Wareham Gatemen

[1] This early Cape Cod 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.

Dignitaries including United States Representative Charles L. Gifford and Massachusetts Senator Donald W. Nicholson were on hand to pay tribute to the Wareham nine.

[13][14][15] Upon leading Wareham to the 1930 Cape League title, it was noted that Noznesky "has the college connections to select the best players obtainable and is also on friendly terms with managers and officials of several big-league teams who turn over likely looking prospects to him.

Wareham again boasted the league MVP in 1973 and 1974 with Steve Newell and Phil Welch, making it four years out of five that Gatemen took home the award.

[37] Livesey had previously managed Falmouth to five league titles, including four consecutively from 1968 to 1971, and he promptly brought his winning ways to Wareham.

The 1976 Gatemen featured future major leaguers Joe Lefebvre and CCBL Outstanding Pro Prospect Bobby Sprowl.

Chatham took the opener, 3–2, in ten innings, but Wareham answered in Game 2 as Bangor, Maine native Brian Butterfield came through with a key RBI to propel the Gatemen to victory and even the series.

Orleans starred future Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas, a powerful long-ball hitter who had slammed three home runs in one game at Wareham in the regular season.

Wareham put across two runs in the top of the frame and allowed just one in the bottom to escape with the 5–4 victory and complete the title series sweep.

The Gatemen finished the regular season first in the West Division, and after a two-game semi-finals sweep of Bourne, faced Harwich for the title.

The Gatemen completed the title sweep in Game 2 at Whitehouse Field by a tally of 6–2, with playoff MVP Kevin Hodge's three-run blast in the sixth sealing the victory.

[57][58][59] Other notable 1990s Gatemen included Roy Marsh, who set a league record with 48 stolen bases, and was West Division All-Star Game MVP for Wareham in 1993.

[64] The 1998 Gatemen featured a pair of star moundsmen in CCBL Hall of Famer Ben Sheets[65] and the co-winner of the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award, Phil Devey.

[71][72][73] In his first year with the team, Farris' Gatemen club was loaded with talent, and finished the 2001 regular season in first place atop the West Division.

[74] Ben Crockett, who returned from the 2000 club, was the inaugural winner of the league's Outstanding New England Player Award, recording 74 strikeouts and a 1.67 ERA.

A's skipper John Schiffner and shortstop Drew Meyer were tossed in the fifth by CCBL Hall of Fame umpire Nick Zibelli in the aftermath of a disputed fair ball call on Murton's long fly down the left field line.

Gatemen closer and CCBL Hall of Famer Pat Neshek set down the A's in order in the top half of the frame.

With two down and two strikes, Gatemen shortstop Paul Henry chopped a spinner along the third base line that A's pitcher Zane Carlson bobbled as Butler slid home with the series-winning run.

The late-inning fireworks in Game 2 began when Cards manager Carmen Carcone and pitching coach Kelly Nicholson were tossed in the eighth for arguing a balk call.

It looked as though the series would be headed back to Orleans for Game 3 after the first two Gatemen made outs, but Murton poked a single that started a championship rally.

With the Clem Spillane crowd in a frenzy, Brown University's Matt Kutler promptly thumped the game-winner off the left-field fence, bringing in Murphy and securing Wareham's second consecutive league crown.

[80][81] Wareham's 2003 team featured pitchers Wade Townsend, the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect,[82] and CCBL Hall of Famer Jeremy Sowers, who posted a 1.20 ERA with 64 strikeouts in 67.1 innings.

[36] Along with their wealth of pitching, the 2003 Gatemen boasted the league's hits leader in CCBL Hall of Fame third baseman Warner Jones.

Y-D pitching shut down Wareham's attack in Game 2 at Spillane Field, and the Red Sox emerged with a 5–1 win to even the series.

The Red Sox looked to be closing in on a championship, leading 5–2 as the game moved to the final frame, but CCBL Hall of Famer Kyle Schwarber[93] had other ideas.

With the Red Sox crowd in stunned disbelief, Schwarber came up again in the tenth and belted a two-run dinger as Wareham struck for three more runs to go ahead, 8–5.

Y-D managed a solo homer in the bottom of the tenth to make it 8–6, but Wareham held on to claim the crown with Schwarber taking home playoff MVP honors.

[94][95][96] Clem Spillane Field hosted the CCBL All-Star Game festivities in 2015, and the hosts took home top honors as Gatemen Logan Sowers was home run derby champ, and hurler Ian Hamilton was named West Division co-MVP in the West's tight 1–0 loss.

Third baseman Austin Shenton hit .522 with three home runs and 12 RBI to claim postseason MVP honors, and the video of Collins' grab made national headlines and was the top play on ESPN's SportsCenter.

[104][105] The 2019 Gatemen featured the league's Outstanding Pitcher, Ian Bedell, who posted an 0.58 ERA in 30.2 innings, striking out 36 while walking only two.

US congressman Charles L. Gifford was on hand to celebrate Wareham's 1930 Cape League champs.
Clem Spillane Field, home of the Gatemen
Bangor, Maine native Brian Butterfield had a key RBI in Wareham's 1976 championship series victory.
CCBL Hall of Famer Carlos Peña was league MVP for the 1997 CCBL champion Gatemen.
CCBL Hall of Famer Matt Murton starred on Wareham's back-to-back title clubs in 2001 and 2002.
CCBL Hall of Famer Kyle Schwarber was playoff MVP of Wareham's 2012 CCBL championship squad.
CCBL Hall of Famer Justin Masterson
CCBL Hall of Famer Jeremy Sowers
Bud Roy pitched for Wareham in 1932, and for the Philadelphia Athletics the following season.
CCBL Hall of Famer John Morris was league MVP in 1981
1983 Gateman Pete Incaviglia
1984 Gateman Walt Weiss hit a CCBL record 19 doubles.
Jerry Hairston Jr. won a CCBL title with Wareham in 1997
CCBL Hall of Famer Ben Sheets was a 1998 Gateman
CCBL Hall of Famer Pat Neshek of the 2001 CCBL champion Gatemen
Aaron Hill was playoff MVP for the 2001 CCBL champion Gatemen
Max Muncy , Gatemen '10 & '11
1990 Gateman Doug Glanville was the CCBL Outstanding Pro Prospect
CCBL Hall of Famer Lance Berkman wore the league batting crown in 1996
Wareham's Daniel Bard was West Division MVP of the 2005 CCBL all star game
Joe Lefebvre was an all-star on Wareham's 1976 league championship club.
1979 Gateman all-star Bob Tewksbury
1982 and 1983 CCBL all-star Scott Bankhead
Barry Zito pitched for the 1997 CCBL champion Gatemen, and was a league all-star in 1998.
Brandon Workman was a Gatemen all-star in 2008 and 2009.