Andrew Bailey: RHP. Wagner. 2004 Mill City All-Americans. Led the 2004 NECBL in strikeouts (79) and innings pitched (62.1). An NECBL All-Star with a 3.32 ERA for Mill City. Made Major League debut with the Oakland Athletics on April 6, 2009. Won the 2009 American League Rookie of the Year with Oakland after going 6-3 with a 1.84 ERA and 26 saves. Posted a 1.47 ERA and recorded 25 saves for Oakland in 2010. Named to American League All-Star team in 2009 and 2010. Won the American League Player of the Week Award on 4/22/13 with the Boston Red Sox for saving three straight games immediately after the Boston Marathon bombings. Recorded 95 saves and a 1.12 WHIP over seven Big League seasons. Inducted into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Craig Breslow: LHP. Yale. 1999 Middletown Giants. Started 10 games, second best in the NECBL, going 5-4 with a 3.20 ERA and 51 strikeouts. Made Major League debut with the San Diego Padres on July 23, 2005. Gave up a medical school acceptance to pursue professional baseball after the Milwaukee Brewers selected him in the 26th round. Won a World Series as a member of the Boston Red Sox in 2013. Appeared in his 500th Major League game on June 23, 2015 at Fenway Park. Ranked second in the American League appearances in 2009 (77) and 2010 (75.) Has been nominated three times for the Roberto Clemente Award for his Strike 3 Foundation, which has raised over $2 million for pediatric cancer. Played for Israel in 2016 World Baseball Classic. Inducted into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2013. |
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Joel Cooney: Contributor and Executive. From the League’s beginning, Cooney was indispensable to the birth and growth of the NECBL. He served as the League’s original statistician, and later held the posts of President, Commissioner, Executive Vice President and Treasurer. Was elected President of the League in 1995, and responsible for getting NCAA and MLB sanctioning of the NECBL. Influential in bringing former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent to the NECBL as President. Cooney served as commissioner from 1997 to 2003. He was responsible for expanding the League from two states into all six. The NECBL is still the only League with a team in every New England state. The NECBL’s Manager of the Year Award is named for Cooney. Inducted posthumously into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2013. |
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Joseph Consentino: Contributor and founder. Visionary who co-founded the NECBL in 1993 with National League MVP George Foster. A three-time Emmy Award winning television producer, Consentino dreamed of a New England-based League that would bridge the gap between the elite Cape Cod League and the New York-based ACBL. His goal was to give student athletes who lived and/or went to school in New England a better chance to have their talents recognized by major league scouts. 130 NECBL alumni have since played in the Major Leagues through the end of the 2016 season. Consentino has provided the NECBL with guidance and vision ever since its founding. A former standout for St. John’s, Consentino played in the Boston Red Sox system in 1958. Inducted into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2011. |
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Andre Ethier: OF. Arizona State. 2001 Keene Swamp Bats. Had a .305 on base percentage in 35 games for Keene. Made his Major League debut on May 2, 2006 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Was named the National League’s Player of the Week three times (September 2008, April 2009 and July 2009.). Won a 2009 Silver Slugger when he hit .272 with 31 homers and 106 RBI. Won a 2011 Gold Glove after fielding 251 errorless chances. Was a two-time National League All-Star in 2010 and 2011, yet hit a career high .305 and slugged a career best .510 in 2008. Holds the Major League record for longest April hitting streak (26 games.) Ranks eighth in Dodger franchise history in doubles. Won the 2005 Arizona Fall League Sportsmanship Award. Inducted into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2010. |
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Chris Iannetta: C. North Carolina. 2003 Newport Gulls. Providence, RI native was the NECBL’s Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All League in 2003. Hit .302 and fielded .990 in 35 games for the Gulls. Was a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award in 2003. Made his Major League debut with the Colorado Rockies on August 27, 2006 and played in 67 games for the ’07 “Rocktober” pennant winning Rockies. Played for Team USA in the 2005 Futures Game and the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Played in 92 or more Major League games in every season from 2013-2016. Hit .264 with career high 18 homers and 65 RBI in 2008 for Colorado. Named the American League Player of the Week on September 16, 2013 for the Los Angeles Angels. Homered for the Angels in the 2014 post-season. Inducted into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2010. |
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Mark Malaska: LHP/OF. Akron. 1998-1999 Danbury Westerners. Was named the NECBL’s Top Prospect in 1998 and 1999. Won the NECBL All-Star Game MVP in 1999. Led the 1998 NECBL in hits, runs and total bases while ranking in the top three in the Triple Crown categories. Had a six-hit game on July 11, 1998. Led the 1999 NECBL in RBI and ranked second in extra base hits. Slugged .564 and had a 1.13 ERA in his junior year before being drafted by the Devil Rays. Made Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Rays on July 17, 2003. Appeared in 41 games with the Rays and World Series winning 2004 Boston Red Sox, going 3-2 with a 3.75 ERA in the Majors. Posted a 2.81 ERA as a rookie with the Rays. Inducted into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2010. |
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Joe Nathan: SS. Stony Brook. 1994 Fairfield Stallions. Hit .313 with 27 RBI and 15 steals in 35 games for Fairfield in NECBL’s inaugural year. Was an Academic All-American at Stony Brook. Converted to pitcher by the San Francisco Giants in Class A ball and launched a Hall of Fame caliber career. Was baseball’s second career active saves leader in the 2014 season. Made Major League debut with the Giants on April 21, 1999. Was a six-time American League All-Star (2004, ‘05 ’08, ’09 with Minnesota and 2012-13 with Texas.) Won American League Player of the Week twice. Recorded career high 47 saves in 2009, a .79 WHIP in 68 innings for Minnesota in 2006 and career low 1.33 ERA in 68 innings in 2008. Cracked MLB’s all time top 10 saves list on May 7, 2014 with his 348th career save. Has a career 1.12 WHIP. Inducted into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2013. |
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Rich Rossiter: Contributor and Executive. The NECBL’s ultimate utility man, Rossiter served the New England League in numerous capacities for 20 years. He created the NECBL’s Sportsmanship Award. Rossiter’s relationship with the NECBL started on Day One when he designed the logo for the Fairfield Stallions and his son served as Fairfield’s bat boy. Since then, Rossiter went on to serve the League as Vice President, as Secretary and as Deputy Commissioner. He put up the League’s first website and served as first webmaster. A designer by trade, Rossiter created over a dozen NECBL logos and preserved much of the League’s history as its unofficial photographer. Inducted into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2013. |
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Mario Tiani: Contributor and Executive. Served as the inaugural General Manager of the Danbury Westerners- the NECBL’s first expansion team and today, the NECBL’s longest tenured team. Served in that role for 10 years, sending 18 Westerner alumni to the Majors including Big League regulars Matt Joyce and Joe Thatcher. Served as Deputy Commissioner of the NECBL for two years and as NECBL Commissioner from 2006 to 2012. He introduced internet broadcasting to the League and Team NECBL beat Team USA at Fenway Park during his tenure. Tiani introduced the skills competition at the All-Star Game, to showcase player’s tools in front of scouts, and deepened relationships with Major League Baseball. Inducted into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2013. |
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Francis “Fay” Vincent, Jr: Contributor. Vincent served as President of the NECBL from 1997 to 2003, providing much needed guidance during a crisis which threatened the young League’s existence, and giving the NECBL instant national credibility. A former CEO of Columbia Pictures and an Associate Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Vincent is best known for serving as Major League Baseball Commissioner from September 1989 to September 1992. He provided calm leadership after inheriting the crises of ex-commissioner Bart Giamatti’s sudden death and the 1989 World Series earthquake just one month into his tenure. Was responsible for MLB’s first expansion in 15 years by bringing in the Colorado Rockies and (then) Florida Marlins. NECBL champion is awarded the Vincent Cup in honor of his family. Inducted into the NECBL Hall of Fame in 2010. |
