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Chatham Anglers

January 01, 1970

The Chatham Anglers, more commonly referred to as the Chatham A's and formerly the Chatham Athletics, are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Chatham, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in the league's East Division. Chatham plays its home games at historic Veterans Field, the team's home since 1923, in the town of Chatham on the Lower Cape. The A's have been operated by the non-profit Chatham Athletic Association since 1963.[1]

Chatham Anglers
Information
LeagueCape Cod Baseball League (East Division)
LocationChatham, Massachusetts
BallparkVeterans Field
Nickname(s)Chatham A's
League championships1967, 1982, 1992, 1996, 1998
Former name(s)Chatham Athletics
Chatham Red Sox
ColorsBlue, White, and Red
ManagerJeremy Sheetinger
General ManagerMike Geylin
PresidentSteve West
Websitewww.chathamanglers.com

Chatham has won five CCBL championships, most recently in 1998, when they defeated the Wareham Gatemen in the championship series.

History edit

Pre-modern era edit

The early Cape League era (1923–1939) edit

In 1923 the Cape Cod Baseball League was formed and included four teams: Chatham, Falmouth, Osterville, and Hyannis.[2] This early Cape League operated through the 1939 season and disbanded in 1940, due in large part to the difficulty of securing ongoing funding during the Great Depression.[3][4] Chatham competed in the Cape League from the league's inaugural 1923 season through the 1926 season, then from 1927 to 1929 competed as a combined Chatham-Harwich team with home games split between Veterans Field and Harwich's Brooks Park.[5][6][7]

 
Veterans Field has been home of Chatham baseball since the 1920s.

Chatham's 1923 team included CCBL Hall of Famer Merrill Doane. Doane, a 1924 graduate of Chatham High School, remained involved in the Cape League and Chatham baseball for over 60 years. One of the longest-tenured general managers in Cape League history, Doane was instrumental in the league's transition to an NCAA-sanctioned collegiate league in the early 1960s, and helped build the powerful Chatham teams of the 1960s.[8] In 1925, Brockton High School star Pat Creeden played third base for Chatham, and went on to play briefly for the Boston Red Sox in 1931.[9][10]

In the 1927 season, the combined Chatham-Harwich team finished fourth in the five-team league, but nevertheless was described as "the hardest hitting team in the league."[11] 1927 Chatham-Harwich first baseman Jack Burns went on to play in seven major league seasons for the St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers.[12][13][14][15] In all three seasons of the joint Chatham-Harwich team, the club featured Boston College batterymates pitcher Pete Herman and catcher George Colbert, as well as flashy infielder Artie Gore. The trio of Herman, Colbert and Gore later teamed up again with Barnstable to bring that club multiple Cape League championships in the 1930s.[16][17] Gore went on to a major league umpiring career, working ten years in the National League, including two World Series assignments.

In 1930, Chatham again fielded its own team, as Harwich split off and became a separate club. Pete Herman remained with the Chatham team as its player-manager in 1930 and 1931, leading the team on an exciting stretch run and second-place finish just two games behind pennant-winning Wareham in 1930.[18][19]

Chatham withdrew from the league prior to the 1932 season as a result of the town's decision not to appropriate funds for the team.[20] Throughout the rest of the 1930s, Chatham's town team competed in the Cape Cod Twilight League, winning that league's title seven consecutive seasons from 1933 to 1939.[21]

 
Artie Gore was a flashy infielder for Chatham-Harwich from 1927 to 1929, and went on to a ten-year umpiring career in the National League.

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

After a hiatus during the years of World War II, the Cape League was reconstituted in 1946, with Chatham joining the Lower Cape Division.[22] Chatham has been a member of the Cape League ever since.

CCBL Hall of Fame skipper John Carroll took the helm at Chatham in 1961.[23] The following season, Carroll's club finished the regular season in first place atop the Lower Cape Division, but failed to reach the Cape League title series, losing to Harwich in the Lower Cape championship series.[23][24]

Modern era (1963–present) edit

The 1960s: A new league and a first championship edit

In 1963, the CCBL was reorganized and became officially sanctioned by the NCAA. The league would no longer be characterized by "town teams" who fielded mainly Cape Cod residents, but would now be a formal collegiate league. Teams began to recruit college players and coaches from an increasingly wide geographic radius.[25]

The league was originally composed of ten teams, which were divided into Upper Cape and Lower Cape divisions. Chatham's team, known as the Chatham Red Sox,[26] joined Orleans, Harwich, Yarmouth and a team from Otis Air Force Base in the Lower Cape Division.

Chatham continued to be managed by John Carroll, whose 1963 club featured CCBL Hall of Famer Ken Voges of Texas Lutheran University, who led the league with an astronomical .505 batting average.[27] The Red Sox finished the regular season with a 28–6 record, good enough for first place in the Lower Cape Division, but fell to Orleans in the playoffs.

 
Thurman Munson led Chatham to its first CCBL championship in 1967.

Chatham continued its regular season dominance in 1964, 1965 and 1966, finishing atop the Lower Cape Division each year, but falling in each season's CCBL title series. The 1964 team was piloted by Bill "Lefty" Lefebvre, who had played in the Cape League for Falmouth in the 1930s, and had later played in the major leagues with Boston and Washington.[28][29] Lefebvre's team featured CCBL Hall of Fame second baseman Steve Saradnik of Providence College, who batted .314,[30] and pitcher Charlie Hough, who went on to a 25-year major league knuckleballing career.

In 1965, Lefebvre was succeeded by CCBL Hall of Fame manager Joe "Skip" Lewis, who led the team through 1969.[31][32][33] Lewis' 1965 squad returned Saradnik, and added another two CCBL Hall of Famers in University of Connecticut righty Ed Baird, who posted a 3–0 record with a 0.45 ERA,[34] and George Greer, who batted .349 and led the league in doubles and triples.[35]

The star-studded 1966 Chatham team returned Saradnik, Baird and Greer,[36][37] and added another three CCBL Hall of Famers: catcher Tom Weir, who led the league with a .420 batting average,[38] all-star hurler Joe Jabar, who went 7–0 with a 1.53 ERA and took home the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award,[34] and Pittsfield, Massachusetts native Tom Grieve. Drafted out of high school in the first round, sixth overall, of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Senators, Grieve played in 25 games for Chatham and batted .416 prior to signing with Washington and moving on to a lengthy major league career.[38]

In 1967, it finally came together for Lewis' boys. Saradnik, Greer, Baird and Jabar all returned and were hungry for a title.[39] Added to the mix was Kent State University catcher Thurman Munson, who hit .420 on the season and was named league MVP. During the regular season, Chatham pitcher Don Gabriel tossed a no-hitter against Harwich at Veterans Field.[40] Chatham again finished in first place in the Lower Cape Division,[41] and met Upper Cape powerhouse Falmouth for the second consecutive season in the title series. In Game 1 of the championship, Chatham pitcher John Frobose twirled 13 innings in a game that was called due to darkness and ended in a 1–1 tie. Chatham took Game 2, 7–1, behind the stellar pitching of Baird. Jabar, the league's Outstanding Pitcher, was the star of Game 3, tossing a complete game five-hitter, and knocking in the game-winning RBI in Chatham's 3–2 victory, clinching the series and giving Chatham its first Cape League championship.[42][43][44]

Munson went on to be selected by the New York Yankees in the first round, fourth overall, of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft. A perennial all-star for the Bronx Bombers, Munson won two World Series and was named the Yanks' first captain since Lou Gehrig. His tragic 1979 death brought fond reminiscences from those who knew him at Chatham.[45] Munson was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class of 2000, and his name graces the league's annual award for batting champion.[46]

The 1970s edit

 
CCBL Hall of Famer Mike Stenhouse played for Chatham in 1977, '78 & '79.

In the late 1960s, Chatham had dropped the nickname "Red Sox", and reverted to the colloquial Chatham Townies moniker of earlier years. In 1972, the Chatham Athletic Association settled on Chatham Athletics as the team's new moniker, and the Chatham A's were born.[47] The A's finished the 1973 regular season in first place atop the Cape League under skipper Ben Hays. The team featured future major leaguer Dave Bergman, the CCBL batting champ who hit at a .341 clip, and CCBL Hall of Fame hurler John Caneira, the league's Outstanding Pitcher, who posted a 9–1 record and led the league with a 1.37 ERA while striking out 118 and walking only 23 in 92 innings.[48]

CCBL Hall of Fame manager Ed Lyons took the reins in 1976, and led the A's to another first-place finish.[46] Chatham was led by the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect Steve Taylor, and CCBL Hall of Famer Mickey O'Connor, a 6-foot-6 southpaw who went 9–0 with a 1.07 ERA and eight complete games, and was the league's Outstanding Pitcher.[8] The team ousted Hyannis in the playoffs,[49] but was shut down by Wareham in the title series.[50] Lyons skippered the Athletics for seven seasons, with the team qualifying for postseason play in six of the seven years.

The A's of the late 1970s featured Jim Lauer, who set a CCBL record with three home runs in a single game against Hyannis,[51] Harvard University slugger and CCBL Hall of Famer Mike Stenhouse, who starred for Chatham from 1977 through 1979,[52] and longtime major league hurler and CCBL Hall of Famer Walt Terrell, who went 9–4 with a 2.20 ERA in 1979 while working a league record 122.2 innings on the season.[30]

The 1980s and a second championship edit

Lyons again skippered Chatham to a first-place finish in 1980 before succumbing to Falmouth in the championship series.[53] The 1980 A's starred CCBL Hall of Famers Glenn Davis, who batted .377 on the season, and Jim Sherman, who batted .339 and returned to Chatham in 1981 and enjoy another all-star season, batting .335.[23][54]

 
Kevin Seitzer hit .677 in the playoffs for Chatham's 1982 CCBL title team.

In 1982, skipper Ed Lyons announced mid-season that he would be retiring after the summer.[55] Lyons had managed six seasons at Wareham in the early 1970s, and was now in his seventh season with Chatham, but had yet to win a league title. Lyons' 1982 A's finished the regular season in fourth place with a pedestrian 20–21–1 record, having slipped into the playoffs on the final day of the season with a victory over Orleans. The team starred future major league all-star Kevin Seitzer, who hit .291 on the season and .677 in the playoffs, slugger Billy Merrifield, who clouted eight homers on the season, team MVP Brett Elbin, all-star centerfielder Greg Schuler, and the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect, pitcher Gary Kanwisher, who led the league with a 1.57 ERA. Lyons' staff included young third base coach John Schiffner. The A's matched up against first place Wareham in the playoff semi-finals, and promptly disposed of the Gatemen in two games.[56]

In the championship series, Chatham met up with Hyannis in a best three-out-of-five title tilt. The A's went on the road for Game 1, and came away with a tight 5–4 win in 11 innings. Game 2 at Veterans Field also went to extra frames, with the Mets taking a 4–3 lead in the 11th, but the home club tied it in the bottom half, and then took the lead in the 12th to win by another 5–4 tally. Reliever Kurt Lundgren got the win in both games, coming on in the eighth inning of Game 1, then in the 12th inning of Game 2 to nail it down after starter Kanwisher held the mound through eleven.[57] After two nail-biters, Game 3 at McKeon Park was a runaway. The A's led off the game with a dinger by Elbin and another by Merrifield, scoring four runs in the first for starter Jeff Brewer, and never looked back. Brewer tossed a complete game four-hitter, and the A's pummeled the Mets, 9–0, to complete the three-game sweep and claim Chatham's second league crown.[58][59][60]

In 1983, A's slugger Bob Larimer tied a league mark by crushing three home runs in a single game; his feat demonstrated power to all fields as his trio of clouts against Falmouth left the yard in left, center, and right fields respectively.[51] Chatham boasted the league MVP in 1984, as CCBL Hall of Famer Joey Cora was the A's all-star second baseman, batting .373 and leading the league with 28 stolen bases.[61] The 1985 A's returned to the league championship series behind the play of CCBL Hall of Famers Tim McIntosh and Mark Petkovsek, but were shut down by Cotuit. McIntosh led the league with a .392 batting average,[61] and Petkovsek went 7–1 for the A's and returned to Chatham the following season to win another seven games.[62]

The late 1980s saw a pair of future major league sluggers in the Chatham lineup. Albert "Joey" Belle played for the A's in 1986, and went on to crush 381 major league homers. Jeff Bagwell spent the summers of 1987 and 1988 in Chatham. He struggled in his first season, but followed up with an all-star 1988 campaign in which he hit .315 with a .449 on-base percentage, and went 4-for-4 with a home run in the CCBL All-Star Game. Bagwell was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017, the fifth former Cape Leaguer to be so honored.[63][64]

 
Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell played for Chatham in 1987 and 1988.

The 1990s: a decade of dominance edit

Chatham was one of the league's most successful teams throughout the 1990s, finishing in first place atop the East Division five times, qualifying for the playoffs in eight of the ten years, reaching the league championship series six times, and taking home three CCBL crowns.

Skipper Rich Hill's 1992 Chatham squad posted an impressive 31–11 regular season record, and featured ace reliever Scott Smith and CCBL Hall of Fame hurler Steve Duda. Duda had pitched for the A's in 1991, posting a 4–4 record and tossing a no-hitter against Y-D. He was even better in 1992, going 6–1 with a 0.90 ERA.[65][66] Duda led the A's into the 1992 playoffs against Brewster by tossing a complete game in Chatham's 4–2 Game 1 victory. The A's completed the sweep of the Whitecaps with a 1–0 victory in Game 2 to secure Chatham's spot in the league title series against Cotuit.[67]

The A's took Game 1 of the 1992 championship series at Veterans Field, powered by a two-run blast by Mike Smedes. Game 2 at Lowell Park was an all-time classic. The game went into the 12th inning tied at 2–2 thanks to 11 stellar innings by A's starter Duda, who threw 125 pitches on three days' rest, and appeared to get stronger as the game moved along. Chatham played small-ball in the top of the 12th, pushing across Jeremy Carr, who had walked and reached third on a stolen base and a Cotuit error, then scored on a Brian Garrett single. Smith came on in relief of Duda in the bottom of the frame, and set down the Kettleers in order to clinch the series for the A's and secure Chatham's third CCBL title, with Duda taking home playoff MVP honors.[68][69][70]

Midway through the 1993 season, manager Rich Hill left to take a head coaching job at the University of San Francisco, and assistant coach John Schiffner took the helm at Chatham.[71] Schiffner, who had been Hill's assistant since 1990, had played in the CCBL for Harwich from 1974 through 1976, and had served previously as Chatham assistant coach from 1978 to 1982. He went on to pilot Chatham for a league record 25 years, and was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2018.[72] Schiffner's 1994 squad featured CCBL Hall of Famer Mike Lowell, an all-star second baseman who hit .307 for the A's.[73] Lowell went on win World Series MVP honors with the 2007 Boston Red Sox. In 1995, Schiffner took the club to the CCBL title series, but lost to Cotuit.[74]

 
Brian Roberts played shortstop for Chatham's 1998 CCBL title club.

In 1996, Chatham featured the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect, fireballing reliever Matt Anderson, but the team struggled early on, losing eight in a row at one point. The A's finished the regular season a hair over the .500 mark, and met first place Brewster in the East Division playoffs. In Game 1, Chatham's Matt Purkiss clobbered a two-run homer in the third and ace Keith Evans worked 11 innings allowing only four hits as the A's and Whitecaps took a 2–2 tie into the 12th. In the top of the 12th, Chatham's Scott Friedholm smashed a three-run homer to left, and Anderson came on in the bottom half of the frame to nail down the victory. Chatham completed the sweep with a 3–0 win in Game 2 on the strength of second baseman Jermaine Clark's two-run double, and advanced to the title series against Falmouth.[75]

The 1996 championship series opened at Guv Fuller Field, with Chatham catcher Scott Fitzgerald stifling the Falmouth attack early on in Game 1, cutting down three stolen base attempts in the first three innings. Chatham pushed across three runs playing small-ball and A's starter Seth Etherton was masterful, twirling eight shutout innings and striking out 14 before turning it over to Anderson for the ninth-inning save in the A's 3–0 win. Evans took the mound for the A's in Game 2 at home and followed up his 11-inning semi-finals outing with a complete game gem. Clark, whom Schiffner described as the team's spark plug all season,[76] went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles to go with his usual stellar work in the field, and the A's downed the Commodores, 6–2, for the title. Evans and Clark shared playoff MVP honors as Chatham sealed its fourth Cape League championship and its first to be clinched at Veterans Field.[77][78]

Schiffner's 1998 club was loaded with talent. Slugger Matt Cepicky was a .327 hitter who won the All-Star Game Home Run Derby, and took home East Division MVP honors in the East's 3–2 All-Star Game victory at Veterans Field.[79] In addition to Cepicky, the A's boasted an abundance of top moundsmen. 6-foot-8 righty Kyle Snyder was the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect, Tim Lavigne was the Outstanding Relief Pitcher, and CCBL Hall of Famer Rik Currier had an all-star season, posting a 5–2 record with a 2.37 ERA.[66] After sweeping Brewster in the playoff semi-finals, the A's met Wareham in the best-of-five championship series.

Snyder started Game 1 of the 1998 title set for Chatham at Clem Spillane Field, but got roughed up by the Gatemen, who took the opener, 6–4.[80] The A's held serve in Game 2 at Chatham as Jeremy Wade tossed a complete game five-hitter in the home club's 5–1 victory. Game 3 at Wareham was a classic pitcher's duel as Currier was matched up against CCBL Hall of Famer and future major league all-star Ben Sheets for the Gatemen. The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the 14th when the Gatemen walked off with the game's only run. The A's evened the series again in Game 4 at home, taking the lead in the bottom of the eighth on RBIs by Ryan Earey and Barry Gauch, and hanging on to win, 4–3.[81] Behind the solid mound-work of Devon Nicholson, Chatham clung to a 3–1 lead through seven in a tense Game 5 finale that saw Gatemen skipper Don Reed tossed in the seventh. The A's broke it open in the eighth on a Brian Peterson two-run double, and tacked on another to make it a 6–1 title-clinching win. Cepicky, who went 12-for-32 with six RBI in the playoffs, shared MVP honors with Earey, who was strong in two relief appearances on the hill while going 3-for-10 at the plate.[82][83]

The 1999 A's enjoyed a 30-win season and finished first in the East Division, falling to Cotuit in the championship series.[84] The team returned Currier who had another brilliant season, posting a 7–0 record with a 1.34 ERA, and being named the league's Outstanding Pitcher. Currier was joined on the staff by CCBL Hall of Famer Derrick DePriest, who did not allow an earned run in 22.2 innings of work, and was named the league's Outstanding Relief Pitcher.[52]

 
Evan Longoria was CCBL MVP for the A's in 2005.

The 2000s and the advent of the Anglers edit

The early 2000s saw a pair of CCBL Hall of Fame relievers take the mound for Chatham. Hard-throwing righty David Bush posted a 0.84 ERA and led the league with 11 saves in 2000, then returned in 2001 to record an even stingier 0.34 ERA.[73] Fireballer Zane Carlson spent three sparkling seasons with the A's from 2001 through 2003. He earned 12 saves in each of his first two years, and 10 more in his third, with a combined three-year ERA of 2.23.[85][33] Bush and Carlson led the 2001 squad to the CCBL championship series, but the team was defeated by Wareham.[86][87]

Former A's manager Ed Lyons was honored by the team in 2001, as the 1982 title-winning skipper's uniform number "29" became the first number to be retired by the franchise.[88] In 2006, the team paid the same honor to longtime assistant coach Matt Fincher, retiring his number "23".[89]

The 2005 A's boasted a wealth of talent, as CCBL batting champion Chris Coghlan[90] was joined by future major league all-stars Todd Frazier,[91] CCBL MVP Evan Longoria,[92][93] and second-year Chatham hurler Andrew Miller, the CCBL's Outstanding Pitcher and Outstanding Pro Prospect, who was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2012.[94][23]

In late 2008, Major League Baseball announced that it would enforce its trademarks, and required those CCBL teams who shared a nickname with an MLB team to either change their nicknames or buy their uniforms and merchandise only through MLB-licensed vendors. Chatham opted to drop its "Athletics" moniker, and became the Chatham Anglers, a name which celebrated the town's nautical heritage and allowed for continued use of the "A's" nickname. The team also retained its uniform colors and pinstripe pattern.[95][96]

 
2011 Angler Kris Bryant

The 2010s and the end of the Schiffner era edit

The Anglers qualified for postseason play in seven of ten years in the 2010s, but remained in a championship drought for a second consecutive decade. The 2011 Anglers featured future major league all-star and National League MVP Kris Bryant[97] and CCBL Home Run Derby champ Richie Shaffer.[98] In 2013, the Anglers finished in first place atop the East Division, and starred the CCBL's Outstanding Pitcher, Lukas Schiraldi,[99] and all-star infielder J. D. Davis, who took home All-Star Game MVP honors for the East Division for his double and three-run homer in the East's 9–4 victory.[100]

Chatham boasted the CCBL's Outstanding New England Player in consecutive seasons in 2013 and 2014. West Haven, Connecticut's Tommy Lawrence of the University of Maine took home the honors in 2013 after a stellar season in the Chatham bullpen. Lawrence posted a 3–0 record with a 1.58 ERA, striking out 23 and walking just a single batter in 28 1/3 innings.[101] The following summer, it was Lexington, Massachusetts native and Boston College slugger Chris Shaw. Shaw clubbed seven dingers to lead the league for Chatham in 2014, and finished second in the league with 31 RBIs.[102]

Manager John Schiffner stepped down after the 2017 season, having held the post for a league record 25 summers.[103][104][105] In 2018, first-year skipper Tom Holliday[106] led the Anglers to the league championship series, where they were downed by Wareham.[107][108] Holliday's club finished first in the East Division in 2019, but was bounced from the playoffs by Harwich.[109]

The 2020s edit

The 2020 CCBL season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[110]

Chatham missed the CCBL Playoffs in each season 2021 to 2023, marking the first time since the league moved to an eight-team playoff format that the Anglers failed to qualify for the postseason in three consecutive seasons.

The 2023 season saw the end of the Holliday era after Chatham's skipper was forced to resign mid-season due to "personal health reasons."[111][112] Assistant coach Marty Lees was named acting manager on July 12, and led the team to a 3-11-1 record before stepping down to accept a job as head coach at Stillwater High School.[113][114][115] Assistant coach Todd Shelton was named interim manager on July 28, and led the team to a 5-1 record over its final six games, highlighted by a four-game winning streak to end the season.[116][117]

On August 21, 2023, Georgia Gwinnett College head coach Jeremy "Sheets" Sheetinger was named the 13th manager in Chatham history.[118]

CCBL Hall of Fame inductees edit

 
CCBL Hall of Famer Tom Grieve
 
CCBL Hall of Famer Joey Cora
 
CCBL Hall of Famer Mike Lowell

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.[119] Below are the inductees who spent all or part of their time in the Cape League with Chatham.

Year Inducted Ref. Name Position
2000 [46] Ed Lyons Manager
Thurman Munson Player
2002 [35] George Greer Player
2003 [34] Ed Baird Player
Joe Jabar Player
2004 [48] John Caneira Player
2005 [27] Ken Voges Player
2006 [66] Rik Currier Player
Steve Duda Player
2007 [30] Steve Saradnik Player
Walt Terrell Player
2008 [52] Derrick DePriest Player
Robert A. McNeece Executive
Mike Stenhouse Player
2009 [33] Zane Carlson Player
Joe “Skip” Lewis Manager
2010 [38] Tom Weir Player
Tom Grieve Player
2011 [73] David Bush Player
Mike Lowell Player
2012 [23] John Carroll Manager
Jim Sherman Player
Andrew Miller Player
2013 [8] Merrill Doane Player / Executive
Mickey O'Connor Player
2016 [62] Mark Petkovsek Player
2017 [61] Joey Cora Player
Tim McIntosh Player
2018 [72] John Schiffner Manager
Mark Sweeney Player
2019 [120] Paul Galop Executive
2023 [54] Glenn Davis Player

Notable alumni edit

 
Todd Frazier
 
Yan Gomes
 
Kyle Seager
 
Whit Merrifield
See also: Chatham Anglers players

Yearly results edit

 
Pat Creeden played for Chatham in 1925, and later played for the Boston Red Sox.
 
1927 Chatham first baseman Jack Burns later played for the St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers.
 
Charlie Hough pitched for Chatham in 1964, and went on to amass over 200 major league wins
 
Danny Godby of Chatham's 1967 CCBL championship team
 
Steve Stone pitched for Chatham in 1968, and won the AL Cy Young Award in 1980.
 
CCBL Hall of Famer Walt Terrell won the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award for Chatham in 1979
 
Eric Byrnes, Chatham 1995
 
David DeJesus of Chatham's 1998 CCBL championship team
 
CCBL Hall of Famer Andrew Miller won the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect Award in 2005
 
Collin McHugh, Chatham 2007

Results by season, 1923–1931 edit

Year Won Lost Regular Season Finish Postseason* Manager Ref
1923 5 7 2nd League (T) George Temple [121][122]
1924 7 17 4th League [123]
1925 Harold Goodnough [9]
1926 12 19 4th League Chucker Roach [124][125]
1927† 16 20 4th League Frank Davies [126][127][12][128]
1928† 22 22 3rd League Robert Cushman [129][130]
1929† 23 21 2nd League Johnny Mitchell [131][132]
1930 27 17 2nd League Pete Herman [133]
1931 22 28 4th League Pete Herman [134]

* There were no postseason playoffs during the period 1923–1931. The regular season pennant winner was simply crowned as the league champion.
† Played from 1927 to 1929 as combined "Chatham-Harwich" team

Results by season, 1946–1962 edit

Year Won Lost Regular Season Finish* Postseason Manager Ref
1946 Merrill Doane
1947 Merrill Doane [135]
1948 Lost semi-finals (Orleans) Merrill Doane [136]
1949 George Temple [137]
1950 16 27 7th Lower Cape Division [138]
1951 22 13 2nd Lower Cape Division (A)
4th Lower Cape Division (B)		 [139][140]
1952
1953 20 15 3rd Lower Cape Division (A)
T-3rd Lower Cape Division (B)		 [141][142]
1954
1955 3 26 7th Lower Cape Division [143]
1956 10 23 6th Lower Cape Division [144]
1957 7 25 6th Lower Cape Division [145]
1958 9 21 6th Lower Cape Division [146]
1959 11 21 5th Lower Cape Division [147]
1960 12 20 5th Lower Cape Division [148]
1961 7 24 5th Lower Cape Division Ed Nickerson [149]
1962 21 9 1st Lower Cape Division Won round 1 (Yarmouth)
Lost semi-finals (Harwich)		 John Carroll [150][151][152]

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

Results by season, 1963–present edit

Year Won Lost Tied Regular Season Finish Postseason Manager
1963 28 6 0 1st Lower Cape Division Lost semi-finals (Orleans) John Carroll
1964 27 4 0 1st Lower Cape Division Lost championship (Cotuit) Bill "Lefty" Lefebvre
1965 25 7 0 1st Lower Cape Division Lost championship (Sagamore) Joe "Skip" Lewis
1966 30 4 0 1st Lower Cape Division Lost championship (Falmouth) Joe "Skip" Lewis
1967 30 9 0 1st Lower Cape Division Won semi-finals (Orleans)
Won championship (Falmouth)		 Joe "Skip" Lewis
1968 17 23 0 3rd Lower Cape Division Joe "Skip" Lewis
1969 29 15 0 1st Lower Cape Division Won semi-finals (Orleans)
Lost championship (Falmouth)		 Joe "Skip" Lewis
1970 21 20 0 5th League Doug Holmquist
1971 18 22 2 5th League Ben Hays
1972 25 17 0 4th League Won semi-finals (Orleans)
Lost championship (Cotuit)		 Ben Hays
1973 26 14 1 1st League Lost semi-finals (Yarmouth) Ben Hays
1974 19 23 0 5th League Ben Hays
1975 16 25 1 6th League Joe Russo
1976 30 11 1 1st League Won semi-finals (Hyannis)
Lost championship (Wareham)		 Ed Lyons
1977 25 16 1 2nd League Lost semi-finals (Y-D) Ed Lyons
1978 25 17 0 2nd League Lost semi-finals (Harwich) Ed Lyons
1979 19 21 2 4th League Lost semi-finals (Hyannis) Ed Lyons
1980 29 13 0 1st League Won semi-finals (Wareham)
Lost championship (Falmouth)		 Ed Lyons
1981 15 27 0 8th League Ed Lyons
1982 20 21 1 4th League Won semi-finals (Wareham)
Won championship (Hyannis)		 Ed Lyons
1983 15 25 2 7th League John Mayotte
1984 18 23 1 6th League John Mayotte
1985 31 10 1 1st League Won semi-finals (Orleans)
Lost championship (Cotuit)		 John Mayotte
1986 22 19 1 4th League Lost semi-finals (Orleans) John Mayotte
1987 17 25 0 6th League (T) John Mayotte
1988 19 24 0 4th East Division Bob Whalen
1989 22 20 2 2nd East Division (T) Lost play-in game (Brewster) Bob Whalen
1990 17 24 2 5th East Division Rich Hill
1991 24 19 1 1st East Division Won semi-finals (Orleans)
Lost championship (Hyannis)		 Rich Hill
1992 31 11 0 1st East Division Won semi-finals (Brewster)
Won championship (Cotuit)		 Rich Hill
1993 25 19 0 1st East Division Lost semi-finals (Orleans) Rich Hill
John Schiffner
1994 16 25 2 4th East Division John Schiffner
1995 25 17 1 1st East Division Won semi-finals (Orleans)
Lost championship (Cotuit)		 John Schiffner
1996 22 21 1 2nd East Division Won semi-finals (Brewster)
Won championship (Falmouth)		 John Schiffner
1997 22 22 0 2nd East Division Lost semi-finals (Harwich) John Schiffner
1998 23 18 2 2nd East Division Won semi-finals (Brewster)
Won championship (Wareham)		 John Schiffner
1999 30 14 0 1st East Division Won semi-finals (Orleans)
Lost championship (Cotuit)		 John Schiffner
2000 23 20 1 2nd East Division (T) Won play-in game (Orleans)
Lost semi-finals (Brewster)		 John Schiffner
2001 25 19 0 1st East Division (T) Won semi-finals (Y-D)
Lost championship (Wareham)		 John Schiffner
2002 19 23 2 5th East Division John Schiffner
2003 22 21 1 3rd East Division John Schiffner
2004 21 23 0 4th East Division John Schiffner
2005 28 15 1 2nd East Division Lost semi-finals (Orleans) John Schiffner
2006 21 22 1 4th East Division John Schiffner
2007 25 16 3 2nd East Division Lost semi-finals (Y-D) John Schiffner
2008 19 25 0 4th East Division John Schiffner
2009 21 23 0 3rd East Division Lost play-in game (Orleans) John Schiffner
2010 20 22 2 5th East Division John Schiffner
2011 15 28 1 5th East Division John Schiffner
2012 21 21 2 3rd East Division Lost round 1 (Y-D) John Schiffner
2013 26 17 1 1st East Division Won round 1 (Y-D)
Lost semi-finals (Orleans)		 John Schiffner
2014 17 26 1 5th East Division John Schiffner
2015 22 22 0 3rd East Division (T) Lost round 1 (Orleans) John Schiffner
2016 17 26 1 4th East Division Won round 1 (Harwich)
Lost semi-finals (Y-D)		 John Schiffner
2017 21 23 0 4th East Division Lost round 1 (Orleans) John Schiffner
2018 22 19 3 2nd East Division Won round 1 (Harwich)
Won semi-finals (Brewster)
Lost championship (Wareham)		 Tom Holliday
2019 24 18 2 1st East Division Lost round 1 (Harwich) Tom Holliday
2020 Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021 16 19 3 4th East Division Tom Holliday
2022 15 20 9 5th East Division Tom Holliday
2023 15 27 2 4th East Division (T) Tom Holliday
Marty Lees
Todd Shelton

League award winners edit

 
Tom Milone was the CCBL's Outstanding Pitcher in 2007
 
Dave Bergman wore the CCBL batting crown in 1973
 
Chris Coghlan was CCBL batting champ in 2005
The Pat Sorenti MVP Award
Year Player
1967 Thurman Munson
1984 Joey Cora
2005 Evan Longoria
The Robert A. McNeece Outstanding Pro Prospect Award
Year Player
1976 Steve Taylor*
1982 Gary Kanwisher
1991 Derek Wallace
1996 Matt Anderson
1998 Kyle Snyder
2005 Andrew Miller
2008 Grant Green
The BFC Whitehouse Outstanding Pitcher Award
Year Player
1966 Joe Jabar
1967 Joe Jabar
1973 John Caneira
1976 Mickey O'Connor
1979 Walt Terrell
1995 Jason Ramsey*
1999 Rik Currier*
2000 Dan Krines*
2005 Andrew Miller*
2007 Tom Milone
2013 Lukas Schiraldi
The Russ Ford Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award
Year Player
1992 Scott Smith
1998 Tim Lavigne
1999 Derrick DePriest
2002 Zane Carlson*
The Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award
Year Player
1976 Joe Gurascio
1977 Russ Quetti
1981 Jim Sherman*
1986 Jim DePalo
1993 Paul Ottavinia
2013 Connor Joe
The Manny Robello 10th Player Award
Year Player
1986 Scott Coolbaugh
1996 Jermaine Clark
2014 A.J. Murray
The John J. Claffey Outstanding New England Player Award
Year Player
2003 Chris Lambert
2013 Tommy Lawrence
2014 Chris Shaw
The Thurman Munson Award for Batting Champion
Year Player
1963 Ken Voges (.505)
1966 Tom Weir (.420)
1967 Thurman Munson (.420)
1971 Ken Doria (.346)
1973 Dave Bergman (.341)
1985 Tim McIntosh (.392)
2005 Chris Coghlan (.346)
All-Star Game MVP Award
Year Player
1976 Steve Taylor
1998 Matt Cepicky
2002 Tim Stauffer
2008 Grant Green
2013 J. D. Davis
2014 A.J. Murray
All-Star Home Run Hitting Contest Champion
Year Player
1998 Matt Cepicky
2011 Richie Shaffer
2022 Lyle Miller-Green
The Star of Stars Playoff MVP Award
Year Player
1992 Steve Duda
1996 Jermaine Clark*
1996 Keith Evans*
1998 Matt Cepicky*
1998 Ryan Earey*

(*) - Indicates co-recipient

All-Star Game selections edit

 
CCBL Hall of Famer and 1966 all-star George Greer
 
CCBL Hall of Famer Glenn Davis, 1980 Chatham all-star
 
CCBL Hall of Famer David Bush was an all-star for Chatham in 2000 and 2001.
 
2005 Chatham all-star Alex Presley
 
The Anglers' J. D. Davis was East Division MVP of the 2013 CCBL All-Star Game
Year Players Ref
1963 Jerry Pardue, Gerry Mackin, Mike Rose, Paul Callahan, Steve Karp, Ken Voges, Tony Grzywacz, Mike Knox [153]
1964 Steve Saradnik, Robert Constant, Charlie Hough, Edward Carroll, Bill Cheslock, Edward Berube, Donald Phillips [154]
1965 Steve Saradnik, George Greer, Charles Malitz, Bob Welz, Paul Mikus, Ronald Knowe, Kenneth Hall, Jon Susce [155]
1966 Steve Saradnik, George Greer, Ed Baird, Tom Grieve, Mike Rosenfelt, Tom Weir, Joe Jabar [156]
1967 Steve Saradnik, Ed Baird, Dave Baldwin, Thurman Munson, Gary Lautzenhiser [157]
1968 Randy Mohler, Charles Schmidt, James Brunette, John Hurley [158]
1969 Joe Keenan, Dave Prest, Jim Clouser, Hank Bunnell, Bruce Raible [159]
1970 Kirk Maas, Gary Boyce, Don Robinson, Dave Landers [160]
1971 John Ihlenburg, Scott Rahl, Ken Doria [161]
1972 John Ihlenburg, Mitch Nowicki, Randy Kersten, Tom McMillan [162]
1973 Mitch Nowicki, John Caneira, Steve Cline, Fred Stewart, Dave Bergman, Bobby Hrapmann, Hank Sauer Jr. [163]
1974 Dan O'Brien, Chuck Rogers, Dave Lundstedt, Lloyd Thompson, Ray Boyer [164][165]
1975 Mickey O'Connor, Joe Guarascio, Jesse Wright, Gerry McKiernan, Ray Boyer, Ken Bolek [166]
1976 Mickey O'Connor, Joe Guarascio, Russ Quetti, George Gross, Steve Taylor, Jim Sherrill, Jim Tracy [167]
1977 Bill Steidl, Bob Bonnette, Jim Lauer [168]
1978 Jeff Groth, Ricky Horton [169]
1979 Walt Terrell, Mike Stenhouse [170]
1980 Glenn Davis, Jim Parks, Tom Mohl, Rob O'Connor [171]
1981 Jim Sherman [172]
1982 Greg Schuler [173]
1983 Roy Silver [174]
1984 Joey Cora, Scott Shaw [175]
1985 Scott Coolbaugh, Jim DePalo, Jorge Robles, Dave Hartnett [176]
1986 Scott Coolbaugh, Jim DePalo, Albert Belle [177]
1987 (None) [178]
1988 Brian Dour, Jeff Bagwell [179][180]
1989 Barry Miller, Steve Gill, Huck Flener, Rick Huisman, Mike Daniel [181][182]
1990 Lamarr Rogers, Jack Nickell, Mike Grohs, Rich Moody [183]
1991 Steve Duda, Lamarr Rogers, Jamie Taylor, Doug Newstrom, Todd Steverson [184][185]
1992 Steve Duda, Scott Vollmer, Greg Norton, Keith Grunewald, Jeremy Carr, Scott Smith, Harry Berrios [186][187]
1993 Paul Ottavinia, J. P. Roberge, Jim Telgheder, Jess Gonzalez, Mike Mitchell, Scott Pinoni [188][189]
1994 Mike Lowell, Mike Galati, Ken Vining, Gabe Alvarez [190]
1995 Jerome Alviso, Jason Koehler, Keith Evans, Jason Ramsey, Seth Etherton, Chris Combs [191]
1996 Scott Friedholm, Jermaine Clark, Mike Colangelo, Jason Fitzgerald, Matt Purkiss, Chris Combs [192][193]
1997 Matt White, Peter Fisher, Derek Wathan, Sean Mahoney [194]
1998 Rik Currier, Todd Raithel, Jeremy Ward, Matt Cepicky [195]
1999 Rik Currier, Dan Moylan, David DeJesus, Seth Davidson, Shaun Stokes, Scott Barber, Derrick DePriest [196]
2000 Dave Bush, Dan Krines, Todd Linden [197]
2001 Dave Bush, Mike McCoy, Daniel Moore [198]
2002 Jeremy Cleveland, Tim Stauffer [199]
2003 Ryan Klosterman, Glenn Swanson, Jeff Frazier, Zane Carlson [200]
2004 Andrew Miller, Chris Getz, Ryan Mullins, Kyle Bono, Steven Head [201]
2005 Andrew Miller, Evan Longoria, Chris Coghlan, Baron Frost, Alex Presley, Jared Hughes, Robert Woodard, Derrick Lutz, Josh Morris [202]
2006 Chris Carrara, Reid Fronk, Ricky Hargrove, Paul Koss, Matt Rizzotti [203]
2007 Jermaine Curtis, Allan Dykstra, Kevin Couture [204]
2008 Grant Green, Cory Olson, Brad Boxberger, Sammy Solis [205]
2009 Mike Murray, Russell Brewer [206]
2010 Aaron Westlake, Joe Pavon, Derek Self, Logan Verrett, Rick Oropesa [207]
2011 Dane Phillips, Matt Koch, Richie Shaffer [208]
2012 Andrew Knapp, Ryan Thompson, Michael Wagner [209]
2013 Dante Flores, Connor Joe, Matt Gage, J. D. Davis [210]
2014 A.J. Murray, Jordan Hillyer, Ty Moore, Nick Collins, Kyle Davis, Chris Shaw [211]
2015 Aaron Knapp, Brandon Miller, Aaron McGarity, Parker Dunshee, Will Craig [212]
2016 Gunnar Troutwine, Isaac Mattson, Pat Mathis [213]
2017 Shea Langeliers, Jacob Olson, Josh Shaw, Jeremy Peña, Jack Degroat [214]
2018 Dan Hammer, John Rave, Tristin English, Troy Miller, Greg Veliz, Blake Sabol, Spencer Torkelson [215]
2019 Jamal O'Guinn II, Kolby Kubichek, Dawson Merryman, Brady Smith, Jorge Arenas, Kaden Polcovich [216]
2020 Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021 Joshua Rivera [217]
2022 Jake DeLeo, Marcus Brown, Caden Grice, Ben Hampton, Alex McFarlane, Lyle Miller-Green [218][219]
2023 Aiden Jimenez, Kaeden Kent, Nolan Schubart [220]

Italics - Indicates All-Star Game Home Run Hitting Contest participant (1988 to present)

No-hit games edit

Year Pitcher Opponent Score Location Notes Ref
1948 Bob Johnson Yarmouth 5–0 [221][222]
1950 Charlie Jones Harwich Cape Verdeans 9–0 [222]
1957 Jerry Glynn Dennis 7–0 [151]
1962 Frank Kashita Yarmouth 6–0 Simpkins Field [151][223]
1964 Fran Walsh Sagamore 5–0 Keith Field [224][225]
1966 Don Wieland Yarmouth 10–0 Veterans Field 5-inning game [226][227]
1967 Don Gabriel Harwich 6–1 Veterans Field Caught by Thurman Munson [40][224]
1973 Fred Stewart Harwich 2–1 Whitehouse Field [228][229]
1991 Steve Duda Y-D 5–0 Red Wilson Field [65][230]

Managerial history edit

Manager Seasons Total Seasons Championship Seasons
John Carroll 1962–1963 2
Bill "Lefty" Lefebvre 1964 1
Joe "Skip" Lewis 1965–1969 5 1967
Doug Holmquist 1970 1
Ben Hays 1971–1974 4
Joe Russo 1975 1
Ed Lyons 1976–1982 7 1982
John Mayotte 1983–1987 5
Bob Whalen 1988–1989 2
Rich Hill 1990–1993 4 1992
John Schiffner 1993–2017 25 1996, 1998
Tom Holliday 2018–2023 5*
Marty Lees†
Todd Shelton‡		 2023 1
Jeremy Sheetinger 2024-

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

(†) - Indicates acting manager

(‡) - Indicates interim manager

John Schiffner, one of the Cape League's all-time winningest skippers edit

Chatham boasts one of the winningest managers in Cape Cod Baseball League history in John Schiffner, affectionately known as "Schiff" across amateur baseball. Schiffner retired after his 25th year managing the Chatham A's in 2017, and served as either the team's manager or an assistant coach for 34 total seasons. Schiffner joined legendary Chatham manager Ed Lyons as an assistant coach just two years after graduating from Providence College. While at Providence, Schiffner had spent three summers playing in the Cape League for the Harwich Mariners from 1974 to 1976. After being drafted and playing part of a minor league season in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in 1977, Schiffner returned to the Cape as an Assistant Coach in Harwich for the summer. During the 1977 playoffs, A's Manager Ed Lyons approached Schiffner and invited him to join his staff for the following summer, and Schiffner quickly accepted the offer.

 
Matt Harvey pitched against Coach Schiffner in high school, then played for him in Chatham

Schiffner served as an Assistant Coach under Lyons in Chatham from 1978 to 1982, then returned in 1990 in the same role after a stint scouting for the Montreal Expos. Schiffner became the Chatham A's manager on July 7, 1993, when manager Rich Hill accepted the head coaching position at the University of San Francisco and took his new post immediately. Schiffner took over a last place team more than halfway into the season, but oversaw a stunning 16-7 record down the stretch as the A's claimed a first-place finish and Schiffner was offered the position of manager on a permanent basis, a major breakthrough for him after a significant number of unsuccessful managerial interviews in Chatham and elsewhere around the Cape League in previous years.

Including that 1993 campaign, Schiffner managed the A's for 25 years, stepping down at the end of the 2017 Cape Cod Baseball League season. He managed the A's to CCBL championships in 1996 and 1998, and became widely regarded as the face and voice of Cape Cod Baseball.

Schiffner announced that the 2017 season would be his last after a Chatham Anglers game in Harwich in July 2017. Soon after, he revealed that he was leaving Chatham to become an assistant coach at the University of Maine, where he would work with new Maine head coach Nick Derba, the catcher of the powerful 2005 Chatham A's team and one of Schiffner's favorite former players. Schiffner had previously served as the volunteer assistant coach at Maine during the 2013 season, when Derba was the Black Bears' hitting coach under current Stetson University head coach Steve Trimper. On August 10, 2017, the Chatham Athletic Association announced that former Oklahoma State University head baseball coach Tom Holliday would succeed Schiffner, beginning with the 2018 Cape Cod Baseball League season.

Schiffner also served as the head baseball coach for 33 years at Plainfield High School in Plainfield, Connecticut, where he also taught history for over three decades. He is the winningest coach in Connecticut state high school baseball history, and often spotted future Cape League talent on high school fields across the state, including current Major League pitchers Matt Harvey and Dominic Leone, both of whom pitched against Schiffner's teams in high school and went on to play for him in Chatham before reaching the Majors. Schiffner was inducted into the Connecticut High School Coaches' Association Hall of Fame in November 2017.[105]

The Tom Holliday Era edit

Following Schiffner's retirement after the 2017 season, Tom Holliday, the 64-year-old former Oklahoma State head coach, was named Chatham's manager.

Holliday took the league by storm in 2018, guiding Chatham to a first-place regular season and its first CCBL Championship Series appearance in 17 seasons. The 2018 team, headlined by Spencer Torkelson, Alek Manoah, Blake Sabol, Greg Jones, Austin Bergner, and Ty Madden, fell to the Wareham Gatemen, two games to none, in the title series.

In 2019, Holliday again skippered the A’s to a first-place finish in the East Division, but his team was swept out of the playoffs by Harwich in the first round.

In 2020, when the Cape League canceled its season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Holliday managed the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas Collegiate League.[231]

Holliday returned to Chatham when the CCBL resumed action in 2021, but his team never qualified for the playoffs again. Across the 2021, 2022, and 2023 seasons, Chatham complied a record of 46-66-14, finishing in fourth or fifth place in the East Division each time.

Holliday's coaching staffs, in contrast to Schiffner's, often featured notable former college and professional baseball figures, including Dennis Cook, Jay Powell, Mickey Tettleton, Rusty Greer, and Marty Lees.

During his tenure as Anglers manager, Holliday was known for his affection for junior college and community college players, his tendency to recruit Oklahoma State players who played for his son Josh Holliday, and his no-holds-barred interviews with broadcasters Josh Schaefer, Emmanuel Berbari, and Joe Puccio.

On July 12, 2023, Holliday resigned as Anglers manager with 23 games left in the season, citing “personal health reasons.” Assistant coaches Marty Lees and Todd Shelton managed the team for the balance of the season. On August 21, the Chatham Athletic Association announced that Georgia Gwinnett College head baseball coach Jeremy "Sheets" Sheetinger would take over as Anglers manager, beginning with the 2024 Cape Cod Baseball League season.[232]

Internship program edit

The Chatham Athletic Association offers internships in Sports Business and Sports Media. Students majoring in sport management, business, marketing, and accounting/finance are mentored on sports-business processes including trend analysis, inventory management, profitability analysis, and marketing projects.

Live broadcasts edit

In 2003, Chatham became the first Cape Cod Baseball League team to start broadcasting games, and has received national attention as a training grounds for young broadcasters.[233] The Anglers provide live broadcasts for all 44 regular season games in addition to the playoffs. All home games have a live video and audio stream while road games are audio only. Viewers can find the live video and audio stream by visiting the Broadcast Central page of the Anglers website. Fans can also listen by calling TRZ Teamline toll free to for all broadcasts 1-800-846-4700, code 3841. In 2023, Chatham became the first Cape Cod Baseball League team to broadcast its games over FM radio when it announced that all home games would be available on 89.9 FM within two miles of Veterans Field.[234]

Below is a list of those who have served as broadcast announcers for the A's.

In popular culture edit

Summer Catch (2001, Movie) edit

 
Freddie Prinze Jr., star of the movie Summer Catch

The Chatham A's were featured prominently in the 2001 Warner Bros. motion picture Summer Catch, starring Freddy Prinze Jr. and Jessica Biel, a comedic sports movie depicting fictional ballplayers spending a summer in Chatham filled with baseball and booze. Though the movie is an extreme fictionalization, some of the fictional players are loosely based on past A's players, and real life A's manager John Schiffner is the fictional team's coach, as portrayed by actor Brian Dennehy. The majority of the movie was filmed in South Carolina, though small portions of scenic shots were taken in Chatham at Veterans Field. The A's actual logos, colors, and uniforms are used in the movie, along with loose copies of other Cape Cod Baseball League team names, logos, and colors.

The Last Best League (2004, Book) edit

Jim Collins' The Last Best League (2004, ISBN 0-306-81418-8) is a non-fiction account of the 2002 Chatham A's, which featured infielder Jamie D'Antona and manager John Schiffner as the book's protagonists. Collins follows and recounts every move the players, coaches, fans, and others make in the ethnographic account of the full 2002 Cape Cod Baseball League and Chatham A's season. The book delves deeply into the life and baseball journey of John Schiffner, who was already the longest-tenured manager in the league and the undisputed face of Cape Cod Baseball at the time of the book's writing, even though he still stood 15 years away from retirement. Schiffner and his longtime assistant coach Matt Fincher are profiled heavily in the book. Fincher was the longtime head baseball coach at University of South Carolina-Upstate.

D'Antona, a highly touted power hitter from Wake Forest University who quickly becomes Collins' primary player focus in the book, is depicted as a laid-back ballplayer whose potential is hindered by occasional lapses in judgment and lack of effort. Collins follows D'Antona extensively both on and off the field, including to his job at the Chatham Fish Pier, where D'Antona delivered fresh fish to businesses all over Chatham at the crack of dawn. Following a short Major League career and a stint playing professionally in Japan, D'Antona returned to Chatham as the Anglers' hitting coach in 2017, working under John Schiffner in his final season as A's manager.

The two members of the 2002 A's who went on to the longest professional baseball careers are Chris Iannetta and Tim Stauffer. A starting pitcher from the University of Richmond, Stauffer was the best pitcher on the 2002 A's and amongst the best in the entire Cape League that summer. He was selected fourth overall by the San Diego Padres in the 2003 MLB Draft based largely off his performance on Cape Cod, and pitched in the Major Leagues for 10 seasons. He appeared in 201 MLB games, posting a 3.97 career ERA before retiring after the 2015 season. Iannetta, a catcher who just completed his 12th Major League season in 2017, is not one of the predominant characters in The Last Best League. One of a select few freshman hitters in the Cape League, Iannetta struggled all summer at the plate after his first year at the University of North Carolina, and was not asked back to Chatham the next summer, according to Collins in the book. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies, and has played in over 1000 MLB games, including over 900 starts at catcher for four different teams.

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January 01, 1970
chatham, anglers, more, commonly, referred, chatham, formerly, chatham, athletics, collegiate, summer, baseball, team, based, chatham, massachusetts, team, member, cape, baseball, league, ccbl, plays, league, east, division, chatham, plays, home, games, histor. The Chatham Anglers more commonly referred to as the Chatham A s and formerly the Chatham Athletics are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Chatham Massachusetts The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League CCBL and plays in the league s East Division Chatham plays its home games at historic Veterans Field the team s home since 1923 in the town of Chatham on the Lower Cape The A s have been operated by the non profit Chatham Athletic Association since 1963 1 Chatham AnglersInformationLeagueCape Cod Baseball League East Division LocationChatham MassachusettsBallparkVeterans FieldNickname s Chatham A sLeague championships1967 1982 1992 1996 1998Former name s Chatham AthleticsChatham Red SoxColorsBlue White and RedManagerJeremy SheetingerGeneral ManagerMike GeylinPresidentSteve WestWebsitewww wbr chathamanglers wbr com Chatham has won five CCBL championships most recently in 1998 when they defeated the Wareham Gatemen in the championship series Contents 1 History 1 1 Pre modern era 1 1 1 The early Cape League era 1923 1939 1 1 2 The Upper and Lower Cape League era 1946 1962 1 2 Modern era 1963 present 1 2 1 The 1960s A new league and a first championship 1 2 2 The 1970s 1 2 3 The 1980s and a second championship 1 2 4 The 1990s a decade of dominance 1 2 5 The 2000s and the advent of the Anglers 1 2 6 The 2010s and the end of the Schiffner era 1 2 7 The 2020s 2 CCBL Hall of Fame inductees 3 Notable alumni 4 Yearly results 4 1 Results by season 1923 1931 4 2 Results by season 1946 1962 4 3 Results by season 1963 present 5 League award winners 6 All Star Game selections 7 No hit games 8 Managerial history 8 1 John Schiffner one of the Cape League s all time winningest skippers 8 2 The Tom Holliday Era 9 Internship program 10 Live broadcasts 11 In popular culture 11 1 Summer Catch 2001 Movie 11 2 The Last Best League 2004 Book 12 See also 13 References 14 External links 14 1 Rosters 14 2 Other linksHistory editPre modern era edit The early Cape League era 1923 1939 edit In 1923 the Cape Cod Baseball League was formed and included four teams Chatham Falmouth Osterville and Hyannis 2 This early Cape League operated through the 1939 season and disbanded in 1940 due in large part to the difficulty of securing ongoing funding during the Great Depression 3 4 Chatham competed in the Cape League from the league s inaugural 1923 season through the 1926 season then from 1927 to 1929 competed as a combined Chatham Harwich team with home games split between Veterans Field and Harwich s Brooks Park 5 6 7 nbsp Veterans Field has been home of Chatham baseball since the 1920s Chatham s 1923 team included CCBL Hall of Famer Merrill Doane Doane a 1924 graduate of Chatham High School remained involved in the Cape League and Chatham baseball for over 60 years One of the longest tenured general managers in Cape League history Doane was instrumental in the league s transition to an NCAA sanctioned collegiate league in the early 1960s and helped build the powerful Chatham teams of the 1960s 8 In 1925 Brockton High School star Pat Creeden played third base for Chatham and went on to play briefly for the Boston Red Sox in 1931 9 10 In the 1927 season the combined Chatham Harwich team finished fourth in the five team league but nevertheless was described as the hardest hitting team in the league 11 1927 Chatham Harwich first baseman Jack Burns went on to play in seven major league seasons for the St Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers 12 13 14 15 In all three seasons of the joint Chatham Harwich team the club featured Boston College batterymates pitcher Pete Herman and catcher George Colbert as well as flashy infielder Artie Gore The trio of Herman Colbert and Gore later teamed up again with Barnstable to bring that club multiple Cape League championships in the 1930s 16 17 Gore went on to a major league umpiring career working ten years in the National League including two World Series assignments In 1930 Chatham again fielded its own team as Harwich split off and became a separate club Pete Herman remained with the Chatham team as its player manager in 1930 and 1931 leading the team on an exciting stretch run and second place finish just two games behind pennant winning Wareham in 1930 18 19 Chatham withdrew from the league prior to the 1932 season as a result of the town s decision not to appropriate funds for the team 20 Throughout the rest of the 1930s Chatham s town team competed in the Cape Cod Twilight League winning that league s title seven consecutive seasons from 1933 to 1939 21 nbsp Artie Gore was a flashy infielder for Chatham Harwich from 1927 to 1929 and went on to a ten year umpiring career in the National League The Upper and Lower Cape League era 1946 1962 edit After a hiatus during the years of World War II the Cape League was reconstituted in 1946 with Chatham joining the Lower Cape Division 22 Chatham has been a member of the Cape League ever since CCBL Hall of Fame skipper John Carroll took the helm at Chatham in 1961 23 The following season Carroll s club finished the regular season in first place atop the Lower Cape Division but failed to reach the Cape League title series losing to Harwich in the Lower Cape championship series 23 24 Modern era 1963 present edit The 1960s A new league and a first championship edit In 1963 the CCBL was reorganized and became officially sanctioned by the NCAA The league would no longer be characterized by town teams who fielded mainly Cape Cod residents but would now be a formal collegiate league Teams began to recruit college players and coaches from an increasingly wide geographic radius 25 The league was originally composed of ten teams which were divided into Upper Cape and Lower Cape divisions Chatham s team known as the Chatham Red Sox 26 joined Orleans Harwich Yarmouth and a team from Otis Air Force Base in the Lower Cape Division Chatham continued to be managed by John Carroll whose 1963 club featured CCBL Hall of Famer Ken Voges of Texas Lutheran University who led the league with an astronomical 505 batting average 27 The Red Sox finished the regular season with a 28 6 record good enough for first place in the Lower Cape Division but fell to Orleans in the playoffs nbsp Thurman Munson led Chatham to its first CCBL championship in 1967 Chatham continued its regular season dominance in 1964 1965 and 1966 finishing atop the Lower Cape Division each year but falling in each season s CCBL title series The 1964 team was piloted by Bill Lefty Lefebvre who had played in the Cape League for Falmouth in the 1930s and had later played in the major leagues with Boston and Washington 28 29 Lefebvre s team featured CCBL Hall of Fame second baseman Steve Saradnik of Providence College who batted 314 30 and pitcher Charlie Hough who went on to a 25 year major league knuckleballing career In 1965 Lefebvre was succeeded by CCBL Hall of Fame manager Joe Skip Lewis who led the team through 1969 31 32 33 Lewis 1965 squad returned Saradnik and added another two CCBL Hall of Famers in University of Connecticut righty Ed Baird who posted a 3 0 record with a 0 45 ERA 34 and George Greer who batted 349 and led the league in doubles and triples 35 The star studded 1966 Chatham team returned Saradnik Baird and Greer 36 37 and added another three CCBL Hall of Famers catcher Tom Weir who led the league with a 420 batting average 38 all star hurler Joe Jabar who went 7 0 with a 1 53 ERA and took home the league s Outstanding Pitcher Award 34 and Pittsfield Massachusetts native Tom Grieve Drafted out of high school in the first round sixth overall of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Senators Grieve played in 25 games for Chatham and batted 416 prior to signing with Washington and moving on to a lengthy major league career 38 In 1967 it finally came together for Lewis boys Saradnik Greer Baird and Jabar all returned and were hungry for a title 39 Added to the mix was Kent State University catcher Thurman Munson who hit 420 on the season and was named league MVP During the regular season Chatham pitcher Don Gabriel tossed a no hitter against Harwich at Veterans Field 40 Chatham again finished in first place in the Lower Cape Division 41 and met Upper Cape powerhouse Falmouth for the second consecutive season in the title series In Game 1 of the championship Chatham pitcher John Frobose twirled 13 innings in a game that was called due to darkness and ended in a 1 1 tie Chatham took Game 2 7 1 behind the stellar pitching of Baird Jabar the league s Outstanding Pitcher was the star of Game 3 tossing a complete game five hitter and knocking in the game winning RBI in Chatham s 3 2 victory clinching the series and giving Chatham its first Cape League championship 42 43 44 Munson went on to be selected by the New York Yankees in the first round fourth overall of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft A perennial all star for the Bronx Bombers Munson won two World Series and was named the Yanks first captain since Lou Gehrig His tragic 1979 death brought fond reminiscences from those who knew him at Chatham 45 Munson was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class of 2000 and his name graces the league s annual award for batting champion 46 The 1970s edit nbsp CCBL Hall of Famer Mike Stenhouse played for Chatham in 1977 78 amp 79 In the late 1960s Chatham had dropped the nickname Red Sox and reverted to the colloquial Chatham Townies moniker of earlier years In 1972 the Chatham Athletic Association settled on Chatham Athletics as the team s new moniker and the Chatham A s were born 47 The A s finished the 1973 regular season in first place atop the Cape League under skipper Ben Hays The team featured future major leaguer Dave Bergman the CCBL batting champ who hit at a 341 clip and CCBL Hall of Fame hurler John Caneira the league s Outstanding Pitcher who posted a 9 1 record and led the league with a 1 37 ERA while striking out 118 and walking only 23 in 92 innings 48 CCBL Hall of Fame manager Ed Lyons took the reins in 1976 and led the A s to another first place finish 46 Chatham was led by the league s Outstanding Pro Prospect Steve Taylor and CCBL Hall of Famer Mickey O Connor a 6 foot 6 southpaw who went 9 0 with a 1 07 ERA and eight complete games and was the league s Outstanding Pitcher 8 The team ousted Hyannis in the playoffs 49 but was shut down by Wareham in the title series 50 Lyons skippered the Athletics for seven seasons with the team qualifying for postseason play in six of the seven years The A s of the late 1970s featured Jim Lauer who set a CCBL record with three home runs in a single game against Hyannis 51 Harvard University slugger and CCBL Hall of Famer Mike Stenhouse who starred for Chatham from 1977 through 1979 52 and longtime major league hurler and CCBL Hall of Famer Walt Terrell who went 9 4 with a 2 20 ERA in 1979 while working a league record 122 2 innings on the season 30 The 1980s and a second championship edit Lyons again skippered Chatham to a first place finish in 1980 before succumbing to Falmouth in the championship series 53 The 1980 A s starred CCBL Hall of Famers Glenn Davis who batted 377 on the season and Jim Sherman who batted 339 and returned to Chatham in 1981 and enjoy another all star season batting 335 23 54 nbsp Kevin Seitzer hit 677 in the playoffs for Chatham s 1982 CCBL title team In 1982 skipper Ed Lyons announced mid season that he would be retiring after the summer 55 Lyons had managed six seasons at Wareham in the early 1970s and was now in his seventh season with Chatham but had yet to win a league title Lyons 1982 A s finished the regular season in fourth place with a pedestrian 20 21 1 record having slipped into the playoffs on the final day of the season with a victory over Orleans The team starred future major league all star Kevin Seitzer who hit 291 on the season and 677 in the playoffs slugger Billy Merrifield who clouted eight homers on the season team MVP Brett Elbin all star centerfielder Greg Schuler and the league s Outstanding Pro Prospect pitcher Gary Kanwisher who led the league with a 1 57 ERA Lyons staff included young third base coach John Schiffner The A s matched up against first place Wareham in the playoff semi finals and promptly disposed of the Gatemen in two games 56 In the championship series Chatham met up with Hyannis in a best three out of five title tilt The A s went on the road for Game 1 and came away with a tight 5 4 win in 11 innings Game 2 at Veterans Field also went to extra frames with the Mets taking a 4 3 lead in the 11th but the home club tied it in the bottom half and then took the lead in the 12th to win by another 5 4 tally Reliever Kurt Lundgren got the win in both games coming on in the eighth inning of Game 1 then in the 12th inning of Game 2 to nail it down after starter Kanwisher held the mound through eleven 57 After two nail biters Game 3 at McKeon Park was a runaway The A s led off the game with a dinger by Elbin and another by Merrifield scoring four runs in the first for starter Jeff Brewer and never looked back Brewer tossed a complete game four hitter and the A s pummeled the Mets 9 0 to complete the three game sweep and claim Chatham s second league crown 58 59 60 In 1983 A s slugger Bob Larimer tied a league mark by crushing three home runs in a single game his feat demonstrated power to all fields as his trio of clouts against Falmouth left the yard in left center and right fields respectively 51 Chatham boasted the league MVP in 1984 as CCBL Hall of Famer Joey Cora was the A s all star second baseman batting 373 and leading the league with 28 stolen bases 61 The 1985 A s returned to the league championship series behind the play of CCBL Hall of Famers Tim McIntosh and Mark Petkovsek but were shut down by Cotuit McIntosh led the league with a 392 batting average 61 and Petkovsek went 7 1 for the A s and returned to Chatham the following season to win another seven games 62 The late 1980s saw a pair of future major league sluggers in the Chatham lineup Albert Joey Belle played for the A s in 1986 and went on to crush 381 major league homers Jeff Bagwell spent the summers of 1987 and 1988 in Chatham He struggled in his first season but followed up with an all star 1988 campaign in which he hit 315 with a 449 on base percentage and went 4 for 4 with a home run in the CCBL All Star Game Bagwell was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017 the fifth former Cape Leaguer to be so honored 63 64 nbsp Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell played for Chatham in 1987 and 1988 The 1990s a decade of dominance edit Chatham was one of the league s most successful teams throughout the 1990s finishing in first place atop the East Division five times qualifying for the playoffs in eight of the ten years reaching the league championship series six times and taking home three CCBL crowns Skipper Rich Hill s 1992 Chatham squad posted an impressive 31 11 regular season record and featured ace reliever Scott Smith and CCBL Hall of Fame hurler Steve Duda Duda had pitched for the A s in 1991 posting a 4 4 record and tossing a no hitter against Y D He was even better in 1992 going 6 1 with a 0 90 ERA 65 66 Duda led the A s into the 1992 playoffs against Brewster by tossing a complete game in Chatham s 4 2 Game 1 victory The A s completed the sweep of the Whitecaps with a 1 0 victory in Game 2 to secure Chatham s spot in the league title series against Cotuit 67 The A s took Game 1 of the 1992 championship series at Veterans Field powered by a two run blast by Mike Smedes Game 2 at Lowell Park was an all time classic The game went into the 12th inning tied at 2 2 thanks to 11 stellar innings by A s starter Duda who threw 125 pitches on three days rest and appeared to get stronger as the game moved along Chatham played small ball in the top of the 12th pushing across Jeremy Carr who had walked and reached third on a stolen base and a Cotuit error then scored on a Brian Garrett single Smith came on in relief of Duda in the bottom of the frame and set down the Kettleers in order to clinch the series for the A s and secure Chatham s third CCBL title with Duda taking home playoff MVP honors 68 69 70 Midway through the 1993 season manager Rich Hill left to take a head coaching job at the University of San Francisco and assistant coach John Schiffner took the helm at Chatham 71 Schiffner who had been Hill s assistant since 1990 had played in the CCBL for Harwich from 1974 through 1976 and had served previously as Chatham assistant coach from 1978 to 1982 He went on to pilot Chatham for a league record 25 years and was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2018 72 Schiffner s 1994 squad featured CCBL Hall of Famer Mike Lowell an all star second baseman who hit 307 for the A s 73 Lowell went on win World Series MVP honors with the 2007 Boston Red Sox In 1995 Schiffner took the club to the CCBL title series but lost to Cotuit 74 nbsp Brian Roberts played shortstop for Chatham s 1998 CCBL title club In 1996 Chatham featured the league s Outstanding Pro Prospect fireballing reliever Matt Anderson but the team struggled early on losing eight in a row at one point The A s finished the regular season a hair over the 500 mark and met first place Brewster in the East Division playoffs In Game 1 Chatham s Matt Purkiss clobbered a two run homer in the third and ace Keith Evans worked 11 innings allowing only four hits as the A s and Whitecaps took a 2 2 tie into the 12th In the top of the 12th Chatham s Scott Friedholm smashed a three run homer to left and Anderson came on in the bottom half of the frame to nail down the victory Chatham completed the sweep with a 3 0 win in Game 2 on the strength of second baseman Jermaine Clark s two run double and advanced to the title series against Falmouth 75 The 1996 championship series opened at Guv Fuller Field with Chatham catcher Scott Fitzgerald stifling the Falmouth attack early on in Game 1 cutting down three stolen base attempts in the first three innings Chatham pushed across three runs playing small ball and A s starter Seth Etherton was masterful twirling eight shutout innings and striking out 14 before turning it over to Anderson for the ninth inning save in the A s 3 0 win Evans took the mound for the A s in Game 2 at home and followed up his 11 inning semi finals outing with a complete game gem Clark whom Schiffner described as the team s spark plug all season 76 went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles to go with his usual stellar work in the field and the A s downed the Commodores 6 2 for the title Evans and Clark shared playoff MVP honors as Chatham sealed its fourth Cape League championship and its first to be clinched at Veterans Field 77 78 Schiffner s 1998 club was loaded with talent Slugger Matt Cepicky was a 327 hitter who won the All Star Game Home Run Derby and took home East Division MVP honors in the East s 3 2 All Star Game victory at Veterans Field 79 In addition to Cepicky the A s boasted an abundance of top moundsmen 6 foot 8 righty Kyle Snyder was the league s Outstanding Pro Prospect Tim Lavigne was the Outstanding Relief Pitcher and CCBL Hall of Famer Rik Currier had an all star season posting a 5 2 record with a 2 37 ERA 66 After sweeping Brewster in the playoff semi finals the A s met Wareham in the best of five championship series Snyder started Game 1 of the 1998 title set for Chatham at Clem Spillane Field but got roughed up by the Gatemen who took the opener 6 4 80 The A s held serve in Game 2 at Chatham as Jeremy Wade tossed a complete game five hitter in the home club s 5 1 victory Game 3 at Wareham was a classic pitcher s duel as Currier was matched up against CCBL Hall of Famer and future major league all star Ben Sheets for the Gatemen The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the 14th when the Gatemen walked off with the game s only run The A s evened the series again in Game 4 at home taking the lead in the bottom of the eighth on RBIs by Ryan Earey and Barry Gauch and hanging on to win 4 3 81 Behind the solid mound work of Devon Nicholson Chatham clung to a 3 1 lead through seven in a tense Game 5 finale that saw Gatemen skipper Don Reed tossed in the seventh The A s broke it open in the eighth on a Brian Peterson two run double and tacked on another to make it a 6 1 title clinching win Cepicky who went 12 for 32 with six RBI in the playoffs shared MVP honors with Earey who was strong in two relief appearances on the hill while going 3 for 10 at the plate 82 83 The 1999 A s enjoyed a 30 win season and finished first in the East Division falling to Cotuit in the championship series 84 The team returned Currier who had another brilliant season posting a 7 0 record with a 1 34 ERA and being named the league s Outstanding Pitcher Currier was joined on the staff by CCBL Hall of Famer Derrick DePriest who did not allow an earned run in 22 2 innings of work and was named the league s Outstanding Relief Pitcher 52 nbsp Evan Longoria was CCBL MVP for the A s in 2005 The 2000s and the advent of the Anglers edit The early 2000s saw a pair of CCBL Hall of Fame relievers take the mound for Chatham Hard throwing righty David Bush posted a 0 84 ERA and led the league with 11 saves in 2000 then returned in 2001 to record an even stingier 0 34 ERA 73 Fireballer Zane Carlson spent three sparkling seasons with the A s from 2001 through 2003 He earned 12 saves in each of his first two years and 10 more in his third with a combined three year ERA of 2 23 85 33 Bush and Carlson led the 2001 squad to the CCBL championship series but the team was defeated by Wareham 86 87 Former A s manager Ed Lyons was honored by the team in 2001 as the 1982 title winning skipper s uniform number 29 became the first number to be retired by the franchise 88 In 2006 the team paid the same honor to longtime assistant coach Matt Fincher retiring his number 23 89 The 2005 A s boasted a wealth of talent as CCBL batting champion Chris Coghlan 90 was joined by future major league all stars Todd Frazier 91 CCBL MVP Evan Longoria 92 93 and second year Chatham hurler Andrew Miller the CCBL s Outstanding Pitcher and Outstanding Pro Prospect who was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2012 94 23 In late 2008 Major League Baseball announced that it would enforce its trademarks and required those CCBL teams who shared a nickname with an MLB team to either change their nicknames or buy their uniforms and merchandise only through MLB licensed vendors Chatham opted to drop its Athletics moniker and became the Chatham Anglers a name which celebrated the town s nautical heritage and allowed for continued use of the A s nickname The team also retained its uniform colors and pinstripe pattern 95 96 nbsp 2011 Angler Kris Bryant The 2010s and the end of the Schiffner era edit The Anglers qualified for postseason play in seven of ten years in the 2010s but remained in a championship drought for a second consecutive decade The 2011 Anglers featured future major league all star and National League MVP Kris Bryant 97 and CCBL Home Run Derby champ Richie Shaffer 98 In 2013 the Anglers finished in first place atop the East Division and starred the CCBL s Outstanding Pitcher Lukas Schiraldi 99 and all star infielder J D Davis who took home All Star Game MVP honors for the East Division for his double and three run homer in the East s 9 4 victory 100 Chatham boasted the CCBL s Outstanding New England Player in consecutive seasons in 2013 and 2014 West Haven Connecticut s Tommy Lawrence of the University of Maine took home the honors in 2013 after a stellar season in the Chatham bullpen Lawrence posted a 3 0 record with a 1 58 ERA striking out 23 and walking just a single batter in 28 1 3 innings 101 The following summer it was Lexington Massachusetts native and Boston College slugger Chris Shaw Shaw clubbed seven dingers to lead the league for Chatham in 2014 and finished second in the league with 31 RBIs 102 Manager John Schiffner stepped down after the 2017 season having held the post for a league record 25 summers 103 104 105 In 2018 first year skipper Tom Holliday 106 led the Anglers to the league championship series where they were downed by Wareham 107 108 Holliday s club finished first in the East Division in 2019 but was bounced from the playoffs by Harwich 109 The 2020s edit The 2020 CCBL season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 110 Chatham missed the CCBL Playoffs in each season 2021 to 2023 marking the first time since the league moved to an eight team playoff format that the Anglers failed to qualify for the postseason in three consecutive seasons The 2023 season saw the end of the Holliday era after Chatham s skipper was forced to resign mid season due to personal health reasons 111 112 Assistant coach Marty Lees was named acting manager on July 12 and led the team to a 3 11 1 record before stepping down to accept a job as head coach at Stillwater High School 113 114 115 Assistant coach Todd Shelton was named interim manager on July 28 and led the team to a 5 1 record over its final six games highlighted by a four game winning streak to end the season 116 117 On August 21 2023 Georgia Gwinnett College head coach Jeremy Sheets Sheetinger was named the 13th manager in Chatham history 118 CCBL Hall of Fame inductees edit nbsp CCBL Hall of Famer Tom Grieve nbsp CCBL Hall of Famer Joey Cora nbsp CCBL Hall of Famer Mike Lowell 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 119 Below are the inductees who spent all or part of their time in the Cape League with Chatham Year Inducted Ref Name Position 2000 46 Ed Lyons Manager Thurman Munson Player 2002 35 George Greer Player 2003 34 Ed Baird Player Joe Jabar Player 2004 48 John Caneira Player 2005 27 Ken Voges Player 2006 66 Rik Currier Player Steve Duda Player 2007 30 Steve Saradnik Player Walt Terrell Player 2008 52 Derrick DePriest Player Robert A McNeece Executive Mike Stenhouse Player 2009 33 Zane Carlson Player Joe Skip Lewis Manager 2010 38 Tom Weir Player Tom Grieve Player 2011 73 David Bush Player Mike Lowell Player 2012 23 John Carroll Manager Jim Sherman Player Andrew Miller Player 2013 8 Merrill Doane Player Executive Mickey O Connor Player 2016 62 Mark Petkovsek Player 2017 61 Joey Cora Player Tim McIntosh Player 2018 72 John Schiffner Manager Mark Sweeney Player 2019 120 Paul Galop Executive 2023 54 Glenn Davis PlayerNotable alumni edit nbsp Todd Frazier nbsp Yan Gomes nbsp Kyle Seager nbsp Whit Merrifield See also Chatham Anglers players Jay Aldrich 1981 Gabe Alvarez 1993 1994 Matt Anderson 1996 James Avery 2003 2004 Jeff Bagwell 1987 1988 Jason Bay 1999 Albert Belle 1986 Dave Bergman 1973 1974 Austin Bergner 2017 2018 Harry Berrios 1992 Ken Bolek 1975 Sean Bouchard 2016 Kip Bouknight 1999 Brad Boxberger 2008 Cody Bradford 2018 Scott Bradley 1979 1980 Ryan Braun 2000 Charles Brewer 2007 2008 Brooks Brown 2005 Corey Brown 2006 Warren Brusstar 1971 Kris Bryant 2011 J B Bukauskas 2016 Nick Burdi 2012 Zack Burdi 2014 Jack Burns 1927 Michael Busch 2018 David Bush 2000 2001 Eric Byrnes 1995 Shawn Camp 1996 John Caneira 1973 Luke Carlin 2001 Chris Carpenter 2007 Justin Cassel 2004 Daniel Castano 2015 Matt Cepicky 1998 Andrew Chin 2014 Jermaine Clark 1996 Tony Cogan 1996 Chris Coghlan 2005 Mike Colangelo 1996 P J Conlon 2014 Andy Cook 1988 Scott Coolbaugh 1985 1986 Tim Cooney 2011 Joey Cora 1984 Tom Cosgrove 2016 Will Craig 2015 Pat Creeden 1925 Brad Cresse 1997 Jermaine Curtis 2007 John Curtis 1967 Davis Daniel 2018 Jamie D Antona 2002 Jeff Datz 1981 Glenn Davis 1980 J D Davis 2013 David DeJesus 1998 1999 Nick Derba 2004 2006 Tom Drees 1984 Jim Duffy 1994 Matt Duffy 2009 Matt Dunbar 1988 Parker Dunshee 2015 Allan Dykstra 2006 2007 Ed Easley 2006 Adam Engel 2012 John Ericks 1987 Danny Espinosa 2006 Seth Etherton 1995 1996 Stuart Fairchild 2016 Buck Farmer 2011 Tim Federowicz 2007 Huck Flener 1989 Darrin Fletcher 1986 Randy Flores 1995 Ron Flores 1998 Jason Foley 2016 P J Forbes 1988 Jake Fraley 2014 2015 Jeff Frazier 2003 Todd Frazier 2005 2006 Marvin Freeman 1983 Scott Friedholm 1996 Tom Funk 1982 Kyle Funkhouser 2013 Hunter Gaddis 2018 Matt Gage 2013 Zac Gallen 2014 2015 Rusty Gerhardt 1969 Chris Getz 2003 2004 Danny Godby 1965 1967 Yan Gomes 2008 Artie Gore 1929 Jason Grabowski 1995 1996 Josiah Gray 2017 Gary Green 1982 Grant Green 2008 Adam Greenberg 2001 George Greer 1965 1967 Caden Grice 2021 2022 Tom Grieve 1966 Jeff Groth 1978 Jesse Hahn 2009 Dave Hajek 1988 David Hale 2008 Brad Halsey 2001 Garrett Hampson 2014 2015 Jason Hart 1997 Matt Harvey 2008 2009 Rod Henderson 1991 Lincoln Henzman 2016 Mark Higgins 1983 Rich Hill 2000 2001 Taylor Hill 2009 Chad Holbrook 1992 Ricky Horton 1978 Charlie Hough 1964 Peter Hoy 1987 David Huff 2004 2005 Jared Hughes 2005 Rick Huisman 1989 Kyle Hurt 2018 Chris Iannetta 2002 Joe Inglett 1997 Joseph Jabar 1966 1967 Ray Jarvis 1964 Connor Joe 2013 Greg Jones 2018 James Karinchak 2016 Matt Kata 1997 1998 Alex Katz 2014 Mark Kiefer 1987 Paul Kilgus 1982 Scott Klingenbeck 1991 Ryan Klosterman 2003 Andrew Knapp 2012 Reiss Knehr 2017 Matt Koch 2011 Kenny Koplove 2013 Mike Koplove 1997 Bobby Korecky 2001 Tim Lahey 2003 Chris Lambert 2003 Shea Langeliers 2017 Dominic Leone 2011 Jeff Liefer 1995 Pat Light 2011 Todd Linden 2000 Evan Longoria 2005 Mike Lowell 1994 Tyler Lyons 2009 Mike MacDougal 1998 Ty Madden 2019 Alek Manoah 2018 Justin Marks 2008 Evan Marzilli 2011 Isaac Mattson 2016 Patrick Mazeika 2014 Marcus McBeth 2000 Mike McCoy 2001 Collin McHugh 2007 Tim McIntosh 1986 Nolan McLean 2021 Tom McMillan 1972 John McMillon 2018 Victor Mederos 2021 Kevin Mench 1998 Drew Mendoza 2018 Whit Merrifield 2009 Drew Meyer 2000 2001 Chris Michalak 1991 Andrew Miller 2004 2005 Tommy Milone 2007 Nate Mondou 2015 Ray Montgomery 1989 Trey Moore 1993 Kevin Morgan 1989 Mike Moriarty 1994 Colt Morton 2002 Thurman Munson 1967 Greg Norton 1992 Dan O Brien 1974 Rouglas Odor 1987 Ross Ohlendorf 2003 Chad Orvella 2002 Mike Pagliarulo 1980 Andre Pallante 2017 Kevin Parada 2021 Bobby Parnell 2004 Dan Peltier 1988 Jeremy Pena 2017 Mark Petkovsek 1985 1986 Ed Phillips 1963 Chad Pinder 2012 Chris Pittaro 1981 Alex Presley 2005 A J Puckett 2015 Zach Putnam 2007 Kevin Reese 1999 Roc Riggio 2022 Tom Riginos 1988 Matt Rizzotti 2006 Brian Roberts 1998 Dewey Robinson 1975 Blake Sabol 2018 John Schneider 2001 Scott Schoeneweis 1993 Jaime Schultz 2012 Tanner Scott 2014 Andre Scrubb 2015 Kyle Seager 2007 2008 Kevin Seitzer 1982 Richie Shaffer 2011 Bryan Shaw 2007 Chris Shaw 2014 Jim Sherman 1980 1981 Zack Short 2015 Kyle Snyder 1998 Chad Sobotka 2013 Sammy Solis 2008 Peter Soteropoulos 2001 Brandon Sproat 2021 Jacob Stallings 2009 2010 Tim Stauffer 2002 Steve Stemle 1996 Mike Stenhouse 1977 1979 Todd Steverson 1991 Steve Stone 1968 Marc Sullivan 1978 Dave Swartzbaugh 1988 Mark Sweeney 1988 Steve Taylor 1976 Joey Terdoslavich 2009 Walt Terrell 1979 Shawn Tolleson 2009 Spencer Torkelson 2018 2019 Jim Tracy 1976 John Trautwein 1982 Pat Valaika 2012 Logan Verrett 2009 2010 Ken Vining 1994 1996 Derek Wallace 1991 Joe Wallis 1971 1972 Ben Wanger 2018 Adam Warren 2008 Mickey Weston 1981 JJ Wetherholt 2023 Carson Whisenhunt 2022 Alex White 2007 2008 Matt White 1997 Garrett Whitlock 2016 Howard J Whitmore Jr 1926 Matt Williams 1991 Scott Williamson 1996 Bobby Witt 1983 Tanner Witt 2021 Rob Wooten 2007 Vance Worley 2006 Chris Young 2000 T J Zeuch 2015 Brad Ziegler 2001Yearly results edit nbsp Pat Creeden played for Chatham in 1925 and later played for the Boston Red Sox nbsp 1927 Chatham first baseman Jack Burns later played for the St Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers nbsp Charlie Hough pitched for Chatham in 1964 and went on to amass over 200 major league wins nbsp Danny Godby of Chatham s 1967 CCBL championship team nbsp Steve Stone pitched for Chatham in 1968 and won the AL Cy Young Award in 1980 nbsp CCBL Hall of Famer Walt Terrell won the league s Outstanding Pitcher Award for Chatham in 1979 nbsp Eric Byrnes Chatham 1995 nbsp David DeJesus of Chatham s 1998 CCBL championship team nbsp CCBL Hall of Famer Andrew Miller won the league s Outstanding Pro Prospect Award in 2005 nbsp Collin McHugh Chatham 2007 Results by season 1923 1931 edit Year Won Lost Regular Season Finish Postseason Manager Ref 1923 5 7 2nd League T George Temple 121 122 1924 7 17 4th League 123 1925 Harold Goodnough 9 1926 12 19 4th League Chucker Roach 124 125 1927 16 20 4th League Frank Davies 126 127 12 128 1928 22 22 3rd League Robert Cushman 129 130 1929 23 21 2nd League Johnny Mitchell 131 132 1930 27 17 2nd League Pete Herman 133 1931 22 28 4th League Pete Herman 134 There were no postseason playoffs during the period 1923 1931 The regular season pennant winner was simply crowned as the league champion Played from 1927 to 1929 as combined Chatham Harwich team Results by season 1946 1962 edit Year Won Lost Regular Season Finish Postseason Manager Ref 1946 Merrill Doane 1947 Merrill Doane 135 1948 Lost semi finals Orleans Merrill Doane 136 1949 George Temple 137 1950 16 27 7th Lower Cape Division 138 1951 22 13 2nd Lower Cape Division A 4th Lower Cape Division B 139 140 1952 1953 20 15 3rd Lower Cape Division A T 3rd Lower Cape Division B 141 142 1954 1955 3 26 7th Lower Cape Division 143 1956 10 23 6th Lower Cape Division 144 1957 7 25 6th Lower Cape Division 145 1958 9 21 6th Lower Cape Division 146 1959 11 21 5th Lower Cape Division 147 1960 12 20 5th Lower Cape Division 148 1961 7 24 5th Lower Cape Division Ed Nickerson 149 1962 21 9 1st Lower Cape Division Won round 1 Yarmouth Lost semi finals Harwich John Carroll 150 151 152 Regular seasons split into first and second halves are designated as A and B Results by season 1963 present edit Year Won Lost Tied Regular Season Finish Postseason Manager 1963 28 6 0 1st Lower Cape Division Lost semi finals Orleans John Carroll 1964 27 4 0 1st Lower Cape Division Lost championship Cotuit Bill Lefty Lefebvre 1965 25 7 0 1st Lower Cape Division Lost championship Sagamore Joe Skip Lewis 1966 30 4 0 1st Lower Cape Division Lost championship Falmouth Joe Skip Lewis 1967 30 9 0 1st Lower Cape Division Won semi finals Orleans Won championship Falmouth Joe Skip Lewis 1968 17 23 0 3rd Lower Cape Division Joe Skip Lewis 1969 29 15 0 1st Lower Cape Division Won semi finals Orleans Lost championship Falmouth Joe Skip Lewis 1970 21 20 0 5th League Doug Holmquist 1971 18 22 2 5th League Ben Hays 1972 25 17 0 4th League Won semi finals Orleans Lost championship Cotuit Ben Hays 1973 26 14 1 1st League Lost semi finals Yarmouth Ben Hays 1974 19 23 0 5th League Ben Hays 1975 16 25 1 6th League Joe Russo 1976 30 11 1 1st League Won semi finals Hyannis Lost championship Wareham Ed Lyons 1977 25 16 1 2nd League Lost semi finals Y D Ed Lyons 1978 25 17 0 2nd League Lost semi finals Harwich Ed Lyons 1979 19 21 2 4th League Lost semi finals Hyannis Ed Lyons 1980 29 13 0 1st League Won semi finals Wareham Lost championship Falmouth Ed Lyons 1981 15 27 0 8th League Ed Lyons 1982 20 21 1 4th League Won semi finals Wareham Won championship Hyannis Ed Lyons 1983 15 25 2 7th League John Mayotte 1984 18 23 1 6th League John Mayotte 1985 31 10 1 1st League Won semi finals Orleans Lost championship Cotuit John Mayotte 1986 22 19 1 4th League Lost semi finals Orleans John Mayotte 1987 17 25 0 6th League T John Mayotte 1988 19 24 0 4th East Division Bob Whalen 1989 22 20 2 2nd East Division T Lost play in game Brewster Bob Whalen 1990 17 24 2 5th East Division Rich Hill 1991 24 19 1 1st East Division Won semi finals Orleans Lost championship Hyannis Rich Hill 1992 31 11 0 1st East Division Won semi finals Brewster Won championship Cotuit Rich Hill 1993 25 19 0 1st East Division Lost semi finals Orleans Rich HillJohn Schiffner 1994 16 25 2 4th East Division John Schiffner 1995 25 17 1 1st East Division Won semi finals Orleans Lost championship Cotuit John Schiffner 1996 22 21 1 2nd East Division Won semi finals Brewster Won championship Falmouth John Schiffner 1997 22 22 0 2nd East Division Lost semi finals Harwich John Schiffner 1998 23 18 2 2nd East Division Won semi finals Brewster Won championship Wareham John Schiffner 1999 30 14 0 1st East Division Won semi finals Orleans Lost championship Cotuit John Schiffner 2000 23 20 1 2nd East Division T Won play in game Orleans Lost semi finals Brewster John Schiffner 2001 25 19 0 1st East Division T Won semi finals Y D Lost championship Wareham John Schiffner 2002 19 23 2 5th East Division John Schiffner 2003 22 21 1 3rd East Division John Schiffner 2004 21 23 0 4th East Division John Schiffner 2005 28 15 1 2nd East Division Lost semi finals Orleans John Schiffner 2006 21 22 1 4th East Division John Schiffner 2007 25 16 3 2nd East Division Lost semi finals Y D John Schiffner 2008 19 25 0 4th East Division John Schiffner 2009 21 23 0 3rd East Division Lost play in game Orleans John Schiffner 2010 20 22 2 5th East Division John Schiffner 2011 15 28 1 5th East Division John Schiffner 2012 21 21 2 3rd East Division Lost round 1 Y D John Schiffner 2013 26 17 1 1st East Division Won round 1 Y D Lost semi finals Orleans John Schiffner 2014 17 26 1 5th East Division John Schiffner 2015 22 22 0 3rd East Division T Lost round 1 Orleans John Schiffner 2016 17 26 1 4th East Division Won round 1 Harwich Lost semi finals Y D John Schiffner 2017 21 23 0 4th East Division Lost round 1 Orleans John Schiffner 2018 22 19 3 2nd East Division Won round 1 Harwich Won semi finals Brewster Lost championship Wareham Tom Holliday 2019 24 18 2 1st East Division Lost round 1 Harwich Tom Holliday 2020 Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic 2021 16 19 3 4th East Division Tom Holliday 2022 15 20 9 5th East Division Tom Holliday 2023 15 27 2 4th East Division T Tom HollidayMarty LeesTodd SheltonLeague award winners edit nbsp Tom Milone was the CCBL s Outstanding Pitcher in 2007 nbsp Dave Bergman wore the CCBL batting crown in 1973 nbsp Chris Coghlan was CCBL batting champ in 2005 The Pat Sorenti MVP Award Year Player 1967 Thurman Munson 1984 Joey Cora 2005 Evan Longoria The Robert A McNeece Outstanding Pro Prospect Award Year Player 1976 Steve Taylor 1982 Gary Kanwisher 1991 Derek Wallace 1996 Matt Anderson 1998 Kyle Snyder 2005 Andrew Miller 2008 Grant Green The BFC Whitehouse Outstanding Pitcher Award Year Player 1966 Joe Jabar 1967 Joe Jabar 1973 John Caneira 1976 Mickey O Connor 1979 Walt Terrell 1995 Jason Ramsey 1999 Rik Currier 2000 Dan Krines 2005 Andrew Miller 2007 Tom Milone 2013 Lukas Schiraldi The Russ Ford Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award Year Player 1992 Scott Smith 1998 Tim Lavigne 1999 Derrick DePriest 2002 Zane Carlson The Daniel J Silva Sportsmanship Award Year Player 1976 Joe Gurascio 1977 Russ Quetti 1981 Jim Sherman 1986 Jim DePalo 1993 Paul Ottavinia 2013 Connor Joe The Manny Robello 10th Player Award Year Player 1986 Scott Coolbaugh 1996 Jermaine Clark 2014 A J Murray The John J Claffey Outstanding New England Player Award Year Player 2003 Chris Lambert 2013 Tommy Lawrence 2014 Chris Shaw The Thurman Munson Award for Batting Champion Year Player 1963 Ken Voges 505 1966 Tom Weir 420 1967 Thurman Munson 420 1971 Ken Doria 346 1973 Dave Bergman 341 1985 Tim McIntosh 392 2005 Chris Coghlan 346 All Star Game MVP Award Year Player 1976 Steve Taylor 1998 Matt Cepicky 2002 Tim Stauffer 2008 Grant Green 2013 J D Davis 2014 A J Murray All Star Home Run Hitting Contest Champion Year Player 1998 Matt Cepicky 2011 Richie Shaffer 2022 Lyle Miller Green The Star of Stars Playoff MVP Award Year Player 1992 Steve Duda 1996 Jermaine Clark 1996 Keith Evans 1998 Matt Cepicky 1998 Ryan Earey Indicates co recipientAll Star Game selections edit nbsp CCBL Hall of Famer and 1966 all star George Greer nbsp CCBL Hall of Famer Glenn Davis 1980 Chatham all star nbsp CCBL Hall of Famer David Bush was an all star for Chatham in 2000 and 2001 nbsp 2005 Chatham all star Alex Presley nbsp The Anglers J D Davis was East Division MVP of the 2013 CCBL All Star Game Year Players Ref 1963 Jerry Pardue Gerry Mackin Mike Rose Paul Callahan Steve Karp Ken Voges Tony Grzywacz Mike Knox 153 1964 Steve Saradnik Robert Constant Charlie Hough Edward Carroll Bill Cheslock Edward Berube Donald Phillips 154 1965 Steve Saradnik George Greer Charles Malitz Bob Welz Paul Mikus Ronald Knowe Kenneth Hall Jon Susce 155 1966 Steve Saradnik George Greer Ed Baird Tom Grieve Mike Rosenfelt Tom Weir Joe Jabar 156 1967 Steve Saradnik Ed Baird Dave Baldwin Thurman Munson Gary Lautzenhiser 157 1968 Randy Mohler Charles Schmidt James Brunette John Hurley 158 1969 Joe Keenan Dave Prest Jim Clouser Hank Bunnell Bruce Raible 159 1970 Kirk Maas Gary Boyce Don Robinson Dave Landers 160 1971 John Ihlenburg Scott Rahl Ken Doria 161 1972 John Ihlenburg Mitch Nowicki Randy Kersten Tom McMillan 162 1973 Mitch Nowicki John Caneira Steve Cline Fred Stewart Dave Bergman Bobby Hrapmann Hank Sauer Jr 163 1974 Dan O Brien Chuck Rogers Dave Lundstedt Lloyd Thompson Ray Boyer 164 165 1975 Mickey O Connor Joe Guarascio Jesse Wright Gerry McKiernan Ray Boyer Ken Bolek 166 1976 Mickey O Connor Joe Guarascio Russ Quetti George Gross Steve Taylor Jim Sherrill Jim Tracy 167 1977 Bill Steidl Bob Bonnette Jim Lauer 168 1978 Jeff Groth Ricky Horton 169 1979 Walt Terrell Mike Stenhouse 170 1980 Glenn Davis Jim Parks Tom Mohl Rob O Connor 171 1981 Jim Sherman 172 1982 Greg Schuler 173 1983 Roy Silver 174 1984 Joey Cora Scott Shaw 175 1985 Scott Coolbaugh Jim DePalo Jorge Robles Dave Hartnett 176 1986 Scott Coolbaugh Jim DePalo Albert Belle 177 1987 None 178 1988 Brian Dour Jeff Bagwell 179 180 1989 Barry Miller Steve Gill Huck Flener Rick Huisman Mike Daniel 181 182 1990 Lamarr Rogers Jack Nickell Mike Grohs Rich Moody 183 1991 Steve Duda Lamarr Rogers Jamie Taylor Doug Newstrom Todd Steverson 184 185 1992 Steve Duda Scott Vollmer Greg Norton Keith Grunewald Jeremy Carr Scott Smith Harry Berrios 186 187 1993 Paul Ottavinia J P Roberge Jim Telgheder Jess Gonzalez Mike Mitchell Scott Pinoni 188 189 1994 Mike Lowell Mike Galati Ken Vining Gabe Alvarez 190 1995 Jerome Alviso Jason Koehler Keith Evans Jason Ramsey Seth Etherton Chris Combs 191 1996 Scott Friedholm Jermaine Clark Mike Colangelo Jason Fitzgerald Matt Purkiss Chris Combs 192 193 1997 Matt White Peter Fisher Derek Wathan Sean Mahoney 194 1998 Rik Currier Todd Raithel Jeremy Ward Matt Cepicky 195 1999 Rik Currier Dan Moylan David DeJesus Seth Davidson Shaun Stokes Scott Barber Derrick DePriest 196 2000 Dave Bush Dan Krines Todd Linden 197 2001 Dave Bush Mike McCoy Daniel Moore 198 2002 Jeremy Cleveland Tim Stauffer 199 2003 Ryan Klosterman Glenn Swanson Jeff Frazier Zane Carlson 200 2004 Andrew Miller Chris Getz Ryan Mullins Kyle Bono Steven Head 201 2005 Andrew Miller Evan Longoria Chris Coghlan Baron Frost Alex Presley Jared Hughes Robert Woodard Derrick Lutz Josh Morris 202 2006 Chris Carrara Reid Fronk Ricky Hargrove Paul Koss Matt Rizzotti 203 2007 Jermaine Curtis Allan Dykstra Kevin Couture 204 2008 Grant Green Cory Olson Brad Boxberger Sammy Solis 205 2009 Mike Murray Russell Brewer 206 2010 Aaron Westlake Joe Pavon Derek Self Logan Verrett Rick Oropesa 207 2011 Dane Phillips Matt Koch Richie Shaffer 208 2012 Andrew Knapp Ryan Thompson Michael Wagner 209 2013 Dante Flores Connor Joe Matt Gage J D Davis 210 2014 A J Murray Jordan Hillyer Ty Moore Nick Collins Kyle Davis Chris Shaw 211 2015 Aaron Knapp Brandon Miller Aaron McGarity Parker Dunshee Will Craig 212 2016 Gunnar Troutwine Isaac Mattson Pat Mathis 213 2017 Shea Langeliers Jacob Olson Josh Shaw Jeremy Pena Jack Degroat 214 2018 Dan Hammer John Rave Tristin English Troy Miller Greg Veliz Blake Sabol Spencer Torkelson 215 2019 Jamal O Guinn II Kolby Kubichek Dawson Merryman Brady Smith Jorge Arenas Kaden Polcovich 216 2020 Season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic 2021 Joshua Rivera 217 2022 Jake DeLeo Marcus Brown Caden Grice Ben Hampton Alex McFarlane Lyle Miller Green 218 219 2023 Aiden Jimenez Kaeden Kent Nolan Schubart 220 Italics Indicates All Star Game Home Run Hitting Contest participant 1988 to present No hit games editYear Pitcher Opponent Score Location Notes Ref 1948 Bob Johnson Yarmouth 5 0 221 222 1950 Charlie Jones Harwich Cape Verdeans 9 0 222 1957 Jerry Glynn Dennis 7 0 151 1962 Frank Kashita Yarmouth 6 0 Simpkins Field 151 223 1964 Fran Walsh Sagamore 5 0 Keith Field 224 225 1966 Don Wieland Yarmouth 10 0 Veterans Field 5 inning game 226 227 1967 Don Gabriel Harwich 6 1 Veterans Field Caught by Thurman Munson 40 224 1973 Fred Stewart Harwich 2 1 Whitehouse Field 228 229 1991 Steve Duda Y D 5 0 Red Wilson Field 65 230 Managerial history editManager Seasons Total Seasons Championship Seasons John Carroll 1962 1963 2 Bill Lefty Lefebvre 1964 1 Joe Skip Lewis 1965 1969 5 1967 Doug Holmquist 1970 1 Ben Hays 1971 1974 4 Joe Russo 1975 1 Ed Lyons 1976 1982 7 1982 John Mayotte 1983 1987 5 Bob Whalen 1988 1989 2 Rich Hill 1990 1993 4 1992 John Schiffner 1993 2017 25 1996 1998 Tom Holliday 2018 2023 5 Marty Lees Todd Shelton 2023 1 Jeremy Sheetinger 2024 Season count excludes 2020 CCBL season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic Indicates acting manager Indicates interim manager John Schiffner one of the Cape League s all time winningest skippers edit Chatham boasts one of the winningest managers in Cape Cod Baseball League history in John Schiffner affectionately known as Schiff across amateur baseball Schiffner retired after his 25th year managing the Chatham A s in 2017 and served as either the team s manager or an assistant coach for 34 total seasons Schiffner joined legendary Chatham manager Ed Lyons as an assistant coach just two years after graduating from Providence College While at Providence Schiffner had spent three summers playing in the Cape League for the Harwich Mariners from 1974 to 1976 After being drafted and playing part of a minor league season in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in 1977 Schiffner returned to the Cape as an Assistant Coach in Harwich for the summer During the 1977 playoffs A s Manager Ed Lyons approached Schiffner and invited him to join his staff for the following summer and Schiffner quickly accepted the offer nbsp Matt Harvey pitched against Coach Schiffner in high school then played for him in Chatham Schiffner served as an Assistant Coach under Lyons in Chatham from 1978 to 1982 then returned in 1990 in the same role after a stint scouting for the Montreal Expos Schiffner became the Chatham A s manager on July 7 1993 when manager Rich Hill accepted the head coaching position at the University of San Francisco and took his new post immediately Schiffner took over a last place team more than halfway into the season but oversaw a stunning 16 7 record down the stretch as the A s claimed a first place finish and Schiffner was offered the position of manager on a permanent basis a major breakthrough for him after a significant number of unsuccessful managerial interviews in Chatham and elsewhere around the Cape League in previous years Including that 1993 campaign Schiffner managed the A s for 25 years stepping down at the end of the 2017 Cape Cod Baseball League season He managed the A s to CCBL championships in 1996 and 1998 and became widely regarded as the face and voice of Cape Cod Baseball Schiffner announced that the 2017 season would be his last after a Chatham Anglers game in Harwich in July 2017 Soon after he revealed that he was leaving Chatham to become an assistant coach at the University of Maine where he would work with new Maine head coach Nick Derba the catcher of the powerful 2005 Chatham A s team and one of Schiffner s favorite former players Schiffner had previously served as the volunteer assistant coach at Maine during the 2013 season when Derba was the Black Bears hitting coach under current Stetson University head coach Steve Trimper On August 10 2017 the Chatham Athletic Association announced that former Oklahoma State University head baseball coach Tom Holliday would succeed Schiffner beginning with the 2018 Cape Cod Baseball League season Schiffner also served as the head baseball coach for 33 years at Plainfield High School in Plainfield Connecticut where he also taught history for over three decades He is the winningest coach in Connecticut state high school baseball history and often spotted future Cape League talent on high school fields across the state including current Major League pitchers Matt Harvey and Dominic Leone both of whom pitched against Schiffner s teams in high school and went on to play for him in Chatham before reaching the Majors Schiffner was inducted into the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in November 2017 105 The Tom Holliday Era edit Following Schiffner s retirement after the 2017 season Tom Holliday the 64 year old former Oklahoma State head coach was named Chatham s manager Holliday took the league by storm in 2018 guiding Chatham to a first place regular season and its first CCBL Championship Series appearance in 17 seasons The 2018 team headlined by Spencer Torkelson Alek Manoah Blake Sabol Greg Jones Austin Bergner and Ty Madden fell to the Wareham Gatemen two games to none in the title series In 2019 Holliday again skippered the A s to a first place finish in the East Division but his team was swept out of the playoffs by Harwich in the first round In 2020 when the Cape League canceled its season due to the COVID 19 Pandemic Holliday managed the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas Collegiate League 231 Holliday returned to Chatham when the CCBL resumed action in 2021 but his team never qualified for the playoffs again Across the 2021 2022 and 2023 seasons Chatham complied a record of 46 66 14 finishing in fourth or fifth place in the East Division each time Holliday s coaching staffs in contrast to Schiffner s often featured notable former college and professional baseball figures including Dennis Cook Jay Powell Mickey Tettleton Rusty Greer and Marty Lees During his tenure as Anglers manager Holliday was known for his affection for junior college and community college players his tendency to recruit Oklahoma State players who played for his son Josh Holliday and his no holds barred interviews with broadcasters Josh Schaefer Emmanuel Berbari and Joe Puccio On July 12 2023 Holliday resigned as Anglers manager with 23 games left in the season citing personal health reasons Assistant coaches Marty Lees and Todd Shelton managed the team for the balance of the season On August 21 the Chatham Athletic Association announced that Georgia Gwinnett College head baseball coach Jeremy Sheets Sheetinger would take over as Anglers manager beginning with the 2024 Cape Cod Baseball League season 232 Internship program editThe Chatham Athletic Association offers internships in Sports Business and Sports Media Students majoring in sport management business marketing and accounting finance are mentored on sports business processes including trend analysis inventory management profitability analysis and marketing projects Live broadcasts editIn 2003 Chatham became the first Cape Cod Baseball League team to start broadcasting games and has received national attention as a training grounds for young broadcasters 233 The Anglers provide live broadcasts for all 44 regular season games in addition to the playoffs All home games have a live video and audio stream while road games are audio only Viewers can find the live video and audio stream by visiting the Broadcast Central page of the Anglers website Fans can also listen by calling TRZ Teamline toll free to for all broadcasts 1 800 846 4700 code 3841 In 2023 Chatham became the first Cape Cod Baseball League team to broadcast its games over FM radio when it announced that all home games would be available on 89 9 FM within two miles of Veterans Field 234 Below is a list of those who have served as broadcast announcers for the A s Guy Benson Northwestern University 2003 2006 Dan D Uva Syracuse University Fordham University 2003 2008 Kyle Whitehead Northwestern University 2007 Mike Toper Syracuse University 2007 Brian Clark Fordham University 2008 2009 Scott Braun University of Miami 2009 2010 Aaron Canada George Mason University 2010 2011 Chris Fitzgerald University of Oregon 2011 2012 Brandon Liebhaber Northwestern University 2012 2013 Keith Zubrow Syracuse University 2013 Jonny Wincott Syracuse University 2014 2015 Dom Cotroneo Arizona State University 2014 2015 Jake Eisenberg University of Maryland 2016 Evan Stockton Syracuse University 2016 Drew Carter Syracuse University 2017 Max Herz Vanderbilt University 2017 Josh Schaefer Arizona State University 2018 2019 Cooper Boardman Syracuse University 2018 2019 Emmanuel Berbari Fordham University 2021 Ben Shulman Syracuse University 2021 Joe Puccio Syracuse University 2022 2023 Ian Unsworth Syracuse University 2022 Andrew Selover Syracuse University 2023 2024 Jack Smith University of Southern California 2024In popular culture editSummer Catch 2001 Movie edit nbsp Freddie Prinze Jr star of the movie Summer Catch The Chatham A s were featured prominently in the 2001 Warner Bros motion picture Summer Catch starring Freddy Prinze Jr and Jessica Biel a comedic sports movie depicting fictional ballplayers spending a summer in Chatham filled with baseball and booze Though the movie is an extreme fictionalization some of the fictional players are loosely based on past A s players and real life A s manager John Schiffner is the fictional team s coach as portrayed by actor Brian Dennehy The majority of the movie was filmed in South Carolina though small portions of scenic shots were taken in Chatham at Veterans Field The A s actual logos colors and uniforms are used in the movie along with loose copies of other Cape Cod Baseball League team names logos and colors The Last Best League 2004 Book edit Jim Collins The Last Best League 2004 ISBN 0 306 81418 8 is a non fiction account of the 2002 Chatham A s which featured infielder Jamie D Antona and manager John Schiffner as the book s protagonists Collins follows and recounts every move the players coaches fans and others make in the ethnographic account of the full 2002 Cape Cod Baseball League and Chatham A s season The book delves deeply into the life and baseball journey of John Schiffner who was already the longest tenured manager in the league and the undisputed face of Cape Cod Baseball at the time of the book s writing even though he still stood 15 years away from retirement Schiffner and his longtime assistant coach Matt Fincher are profiled heavily in the book Fincher was the longtime head baseball coach at University of South Carolina Upstate D Antona a highly touted power hitter from Wake Forest University who quickly becomes Collins primary player focus in the book is depicted as a laid back ballplayer whose potential is hindered by occasional lapses in judgment and lack of effort Collins follows D Antona extensively both on and off the field including to his job at the Chatham Fish Pier where D Antona delivered fresh fish to businesses all over Chatham at the crack of dawn Following a short Major League career and a stint playing professionally in Japan D Antona returned to Chatham as the Anglers hitting coach in 2017 working under John Schiffner in his final season as A s manager The two members of the 2002 A s who went on to the longest professional baseball careers are Chris Iannetta and Tim Stauffer A starting pitcher from the University of Richmond Stauffer was the best pitcher on the 2002 A s and amongst the best in the entire Cape League that summer He was selected fourth overall by the San Diego Padres in the 2003 MLB Draft based largely off his performance on Cape Cod and pitched in the Major Leagues for 10 seasons He appeared in 201 MLB games posting a 3 97 career ERA before retiring after the 2015 season Iannetta a catcher who just completed his 12th Major League season in 2017 is not one of the predominant characters in The Last Best League One of a select few freshman hitters in the Cape League Iannetta struggled all summer at the plate after his first year at the University of North Carolina and was not asked back to Chatham the next summer according to Collins in the book He was selected in the fourth round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies and has played in over 1000 MLB games including over 900 starts at catcher for four different teams See also editChatham Anglers playersReferences edit 1998 Cape Cod Baseball League Official Yearbook p 14 Cape Cod Baseball League Falmouth Enterprise Falmouth MA July 14 1923 p 6 Cape Cod League Prospects Black Barnstable Patriot Barnstable MA February 15 1940 p 6 President Holmes Sees Small Chance For League Baseball Yarmouth 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