Cotuit Kettleers

"[6] In 1923, the Cape Cod Baseball League was formed and originally included Falmouth, Chatham, and two teams representing villages from the town of Barnstable: Osterville and Hyannis.

Mycock's organizational skills, energy and vision were instrumental not only in making Cotuit a model franchise, but also as "the singular driving force behind the Cape League’s success.

The 1955 Kettleers featured the big bat of Jim Perkins and the mound work of fellow CCBL Hall of Famer Cal Burlingame, considered by many to be the best Cape League player of the era.

[37][38] The 1962 Cotuit club returned outfielder Capo and hurlers Kilroy, Butkus and Mayo, and added CCBL Hall of Fame catcher Jack McCarthy.

[17] The '62 Kettleers boasted ten batters with season averages over the .300 mark, including McCarthy, Capo and Mayo, as well as the infield quartet of Jeff Helzel (1B), Bill Prizio (2B), Paul Morano (SS) and Stan Sikorsky (3B).

Game 2 at Eldredge Park saw the Kettleers bang out a 7–1 victory on five hits and 14 walks to give Hubbard's crew their third consecutive Cape League crown.

[51] In Game 2 at Veterans Field, Kilroy took the hill and Butkus came on in relief in a 6–3 Kettleers' win that gave Cotuit an unprecedented fourth consecutive league championship.

[55][59] The 1973 Kettleers returned the power-hitting Zylka, and also featured future major leaguers Jack Kucek and Danny Goodwin, a CCBL all-star who tied the Cotuit team record with six triples.

The team finished the regular season in second place and swept Wareham in the playoff semi-finals, getting wins from Ken Herbst and lefty Rob Klass.

The team featured two CCBL Hall of Famers in Boston College third baseman Paul O'Neill[62] and pitcher Jeff Reardon, who went on to amass 367 big league saves.

In the Game 3 series finale at Clem Spillane Field, Driscoll tossed a six-hitter and the Kettleers prevailed in a tight 3–2 contest, moving on to face Orleans in the best-of-five title tilt.

[64] The Kettleers got back on track in Game 4 at Lowell Park, as Driscoll spun a two-hitter, and the Kets walked off an exciting 3–2 win in the ninth as O'Neill came home from second on a bunt single and throwing error.

In Game 1, Beckwith went the distance, and Boston College's Al Bassignani provided the clout with two homers and five RBI's to go with his ninth-inning home run robbery of a Roger LaFrancois drive with two men on, as the Kettleers took the opener, 7–1.

With a fourth consecutive CCBL title, McCarthy's Kettleers had matched Hubbard's feat of the prior decade, and brought Cotuit its eighth championship overall.

[73] The team also featured the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect in ace hurler Brian Denman, second baseman and future major leaguer Gary Redus, and slugger Joe Rietano, who crushed 14 homers on the season.

[32] In Greer's first season, the Kettleers starred CCBL Hall of Fame second baseman and future major leaguer Tim Teufel, who hit .351 and set league records with 16 homers and 52 RBI's.

[78] Greer's 1980 club featured CCBL Hall of Famer Ron Darling, who batted .336 with six home runs while posting a 4–3 mark on the mound, and was named the league's MVP and Outstanding Pro Prospect.

Lynch spun a two-hitter, and CCBL Hall of Fame slugger Greg Vaughn doubled and scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in the fifth that put the Kettleers up by the final 2–1 tally.

[84] The '85 Kettleers also boasted the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect in John Ramos, as well as future major leaguer Rubén Amaro Jr., and ace hurler Grady Hall.

Cotuit bounced back with an 8–1 win in Game 2 at home behind the mound work of Hall and an offensive explosion that included a two-run dinger by Vaughn.

[89] In the playoff semifinals against Wareham, Cressend had the Kets tied 1–1 going into the final frame of Game 1, but couldn't hold the lead as the Gatemen pushed across two to take the opener, 3–1.

Game 2 provided more late-inning drama as Josh Gandy tossed seven scoreless innings and Cotuit won it in the 10th on Brandon Berger's two-run dinger.

[110] In a season highlighted by Chad Bell's no-hitter against Chatham,[111] Roberts again led the 2009 Kettleers to the league championship, but the club was shut down by Bourne.

[118][119] In Game 3, Cotuit got a homer and a single from Mike Yastrzemski and three hits from Joey Hainsfurther, while Nick Tropeano was shutting down the Red Sox on the mound.

After dropping Game 1 of its opening round playoff series with Falmouth,[124] Cotuit bounced back with an exciting 10-inning 5–4 victory at home, powered by a two-run blast by Austin Byler, and a walk-off 10th inning RBI by Garrett Stubbs.

[132][133] Game 2 at Eldredge Park was tight until the eighth, when Cotuit blew it open with four runs on an Orleans error and a two-run knock by Nolan Clark.

[137] The Kettleers retired uniform number "1" in 2016, in honor of the passing of Cotuit legend Arnold Mycock, whose decades of service and contribution to the team and league were unparalleled.

[146][147] In the decisive Game 3, the Kettleers got a homer from Matt Mervis, and Casey Schmitt twirled the final five innings of two-hit shutout relief in the 4–1 win.

Gonzales ended the stalemate in the top of the 15th with an RBI single to put Cotuit up 7–6, and closer Kyle Nicolas came on in the bottom of the frame to strike out the side and preserve the Kettleer win.

[155][156] Game 2 at Lowell Park saw Schmitt, who was named playoff MVP, blast two home runs then come in to pitch the ninth inning in relief in a 10–3 rout of the Mariners that secured the crown for Cotuit.

Lowell Park has been home of the Kettleers since the 1940s.
Keith Weber won a CCBL title with Cotuit in 1964, and pitched for the US at the Tokyo Olympics later that summer.
Ambassador Bill Richardson pitched for the Kettleers in 1967.
CCBL Hall of Famer Jeff Reardon pitched for the 1974 and 1975 champion Kettleers.
Ron Darling was league MVP and Outstanding Pro Prospect for Cotuit in 1980.
Rubén Amaro Jr. belted a key home run in Cotuit's 1985 title series.
Josh Paul was league MVP and playoff co-MVP for the 1995 CCBL champion Kettleers.
CCBL Hall of Famer Garrett Atkins led Cotuit to the 1999 CCBL title.
Bradley Zimmer won a CCBL championship with Cotuit in 2013 and was playoff MVP.
CCBL Hall of Famer Tim Teufel
CCBL Hall of Famer Will Clark
1975 Kettleer hurler Joe Beckwith
1988 Kettleer Jeff Kent
1988 Kettleer Tim Salmon
1993 Kettleer Scott Spiezio
2005 Kettleer Charlie Blackmon
Yan Gomes played for the Kettleers in 2007
2008 Kettleer Jason Kipnis
2010 Kettleer James McCann
Mike Yastrzemski played two seasons at Cotuit and won a CCBL championship in 2010
CCBL Hall of Famer Terry Steinbach was league MVP and batting champ for Cotuit in 1982.
CCBL Hall of Famer Justin Smoak , 2006 CCBL MVP
Lou Merloni wore the CCBL batting crown in 1992, and also took home the league Sportsmanship Award
1973 Kettleer all-star Danny Goodwin was the first overall pick in the 1975 MLB Draft
Mike Matheny was an all-star for Cotuit in 1990.
1997 Cotuit all-star Mike MacDougal
CCBL all-star second baseman Chase Utley of the 1999 league champion Kettleers
2007 Kettleer all-star Caleb Joseph
CCBL Hall of Famer George Greer skippered the Kettleers to three league titles in the 1980s
Longtime Kettleer manager Mike Roberts