Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule during June and July, with a playoff in early August.

[1][2][3] Founded in 1993, the NECBL began its direction under George Foster, former Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets All-Star and Major League Baseball home run leader, and Emmy Award-winning television producer/director Joseph Consentino.

The NECBL's current commissioner is Sean McGrath, former general manager of the North Adams SteepleCats.

[5] The Plymouth Pilgrims ceased operations after the 2018 season[6] but were replaced by the Martha's Vineyard Sharks, a former member of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL).

[8] The Winnipesaukee Muskrats folded following the 2022 season after the league's governing board rejected the team's strategy to house players.

During the regular season, teams played 44 regular-season games, solely against division opponents, because of COVID-19 travel concerns.