Cape Cod Baseball League - wikipedia Cape Cod Baseball League Cape Cod Baseball League Sport Baseball Founded 1885 Motto Where the Stars of Tomorrow Shine Tonight No. of teams 10 Country United States Most recent champion ( s ) Brewster Whitecaps Official website Cape Cod Baseball League : Home The Cape Cod Baseball League ( CCBL ) is a collegiate summer baseball league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Many future Major League Baseball players have started there during their college years ; MLB has provided financial support to the Cape League for over 40 years. During the 2014 MLB season, 265 CCBL alumni played in the majors ; additionally over 1,000 CCBL alumni were playing in professional baseball in 2006. The CCBL Hall of Fame is located in the `` Dugout '', the lower - level of the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The Cape Cod Baseball League is one of 10 leagues in the National Alliance of Summer Baseball. Contents 1 Teams 2 Championships 3 Former teams 3.1 Pre-modern teams on Cape Cod 3.2 League teams 4 Outstanding Prospect Award winners 5 In popular culture 6 References 7 External links 7.1 Team websites Teams The Cape Cod League regular season starts in mid-June and runs through mid-August. The playoffs determine the East and West Division Champions, who then compete for the League Championship. Division Team Town / Village Home Field Most Recent Championship West Bourne Braves Bourne Doran Park ( at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School ) 2009 Cotuit Kettleers Cotuit Lowell Park 2013 Falmouth Commodores Falmouth Arnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field 1980 Hyannis Harbor Hawks Hyannis McKeon Park ( Pope John Paul II High School ) 1991 Wareham Gatemen Wareham Clem Spillane Field ( Wareham High School ) 2012 East Brewster Whitecaps Brewster Stony Brook Field ( Stony Brook Elementary School ) 2017 Chatham Anglers Chatham Veteran 's Field 1998 Harwich Mariners Harwich Whitehouse Field ( Monomoy Regional High School ) 2011 Orleans Firebirds Orleans Eldredge Park ( Nauset Regional Middle School ) 2005 Yarmouth -- Dennis Red Sox South Yarmouth Red Wilson Field ( Dennis - Yarmouth Regional High School ) 2016 At one time, six of the teams in the Cape League shared their names with Major League Baseball ( MLB ) teams. However, in late 2008 MLB announced that it would enforce its trademarks, and required teams to either change their names or buy their uniforms and merchandise only through licensed vendors. MLB could not enforce the `` Mariners '' trademark against the Harwich Mariners because that team predated the 1977 American League expansion and the entry of the Seattle Mariners into MLB. Three other teams eventually changed their names. First, in 2009, the Chatham Athletics became the `` Anglers '', and the Orleans Cardinals became the `` Firebirds ''. In March 2010 the Hyannis Mets joined the Anglers and Firebirds, changing their team name to `` Harbor Hawks ''. The Bourne Braves and Yarmouth -- Dennis Red Sox chose to use MLB licensees for their merchandise. Championships League Championships 2017 Brewster Bourne 2016 Y-D Falmouth 2015 Y-D Hyannis 2014 Y-D Falmouth 2013 Cotuit Orleans 2012 Wareham Y-D 2011 Harwich Falmouth Cotuit Y-D 2009 Bourne Cotuit 2008 Harwich Cotuit 2007 Y-D Falmouth 2006 Y-D Wareham 2005 Orleans Bourne Y-D Falmouth 2003 Orleans Bourne 2002 Wareham Orleans Wareham Chatham 2000 Brewster Hyannis 1999 Cotuit Chatham 1998 Chatham Wareham Wareham Harwich Chatham Falmouth 1995 Cotuit Chatham Wareham Brewster Orleans Wareham Chatham Cotuit 1991 Hyannis Chatham Y-D Wareham Y-D Chatham Wareham Orleans Harwich Y-D 1986 Orleans Cotuit 1985 Cotuit Chatham 1984 Cotuit Wareham Harwich Cotuit 1982 Chatham Hyannis 1981 Cotuit Orleans League Championships Year Champion Runner Up 1980 Falmouth Chatham 1979 Hyannis Harwich 1978 Hyannis Harwich 1977 Cotuit Y-D 1976 Wareham Chatham Cotuit Falmouth Cotuit Orleans 1973 Cotuit Yarmouth 1972 Cotuit Chatham 1971 Falmouth Orleans 1970 Falmouth Orleans 1969 Falmouth Chatham 1968 Falmouth Harwich 1967 Chatham Falmouth 1966 Falmouth Chatham 1965 Sagamore Chatham 1964 Cotuit Chatham 1963 Cotuit Orleans 1962 Cotuit 1961 Cotuit 1960 Yarmouth 1959 Sagamore 1958 Yarmouth 1957 Orleans 1956 Sagamore 1955 Orleans 1954 Sagamore 1953 Orleans 1952 Orleans 1951 Sagamore 1950 Orleans 1949 Orleans 1948 Mashpee 1947 Orleans 1946 Falmouth Former teams Pre-modern teams on Cape Cod Orleans Pants Factory Sandwich Athletics Harwich team West Falmouth team Chatham team Cottage Club Mashpee team Orleans team League teams Barnstable Townies Bourne Canalmen -- Predecessors to the Bourne Braves Sagamore Clouters -- Another Bourne team North Truro Blue Sox -- A team made up of men from the North Truro Air Force Station Provincetown Longpointers Outstanding Prospect Award winners 1976 -- Steve Taylor, RHP 1976 -- Bobby Sprowl, LHP 1977 -- Steve Balboni, 1B 1977 -- Brian Denman, RHP 1978 -- Bill Schroeder, C 1979 -- Ross Jones, OF 1980 -- Ron Darling, RHP 1981 -- Wade Rowdon, SS 1982 -- Gary Kanwisher, RHP 1983 -- Cory Snyder, SS 1984 -- Mike Loggins, OF 1985 -- John Ramos, C 1986 -- Cris Carpenter, RHP 1987 -- Robin Ventura, 3B 1988 -- Chuck Knoblauch, SS 1989 -- Tyler Green, RHP 1990 -- Doug Glanville, OF 1991 -- Derek Wallace, RHP 1992 -- Billy Wagner, LHP 1993 -- Chris Clemons, RHP 1994 -- Dave Shepard, RHP 1995 -- Josh Paul, OF 1996 -- Matt Anderson, RHP 1997 -- Kip Wells, RHP 1998 -- Kyle Snyder, RHP 1999 -- Mark Teixeira, 3B 2000 -- Bob Brownlie, RHP 2001 -- Russ Adams, 2B 2002 -- Wes Whisler, 1B 2003 -- Wade Townsend, RHP 2004 -- Chris Charette, SS 2005 -- Andrew Miller, LHP 2006 -- Matt Wieters, C 2007 -- Aaron Crow, RHP 2008 -- Grant Green, SS 2009 -- Todd Cunningham, OF 2010 -- Tony Zych, RHP 2011 -- Victor Roache, OF 2012 -- Sean Manaea, LHP 2013 -- Max Pentecost, C 2014 -- Phil Bickford, RHP 2015 -- Nick Senzel, 2B 2016 -- Michael Gigliotti, OF In popular culture The Cape Cod League was the setting for the 2001 Hollywood film Summer Catch, directed by Michael Tollin and starring Freddie Prinze Jr. The 2003 documentary film Touching the Game by Jim Carroll chronicled the 2003 CCBL season and explored the league 's history. Baseball by the Beach ( ISBN 0 - 9719547 - 4 - 7 ) by Christopher Price was published in 1998 and discusses the league and its history. In 2002, writer Jim Collins followed the Chatham Athletics ( now the Chatham Anglers ) for the season and wrote The Last Best League ( ISBN 0 - 306 - 81418 - 8 ) about the team and its players. Baseball on Cape Cod ( Images of Baseball ) ( ISBN 978 - 0 - 7385 - 3508 - 1 ) by Dan Crowley has many photos of the early and modern Cape League eras. The 2004 novel Slider ( ISBN 0 - 06 - 058033 - X ) by Patrick Robinson takes place in a Maine summer league, but is actually based on the Cape League. In 2005, Beach Chairs and Baseball Bats ( ISBN 1 - 4196 - 0508 - 9 ) by author Steve Weissman and Cape Crusaders ( ISBN 1 - 4137 - 6232 - 8 ) by author Mike Thomas were published. The latter focuses on player interviews, while the former goes behind the scenes of a typical Cape League season. There are also several active blogs that follow the Cape League, including Right Field Fog and CodBall. References Jump up ^ Cape Cod Baseball League Sponsors Jump up ^ Eileen Ogintz ( July 17, 2014 ). `` Taking the Kids -- and meeting future baseball superstars on Cape Cod ''. Fox News. Retrieved July 25, 2014. Jump up ^ CCBL -- Alumni in Professional Baseball 2006. Retrieved June 17, 2009. Jump up ^ New Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame and Museum in Hyannis Opens to the Public on Tuesday, July 22. Retrieved May 28, 2007. Jump up ^ National Alliance of College Summer Baseball. Retrieved March 29, 2013 Jump up ^ PointStreak.com -- Schedule Jump up ^ `` Cape Cod Baseball League Archives ''. Jump up ^ 1898 Cape Cod Baseball League season Jump up ^ Katie Thomas ( October 24, 2008 ). `` In Cape Cod League, It 's Tradition vs. Trademark ''. New York Times. Retrieved 9 August 2009. Jump up ^ 2010 Article Archived 2011 - 06 - 17 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Cape League Championships Jump up ^ Cape League Championships Jump up ^ ( 1 ) About Jack Aylmer, former player on the Barnstable Townies who founded the Hyannis Mets Jump up ^ Baseball Reference -- Steve Taylor page Jump up ^ Baseball Reference -- Gary Kanwisher page Jump up ^ Baseball Reference -- Mike Loggins page Jump up ^ Baseball Reference -- David Shepard page Jump up ^ Baseball Reference -- Bobby Brownlie page Jump up ^ http://www.capecodbaseball.org/news/season/?article_id=1896 Jump up ^ Fangraphs.com -- Major League careers of CCBL Awards winners Jump up ^ `` Summer Catch ''. IMDB. Retrieved June 26, 2012. Jump up ^ Touching the Game website External links Cape Cod Baseball League Cape Cod Times Cape League home page Cape League Insider Blog CodBall : Unofficial Blog of the CCBL Right Field Fog The College Baseball Blog : Cape Cod League Coverage Touching the Game : The Story of the Cape Cod Baseball League DVD Team websites Bourne Braves Brewster Whitecaps Chatham Anglers Cotuit Kettleers Falmouth Commodores Harwich Mariners Hyannis Harborhawks Orleans Firebirds Wareham Gatemen Yarmouth - Dennis Red Sox Cape Cod Baseball League ( CCBL ) Western Division Bourne Braves Cotuit Kettleers Falmouth Commodores Hyannis Harbor Hawks Wareham Gatemen Eastern Division Brewster Whitecaps Chatham Anglers Harwich Mariners Orleans Firebirds Yarmouth - Dennis Red Sox Related Hall of Fame National Alliance of College Summer Baseball Collegiate Summer Baseball National Alliance of College Summer Baseball Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League Cape Cod Baseball League Florida Collegiate Summer League Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League New England Collegiate Baseball League New York Collegiate Baseball League Southern Collegiate Baseball League Sunbelt Baseball League Valley Baseball League National Amateur Baseball Federation Continental Collegiate Wood Bat League Florida Summer Collegiate Baseball League Metropolitan Collegiate Summer Baseball League of Illinois Midwest Collegiate League New York Collegiate Baseball League St. Louis Metro Collegiate Baseball League Tri-State Collegiate League National Baseball Congress Alaska Baseball League California Collegiate League CenTex Collegiate League Coastal Baseball League Jayhawk Collegiate League Kansas Collegiate League Baseball Mountain Collegiate Baseball League Northern Illinois Baseball League Pacific International League Rocky Mountain Baseball League Sooner Collegiate League Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association Southern California Collegiate Baseball League Western Baseball Association Unaffiliated Leagues ( full list ) Atlantic Baseball Confederation Coastal Plain League Expedition League Futures Collegiate Baseball League Great West League Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League Horizon Air Summer Series KIT League MINK Baseball League Mid-Plains League Northwoods League Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League Prospect League Puget Sound Collegiate League Rockingham County Baseball League Texas Collegiate League West Coast League Western Major Baseball League Defunct Leagues Central Illinois Collegiate League Clark Griffith Baseball League Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_Cod_Baseball_League&oldid=805371455 '' Categories : Cape Cod Baseball League Baseball leagues in Massachusetts 1885 establishments in Massachusetts Sports leagues established in 1885 Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 14 October 2017, at 22 : 58. 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Question: when did the cape cod baseball league start
Answer: 1885