and is considered the oldest Indian church in the United States. It is located within an old Indian cemetery on Route 28 in Mashpee and can be visited by appointment (tel. 508/477-0208).
Around 1675 relations between the white man and the American Indian soured, and King Phillip's War was waged by Chief Metacomet (whom the Pilgrims called King Phillip). The 2-year war resulted in the deaths of about 600 settlers and 3,000 American Indians.
The Wampanoag Tribe -- When the Pilgrims first arrived in Cape Cod in 1620, they were greeted by the Wampanoag Tribe, a group of Native Americans who lived in the region. The Wampanoags were officially recognized by the U.S. government only in 2007 -- 387 years later. Today the Wampanoags hope to build a casino off-Cape, and the towns of Middleborough, Fall River, and New Bedford have been floated. If plans for the casino are accepted, the Wampanoags could use the profits from the casino to fund tribe needs, such as housing, healthcare, and education. Those plans are awaiting decisions by the governor and state legislature, who are debating if and how to allow casinos in the state.
The tribe, which has about 1,500 members today, is in the process of organizing some of its cultural artifacts. The Indian Museum on Route 130, in Mashpee (tel. 508/477-0208), can be visited by appointment.
Early Towns on Cape Cod
The Pilgrims continued on to Plymouth, but within a few years, other settlers came from Europe and settled on the Cape. The first town to be incorporated, Sandwich, was founded in 1637. The early settlers braved the dangerous cross-Atlantic voyage to escape religious persecution in Europe. Here they formed congregations of religious groups, including Quakers, which are still evident in several Cape Cod towns the Congregational Church in West Barnstable, founded in 1630, has one of the longest uninterrupted congregations of that denomination in the world. One historian, Henry C. Kittredge, described the early Cape Cod settlers as "zealots and idealists."
The first settlements on the Cape in the early 17th century were compact. The idea was that every member of the community was in close proximity to three crucial places: the mill, the market, and the meeting. They used the large marshlands, particularly those north of Sandwich and Barnstable, as salt hay for grazing sheep and cattle. Most of the Cape was wooded, and the early settlers cleared much of the land to raise livestock and used much of the wood to build homes. The first couple of generations of settlers were farmers who were self-sufficient, growing corn and other crops and raising sheep, pigs, and cattle. For variety they would indulge in delicacies from the sea, such as clams and lobsters. Corn was the principal crop, and each town soon had a miller to grind the corn. The early mills were operated either through water power or wind power, and the miller was considered one of the most distinguished citizens of the town because of his prized skill. As there were no stores, any item not grown on the property or made locally had to be purchased from England at great expense. It was easier to buy a parcel of land than an hourglass, noted Kittredge.
As the oldest town in the Cape, Sandwich is a good place to explore the Cape's early history. Evidence of 17th-century life can be found at the Hoxie House, built in 1675 (Rte. 130, Sandwich center tel. 508/888-1173) the Dexter Grist Mill, built in 1654 on Shawme Pond (Town Hall Square tel. 508/888-4910) the Sandwich Glass Museum (129 Main St. tel. 508/888-0251) and the Heritage Museums and Gardens (67 Grove St. tel. 508/888-3300).
Some fine examples of historic houses can also be found on the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. In Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard, the Vincent House, built in 1672, is the oldest house on the island (off Main St., btw. Planting Field Way and Church St. tel. 508/627-8017). On Nantucket, the Jethro Coffin House (tel. 508/228-1894), a 1686 saltbox home, has the distinction of being the oldest building on the island, though there are countless examples of well-preserved historic structures here, given that the entire island is designated as a historic district.
From Pirates to Whalers: The Cape's Rich Maritime History
Before the Cape Cod Canal was dug out and the bridges were constructed in the 1930s, the shipping route around the arm of the Cape carried the reputation as "the graveyard of the Atlantic," for all the shipwrecks that took place among the treacherous shoals and currents off the Cape. Lighthouses were built -- the first one was Highland Light, in 1797, at Truro -- to help captains navigate the tricky coastline that often became enveloped in a dense fog. Highland Light, also called Cape Cod Light, and the nearby museum run by the Truro Historical Society, can be visited (27 Highland Light Rd., Truro tel. 508/487-1121).
There are many tales of shipwrecks at the Nantucket Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum (158 Polpis Rd., Nantucket tel. 508/228-1885) and at the Old Harbor Lifesaving Museum in Provincetown (Race Point Beach tel. 508/349-3785), which both tell the story of the men who risked their lives to save those who would have drowned at sea. Most were lost, but the lifesavers, which later became the U.S. Coast Guard, would patrol the coastline ready to assist if need be. The Coast Guard Heritage Museum (3353 Main St., Barnstable Village tel. 508/362-8521) tells that story. A side business (that was quite a bit less noble) was run by those called "mooncussers," who would watch by the full moon for shipwrecks and stand by to pick through any valuable parts of the wreck that came ashore.
Whaling was a prominent and lucrative industry from about 1750 to about 1850, when the industry began to wane. Whalers proved to be some of the most successful seafarers in the Cape's history. In order to make bountiful catches, whalers traveled around the world when they returned, they inevitably brought souvenirs home with them. Therefore the homes of successful sea captains on the Cape and islands became virtual museums containing treasures from across the globe.
Nantucket became an important whaling port, and its wealth was renowned. The Nantucket Whaling Museum (13 Broad St. tel. 508/228-1894) houses exhibits that show the history of whaling and the bounty it enabled seafarers to bring home. The museum displays the interior of an actual candle house, where whale blubber was transformed into candles. Other remnants of whaling life displayed at the museum are the scrimshaw (elaborate carvings made from tooth and bone) that sailors would carve to pass the time during the months at sea and "sailor's valentines" (colorful boxes decorated with hearts made of seashells that crew members purchased from Caribbean ports for their sweethearts).
The Great Fire of 1846 destroyed Nantucket's town center. After the fire razed the town, much of the town center was rebuilt with the riches from whaling journeys. An economic bust period in the late 19th century meant that nothing was changed for decades, and the town has been virtually preserved from that mid-19th-century period, cobblestone streets and all.
Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard also thrived during this period, and there are numerous examples of the majestic sea captains' houses -- mostly private homes -- along North Water Street. There is also a large concentration of sea captains' houses along Route 6A in Brewster, nicknamed "The Sea Captains' Town." This is a good place to admire widow's walks, those rooftop porches that were said to allow the wives of sea captains to scan the horizon in anticipation of the return of their men. There are many sea captains' homes that you can visit in the region, but exceptional examples are the Hadwen House, on Nantucket (96 Main St. tel. 508/228-1894) the Dr. Daniel Fisher House, in Edgartown (99 Main St. tel. 508/627-8017) and the Julia Wood House, at the Falmouth Museums on the Green, in Falmouth center (at the Village Green tel. 508/548-4857).
Although the fishing industry has been suffering in recent years from overfishing, the Cape and islands are still the home of many who make their living by harvesting from the sea. In some families, the profession goes back for generations. Stop by the Fish Pier in the Lower Cape town of Chatham after noon to see fishermen unloading their catches. This too is an important part of the history of the region.
The Whydah: A Pirate's Treasure Trove -- One of the most famous ships that fell prey to the ocean was the Whydah, a pirate ship that wrecked near Wellfleet in 1717. The ship was captained by the notorious pirate Samuel (Black Jack) Bellamy. Bellamy and his pirate crew had captured a couple of other vessels in Nantucket Sound, but then the small fleet, manned by what is said to be crews of drunken pirates, was caught in a gale. The two other ships wrecked first then the Whydah, with Bellamy still aboard, wrecked a couple miles south of Wellfleet's Cahoon's Hollow Beach. Bellamy and 140 of his men drowned. Two men, both of whom had been captured from other ships, made it to shore alive. They alerted the locals, who set about hauling in whatever they could that washed ashore from the wrecks. The one thing that the plunderers never did find was the chest of pirate's gold. It took almost 270 years for that loot to be found.
In 1984 local adventurer Barry Clifford began to excavate the site. His findings, including thousands of gold and silver coins, can be viewed at the Expedition Whydah Sea Lab and Learning Center, in Provincetown (MacMillan Wharf tel. 508/487-8899).
The First Tourists: Spiritualists & Scientists
The late 19th century brought the beginnings of the tourism industry to the Cape and islands. The first tourists to these shores were looking toward the heavens, but they were not seeking the sun. They came -- by the hundreds -- for religious retreats.
In Oak Bluffs, on Martha's Vineyard, Methodists would gather in a grove close to the harbor for revivalist camp meetings. The canvas tents they erected for the extended religious revivals were eventually expanded into tiny cottages. Today visitors can stroll around and see these "gingerbread cottages," a name that has been coined after the elaborate Victorian-era scrollwork and brightly colored details on the houses, and also see the Trinity Park Tabernacle, the largest wrought-iron structure in the country. Open-air services and concerts are still held here every summer. The Cottage Museum (1 Trinity Park tel. 508/693-7784) tells the history of the camp meeting grounds and has early photographs of the visitors, who dressed in modest Victorian garb.
Across Vineyard Sound, in the village of Woods Hole in Falmouth, a different kind of summer tourist was discovering the area. Scientists -- especially oceanographers -- interested in spending their summer vacations surrounded by other scientists were beginning to gather for seminars. Founded as a summer lab in 1888, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL 7 MBL St. tel. 508/289-7423) today is an international center for biological research, education, and training with about 50 Nobel Laureates associated with it. Woods Hole is also home to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI 15 School St. tel. 508/289-2663), founded in 1930 and dedicated to ocean research, education, and exploration. The institute runs on about $100 million a year in grants, many from the U.S. Navy. Both MBL and WHOI have visitor centers open to the public.
Perhaps drawn by the scientists at MBL and WHOI, several other science organizations have sprouted up in Woods Hole. The village is home to a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration and a semester-at-sea school, called Sea Education Association. The village is a hub for scientists, fishermen, artists, and bohemians, particularly in the summer.
From around the 1890s to the 1930s, summer cottage communities began to spring up all over the Cape and islands for those who could afford a small second home. Two particularly picturesque summer cottage communities are Falmouth Heights, a village along the south shore of Falmouth, where Victorian-era cottages were built on and around a central hill, and Siasconset -- known as 'Sconset -- on Nantucket, where the tiny cottages are all near the ocean, festooned with climbing roses and ringed by white picket fences.
Artists Colony Forms on the Outer Cape
Around 1900 a group of artists from New York, led by Charles Hawthorne, discovered Provincetown, a tiny picturesque fishing village at the tip of the Cape, where the native population of fishermen, many of Portuguese descent, had developed a colorful community. The artists, who set up their easels on the piers and the tiny lanes, made it an even more colorful community. Hawthorne taught his students to paint outside -- en plein air -- and to render figures with broad brush strokes with a palette knife, concentrating on the nuances of shadow, angle, and color rather than getting hung up on detail.
Another famous artist who set up a school decades later in the 1950s was Hans Hofmann, a German who favored abstraction and whose background in art studies reached back to the Paris school of Henri Matisse. New York artists of the Art Students League, where Hofmann also taught, began taking summer homes in Provincetown and the nearby towns of Wellfleet and Truro. Some of them even moved there year-round. Visit the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (460 Commercial St. tel. 508/487-1750) to understand the rich art history of the town.
As writers and intellectuals followed, the area became a hotbed of bohemia, a kind of Greenwich Village of the north. The liberal, artsy, open-mindedness of the populace made the area a popular spot for gays, and Provincetown is now one of the country's top gay resorts.
JFK & the Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Cod really became well-known when the second-oldest son of a certain family who had been vacationing on the Cape for decades became president. It was the glamour of seeing John F. Kennedy sailing his boat, the Honeyfitz, off Hyannis Port that gave Cape Cod worldwide panache in the 1960s. Some say the place has never recovered. Hyannis, which is actually a village in the town of Barnstable, is by far the most built-up part of the Cape. It has a giant mall and numerous plazas surrounded by seas of asphalt. It also has the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum (397 Main St. tel. 508/790-3077), a large photo display that continues to be one of the Cape's top tourist draws. The Kennedy compound is still in Hyannis Port and is considered "home" for many of the Kennedy clan. Vehicles are warned away from the area by signs, but the curious can still get a good look at the compound, which consists of several homes set closely together, by taking a sightseeing boat trip out of Hyannis Harbor. The Kennedy family's favorite pastimes, such as sailing in Nantucket Sound, continue through the generations.
JFK also did his part to preserve the Cape. In August 1961, he signed a bill designating 27,000 acres from Chatham to Provincetown as a new national park, the Cape Cod National Seashore. Visiting the national seashore can mean a trip to one of its spectacular beaches, along 40 miles of coastline from Nauset Beach, in Orleans, to Herring Cove, in Provincetown, or following a ranger on a nature walk through the endangered habitat of an Atlantic White Cedar Swamp, in Wellfleet. There are numerous nature trails offering self-guided tours throughout the seashore, as well as several historic buildings set up as museums. Maps and information can be found at the Salt Pond Visitor Center, on Route 6 in Eastham (tel. 508/255-3421). Standing on this pristine seashore looking out at the churning Atlantic Ocean, putting all of America behind you, to paraphrase Henry David Thoreau, continues to be one of the most cherished experiences for those visiting Cape Cod.
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The Dazzling Curiosity & Ferocity of Winter Storms on Cape Cod
Coast Guard Beach, Blizzard of 1978, often regarded as one of the worst winter storms to hit New England “Blizzard ’05 worst on Cape in my life…” reads the hand-written entry on January 23, 2005 in the Weather Wizard’s 5-Year Weather Diary the witness and author: meteorologist Tim Kelley. Indeed, it was epic.
That personal proclamation actually reflects a larger generational curiosity about the wicked winter weather on Cape Cod. For centuries, the constantly unpredictable oscillations of nature’s fury have provoked vigorous debate about the worst storm to ravage the exposed, vulnerable peninsula. Hurricanes come and go. Blizzards stall and meander. Winter’s ferocity can easily be considered more spellbinding than summer’s clemency. And so the lore and allure of the Cape’s frosty weather—gales, whiteouts, nor’easters—is a rich narrative of meteorology, history and geology—and some mythology, as popular debates suggest.
A Chatham native, Kelley radiates enthusiasm about the weather like unbridled electricity. Stacks of spiral, cardboard-bound, black-inked journals, dating back to March 3, 1992, (when he first began broadcasting with then-start up New England Cable News now sharing production facilities with NBC10 Boston) bear witness to his seat in modern meteorological history. With over 10,000 reports of daily weather, Kelley calls them “probably the most gratifying part of my career.” Reviewing them is an excavation, for they are a captivating analog history—a sober juxtaposition against the blitzkrieg of digital noise emanating from today’s televisions and mobile screens. His entries about the Cape are particularly illuminating.
Take the Blizzard of 2005, perhaps the most notorious blizzard in recorded Cape history. Kelley’s observations are stark and emphatic. He recalls that all of Nantucket was “without power,” “80 mph gusts” lashed the coast, and “31 inches” of snow buried Hyannis. (The Cape Cod Times reported 10-to-15-foot drifts and 27-foot swells.)
Satellite image of the Blizzard of 2005
Another entry simply states, “Benchmark.” In meteorological lingo benchmark is a specific location (40°N 70°W) and helps identify the type of impacts a winter storm will have on a region. When a system moves directly across those coordinates coastal communities can expect a massive snow event, if it is cold enough. The Cape has been in the bullseye on many occasions.
Kelley brings an encyclopedic knowledge and perspective of storms big and small. Maybe surprisingly, then, he is not convinced that The Blizzard of 1978 warrants its place on a list of top winter tempests in Cape Cod history. In fact, he calls that one a “dud.” But one man’s dud is another man’s bomb.
Make that bombogenesis.
Don Wilding, a Cape Cod historian, writer, and speaker, thinks otherwise. While other winter beasts certainly merit consideration, “nothing tops ’78,” he asserts. That February storm did not qualify as a blizzard on the Cape, certainly not for the initial snow that changed to rain. Rather, this classic nor’easter was a severe wind (92 mph recorded in Chatham) and tidal event (14½-foot tides measured in Provincetown). “It was a different experience on the Cape,” Wilding says.
More of a winter hurricane (a definitive “eye” passed over the Outer Cape), the storm stalled out and hit at high tide on a new moon (astronomically high) when tides would have been “only” four feet above normal. More so, it obliterated the coast, especially wreaking havoc and rearranging the whole of Coast Guard Beach in Eastham and the Nauset Spit. In retrospect, that blockbuster storm became an existential threat that presaged the fears of future peril. Its lasting legacy was less physical and more psychological. True, its coastal savagery surprised many forecasters at the time but more importantly, it shocked most sensibilities. When the storm swept Henry Beston’s long-revered Outermost House out to sea it affected the psyche. Storms prior to that storm were mostly about maritime death and destruction. The shoreline was mere collateral damage.
Outermost House, 1977 
Outermost House, 1978
BUNNYS ANTIQUE TREASURES
AVON'S 1876 CAPE COD RUBY RED GLASS COLLECTION HISTORY OF THE COMPANY
This splendid collection of glass is reminiscent of early American pressed glass called "Sandwich", whose lacy, intricate designs fine background stippling and sparkling brilliance reflected the superb craftsmanship of its makers.
The Boston & Sandwich Glass Works, founded on Cape Cod in 1825, had produced many of the most elaborate, detailed designs of this quality glass. Other companies in the region competed, but the popularity of "Sandwich" pieces resulted in the name becoming a generic term for pressed glass.
Inspired by the lacy delicacy of these designs, particularly the classic "Roman Rosette" pattern, Avon created this unique collection. Not only does it recall the beauty of this prized American glass, but its name commemorates the spirit of the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial which celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, as well as the area where Sandwich glass originated.
Contents
Pre-modern era Edit
Origins Edit
As early as the 1860s, baseball teams representing various Cape Cod towns and villages were competing against one another. The earliest newspaper account is of an 1867 game in Sandwich between the hometown "Nichols Club" and the visiting Cummaquid team. Though not formalized as a league, the games provided entertainment for residents and summer visitors. [1] [2]
In 1885, a Fourth of July baseball game was held matching teams from Barnstable and Sandwich. [3] According to contemporary accounts, the 1885 contest may have been at least the twelfth such annual game. [4] By the late 19th century, an annual championship baseball tournament was being held each fall at the Barnstable County Fair, an event that continued well into the 20th century, with teams representing towns from Cape Cod and the larger region.
In 1921, the Barnstable County Agricultural Society determined to limit the fair's annual baseball championship to teams from Cape Cod. Falmouth won the championship in 1921, [5] [6] and Osterville in 1922. [7] Interest in baseball was growing, as was a movement to create a formal league of Cape Cod teams.
The early Cape League era (1923–1939) Edit
The "Cape Cod Baseball League" was formed in 1923, consisting of four teams: Falmouth, Osterville, Hyannis, and Chatham. [8] [9] Teams were made up of players from local colleges and prep schools, along with some semi-pro players and other locals. One notable player during this period was North Truro native Danny "Deacon" MacFayden, who went on to play for seventeen years in the major leagues. [10] [11]
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the composition of the league varied from season to season. Towns did not opt to field teams in every season, and teams from other towns such as Bourne, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, and Wareham joined the league. Teams were not limited to league play, and often played teams from towns and cities in the larger region, as in 1929 when Falmouth played an exhibition game against the major league Boston Braves. [12] [13] [14]
The league enjoyed widespread popularity throughout the 1930s, and even engendered competition in the form of the Barnstable County Twilight League and the Lower Cape Twilight League. However, as the cumulative effects of the Great Depression made it increasingly more difficult to secure funding for teams, the Cape League disbanded in 1940.
The Upper and Lower Cape League era (1946–1962) Edit
With young men returning home after World War II, the Cape League was revived in 1946. The league now excluded paid professional or semi-pro players, and for a while attempted to limit players to those who were Cape Cod residents. The league was split into Upper Cape and Lower Cape divisions, and in addition to many of the town teams from the "old" Cape League, new teams now joined such as those representing the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Otis Air Force Base, and the Cape Verdean Club of Harwich among others.
Modern era (1963–present) Edit
In 1963, the Cape Cod Baseball League was reorganized and became officially sanctioned by the NCAA. The league would no longer be limited to Cape Cod residents, but would recruit college players and coaches from an increasingly wide radius.
In 1985, the league moved away from the use of aluminum bats, and became the only collegiate summer league in the nation at that time to use wooden bats. [15] This transition began a period of significant growth in the league's popularity and prestige among MLB scouts, as well as among college players and coaches. This popularity has translated into over one thousand former players who have gone on to major league playing careers, including multiple members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The CCBL regular season runs from mid-June through mid-August. [16] Teams are geographically divided into the East Division and West Division. Each division consists of five teams which each play 44 regular season games in a largely balanced schedule that is not weighted toward intradivisional foes.
During the latter half of the regular season, an all-star game is contested between the all stars from the East and West divisions, and features a pre-game home run hitting contest. The CCBL All-Star Game was played at Fenway Park from 2009 to 2011, but is normally played at one of the CCBL home fields.
Following the regular season, the top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs, which is an elimination tournament consisting of three rounds of best of three series to determine the league champion and winner of the Arnold Mycock trophy.
Current teams Edit
| Division | Team | Town/Village | First year | Home Field | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | Bourne Braves | Bourne | 1988 | Doran Park (Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School) | 3,000 |
| Cotuit Kettleers | Cotuit | 1947 | Lowell Park | 2,500 | |
| Falmouth Commodores | Falmouth | 1923 1946 | Arnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field | 8,000 | |
| Hyannis Harbor Hawks | Hyannis | 1976 | Judy Walden Scarafile Field at McKeon Park (Pope John Paul II High School) | 3,000 | |
| Wareham Gatemen | Wareham | 1952 | Clem Spillane Field (Wareham High School) | 3,000 | |
| East | Brewster Whitecaps | Brewster | 1988 | Stony Brook Field (Stony Brook Elementary School) | 4,000 |
| Chatham Anglers | Chatham | 1946 | Veteran's Field | 8,000 | |
| Harwich Mariners | Harwich | 1946 | Whitehouse Field (Monomoy Regional High School) | 4,000 | |
| Orleans Firebirds | Orleans | 1947 | Eldredge Park (Nauset Regional Middle School) | 6,000 | |
| Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox | South Yarmouth | 1946 | Red Wilson Field (Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School) | 5,500 |
Origin of team nicknames Edit
Prior to 2009, six of the ten teams in the CCBL shared their team nickname with a team in Major League Baseball (MLB). However, in late 2008 MLB announced that it would enforce its trademarks, and required those CCBL teams to either change their nicknames or buy their uniforms and merchandise only through MLB-licensed vendors.
Three of the teams eventually changed their nicknames. In 2009, the Chatham Athletics became the Anglers, and the Orleans Cardinals became the Firebirds. [17] The following season, the Hyannis Mets became the Harbor Hawks. [18]
The Bourne Braves and Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox, teams who share nicknames with Boston's two historic professional baseball franchises, chose to keep their nicknames and use MLB licensees for their merchandise.
MLB could not enforce the "Mariners" trademark against the Harwich Mariners because the use of the nickname by Harwich predated the entry of the Seattle Mariners into MLB as an expansion team in 1977.
The four teams whose nicknames were not in conflict with MLB have locally themed names such as the nautical monikers of the Falmouth Commodores and Brewster Whitecaps. The Cotuit Kettleers nickname recalls a legendary local Native American land transaction whose terms of sale involved the exchange of a brass kettle. [19] The Wareham Gatemen are the only team that does not play its home games on Cape Cod, as the town of Wareham sits on the edge of the mainland, at the "gateway" to Cape Cod.
Franchise timelines Edit
Below is a partial list of Cape Cod baseball teams from the 1860s until the formation of the Cape League in 1923.
- Barnstable Cummaquids
- Barnstable Osceolas
- Barnstable Village
- Chatham
- Falmouth Cottage Club
- Harwich
- Hyannis
- Orleans Pants Factory
- Osterville
- Sandwich Athletics
- Sandwich Nichols Club
- West Barnstable Mastetuketts
- West Falmouth
- Yarmouth Mattakeesetts
Early Cape League era (1923–1939)
| Team | Seasons |
|---|---|
| Barnstable | 1931–1937 1939 |
| Bourne | 1933*–1939 |
| Chatham | 1923–1926 1930–1931 |
| Chatham-Harwich | 1927–1929 |
| Falmouth | 1923–1939 |
| Harwich | 1930–1939 |
| Hyannis | 1923–1930 |
| Orleans | 1928–1934 1937–1938 |
| Osterville | 1923–1930 |
| Provincetown | 1933* |
| Wareham | 1927–1928 1930–1932 |
| * In 1933, Provincetown withdrew and was replaced by Bourne mid-season. | |
Upper and Lower Cape League era (1946–1962)
| Division | Team | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Cape | Barnstable Townies / Barons / Red Sox | 1946*–1952 † 1955–1956 1959–1962 |
| Bourne Canalmen | 1946–1950 1961–1962 | |
| Cotuit Kettleers | 1947–1962 | |
| Falmouth All-Stars | 1946–1962 | |
| Falmouth Falcons | 1951–1953 | |
| Mashpee Warriors / Indians | 1946–1951 1953–1955 | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 1946–1947 ‡ 1949–1961 | |
| Osterville | 1948–1950 | |
| Otis Air Force Base Jets / Minutemen | 1949–1950 1955 1957–1961 | |
| Sagamore Clouters | 1946–1962 | |
| Sandwich | 1946–1949 | |
| Wareham Gatemen | 1952 † –1962 |
| Division | Team | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Cape | Brewster | 1948–1951 1956–1960 |
| Chatham | 1946–1962 | |
| Dennis Clippers | 1946–1961 | |
| Eastham | 1949–1955 | |
| Harwich | 1946–1962 | |
| Harwich Cape Verdean Club | 1949–1950 | |
| North Truro Air Force Station Blue Sox | 1952–1957 | |
| Orleans Red Sox | 1947–1962 | |
| Wellfleet | 1956 | |
| Yarmouth Indians | 1946–1962 | |
| * Barnstable played in the Lower Cape division in 1946 only. † In 1952, Barnstable withdrew and was replaced by Wareham mid- season. [20] [21] ‡ Mass. Maritime Academy played in the Lower Cape division in 1946–1947. | ||
Beginnings of the modern era (1963–1987)
From 1963 to 1969, the newly reorganized league maintained the Upper Cape/Lower Cape divisional structure, with the championship series played by the winners of each division. Beginning in 1970, the divisional structure gave way to a single combined league, with the top four teams in the league advancing to the playoffs. This combined league structure continued through 1987.
| Team | Seasons |
|---|---|
| Bourne Canalmen | 1963–1964* 1967–1969 1971–1972 |
| Cotuit Kettleers | 1963–1987 |
| Falmouth All-Stars / Commodores | 1963–1987 |
| Hyannis Mets | 1976–1987 |
| Sagamore Clouters / Canalmen | 1963–1966* |
| Wareham Gatemen | 1963–1987 |
| * In 1965, the Bourne Canalmen and Sagamore Clouters merged. The new team was called the "Sagamore Canalmen" during the 1965 and 1966 seasons, and the "Bourne Canalmen" thereafter. | |
| Team | Seasons |
|---|---|
| Chatham Red Sox / Athletics | 1963–1987 |
| Harwich Mariners | 1963–1987 |
| Orleans Cardinals | 1963–1987 |
| Otis Air Force Base Minutemen | 1963–1964 |
| Yarmouth Indians / Red Sox / Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox | 1963–1987 |
In 1988, the Bourne Braves and the Brewster Whitecaps joined the CCBL as expansion teams and the resulting ten-team league was split into East and West divisions. Since 1988, there have been no changes to the league's franchise composition or divisional alignments.
| Championships by Season, 1923–1939 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winning Team | Manager | Games | Losing Team* | Manager | Ref |
| 1923 | Falmouth | Byron H. Parker Frank Silva | [22] | |||
| 1924 | Osterville | Arthur "Dutch" Ayer | [23] [24] | |||
| 1925 | Osterville | Joe Murphy | [25] | |||
| 1926 | Hyannis / Osterville (co-champs) | Freddie Moncewicz (Hyannis) John "Dot" Whelan (Osterville) | [26] [27] [28] [29] | |||
| 1927 | Hyannis | Freddie Moncewicz | [30] [31] | |||
| 1928 | Osterville | Eddie McGrath | [32] | |||
| 1929 | Falmouth | Lynn Wells | [33] | |||
| 1930 | Wareham | Harry Noznesky | [34] | |||
| 1931 | Falmouth | Jack Walsh | [35] | |||
| 1932 | Falmouth | Jack Walsh | [36] | |||
| 1933 | Harwich | Joe Harraghy | 3–0 | Falmouth | Jack Walsh | [37] |
| 1934 | Barnstable | Pete Herman | [38] | |||
| 1935 | Falmouth | Jack Walsh | 3–2 | Barnstable | Pete Herman | [39] |
| 1936 | Bourne | Larry Donovan | [40] | |||
| 1937 | Barnstable | Pete Herman | [41] | |||
| 1938 | Falmouth | Bill Boehner | [42] | |||
| 1939 | Falmouth | Buzz Harvey | [43] | |||
| Championships by Team, 1923–1939 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Team | Won | Championship Seasons |
| Falmouth | 7 | 1923, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1939 |
| Osterville | 4 | 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928 |
| Hyannis | 2 | 1926, 1927 |
| Barnstable | 2 | 1934, 1937 |
| Wareham | 1 | 1930 |
| Harwich | 1 | 1933 |
| Bourne | 1 | 1936 |
* During the 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 and second 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.
| Championships by Season, 1946–1962 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winning Team | Manager | Games | Losing Team | Manager | Ref |
| 1946 | Falmouth | John DeMello | 2–1 | Harwich | [44] [45] | |
| 1947 | Orleans | Herb Fuller | 2–0 | Mashpee | [46] | |
| 1948 | Mashpee | 2–0 | Orleans | Herb Fuller | [47] | |
| 1949 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | Falmouth | Willard E. Boyden | [48] | |
| 1950 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | Sagamore | George Karras | [49] | |
| 1951 | Sagamore | George Karras | 3–2 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | [50] [51] |
| 1952 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | 3–0 | Sagamore | George Karras | [52] |
| 1953 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | 3–0 | Sagamore | George Karras | [53] |
| 1954 | Sagamore | George Karras | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | [54] | |
| 1955 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | Cotuit | Cal Burlingame | [55] | |
| 1956 | Sagamore | Manny Pena | 2–0 | Dennis | Bren Taylor | [56] |
| 1957 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | 2–0 | Wareham | [57] | |
| 1958 | Yarmouth | John Halunen | 2–0 | Sagamore | Manny Pena | [58] |
| 1959 | Sagamore | Manny Pena | 2–0 | Orleans | Laurin Peterson | [59] |
| 1960 | Yarmouth | John Halunen | 2–1 | Sagamore | Manny Pena | [60] |
| 1961 | Cotuit | Jim Hubbard | 2–1 | Yarmouth | John Halunen | [61] |
| 1962 | Cotuit | Jim Hubbard | 2–0 | Harwich | [62] [63] | |
| Championships by Team, 1946–1962 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Team | Won | Championship Seasons |
| Orleans | 7 | 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957 |
| Sagamore | 4 | 1951, 1954, 1956, 1959 |
| Cotuit | 2 | 1961, 1962 |
| Yarmouth | 2 | 1958, 1960 |
| Falmouth | 1 | 1946 |
| Mashpee | 1 | 1948 |
| Championships by Season, 1963–present | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winning Team | Manager | Games | Losing Team | Manager | Playoff MVP | Ref |
| 1963 | Cotuit | Jim Hubbard | 2–0 | Orleans | Dave Gavitt | Not Awarded | [64] [65] |
| 1964 | Cotuit | Jim Hubbard | 3–1 | Chatham | Joe "Skip" Lewis | Not Awarded | [66] [67] |
| 1965 | Sagamore | Lou Lamoriello | 3–2 | Chatham | Joe "Skip" Lewis | Not Awarded | |
| 1966 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | 3–1 | Chatham | Joe "Skip" Lewis | Not Awarded | |
| 1967 | Chatham | Joe "Skip" Lewis | 2–0–1 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | Not Awarded | [68] [69] [70] |
| 1968 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | 3–1 | Harwich | John Carroll | Not Awarded | [71] |
| 1969 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | 2–1 | Chatham | Joe "Skip" Lewis | Not Awarded | [72] [73] |
| 1970 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | 2–0 | Orleans | Tony Williams | Not Awarded | [74] [75] |
| 1971 | Falmouth | Bill Livesey | 3–2 | Orleans | Tony Williams | Not Awarded | [76] |
| 1972 | Cotuit | Jack McCarthy | 3–1 | Chatham | Ben Hays | Not Awarded | [77] |
| 1973 | Cotuit | Jack McCarthy | 3–1 | Yarmouth | Merrill "Red" Wilson | Not Awarded | [78] [79] |
| 1974 | Cotuit | Jack McCarthy | 3–2 | Orleans | Tom Yankus | Not Awarded | [80] [81] [82] |
| 1975 | Cotuit | Jack McCarthy | 3–2 | Falmouth | Jack Gillis | Not Awarded | [83] [84] |
| 1976 | Wareham | Bill Livesey | 3–2 | Chatham | Ed Lyons | Not Awarded | [85] |
| 1977 | Cotuit | Jack McCarthy | 3–2 | Y-D | Bob Stead | Not Awarded | [86] [87] [88] |
| 1978 | Hyannis | Bob Schaefer | 3–1 | Harwich | Don Prohovich | Not Awarded | [89] [90] |
| 1979 | Hyannis | Bob Schaefer | 3–1 | Harwich | Don Prohovich | Not Awarded | [91] [92] [93] |
| 1980 | Falmouth | Al Worthington | 3–2 | Chatham | Ed Lyons | Not Awarded | [94] [95] [96] |
| 1981 | Cotuit | George Greer | 3–1 | Orleans | Jack Donahue | Not Awarded | [97] [98] |
| 1982 | Chatham | Ed Lyons | 3–0 | Hyannis | Rich Magner | Not Awarded | [99] [100] [101] |
| 1983 | Harwich | Steve Ring | 3–2 | Cotuit | George Greer | Not Awarded | [102] [103] |
| 1984 | Cotuit | George Greer | 2–0 | Wareham | Mike Roberts | Not Awarded | [104] |
| 1985 | Cotuit | George Greer | 2–1 | Chatham | John Mayotte | Grady Hall, Cotuit | [105] |
| 1986 | Orleans | John Castleberry | 2–0 | Cotuit | George Greer | Gary Alexander, Orleans | [106] |
| 1987 | Harwich | Bill Springman | 2–1 | Y-D | Don Reed | Charles Nagy, Harwich | [107] |
| 1988 | Wareham | Stan Meek | 2–1 | Orleans | John Castleberry | John Thoden, Wareham | [108] [109] |
| Mo Vaughn, Wareham | |||||||
| 1989 | Y-D | Don Reed | 2–0 | Hyannis | Ed Lyons | Mark Sweeney, Y-D | [110] [111] |
| 1990 | Y-D | Don Reed | 2–1 | Wareham | Jim Fleming | Kirk Piskor, Y-D | [112] [113] [114] |
| 1991 | Hyannis | Brad Kelley | 2–0 | Chatham | Rich Hill | Chad McConnell, Hyannis | [115] |
| 1992 | Chatham | Rich Hill | 2–0 | Cotuit | Roger Bidwell | Steve Duda, Chatham | [116] [117] [118] |
| 1993 | Orleans | Rolando Casanova | 2–0 | Wareham | Don Reed | Chris Ciaccio, Orleans | [119] [120] |
| 1994 | Wareham | Don Reed | 2–0 | Brewster | Bill Mosiello | Chris Boni, Wareham | [121] [122] |
| 1995 | Cotuit | Mike Coutts | 2–1 | Chatham | John Schiffner | Josh Paul, Cotuit | [123] [124] |
| Josh Gandy, Cotuit | |||||||
| 1996 | Chatham | John Schiffner | 2–0 | Falmouth | Harvey Shapiro | Jermaine Clark, Chatham | [125] [126] |
| Keith Evans, Chatham | |||||||
| 1997 | Wareham | Don Reed | 2–0 | Harwich | Chad Holbrook | Kevin Hodge, Wareham | [127] [128] |
| 1998 | Chatham | John Schiffner | 3–2 | Wareham | Don Reed | Matt Cepicky, Chatham | [129] [130] |
| Ryan Earey, Chatham | |||||||
| 1999 | Cotuit | Mike Coutts | 2–1 | Chatham | John Schiffner | Garrett Atkins, Cotuit | [131] [132] |
| 2000 | Brewster | Dave Lawn | 2–0 | Hyannis | Tom O'Connell | Jack Headley, Brewster | [133] [134] |
| Pat Shine | |||||||
| 2001 | Wareham | Cooper Farris | 2–1 | Chatham | John Schiffner | Aaron Hill, Wareham | [135] [136] [137] |
| 2002 | Wareham | Cooper Farris | 2–1 | Orleans | Carmen Carcone | Matt Kutler, Wareham | [138] |
| 2003 | Orleans | Carmen Carcone | 2–0 | Bourne | Harvey Shapiro | Cesar Nicolas, Orleans | [139] [140] |
| 2004 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–0 | Falmouth | Jeff Trundy | Ryan Rohlinger, Y-D | [141] [142] |
| Joshua Faiola, Y-D | |||||||
| 2005 | Orleans | Kelly Nicholson | 2–1 | Bourne | Harvey Shapiro | Brad Meyers, Orleans | [143] [144] |
| Emmanuel Burriss, Orleans | |||||||
| 2006 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–1 | Wareham | Cooper Farris | David Robertson, Y-D | [145] [146] [147] |
| 2007 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–0 | Falmouth | Jeff Trundy | Trevor Holder, Y-D | [148] [149] [150] |
| 2008 | Harwich | Steve Englert | 2–0 | Cotuit | Mike Roberts | Jason Stidham, Harwich | [151] [152] |
| Marc Fleury, Harwich | |||||||
| 2009 | Bourne | Harvey Shapiro | 2–0 | Cotuit | Mike Roberts | Kyle Roller, Bourne | [153] [154] |
| 2010 | Cotuit | Mike Roberts | 2–1 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | Jordan Leyland, Cotuit | [155] |
| 2011 | Harwich | Steve Englert | 2–0 | Falmouth | Jeff Trundy | Mike Garza, Harwich | [156] [157] |
| 2012 | Wareham | Cooper Farris | 2–1 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | Kyle Schwarber, Wareham | [158] [159] [160] |
| 2013 | Cotuit | Mike Roberts | 2–0 | Orleans | Kelly Nicholson | Bradley Zimmer, Cotuit | [161] [162] |
| 2014 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–0 | Falmouth | Jeff Trundy | Walker Buehler, Y-D | [163] [164] [165] |
| Marcus Mastrobuoni, Y-D | |||||||
| 2015 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–1 | Hyannis | Chad Gassman | Ben Bowden, Y-D | [166] [167] |
| Donnie Walton, Y-D | |||||||
| 2016 | Y-D | Scott Pickler | 2–1 | Falmouth | Jeff Trundy | Kevin Smith, Y-D | [168] [169] [170] |
| 2017 | Brewster | Jamie Shevchik | 2–1 | Bourne | Harvey Shapiro | Nick Dunn, Brewster | [171] [172] [173] |
| Hunter Bishop, Brewster | |||||||
| 2018 | Wareham | Don Sneddon | 2–0 | Chatham | Tom Holliday | Austin Shenton, Wareham | [174] [175] |
| 2019 | Cotuit | Mike Roberts | 2–0 | Harwich | Steve Englert | Casey Schmitt, Cotuit | [176] [177] |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | ||||||
| Championships by Team, 1963–present | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Won | Played | Last Won | Last Played |
| Cotuit | 15 | 20 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Wareham | 8 | 13 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Y-D* | 8 | 13 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Falmouth | 6 | 14 | 1980 | 2016 |
| Chatham | 5 | 18 | 1998 | 2018 |
| Orleans | 4 | 12 | 2005 | 2013 |
| Harwich | 4 | 9 | 2011 | 2019 |
| Hyannis | 3 | 7 | 1991 | 2015 |
| Brewster | 2 | 3 | 2017 | 2017 |
| Bourne | 1 | 4 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Sagamore † | 1 | 1 | 1965 | 1965 |
| * Includes records of predecessor Yarmouth Indians. † Defunct. | ||||
| Championships by Team, 1923–present | ||
|---|---|---|
| Team | Won | Championship Seasons |
| Cotuit | 17 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1995, 1999, 2010, 2013, 2019 |
| Falmouth | 14 | 1923, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980 |
| Orleans | 11 | 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1986, 1993, 2003, 2005 |
| Y-D* | 10 | 1958, 1960, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Wareham | 9 | 1930, 1976, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2018 |
| Hyannis | 5 | 1926, 1927, 1978, 1979, 1991 |
| Harwich | 5 | 1933, 1983, 1987, 2008, 2011 |
| Sagamore † | 5 | 1951, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1965 |
| Chatham | 5 | 1967, 1982, 1992, 1996, 1998 |
| Osterville † | 4 | 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928 |
| Barnstable † | 2 | 1934, 1937 |
| Bourne | 2 | 1936, 2009 |
| Brewster | 2 | 2000, 2017 |
| Mashpee † | 1 | 1948 |
| * Includes records of predecessor Yarmouth Indians. † Defunct. | ||
| Championships by Manager, 1923–present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Team | Seasons as Manager | Total Seasons | Total Championships | Championship Seasons |
| Scott Pickler | Y-D | 1998–2021 | 23* | 6 | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Bill Livesey | Falmouth Wareham | 1965–1972 (Falmouth) 1976–1977 (Wareham) | 10 | 6 | 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 (Falmouth) 1976 (Wareham) |
| Laurin Peterson | Orleans | 1949–1962 | 14 | 6 | 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957 |
| Jack McCarthy | Cotuit | 1970–1978 | 9 | 5 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 |
| Don Reed | Y-D Wareham | 1987–1990 (Y-D) 1991–1999 (Wareham) | 13 | 4 | 1989, 1990 (Y-D) 1994, 1997 (Wareham) |
| Jim Hubbard | Cotuit | 1961–1969 | 9 | 4 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 |
| Mike Roberts | Wareham Cotuit | 1984, 2000 (Wareham) 2004–2021 (Cotuit) | 19* | 3 | 2010, 2013, 2019 (Cotuit) |
| Cooper Farris | Wareham | 2001–2004 2006–2015 | 14 | 3 | 2001, 2002, 2012 |
| George Greer | Cotuit | 1979–1987 | 9 | 3 | 1981, 1984, 1985 |
| Jack Walsh | Falmouth | 1931–1936 | 6 | 3 | 1931, 1932, 1935 |
| Steve Englert | Harwich | 2003–2021 | 18* | 2 | 2008, 2011 |
| John Schiffner | Chatham | 1993–2017 | 25 | 2 | 1996, 1998 |
| Mike Coutts | Cotuit | 1995–1996 1999–2001 | 5 | 2 | 1995, 1999 |
| Bob Schaefer | Bourne Hyannis | 1971–1972 (Bourne) 1978–1979 (Hyannis) | 4 | 2 | 1978, 1979 (Hyannis) |
| John Halunen | Yarmouth | 1958–1963 | 6 | 2 | 1958, 1960 |
| Manny Pena | Sagamore | 1956–1961 | 6 | 2 | 1956, 1959 |
| George Karras | Sagamore | 1948–1954 | 7 | 2 | 1951, 1954 |
| Pete Herman | Chatham Barnstable | 1930–1931 (Chatham) 1933–1937 (Barnstable) | 7 | 2 | 1934, 1937 (Barnstable) |
| Freddie Moncewicz | Hyannis | 1926–1927 1929–1930 | 4 | 2 | 1926, 1927 |
| * Season count excludes 2020 CCBL season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic. | |||||
The first CCBL All-Star Game took place in 1946, as a squad of Cape League stars battled a collection of Boston Red Sox tryout players. Throughout the Upper and Lower Cape League era (1946–1962), the two divisions routinely featured both intra-divisional all-star contests, as well as an annual inter-divisional CCBL All-Star Game. From 1957 to 1961, the CCBL All-Star Game was sponsored by P. Ballantine and Sons Brewing Company. Ballantine was a major advertising sponsor of the New York Yankees, and arranged for appearances at the CCBL festivities by Yankee alumni including Phil Rizzuto, Elston Howard, Whitey Ford, Moose Skowron, Bill Stafford, Eddie Lopat, and Mel Allen, as well as Brooklyn Dodgers great Roy Campanella.
As the league's modern era began, the All-Star Game continued to be contested between the CCBL's Upper Cape (western) and Lower Cape (eastern) divisions from 1963 to 1969. In 1963, an additional All-Star Game was played by a team from the CCBL against a team from the southeastern Massachusetts-based Cranberry League. The game was played at Keith Field in Sagamore, and the CCBL came out on top, 15–2.
From 1970 to 1987, a team of stars from the CCBL played an annual interleague All-Star Game against stars from the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL). The games were typically played at major league stadiums including Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium in New York, and Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium.
Since 1988, the All-Star Game has been contested between stars representing the CCBL's East and West divisions, and has also featured a pre-game home run hitting contest. The event is normally held at one of the CCBL home fields, though it returned to Fenway Park for a three-year stretch from 2009 to 2011.
| All-Star Game Results, 1946–1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winning Team | Score | Venue | Winning Pitcher | Ref |
| 1946 | CCBL | 9–5 | Brooks Park | [178] [179] | |
| 1947 | Upper Cape | 11–5 | Keith Field | [178] [180] | |
| 1948 | Lower Cape | 4–2 | Brooks Park | [178] [181] | |
| 1949 | No inter-division game | ||||
| 1950 | Lower Cape | 13–4 | Keith Field | Bob Curtis, Harwich | [178] [182] |
| 1951 | Upper Cape | 5–3 | Ezra Baker Field | Charlie Eastman, Falmouth (Falcons) | [183] [184] |
| 1952 | Lower Cape | 8–4 | Keith Field | Tinker Meads, Eastham | [178] [185] |
| 1953 | No inter-division game | ||||
| 1954 | No inter-division game | ||||
| 1955 | No inter-division game | ||||
| 1956 | No inter-division game | ||||
| 1957 | Upper Cape | 6–5 | Keith Field | Cal Burlingame, Cotuit | [186] [187] [188] |
| 1958 | Upper Cape | 6–4 | Ezra Baker Field | Tom Harrington, Wareham | [186] [189] |
| 1959 | TIE | 9–9 | Keith Field | None | [186] [190] |
| 1960 | Upper Cape | 2–1 | Ezra Baker Field | Charlie Bunker, Cotuit | [186] [191] [192] |
| 1961 | Upper Cape | 5–4 | Otis AFB | Bob Butkus, Cotuit | [186] [193] [194] |
| 1962 | Lower Cape | 2–1 | Brooks Park | Tom Yankus, Orleans | [186] [195] |
| All-Star Game Results, 1963–1969 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winning Team | Score | Venue | Winning Pitcher | Ref |
| 1963 | CCBL | 15–2 | Keith Field | Bernie Kilroy, Cotuit | [196] |
| 1963 | Upper Cape | 10–5 | Lowell Park | [197] [198] | |
| 1964 | Upper Cape | 4–2 | Veteran's Field | Bud Knittel, Falmouth | |
| 1965 | Upper Cape | 10–9 | Clem Spillane Field | Steve Kadison, Falmouth | |
| 1966 | Lower Cape | 5–1 | Guv Fuller Field | Joe Jabar, Chatham | |
| 1967 | Lower Cape | 9–1 | Eldredge Park | Chuck Seelbach, Orleans | [199] |
| 1968 | Upper Cape | 3–0 | Veteran's Field | Dave Stone, Falmouth | [200] |
| 1969 | Lower Cape | 4–0 | Whitehouse Field | Hank Bunnell, Chatham | [201] |
| All-Star Game Results, 1970–1987 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winning Team | Score | Venue | Game MVP | Winning Pitcher | Ref |
| 1970 | CCBL | 6–3 | Yankee Stadium | Not Awarded | Paul Mitchell, Falmouth | [202] |
| 1971 | CCBL | 6–3 | Veteran's Field | Not Awarded | Paul Mitchell, Falmouth | [203] |
| 1972* | Falmouth Commodores | 8–1 | Guv Fuller Field | Not Awarded | Mike Flanagan, Falmouth | [204] |
| 1973 | CCBL | 13–7 | Yankee Stadium | Jim Riggleman, Falmouth | Dave Schuler, Yarmouth | [205] |
| 1974 | ACBL | 4–2 | Guv Fuller Field | Tom Sohns, ACBL | Jeff Albert, ACBL | [206] |
| 1975 | CCBL | 1–0 | Fenway Park | Steve Tipa, ACBL | Kent Seaman, Yarmouth | [207] |
| 1976 | CCBL | 4–1 | Yankee Stadium | Steve Taylor, Chatham | Steve Taylor, Chatham | [208] |
| 1977 | CCBL | 8–3 | Fenway Park | Steve Balboni, Y-D | Brian Denman, Cotuit | [209] |
| 1978 | Cancelled due to weather | [210] | ||||
| 1979 | CCBL | 6–5 | Fenway Park | Ross Jones, Hyannis | Ed Olwine, Hyannis | [211] |
| 1980 | CCBL | 10–9 | Yankee Stadium | Ron Darling, Cotuit | Joe Pursell, Cotuit | [212] |
| 1981 | TIE | 4–4 | Fenway Park | Wade Rowdon, Orleans | None | [213] |
| 1982 | ACBL | 5–2 | Shea Stadium | Bill Ashford, ACBL | Bob Layne, ACBL | [214] |
| 1983 | CCBL | 6–2 | Fenway Park | Jamie Sims, ACBL | Dennis Livingston, Wareham | [215] |
| 1984 | CCBL | 7–3 | Veterans Stadium | Mike Loggins, Harwich | Joe Magrane, Harwich | [216] |
| 1985 | CCBL | 12–9 | Fenway Park | Ken Jackson, ACBL | Mark Hatje, Y-D | [217] |
| 1986 | CCBL | 6–2 | Shea Stadium | Jack Armstrong, Wareham | Tony Ariola, Cotuit | [218] |
| 1987 | CCBL | 10–1 | Fenway Park | Joe Hall, Y-D | Andy Berg, Harwich | [219] |
| All-Star Game Results, 1988–present | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winning Division | All-Time Record | Score | Venue | East MVP † | West MVP † | Home Run Hitting Contest Champion | Ref |
| 1988 | West | (1–0–0 West) | 4–3 | Eldredge Park | J.T. Bruett, Cotuit (MVP) | Frank Thomas, Orleans | [220] | |
| Brian Ahern, Harwich (OP) | ||||||||
| 1989 | East | (1–1–0) | 3–0 | Eldredge Park | Jim Austin, Harwich (MVP) | Mike Thomas, Orleans | [221] | |
| Lance Dickson, Orleans (OP) | ||||||||
| 1990 | West | (2–1–0 West) | 9–1 | Eldredge Park | Mark Smith, Wareham (MVP) | Mike Gropusso, Orleans | [222] | |
| Larry Thomas, Y-D (OP) | ||||||||
| 1991 | East | (2–2–0) | 7–4 | Guv Fuller Field | Will Scalzitti, Brewster | Doug Hecker, Hyannis | Chad McConnell, Hyannis | [223] |
| 1992 | West | (3–2–0 West) | 3–1 | Whitehouse Field | Billy Wagner, Brewster | Rick Ellstrom, Cotuit | Todd Greene, Y-D | [224] |
| 1993 | West | (4–2–0 West) | 9–3 | Clem Spillane Field | Geoff Blum, Brewster | Roy Marsh, Wareham | Scott Krause, Cotuit | [225] |
| 1994 | West | (5–2–0 West) | 6–1 | Eldredge Park | Dan Kurtz, Harwich | Boomer Whipple, Cotuit | Todd Helton, Orleans | [226] |
| 1995 | West | (6–2–0 West) | 4–0 | Guv Fuller Field | Gary Burnham, Orleans | Dan Olson, Hyannis | Dan Olson, Hyannis | [227] |
| 1996 | TIE | (6–2–1 West) | 6–6 | Red Wilson Field | C.J. Ankrum, Brewster | Kevin Nicholson, Wareham | Eddy Furniss, Y-D | [228] |
| 1997 | West | (7–2–1 West) | 5–4 | McKeon Park | Edmund Muth, Y-D | Jason Edgar, Falmouth | John Scheschuk, Cotuit | [229] |
| 1998 | East | (7–3–1 West) | 3–2 | Veteran's Field | Matt Cepicky, Chatham | Todd Donovan, Cotuit | Matt Cepicky, Chatham | [230] |
| 1999 | West | (8–3–1 West) | 6–4 | Clem Spillane Field | Mark Teixeira, Orleans | Garrett Atkins, Cotuit | Doc Brooks, Falmouth | [231] |
| 2000 | East | (8–4–1 West) | 7–6 | Cape Cod Regional Technical High School | Ryan Stegall, Harwich | Brian Stavisky, Hyannis | Jason Cooper, Y-D | [232] |
| 2001 | East | (8–5–1 West) | 10–1 | Guv Fuller Field | Russ Adams, Orleans | Matt Murton, Wareham | Jason Cooper, Y-D | [233] |
| 2002 | West | (9–5–1 West) | 4–1 | Whitehouse Field | Tim Stauffer, Chatham | Brian Snyder, Cotuit | Matt Murton, Wareham | [234] |
| 2003 | East | (9–6–1 West) | 3–1 | Guv Fuller Field | Garrett Mock, Y-D | Sam Fuld, Hyannis | Cesar Nicolas, Orleans | [235] |
| 2004 | East | (9–7–1 West) | 13–0 | Eldredge Park | Frank Curreri, Y-D | Dallas Buck, Falmouth | Austin Easley, Bourne | [236] |
| 2005 | East | (9–8–1 West) | 1–0 | McKeon Park | Colin Curtis, Orleans | Daniel Bard, Wareham | Aaron Bates, Brewster | [237] |
| 2006 | East | (9–9–1) | 7–2 | Red Wilson Field | Josh Satin, Orleans | Brad Chalk, Falmouth | Mitch Moreland, Bourne | [238] [239] |
| 2007 | East | (10–9–1 East) | 3–2 | Clem Spillane Field | Dennis Raben, Orleans | Aaron Crow, Falmouth | Luke Murton, Wareham | [240] |
| 2008 | East | (11–9–1 East) | 8–6 | Veteran's Field | Grant Green, Chatham | Ben Paulsen, Hyannis | Angelo Songco, Orleans | [241] |
| 2009 | West | (11–10–1 East) | 3–0 | Fenway Park | Chris Sale, Y-D | Zack Cox, Cotuit | Connor Powers, Harwich | [242] |
| 2010 | West | (11–11–1) | 5–0 | Fenway Park | Caleb Ramsey, Y-D | Zach Wilson, Wareham | Paul Hoilman, Cotuit | [243] |
| 2011 | East | (12–11–1 East) | 4–1 | Fenway Park | James Ramsey, Y-D | Konner Wade, Wareham | Richie Shaffer, Chatham | [244] |
| 2012 | TIE | (12–11–2 East) | 1–1 | Whitehouse Field | Alex Blandino, Y-D | Daniel Palka, Wareham | JaCoby Jones, Harwich | [245] |
| 2013 | East | (13–11–2 East) | 9–3 | Red Wilson Field | J. D. Davis, Chatham | Kevin Cron, Falmouth | Skyler Ewing, Hyannis | [246] |
| 2014 | West | (13–12–2 East) | 5–0 | Doran Park | A.J. Murray, Chatham | Ryan Perez, Hyannis | Sal Annunziata, Harwich | [247] |
| 2015 | East | (14–12–2 East) | 1–0 | Clem Spillane Field | Donnie Walton, Y-D | Devin Smeltzer, Hyannis | Logan Sowers, Wareham | [248] |
| Ian Hamilton, Wareham | ||||||||
| 2016 | West | (14–13–2 East) | 8–0 | Veteran's Field | B.J. Myers, Harwich | Zach Rutherford, Hyannis | Kameron Esthay, Hyannis | [249] |
| 2017 | East | (15–13–2 East) | 5–3 | Clem Spillane Field | Jimmy Herron, Orleans | Griffin Conine, Cotuit | Stephen Scott, Orleans | [250] |
| 2018 | West | (15–14–2 East) | 4–3 | Whitehouse Field | Reid Detmers, Brewster | Spencer Brickhouse, Bourne | Carter Aldrete, Orleans | [251] |
| 2019 | East | (16–14–2 East) | 6–5 | Eldredge Park | Brett Auerbach, Brewster | Matt McLain, Wareham | Tyler Hardman, Brewster | [252] |
| Gage Workman, Brewster | ||||||||
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | |||||||
| CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee | |
| * | Due to a scheduling conflict with the ACBL, the 1972 All-Star Game was contested between the CCBL all-stars and the defending league champion Falmouth Commodores. [253] |
| † | From 1988 to 1990, a single MVP and a single Outstanding Pitcher (OP) were named. Beginning in 1991, an MVP was named from each division. |
The league annually presents several individual awards, including:
- The Pat Sorenti MVP Award
- The Robert A. McNeece Outstanding Pro Prospect Award
- The BFC Whitehouse Outstanding Pitcher Award
- The Russ Ford Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award
- The Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award
- The Manny Robello 10th Player Award
- The John J. Claffey Outstanding New England Player Award
- The Thurman Munson Award for Batting Champion
| Year | MVP | Outstanding Pro Prospect | Outstanding Pitcher | Outstanding Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | Outstanding New Englander | Batting Champ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Ken Voges Chatham (.505) |
| 1964 | Ken Huebner Cotuit | Not Awarded | Bernie Kilroy Cotuit | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Harry Nelson Bourne (.390) |
| 1965 | Ron Bugbee Sagamore | Not Awarded | Noel Kinski Sagamore | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | John Awdycki Orleans (.407) |
| 1966 | Ed Drucker Harwich | Not Awarded | Joe Jabar Chatham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Tom Weir Chatham (.420) |
| 1967 | Thurman Munson Chatham | Not Awarded | Joe Jabar Chatham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Thurman Munson Chatham (.420) |
| 1968 | Dick Licini Bourne | Not Awarded | Phil Corddry Orleans | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Dick Licini Bourne (.382) |
| 1969 | Jim Norris Orleans | Not Awarded | Paul Mitchell Falmouth | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Jim Norris Orleans (.415) |
| MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
| 1970 | Jim Prete Wareham | Not Awarded | Paul Mitchell Falmouth | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Mike Eden Orleans (.378) |
| 1971 | Joe Barkauskas Wareham | Not Awarded | Bob Majczan Wareham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Ken Doria Chatham (.346) |
| 1972 | Brad Linden Orleans | Not Awarded | John Caneira Bourne | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Ed Orrizzi Falmouth (.372) |
| 1973 | Steve Newell Wareham | Not Awarded | John Caneira Chatham | Not Awarded | Jeff Washington Orleans | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Dave Bergman Chatham (.341) |
| 1974 | Phil Welch Wareham | Not Awarded | Andy Muhlstock Harwich | Not Awarded | Jim Foxwell Wareham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Pete Ross Yarmouth (.357) |
| 1975 | Paul O'Neill Cotuit | Not Awarded | Jerry Hoffman Wareham | Not Awarded | Ed Kuchar Orleans | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Paul O'Neill Cotuit (.358) |
| 1976 | Nat Showalter Hyannis | Bobby Sprowl Wareham | Mickey O'Connor Chatham | Not Awarded | Joe Gurascio Chatham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Nat Showalter Hyannis (.434) |
| Steve Taylor Chatham | ||||||||
| 1977 | Steve Balboni Y-D | Steve Balboni Y-D | Karl Steffen Wareham | Not Awarded | Russ Quetti Chatham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Del Bender Cotuit (.395) |
| Brian Denman Cotuit | ||||||||
| 1978 | Bill Schroeder Hyannis | Bill Schroeder Hyannis | Chuck Dale Orleans | Not Awarded | Gary Cicatiello Falmouth | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Randy LaVigne Cotuit (.370) |
| Randy LaVigne Cotuit | ||||||||
| 1979 | Ron Perry Jr. Hyannis | Ross Jones Hyannis | Walt Terrell Chatham | Not Awarded | Gary Kaczor Harwich | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Ross Jones Hyannis (.407) |
| John McDonald Wareham | ||||||||
| MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
| 1980 | Ron Darling Cotuit | Ron Darling Cotuit | Joe Pursell Cotuit | Not Awarded | Steve Lombardozzi Falmouth | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Brick Smith Hyannis (.391) |
| Brick Smith Hyannis | ||||||||
| 1981 | John Morris Wareham | Wade Rowdon Orleans | Greg Myers Harwich | Not Awarded | Joe Sickles Y-D | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Sam Nattile Falmouth (.443) |
| Gary Melillo Wareham | ||||||||
| Jim Sherman Chatham | ||||||||
| 1982 | Terry Steinbach Cotuit | Gary Kanwisher Chatham | Scott Murray Harwich | Not Awarded | Jeff Innis Cotuit | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Terry Steinbach Cotuit (.431) |
| 1983 | Greg Lotzar Cotuit | Cory Snyder Harwich | Dennis Livingston Wareham | Not Awarded | Jim Howard Hyannis | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Greg Lotzar Cotuit (.414) |
| 1984 | Joey Cora Chatham | Mike Loggins Harwich | Bill Cunningham Wareham | Not Awarded | Tom Hildebrand Cotuit | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Jim McCollom Falmouth (.413) |
| 1985 | Greg Vaughn Cotuit | John Ramos Cotuit | John Howes Orleans | Not Awarded | Dan Arendas Wareham | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Tim McIntosh Chatham (.392) |
| Casey Close Harwich | ||||||||
| 1986 | Scott Hemond Harwich | Cris Carpenter Cotuit | Jack Armstrong Wareham | Not Awarded | Jim DePalo Chatham | Scott Coolbaugh Chatham | Not Awarded | Scott Hemond Harwich (.358) |
| 1987 | Mickey Morandini Y-D | Robin Ventura Hyannis | Pat Hope Hyannis | Not Awarded | Mike Hensley Wareham | Tom Aldrich Hyannis | Not Awarded | Mickey Morandini Y-D (.376) |
| 1988 | Dave Staton Brewster | Chuck Knoblauch Wareham | John Thoden Wareham | Not Awarded | Will Vespe Hyannis | Steve O'Donnell Y-D | Not Awarded | Chuck Knoblauch Wareham (.361) |
| 1989 | Kurt Olson Y-D | Tyler Green Hyannis | Mike Hostetler Cotuit | Not Awarded | Brian Bark Orleans | Bob Rivell Bourne | Not Awarded | Bob Rivell Bourne (.358) |
| MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
| 1990 | Mark Smith Wareham | Doug Glanville Wareham | Bill Wissler Bourne | Not Awarded | Mark Sweeney Y-D | Chris Demetral Cotuit | Not Awarded | Mark Smith Wareham (.408) |
| 1991 | Brent Killen Y-D | Derek Wallace Chatham | Bill Wissler Bourne | Brad Clontz Wareham | Craig Mayes Falmouth | Jack Stanczak Wareham | Not Awarded | Mike Hickey Wareham (.366) |
| 1992 | Rick Ellstrom Cotuit | Billy Wagner Brewster | John Kelly Cotuit | Scott Smith Chatham | Lou Merloni Cotuit | Steve Hirschman Falmouth | Not Awarded | Lou Merloni Cotuit (.321) |
| 1993 | Jason Varitek Hyannis | Chris Clemons Y-D | Andy Taulbee Y-D | Don Nestor Falmouth | Paul Ottavinia Chatham | Nomar Garciaparra Orleans | Not Awarded | Jason Varitek Hyannis (.371) |
| 1994 | Darin Erstad Falmouth | Dave Shepard Orleans | Bob St. Pierre Falmouth | Scott Winchester Falmouth | Karl Thompson Wareham | Matt Quattraro Harwich | Not Awarded | Jon Petke Y-D (.379) |
| 1995 | Josh Paul Cotuit | Josh Paul Cotuit | Eddie Yarnall Harwich | Brendan Sullivan Cotuit | Scott Steinmann Falmouth | Scott Sollmann Brewster | Not Awarded | Josh Paul Cotuit (.364) |
| Jason Ramsey Chatham | ||||||||
| 1996 | Kevin Nicholson Wareham | Matt Anderson Chatham | Billy Coleman Harwich | Drew Fischer Brewster | Andre Champagne Falmouth | Jermaine Clark Chatham | Not Awarded | Lance Berkman Wareham (.352) |
| Clint Chrysler Wareham | ||||||||
| 1997 | Carlos Pena Wareham | Kip Wells Brewster | Brent Hoard Harwich | Chris Aronson Cotuit | Carlos Pena Wareham | Alex Santos Hyannis | Not Awarded | Jason McConnell Y-D (.345) |
| 1998 | Bobby Kielty Brewster | Kyle Snyder Chatham | Phil Devey Wareham | Tim Lavigne Bourne/Chatham | Ben Johnstone Brewster | Jeff House Bourne | Not Awarded | Bobby Kielty Brewster (.384) |
| Jeff Heaverlo Cotuit | ||||||||
| 1999 | Lance Niekro Orleans | Mark Teixeira Orleans | Rik Currier Chatham | Derrick DePriest Chatham | Curtis Sapp Hyannis | James Ramshaw Cotuit | Not Awarded | Jaime Bubela Wareham (.370) |
| Pat Pinkman Wareham | ||||||||
| MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
| 2000 | Mike Fontenot Wareham | Bob Brownlie Falmouth | Dan Krines Chatham | Taft Cable Orleans | Bryan Prince Orleans | John Baker Y-D | Not Awarded | Steve Stanley Brewster (.329) |
| Ben Crockett Wareham | Dan Rich Brewster | |||||||
| 2001 | Matt Murton Wareham | Russ Adams Orleans | Chris Leonard Wareham | Ryan Speier Bourne | Bill Peavey Cotuit | Adam Bourassa Y-D | Ben Crockett Wareham | Eric Reed Wareham (.365) |
| 2002 | Pete Stonard Cotuit | Wes Whisler Y-D | Brian Rogers Orleans | Zane Carlson Chatham | Ryan Hanigan Orleans | Ryan Hanigan Orleans | Ryan Hanigan Orleans | Pete Stonard Cotuit (.348) |
| Shaun Marcum Harwich | ||||||||
| 2003 | J.C. Holt Brewster | Wade Townsend Wareham | Eric Beattie Bourne | Jarrett Santos Brewster | Richard Mercado Hyannis | Justin Maxwell Bourne | Chris Lambert Chatham | J.C. Holt Brewster (.388) |
| 2004 | Daniel Carte Falmouth | Tyler Greene Orleans | Matt Goyen Brewster | Kevin Whelan Wareham | Chris Robinson Hyannis | Cliff Pennington Falmouth | Frank Curreri Y-D | Ryan Patterson Brewster (.327) |
| 2005 | Evan Longoria Chatham | Andrew Miller Chatham | Andrew Miller Chatham | Steven Wright Orleans | Joel Collins Wareham | Brad Lincoln Bourne | Tim Norton Falmouth | Chris Coghlan Chatham (.346) |
| Tim Norton Falmouth | ||||||||
| 2006 | Justin Smoak Cotuit | Matt Wieters Orleans | Terry Doyle Y-D | Joshua Fields Y-D | Matt LaPorta Brewster | Andrew Walker Falmouth | Charlie Furbush Hyannis | Matt Mangini Hyannis (.310) |
| Shaun Seibert Brewster | ||||||||
| 2007 | Conor Gillaspie Falmouth | Aaron Crow Falmouth | Tom Milone Chatham | Nick Cassavechia Y-D | Shea Robin Hyannis | Nate Freiman Orleans | Bill Perry Bourne | Conor Gillaspie Falmouth (.345) |
| 2008 | A.J. Pollock Falmouth | Grant Green Chatham | Nick McCully Bourne | Russell Brewer Hyannis | Kevin Patterson Cotuit | Andrew Giobbi Harwich | Ryan Quigley Harwich | Jimmy Cesario Falmouth (.387) |
| 2009 | Kyle Roller Bourne | Todd Cunningham Falmouth | Chris Sale Y-D | Tyler Burgoon Y-D | Pierre LePage Bourne | Pierre LePage Bourne | Mickey Wiswall Y-D | Todd Cunningham Falmouth (.378) |
| MVP | Pro Prospect | Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | Sportsmanship | 10th Player | New Englander | Batting Champ | |
| 2010 | Kolten Wong Orleans | Tony Zych Bourne | Grayson Garvin Bourne | Tony Zych Bourne | Joe Panik Y-D | Clint Moore Harwich | Matt Watson Y-D | John Ruettiger Hyannis (.369) |
| 2011 | Travis Jankowski Bourne | Victor Roache Cotuit | Ryan Eades Bourne | Trevor Gott Orleans | Patrick Cantwell Bourne | Ben Waldrip Orleans | Nate Koneski Falmouth | Stephen Piscotty Y-D (.349) |
| 2012 | Phil Ervin Harwich | Sean Manaea Hyannis | Sean Manaea Hyannis | Dan Slania Cotuit | Zak Blair Y-D | Jake Hernandez Orleans | Tyler Horan Wareham | Patrick Biondi Y-D (.388) |
| 2013 | Max Pentecost Bourne | Jeff Hoffman Hyannis | Lukas Schiraldi Chatham | Eric Eck Hyannis | Connor Joe Chatham | Matt Troupe Orleans | Tommy Lawrence Chatham | Kevin Newman Falmouth (.375) |
| 2014 | Kevin Newman Falmouth | Phil Bickford Y-D | Kolton Mahoney Orleans | Phil Bickford Y-D | Anthony Hermelyn Harwich | A.J. Murray Chatham | Chris Shaw Chatham | Kevin Newman Falmouth (.385) |
| Adam Whitt Cotuit | ||||||||
| 2015 | Nick Senzel Brewster | Nick Senzel Brewster | Mitchell Jordan Orleans | Austin Conway Bourne | Will Haynie Cotuit | Johnny Adams Harwich | Aaron Civale Hyannis | Andrew Calica Wareham (.425) |
| Thomas Hackimer Brewster | ||||||||
| 2016 | Ernie Clement Harwich | Michael Gigliotti Falmouth | Jeff Passantino Falmouth | Garrett Cave Hyannis | Johnny Adams Harwich | Austin Filiere Harwich | Willy Yahn Bourne | Cole Freeman Wareham (.374) |
| 2017 | Greyson Jenista Cotuit | Griffin Conine Cotuit | Kris Bubic Y-D | Riley McCauley Y-D | Joshua Breaux Falmouth | Marty Bechina Falmouth | Mickey Gasper Brewster | Tanner Dodson Wareham (.350) |
| Ryan Feltner Bourne | ||||||||
| 2018 | Matthew Barefoot Hyannis | J.J. Bleday Orleans | Adam Laskey Falmouth | Dylan Thomas Hyannis | Maverick Handley Falmouth | Andre Lipcius Harwich | Justin Lasko Bourne | Matthew Barefoot Hyannis (.379) |
| Jacob Wallace Bourne | ||||||||
| 2019 | Nick Gonzales Cotuit | Austin Wells Y-D | Ian Bedell Wareham | Zachary Brzykcy Falmouth | Max Troiani Orleans | Austin Masel Falmouth | Jared Shuster Orleans | Zach DeLoach Falmouth (.353) |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | |||||||
| CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee |
Individual season records below are for a 42-game regular season from 1963 to 1987 and a 44-game regular season from 1988–present.
Aluminum bats were used from 1975 through 1984.
Individual batting, season (1963–present) Edit
| Batting Average (AVG) | ||
|---|---|---|
| AVG | Player | Year |
| .505 | Ken Voges, Chatham | 1963 |
| .443 | Sam Nattile, Falmouth | 1981 |
| .434 | Nat "Buck" Showalter, Hyannis | 1976 |
| .431 | Terry Steinbach, Cotuit | 1982 |
| .425 | Andrew Calica, Wareham | 2015 |
| .420 | Thurman Munson, Chatham | 1967 |
| .420 | Tom Weir, Chatham | 1966 |
| Home Runs (HR) | ||
|---|---|---|
| HR | Player | Year |
| 22 | Cory Snyder, Harwich | 1983 |
| 16 | Tyler Horan, Wareham | 2012 |
| 16 | Dave Staton, Brewster | 1988 |
| 16 | Tim Teufel, Cotuit | 1979 |
| 15 | Jim McCollom, Falmouth | 1984 |
| 15 | Bill Schroeder, Hyannis | 1978 |
| Runs Batted In (RBI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| RBI | Player | Year |
| 54 | Doug Fisher, Falmouth | 1984 |
| 54 | Terry Steinbach, Cotuit | 1982 |
| 52 | Mike Lopez, Wareham | 1982 |
| 52 | Tim Teufel, Cotuit | 1979 |
| 51 | Chris Morgan, Hyannis | 1983 |
| At Bats (AB) | ||
|---|---|---|
| AB | Player | Year |
| 191 | Paul Ottavinia, Chatham | 1993 |
| 189 | Don Samra, Wareham | 1983 |
| 188 | Warner Jones, Wareham | 2004 |
| 186 | Warner Jones, Wareham | 2003 |
| Runs Scored (R) | ||
|---|---|---|
| R | Player | Year |
| 50 | John Morris, Wareham | 1981 |
| 48 | Tim Teufel, Cotuit | 1979 |
| 47 | Cory Snyder, Harwich | 1983 |
| 47 | Ron Perry Jr., Hyannis | 1979 |
| Base Hits (H) | ||
|---|---|---|
| H | Player | Year |
| 75 | Terry Steinbach, Cotuit | 1982 |
| 70 | Sam Nattile, Falmouth | 1981 |
| 70 | Rod Peters, Harwich | 1981 |
| 69 | Mark Smith, Wareham | 1990 |
| 69 | Ron Perry Jr., Hyannis | 1979 |
| Doubles (2B) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2B | Player | Year |
| 19 | Dan Olson, Hyannis | 1994 |
| 19 | Walt Weiss, Wareham | 1984 |
| 18 | Kevin Nicholson, Wareham | 1996 |
| 18 | Terry Steinbach, Cotuit | 1982 |
| Triples (3B) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3B | Player | Year |
| 8 | Bruce Thompson, Hyannis | 1993 |
| 8 | Ed Drucker, Harwich | 1966 |
| 7 | Travis Jankowski, Bourne | 2011 |
| 7 | Jeff Groth, Chatham | 1978 |
| Stolen Bases (SB) | ||
|---|---|---|
| SB | Player | Year |
| 48 | Roy Marsh, Wareham | 1993 |
| 47 | Jeremy Carr, Chatham | 1992 |
| 43 | Mickey Morandini, Y-D | 1987 |
| 42 | Billy Rapp, Wareham | 1986 |
Individual pitching, season (1963–present) Edit
| Wins (W) | ||
|---|---|---|
| W | Player | Year |
| 11 | Pat Hope, Hyannis | 1987 |
| 10 | Noel Kinski, Sagamore | 1965 |
| 9 | (12 players tied) | |
| Strikeouts (SO) | ||
|---|---|---|
| SO | Player | Year |
| 126 | Paul Mitchell, Falmouth | 1969 |
| 122 | Dan O'Brien, Chatham | 1974 |
| 120 | Bill Fuller, Chatham | 1972 |
| 119 | John Caneira, Bourne | 1972 |
| 118 | John Caneira, Chatham | 1973 |
| Earned Run Average (ERA) | ||
|---|---|---|
| ERA | Player | Year |
| 0.21 | Mitchell Jordan, Orleans | 2015 |
| 0.21 | Eric Milton, Falmouth | 1996 |
| 0.39 | Shaun Seibert, Brewster | 2006 |
| 0.39 | Eric Beattie, Bourne | 2003 |
| 0.40 | Brian Rogers, Orleans | 2002 |
| 0.43 | Jonathan Gonzalez, Wareham | 2000 |
| 0.45 | Ed Baird, Chatham | 1965 |
| 0.55 | Kyle Schmidt, Bourne | 2003 |
| Minimum 34 innings pitched | ||
| Games (G) | ||
|---|---|---|
| G | Player | Year |
| 30 | Jeff Innis, Cotuit | 1982 |
| 29 | Ryan Cahalan, Cotuit | 2004 |
| 29 | Mike Dennison, Bourne | 2001 |
| 27 | Donnie Bivens, Y-D | 1996 |
| Innings Pitched (IP) | ||
|---|---|---|
| IP | Player | Year |
| 123 | Walt Terrell, Chatham | 1979 |
| 115 | Pat Hope, Hyannis | 1987 |
| 111 | John Caneira, Bourne | 1972 |
| 110 | Dan O'Brien, Chatham | 1974 |
| 110 | Oz Griebel, Harwich | 1970 |
| Saves (SV) | ||
|---|---|---|
| SV | Player | Year |
| 16 | Ryan Speier, Bourne | 2001 |
| 15 | Derrick DePriest, Chatham | 1999 |
| 13 | Josh Fields, Y-D | 2006 |
| 13 | Clint Chrysler, Wareham | 1996 |
| 13 | Drew Fischer, Brewster | 1996 |
| 13 | Scott Winchester, Falmouth | 1994 |
No-hit games Edit
| Year | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Score | Location | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Arthur Staff | Hyannis | Quartermasters of Boston | 8–1 | [254] | ||
| 1915 | Walt Whittaker | Falmouth | Oak Bluffs | 6–0 | Central Park Field | [255] | |
| 1916 | Ed Gill | Hyannis | Falmouth | 3–0 | [256] | ||
| 1917 | Ed Gill | Hyannis | Rockland | 2–0 | [257] | ||
| 1917 | Charles Zeigler | Falmouth | Romar A.A. of Dorchester | 5–0 | [258] [259] | ||
| 1922 | Franklin Bearse | Osterville | Middleboro | 10–1 | West Bay Field | [260] | |
| 1937 | Norman Merrill | Barnstable | Bourne | 5–0 | [41] | ||
| 1947 | Roche Pires | Falmouth | Bourne | 5–1 | [178] | ||
| 1947 | Roche Pires | Falmouth | Sandwich | 15–0 | [178] | ||
| 1948 | Ed Peterson | Falmouth | Sandwich | 5–0 | 5-inning game | [178] [261] | |
| 1948 | Jack Cunningham | Bourne | Sandwich | 4–0 | [178] | ||
| 1948 | Bob Johnson | Chatham | Yarmouth | 5–0 | [262] [178] | ||
| 1949 | Johnny Drew | Osterville | Cotuit | 2–0 | [178] | ||
| 1949 | Bob Burgess | Brewster | Harwich Cape Verdeans | 6–0 | [178] | ||
| 1949 | Copeland Rogers | Barnstable | Otis AFB | 1–0 | [178] | ||
| 1950 | Roche Pires | Falmouth | Maritime | 7–0 | 7-inning game | [263] | |
| 1950 | Lefty Morrison | Otis AFB | Osterville | 6–0 | [178] | ||
| 1950 | Charlie Jones | Chatham | Harwich Cape Verdeans | 9–0 | [178] | ||
| 1951 | Carlos Penzi | Barnstable | Falmouth (Falcons) | 0–1 | Combined Lost game | [178] | |
| Jackie Gomez | |||||||
| 1951 | Ron Roth | Cotuit | Falmouth (Falcons) | 4–0 | Central Park Field | [264] | |
| 1952 | Jack McCarthy | Falmouth | Falmouth (Falcons) | 2–1 | Central Park Field | Not to be confused with CCBL HOF'er Jack McCarthy | [178] [265] |
| 1952 | Ted Reynolds | Yarmouth | North Truro AFS | 9–0 | [178] | ||
| 1952 | Jim Patterson | Sagamore | Cotuit | 7–2 | [178] | ||
| 1953 | Cal Burlingame | Yarmouth | Chatham | 4–1 | [178] | ||
| 1953 | Jim Patterson | Sagamore | Wareham | 5–2 | [178] | ||
| 1953 | Bill Palmer | Eastham | Harwich | 4–0 | [178] | ||
| 1953 | Jack Sanford | Sagamore | Falmouth (Falcons) | 12–0 | Central Park Field | [266] | |
| 1953 | Jim Patterson | Sagamore | Mashpee | 8–0 | [178] | ||
| 1954 | Cal Burlingame | Yarmouth | Eastham | 1–0 | [178] | ||
| 1954 | Roy Bruninghaus | Orleans | Yarmouth | 4–0 | Perfect game | [178] | |
| 1954 | Dick Smith | Sagamore | Mashpee | 3–0 | [178] | ||
| 1955 | Larry Cumming | Sagamore | Wareham | 3–0 | [186] | ||
| 1955 | Jack Sanford | Sagamore | Cotuit | 6–0 | [186] | ||
| 1956 | John Linnell | Orleans | Brewster | 8–0 | [186] | ||
| 1957 | Jerry Rood | Yarmouth | Brewster | 2–0 | [186] | ||
| 1957 | Jerry Glynn | Chatham | Dennis | 7–0 | [186] | ||
| 1957 | Tom Kraus | Otis AFB | Maritime | 4–0 | [267] | ||
| 1959 | Russ Nixon | Sagamore | Maritime | 10–0 | [186] | ||
| 1960 | Charlie Richards | Dennis | Chatham | 9–0 | [186] | ||
| 1961 | Johnny Coburn | Wareham | Maritime | 6–0 | [186] | ||
| 1961 | Bernie Kilroy | Cotuit | Maritime | 12–0 | [186] | ||
| 1961 | Dick Cassani | Yarmouth | Orleans | 3–0 | Playoff game | [268] | |
| 1962 | John Bouzan | Orleans | Yarmouth | 3–0 | [186] | ||
| 1962 | Frank Kashita | Chatham | Yarmouth | 6–0 | [186] | ||
| 1963 | Chuck Richards | Orleans | Otis AFB | 5–1 | [198] | ||
| 1963 | Don Antonangeli | Harwich | Yarmouth | 4–0 | [198] | ||
| 1963 | Bob Butkus | Cotuit | Wareham | 0–0 | 7-inning game Tie game | [198] | |
| 1964 | Don Gagner | Wareham | Otis AFB | 24–0 | [198] | ||
| 1964 | Bob Fenton | Yarmouth | Otis AFB | 3–0 | [198] | ||
| 1964 | Fran Walsh | Chatham | Sagamore | 5–0 | [198] | ||
| 1964 | Ray Hartmann | Orleans | Otis AFB | 17–0 | [198] | ||
| 1964 | Bud Knittel | Falmouth | Wareham | 1–0 | Clem Spillane Field | [198] | |
| 1964 | Frank Ward | Sagamore | Wareham | 0–2 | Clem Spillane Field | Combined Lost game | [198] |
| Jack Clough | |||||||
| 1965 | Carl Boteze | Falmouth | Wareham | 19–0 | [198] | ||
| 1965 | Tom Yankus | Orleans | Yarmouth | 4–0 | [269] [198] | ||
| 1966 | Len Sheflott | Falmouth | Sagamore | 3–0 | 6-inning game | [270] | |
| 1966 | Don Wieland | Chatham | Yarmouth | 10–0 | 5-inning game | [270] | |
| 1966 | Noel Kinski | Falmouth | Wareham | 16–0 | 6-inning game Combined | [198] | |
| Gordy Engstrom | |||||||
| 1967 | Chuck Seelbach | Orleans | Chatham | 1–1 | Eldredge Park | 7-inning game Tie game | [198] [271] |
| 1967 | John Heffron | Falmouth | Wareham | 4–0 | [198] | ||
| 1967 | Don Gabriel | Chatham | Harwich | 6–1 | Veteran's Field | Caught by Thurman Munson | [198] [272] |
| 1967 | Jim Courier | Cotuit | Falmouth | 6–1 | [198] [273] | ||
| 1967 | Doug Smith | Cotuit | Wareham | 8–1 | [270] | ||
| 1967 | Joe Lasorsa | Harwich | Yarmouth | 2–0 | 5-inning game | [198] | |
| 1967 | Ron Drews | Falmouth | Bourne | 6–0 | 7-inning game | [270] | |
| 1967 | Bill Pettingell | Yarmouth | Bourne | 5–0 | [198] [274] | ||
| 1968 | Ron Soucie | Cotuit | Bourne | 1–2 | Lost game | [198] | |
| 1968 | Stan Thomas | Yarmouth | Chatham | 2–0 | [198] | ||
| 1969 | Ed Szado | Cotuit | Bourne | 5–0 | [275] [276] | ||
| 1970 | Fred Thatcher | Yarmouth | Chatham | 4–3 | Combined | [277] | |
| Brian Martin | |||||||
| 1971 | Jim Jachym | Falmouth | Cotuit | 3–0 | [277] | ||
| 1971 | Mike Pazik | Orleans | Harwich | 6–0 | [278] | ||
| 1971 | Rick Burley | Cotuit | Harwich | 2–0 | [279] | ||
| 1971 | Russ Peach | Falmouth | Yarmouth | 3–0 | [280] | ||
| 1973 | Fred Stewart | Chatham | Harwich | 2–1 | [277] | ||
| 1985 | Bob O'Brien | Orleans | Cotuit | 8–0 | Eldredge Park | [270] [281] | |
| 1987 | Dave Fitzgerald | Cotuit | Harwich | 6–0 | [270] | ||
| 1987 | Pat Hope | Hyannis | Wareham | 10–0 | Perfect game | [282] | |
| 1991 | Steve Duda | Chatham | Y-D | 5–0 | [283] | ||
| 1991 | Richard King | Hyannis | Wareham | 3–0 | Playoff game caught by Jason Varitek | [284] | |
| 1993 | Matt Morris | Hyannis | Falmouth | 4–0 | 6-inning game caught by Jason Varitek | [284] | |
| 1994 | Mark Watson | Y-D | Harwich | 6–0 | [285] | ||
| 1996 | Eric Milton | Falmouth | Orleans | 2–0 | Eldredge Park | [282] [286] | |
| 1996 | Josh Gandy | Cotuit | Wareham | 1–0 | [287] | ||
| 1998 | Hank Thoms | Y-D | Orleans | 6–0 | Eldredge Park | [286] | |
| 2000 | Jon Steitz | Orleans | Brewster | 7–2 | 6-inning game | [288] [289] | |
| 2000 | Pete Dunkle | Brewster | Bourne | 7–0 | Combined | [288] | |
| Mike Sollie | |||||||
| 2002 | Joe Little | Cotuit | Chatham | 9–1 | Lowell Park | Combined | [290] |
| Jarred Stuart | |||||||
| Kevin Ool | |||||||
| Josh Banks | |||||||
| 2002 | Jim Brauer | Y-D | Chatham | 7–0 | Veteran's Field | [291] | |
| 2006 | Terry Doyle | Y-D | Chatham | 2–0 | Red Wilson Field | [292] | |
| 2006 | Charlie Furbush | Hyannis | Bourne | 14–0 | Doran Park | [293] | |
| 2006 | Kris Dobrowiecki | Falmouth | Bourne | 5–0 | Doran Park | 8-inning game Combined | [294] |
| Sean Morgan | |||||||
| Brandon Copp | |||||||
| Sam Demel | |||||||
| 2007 | Matt Daly | Hyannis | Wareham | 4–1 | McKeon Park | [295] | |
| 2008 | Nick McCully | Bourne | Orleans | 2–0 | Perfect game 5-inning game | [296] [297] | |
| 2009 | Chad Bell | Cotuit | Chatham | 8–2 | Veteran's Field | Caught by Cameron Rupp | [298] |
| 2010 | Jordan Pries | Y-D | Orleans | 2–0 | Eldredge Park | [299] | |
| 2012 | Jeff Thompson | Bourne | Harwich | 9–0 | Doran Park | 6-inning game | [300] |
| 2013 | Austin Gomber | Bourne | Cotuit | 8–0 | Lowell Park | Combined | [301] |
| Josh Laxer | |||||||
| Ryan Harris | |||||||
| 2015 | Devin Smeltzer | Hyannis | Harwich | 5–0 | Whitehouse Field | [302] | |
| 2016 | Peter Solomon | Harwich | Chatham | 10–0 | Veteran's Field | Combined | [303] |
| Zach Schellenger | |||||||
| Tommy DeJuneas | |||||||
| Nick Brown | |||||||
| 2018 | Mitchell Senger | Orleans | Brewster | 3–2 | Stony Brook Field | Combined | [304] |
| Aaron Ochsenbein | |||||||
| 2018 | Zack Hess | Harwich | Bourne | 1–0 | Whitehouse Field | 7-inning game Combined | [305] |
| Kyle Brnovich | |||||||
| Joe La Sorsa | |||||||
| 2019 | Jacob Palisch | Harwich | Orleans | 2–0 | Eldredge Park | 7-inning game | [306] |
| 2019 | Nick Dombkowski | Bourne | Y-D | 6–0 | Doran Park | Perfect game 5-inning game | [307] [308] |
| 2019 | Connor McCullough | Harwich | Chatham | 1–0 | Veteran's Field | Playoff game Combined | [309] |
| Joe Boyle |
| CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee |
| League Presidents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Years in Office | Name | Ref |
| 1968–1970 | Charles F. Moore | [310] [311] |
| 1970–1971 | Elwood C. Kastner | [311] [312] |
| 1972–1976 | Robert A. McNeece | [312] [313] [314] [315] |
| 1976–1977 | Mike Curran | [314] [316] [317] |
| 1978–1983 | Russ Ford | [316] [318] [319] |
| 1983–1986 | Dick Sullivan | [318] [320] [319] |
| 1986–1987 | Chuck Smith | [320] [321] |
| 1988–1989 | Dave Mulholland | [322] [323] |
| 1989–1991 | John Claffey | [323] [324] |
| 1991–2015 | Judy Walden Scarafile | [325] [326] [327] [328] |
| 2015–present | Chuck Sturtevant | [329] [269] |
| League Commissioners | ||
|---|---|---|
| Years in Office | Name | Ref |
| 1962–1968 | Danny Silva | [330] [331] [332] |
| 1968–1970 | Bernie Kilroy | [331] [333] [319] |
| 1970–1972 | Larry Upton | [334] [312] |
| 1973–1974 | George Manfredi | [335] [336] |
| 1974 | Robert Kessler | [336] |
| 1975–1978 | Dick Sullivan | [337] [338] [319] |
| 1978–1982 | G. Arthur Hyland | [339] [338] |
| 1983 | Archie Allen | [340] [318] |
| 1983–1996 | Fred Ebbett | [318] [341] [342] [343] |
| 1996–1998 | Dick Marr | [342] [344] |
| 1999–2003 | Bob Stead | [345] [346] [347] |
| 2003–2019 | Paul Galop | [347] [348] [349] [350] |
| 2019–present | Eric Zmuda | [349] |
| CCBL Hall of Fame Inductee |
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. [351] Since its inaugural class in 2000, the Hall of Fame has held annual inductions of new members, enshrining over 160 members to date.
Originally opened to the public in 2003 at the Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich, [352] the Hall of Fame and Museum moved in 2008 to the lower level of the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum in Hyannis, Massachusetts. [353] In 2017, it moved from this location, and is currently awaiting the completion of its new home within the planned Total Athletics of Cape Cod sports training facility in Hyannis. [354]
- 2000 – Dick Bresciani Bill Enos Mike Flanagan Ed Lyons Lennie Merullo Thurman Munson Arnold Mycock Jeff Reardon Danny Silva Frank Thomas Mo Vaughn Merrill "Red" Wilson [332]
- 2001 – Cal Burlingame Fred Ebbett Darin Erstad Chuck Knoblauch Tony Plansky Terry Steinbach Robin Ventura[343]
- 2002 – Curly Clement Ron Darling Russ Ford Nomar Garciaparra George Greer George Karras Bernie Kilroy Bill Livesey Paul Mitchell Buck Showalter Dick Sullivan Jason Varitek[319]
- 2003 – Ed Baird Sean Casey Joe Jabar Noel Kinski Jack McCarthy Carlos Pena Jim Perkins Ron Perry Jr. Judy Walden Scarafile Cory Snyder Pat Sorenti [328]
- 2004 – Roy Bruninghaus Bob Butkus John Caneira Will Clark Pat Hope Eric Milton Jim Norris Don Reed Dave Staton Tello Tontini [282]
- 2005 – Mike Curran Bobby Kielty Mickey Morandini Sam Nattile Pat Pacillo Manny Pena Jack Sanford Tim Teufel John Thoden Ken Voges [317]
- 2006 – Steve Balboni Rik Currier Steve Duda Jim Hubbard Ross Jones Greg Lotzar Lance Niekro Josh Paul Allen (Buzzy) Wilcox [355]
- 2007 – Del Bender Scott Hemond Dick Licini John Morris Steve Saradnik Bob Schaefer Walt Terrell Jack Walsh John Wylde [356][357]
- 2008 – Derrick DePriest Bob Hansen Jeff Innis Robert A. McNeece Matt Murton Roche Pires Ben Sheets Mike Stenhouse[315]
- 2009 – Mark Angelo John Awdycki Zane Carlson Lou Lamoriello Joe “Skip” Lewis Joe Magrane Art Quirk Bill Schroeder Pie Traynor Greg Vaughn[358]
- 2010 – David Aardsma Casey Close Jack Cressend Peter Ford Wayne Granger Tom Grieve Mike Loggins Lou Merloni Steve Robbins Tom Weir [359]
- 2011 – David Bush Doug Fisher Scott Kamieniecki Mike Lowell Paul O'Neill Mark Smith Eric Wedge Bill Wissler [360]
- 2012 – John “Jack” Aylmer Billy Best John Carroll Dan DeMichele Danny “Deacon” MacFayden Andrew Miller Laurin “Pete” Peterson Jim Sherman [10]
- 2013 – Garrett Atkins Daniel Carte Merrill Doane Ed Drucker Mickey O'Connor Jim Prete Ryan Speier Matt Wieters[361]
- 2014 – Eric Beattie Phil Corddry Sam Fuld Donald Hicks Sr. Bob St. Pierre [362]
- 2015 – (None)
- 2016 – J.C. Holt Warner Jones Jim McCollom Mark Petkovsek Kyle Roller Kolten Wong[363]
- 2017 – Joey Cora Dennis Long Justin Masterson Tim McIntosh Steve Newell Jeremy Sowers Chuck Sturtevant Tom Yankus [269]
- 2018 – Arthur "Ace" Adams Barbara Ellsworth Peter Gammons Craig Hansen John Schiffner Mark Sweeney[364]
- 2019 – Paul Galop Conor Gillaspie Brad Linden Chris Overman Scott Pickler Kyle Schwarber Shaun Seibert Nick Zibelli [350]
- 2020 – Charles P. "Buzz" Bowers Bob Corradi Tyler Horan Harry Nelson Kevin Newman, Cliff Pennington, Harvey Shapiro Sol Yas [365]
The following former CCBL players have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
In addition to the player inductees below, Cooperstown also honored longtime CCBL president Judy Walden Scarafile in 2010 by featuring her in the museum's Diamond Dreams exhibit, which highlights stories of pioneering women in baseball. [366] [367] [368]
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For anyone curious to know more about the history of Cape Cod and its towns, I can highly recommend this Michener-like historic novel. A great summer beach read!
It weaves Puritan family history and actual historic events and people to give one a great sense of both time and place through the past three centuries on the Cape.
I plan on keeping this book as a travel reference and to re-read it in the future to bring a deeper understanding of both what is and previously "was", as I further explore a For anyone curious to know more about the history of Cape Cod and its towns, I can highly recommend this Michener-like historic novel. A great summer beach read!
It weaves Puritan family history and actual historic events and people to give one a great sense of both time and place through the past three centuries on the Cape.
I plan on keeping this book as a travel reference and to re-read it in the future to bring a deeper understanding of both what is and previously "was", as I further explore and come to know the Cape Cod towns: Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans Brewster, Harwich, Chatham, Dennis, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Sandwich, Mashpee, Sandwich, Bourne and Falmouth. . more
Its not often i read a book over and over again. But this one is the exception. have just finished this book for the 6th time since it was published, and yet again, fropm the very first page i am transported smack into the story.
it starts with ann amazing begining that drew me into a time on the Cape a thousand years before the pilgrams into the mind of an great pilot whale and then threw the pilgrams and well lets just say it seamlessly goes from them to the present and back again. maaking one Its not often i read a book over and over again. But this one is the exception. have just finished this book for the 6th time since it was published, and yet again, fropm the very first page i am transported smack into the story.
it starts with ann amazing begining that drew me into a time on the Cape a thousand years before the pilgrams into the mind of an great pilot whale and then threw the pilgrams and well lets just say it seamlessly goes from them to the present and back again. maaking one feel the times and people , always feeling the cape the times the indians , the growth of America.
i cant say enough about this book, i can only say i know ill read it again and again in the future.
William Martin is a fantastic author ! Backbay is another as are most of his books
Read it for once chapter and youll see, youll not be able to put it down
Enjoy!
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Why is William Martin not a bigger name in the book world?
I found Cape Cod at a library sale and picked it up for almost nothing, which turned out to be an even bigger bargain than I expected. This is a "wow" story. Starting with the docking of the Mayflower and running through to the mid Eighties, Cape Cod follows the line of two families already divided by thought and principles as they waited to be able to land and then as they settled to raise generations of new Americans.
The story is told i Why is William Martin not a bigger name in the book world?
I found Cape Cod at a library sale and picked it up for almost nothing, which turned out to be an even bigger bargain than I expected. This is a "wow" story. Starting with the docking of the Mayflower and running through to the mid Eighties, Cape Cod follows the line of two families already divided by thought and principles as they waited to be able to land and then as they settled to raise generations of new Americans.
The story is told intricately and thoroughly with many, many very real characters and real events mixed into the fiction well enough it would be easy to believe every bit of the story actually happened. It is easy to get lost in so many characters, but the genealogy line at the beginning can help that (if you remember it's there). It's a long epic read, but very well worth the time.
I highly recommend it to all Americans and to anyone who wants to better understand America's beginnings. History does, indeed, repeat itself and echo from its past.
But James Otis carried the day, beginning straight after dinner and concluding at six o'clock by the chime of the Old South bell. From exordium to peroration, his voice never faltered, the stentorian strength of it seeming to carry all the way to Cape Cod.
He began by proclaiming, "I am determined, to my DYING DAY, to oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as this Writ of Assistance is."
He concluded with the audience wrapt in silence. "Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed and to the call of my country am ready to sacrifice estate, health, ease, applause, and even life. The patriot and hero will do ever thus. And if brought to the trial, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth."
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The Writs of Assistance gave England the right to search and seize the colonists' property with no warrant as part of a crackdown on trade regulations.
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The Bigelows and the Hilyards have lived on Cape Cod for going on four centuries, and they began getting on each other&aposs nerves while still on the Mayflower. William Martin, way back in 1992, wrote a saga about these families. Jack Hilyard is a nonconformist trouble maker, and Ezra Bigelow builds his life around what he perceives to be divine providence. Right down to the present day, their descendants have feuded about land, religion, race relations, money, independence, and whatever other issu The Bigelows and the Hilyards have lived on Cape Cod for going on four centuries, and they began getting on each other's nerves while still on the Mayflower. William Martin, way back in 1992, wrote a saga about these families. Jack Hilyard is a nonconformist trouble maker, and Ezra Bigelow builds his life around what he perceives to be divine providence. Right down to the present day, their descendants have feuded about land, religion, race relations, money, independence, and whatever other issue is important at the moment.
But it seems the Mayflower's captain, Christopher Jones, wrote a journal about the journey, and that pesky book has been appearing and disappearing ever since he returned to England. For Jones writes about the mysterious death of Governor Bradford's wife, and Ezra Bigelow was the last person to see her alive. What a coup it would be locate this priceless account the financial return alone would be fabulous, never mind that one of the feuding clans would finally have the last laugh on the other.
The historical sections of Cape Cod are well done, and the family stories are engaging, particularly because Martin has done his homework. The 20th century descendants, however, descend into squabbling and bickering about money, money, money. The old and new parts of the saga are presented alternately, and I found myself skipping the new stuff to return to the historical. Martin managed to steer clear of annoying anachonisms, and made it fun to learn about how people learned to survive and then thrive on the arm-shaped spit of land that juts off the eastern side of Massachusetts. . more
Reminiscent of the novels of James A. Michener, in style and scope, William Martin&aposs &aposCape Cod&apos is an excellent, exciting and entertaining read from start to finish filled with characters you&aposd love to meet.
Martin immediately joins my list of all time favorite storytellers. Now I&aposm anxious to read &aposBack Bay&apos and &aposHarvard Yard&apos.
3rd best-read of 2009 Reminiscent of the novels of James A. Michener, in style and scope, William Martin's 'Cape Cod' is an excellent, exciting and entertaining read from start to finish filled with characters you'd love to meet.
Martin immediately joins my list of all time favorite storytellers. Now I'm anxious to read 'Back Bay' and 'Harvard Yard'.
What a great story! We all know the story about the Mayflower from our childhood history lessons, that the Pilgrims (the God-fearing "saints") made the journey to North America to start life anew. In Cape Cod, Martin brings to light that there were more "seats" (my word) on the Mayflower than there were saints. So, to come up with the required funds to pay for the journey, passage “seats” were sold to others, the non-saints, called the strangers.
Martin pulls no punches in describing the vile and What a great story! We all know the story about the Mayflower from our childhood history lessons, that the Pilgrims (the God-fearing "saints") made the journey to North America to start life anew. In Cape Cod, Martin brings to light that there were more "seats" (my word) on the Mayflower than there were saints. So, to come up with the required funds to pay for the journey, passage “seats” were sold to others, the non-saints, called the strangers.
Martin pulls no punches in describing the vile and disgusting conditions -- endured by Saints and Strangers alike -- of that famous passage across the Atlantic, the stuff we weren't taught in school. That alone makes the book a worthwhile read.
But there’s more. Among the saints was a Bigelow, and among the strangers was a Hilyard. Both are diametrically opposed to one another. Martin takes us through an accurate historical review through the centuries that follows the Mayflower’s arrival at Provincetown (and then on to Plymouth Rock, if you want to know how it really went down). Through Martin’s tale, we get to watch the Bigelow and Hilyard families grow. We get to follow their lineage, through the formation of the United States, the American Civil war, and into the 20th century -- all of it on Cape Cod.
Oh, and one other detail: someone tragically and of course unexpectedly falls overboard from the deck of Mayflower to a watery death. Was it an accident or was it murder? The answer likely is in the captain’s log of the Mayflower. It is this log that becomes the centerpiece of obsession for both families throughout the generations because it could be proof of criminal activity, and could be the pivot point for a reversal of fortune.
If you live in New England, you’ll want to read Cape Cod. If you’ve ever been to Cape Cod, you’ll want to read Cape Cod. If you know where Cape Cod is, then read Cape Cod.
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"A nation built upon a lie needed its myths to remember its ideals."
This is a book I almost certainly would have never picked up on my own - it came to me by way of the annual Christmas Book Exchange I do with my friends. My friend who received it first made a big to-do about how it wasn&apost the kind of book he wanted, but then he read it, said it was actually really good and passed it to me. And now I&aposve read it. And it was really good!
It&aposs one of those fascinating hist "A nation built upon a lie needed its myths to remember its ideals."
This is a book I almost certainly would have never picked up on my own - it came to me by way of the annual Christmas Book Exchange I do with my friends. My friend who received it first made a big to-do about how it wasn't the kind of book he wanted, but then he read it, said it was actually really good and passed it to me. And now I've read it. And it was really good!
It's one of those fascinating historical novels that uses the story of a place that spans centuries to weave a fictional mystery. And since I'm told that I am, in fact, a distant descendant of one William Bradford, I had a personal stake in this particular tale. I didn't find the modern day sections of the book to be nearly as interesting as the historical parts (see also: Assassin's Creed) and when I got to those I inevitably ended up putting the book down for a little while. But, once I picked it up again I was easily able to read 100 pages or more without my mind wandering - an increasingly difficult feat for me in the era of smart phones. The writing was good and it was rewarding to see all the pieces of the mystery start to fall into place.
I could have done with 100% less violence against whales, but since Martin did his best to make even that come full circle with a positive spin in the end, I'm giving the book a historical pass.
Definitely recommended to people love the likes of John Jakes and Ken Follett - this is in a very similar vein. . more
