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{{Infobox league season
 |name=2009 NECBL season
 |image=
 |caption=
 |comment=
 |season_start=June 6
 |season_end=July 31
 |playoffs_start=August 2<ref name="Playoff Schedule">[http://www.necbl.com/playoffschedule09.htm 2009 Playoff Schedule] at necbl.com, URL accessed August 3, 2009. [https://www.webcitation.org/5ipXlbCzq?url=http://www.necbl.com/playoffschedule09.htm Archived] 2009-08-06.</ref>
 |cup_title1=West Semifinal 1
 |cup_date1=
 |cup_champ1=Keene vs. Holyoke<ref name="Playoff Schedule" />
 |cup_title2=West Semifinal 2
 |cup_date2=
 |cup_champ2=North Adams vs. Vermont<ref name="Playoff Schedule" />
 |cup_title3=East Semifinal 1
 |cup_date3=
 |cup_champ3=Newport vs. New Bedford<ref name="Playoff Schedule" />
 |cup_title4=East Semifinal 2
 |cup_date4=
 |cup_champ4=Sanford vs. North Shore<ref name="Playoff Schedule" />
 |cup_title5=West Final
 |cup_date5=
 |cup_champ5=Vermont vs. Holyoke<ref name="Playoff Schedule" />
 |cup_title6=East Final
 |cup_date6=
 |cup_champ6=Newport vs. Sanford<ref name="Playoff Schedule" />
 |champion_title=NECBL Championship Series
 |champion_date=August 8–10<ref name="Playoff Schedule" />
 |champion_site=[[Montpelier Recreation Field]], [[Cardines Field]]<ref name="Playoff Schedule" />
 |champion=[[Newport Gulls]]<ref name="Playoff Schedule" />
 |seasons_title=[[List of NECBL seasons|NECBL seasons]]
 |prev=[[2008 NECBL season|2008]]
 |next=[[2010 NECBL season|2010]]
}}

The '''2009 NECBL season''' is the 16th season of the [[New England Collegiate Baseball League]], a wood bat [[List of collegiate summer baseball leagues|collegiate summer baseball league]]. The league's [[Torrington, Connecticut]] franchise, the Torrington Twisters, moved to [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]] and became the [[New Bedford Bay Sox]].<ref>[http://www.necbl.com/press/gulls41.htm "Torrington Twisters to Relocate to New Bedford"], URL accessed February 10, 2009. [https://www.webcitation.org/5iiWuE4n0?url=http://www.necbl.com/press/gulls41.htm Archived] 2009-08-01.</ref>  Due to the move, the League realigned into the East and West Divisions with 6 teams each.<ref>[http://www.necbl.com/press/gulls42.htm "Newport Gulls to Change Divisions in 2009"], URL accessed February 10, 2009</ref>

In the championship series, the East Division champion [[Newport Gulls]] defeated the West Division champion [[Vermont Mountaineers]] after each team advanced through the [[2009 NECBL season#Playoffs|playoffs]].<ref name="Playoff Schedule" />

==Regular season standings==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=2|Key to colors in standings
|-
| style="background:#cfc; width:20px;"|
|align=left|Top four of each division advanced to  [[2009 NECBL playoffs]]
|}

===East Division===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:30em"
!Team
!Wins
!Losses
!Win Pct.
!GB
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Newport Gulls]]
| 31
| 10
| .756
| -
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Sanford Mainers]]
| 23
| 16
| .590
| 7
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[North Shore Navigators]]
| 20
| 21
| .488
| 11
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[New Bedford Bay Sox]]
| 17
| 24
| .415
| 14
|-
|[[Manchester Silkworms]]
| 13
| 26
| .333
| 17
|-
|[[Lowell All-Americans]]
| 13
| 28
| .317
| 18
|-
|}

===West Division===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:30em"
!Team
!Wins
!Losses
!Win Pct.
!GB
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Keene Swamp Bats]]
| 27
| 13
| .675
| -
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[North Adams SteepleCats]]
| 25
| 16
| .610
| 2.5
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Vermont Mountaineers]]
| 20
| 19
| .513
| 6.5
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Holyoke Blue Sox]]
| 20
| 21
| .488
| 7.5
|-
|[[Danbury Westerners]]
| 19
| 22
| .463
| 8.5
|-
|[[Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club|Pittsfield American Defenders]]
| 13
| 25
| .342
| 13
|}
<ref name="Standings">[http://www.necbl.com/nutshell.htm NECBL standings] at necbl.com; URL accessed August 1, 2009. [https://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1249180917127974 Archived] 2009-08-02.</ref>

==All-star game==
{{main|2009 NECBL All-Star Game}}
The NECBL's 2009 All-Star Game was hosted by the West Division's [[Holyoke Blue Sox]].  The event was held at [[Mackenzie Stadium]] in [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]] on July 18, 2009.  The West Division won the game 6-5.  The game was attended by 4,906, setting a new record for All-Star Game attendance.  Holyoke's Jake Rosenbeck was named the game's MVP.<ref>[http://www.necbl.com/press/holyoke94.htm West Wins All-Star game in Holyoke, Hometown Hero gets MVP] at necbl.com, URL accessed August 21, 2009. [https://www.webcitation.org/5jcEcaVhX?url=http://www.necbl.com/press/holyoke94.htm Archived] 2009-09-07.</ref>

==Playoffs==
{{main|2009 NECBL playoffs}}
Eight teams qualified for the 2009 NECBL playoffs, which consisted of three rounds of [[best-of-three playoff|best-of-three series]].  In the championship series, East Division champion [[Newport Gulls|Newport]] defeated West Division champion [[Vermont Mountaineers|Vermont]] 2-1.

==League leaders==
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0
!Category
!Player
!Team
!Stat
|-
|'''H'''
|Steven Rosado
|Vermont
|49
|-
|'''R'''
|Mark Micowski
|Sanford
|34
|-
|'''RBI'''
|John Schultz
|North Adams
|30
|-
|'''2B'''
|David Gustafson
|Lowell
|15
|-
|'''3B'''
|Mark Micowski
|Sanford
|7
|-
|'''HR'''
|Paul Hoilman
|North Adams
|8
|-
|'''TB'''
|David Gustafson
|Lowell
|68
|-
|'''SB'''
|John Schultz
|North Adams
|19
|-
|'''K'''
|Brach Davis
|North Adams
|66
|}
<ref>[http://www.necbl.com/2009webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.lgt Leaders Summary] at necbl.com; URL accessed August 1, 2009. [https://www.webcitation.org/5iiWtqiD1?url=http://www.necbl.com/2009webstats/lgsumm.htm Archived] 2009-08-01.</ref>

==League awards==
===Weekly awards===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

====Players of the Week====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Week
! Player (Pos.)
! Team
! College
|-
| '''Week 1'''
| Patrick Brady ([[Second base|2B]])
| [[North Shore Navigators|North Shore]]
| [[Bellarmine University|Bellarmine]]
|-
| -
| Henry Dunn ([[Center fielder|CF]]
| [[Vermont Mountaineers|Vermont]]
| [[Binghamton University|Binghamton]]
|-
| '''Week 2'''
| Correy Figueroa ([[Shortstop|SS]])
| [[Keene Swamp Bats|Keene]]
| [[University of Tampa|Tampa]]
|-
| '''Week 3'''
| [[Jantzen Witte]] (SS, [[Third base|3B]])
| Vermont
| [[Texas Christian University|TCU]]
|-
| -
| Casey Lytle ([[Right field|RF]])
| [[Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club|Pittsfield]]
| [[University of Kansas|Kansas]]
|-
| '''Week 4'''
| Murray Watts ([[First base|1B]])
| [[Holyoke Blue Sox|Holyoke]]
| [[Arkansas State University|Arkansas St.]]
|-
| '''Week 5'''
| Troy Scott (1B)
| [[Newport Gulls|Newport]]
| [[University of Washington|Washington]]
|-
| -
| Paul Hoilman (1B)
| [[North Adams SteepleCats|North Adams]]
| [[East Tennessee State University|East Tennessee St.]]
|-
| '''Week 6'''
| David Gustafson ([[Outfield|OF]])
| [[Lowell All-Americans|Lowell]]
| [[Northeastern University|Northeastern]]
|-
| -
| Kevin Vance (3B)
| Vermont
| [[University of Connecticut|Connecticut]]
|-
| '''Week 7'''
| Chris Spatkowski (OF)
| [[Sanford Mainers|Sanford]]
| [[Pace University|Pace]]
|-
| '''Week 8'''
| Aaron Westlake (1B, [[Catcher|C]], 3B)
| Newport
| [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]]
|-
| -
| Steven Felix (C)
| Vermont
| [[Troy University|Troy]]
|-
|}<ref name="potw">[http://www.necbl.com/playersoftheweek09.htm Players of the Week] at necbl.com, URL accessed September 7, 2009. [https://www.webcitation.org/5jfcAnmXu?url=http://www.necbl.com/playersoftheweek09.htm Archived] 2009-09-09.</ref>

{{col-2}}

====Pitchers of the Week====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Week
! Player (Pos.)
! Team
! College
|-
| '''Week 1'''
| Mike Gallo ([[Starting pitcher|SP]])
| [[North Shore Navigators|North Shore]]
| [[Milligan College|Milligan]]
|-
| -
| Kyle McMyne ([[Relief pitcher|RP]])
| [[Vermont Mountaineers|Vermont]]
| [[Binghamton University|Binghamton]]
|-
| '''Week 2'''
| Eric Polvani (SP)
| [[Holyoke Blue Sox|Holyoke]]
| [[Bryant University|Bryant]]
|-
| '''Week 3'''
| Jason Markovitz (SP)
| North Shore
| [[Long Beach State University|Long Beach St.]]
|-
| -
| Casey Lytle ([[Right field|RF]])
| [[Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club|Pittsfield]]
| [[University of Kansas|Kansas]]
|-
| '''Week 4'''
| Colin Snow (SP)
| [[Sanford Mainers|Sanford]]
| [[Georgia Southern University|Georgia So.]]
|-
| -
| Rob Kumbatovic (SP)
| Vermont
| [[Hofstra University|Hofstra]]
|-
| '''Week 5'''
| Nick Serino (SP)
| [[Lowell All-Americans|Lowell]]
| [[University of Massachusetts Amherst|UMass]]
|-
| -
| Jacob Hiatt (SP/RP)
| [[Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club|Pittsfield]]
| [[Gonzaga University|Gonzaga]]
|-
| '''Week 6'''
| Sean Burns (SP)
| [[North Adams SteepleCats|North Adams]]
| [[University of San Francisco|San Francisco]]
|-
| -
| Chad Arnold (SP/RP)
| Newport
| [[Washington State University|Washington St.]]
|-
| '''Week 7'''
| Adam Conley (SP)
| Keene
| Washington St.
|-
| '''Week 8'''
| Andrew Kittredge (SP)
| Newport
| [[University of Washington|Washington]]
|-
|}<ref name="potw" />
{{col-end}}
{{-}}
{{clear}}

===Year-end awards===
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!Award
!Player
!NECBL team
|-
|'''Most Valuable Player'''
|Jim Wood
|Holyoke
|-
|'''Top Pro Prospect'''
|Adam Conley
|Keene
|-
|'''Batting Champion'''
|Casey Lytle
|Pittsfield
|-
|'''10th Player Award'''
|Peter Verdin
|Keene
|-
|'''Defensive Player of the Year'''
|Alan Fredriksson
|New Bedford
|-
|'''Top Pitcher'''
|Adam Conley
|Keene
|-
|'''Top Relief Pitcher'''
|Tyler Mizenko
|Sanford
|-
|'''Sportsmanship Award'''
|Dave Gustafson
|Lowell
|-
|'''Rookie of the Year'''
|Adam Conley
|Keene
|-
|'''Most Improved Player'''
|Aaron Westlake
|Newport
|-
|'''Manager of the Year'''
|Mike Coombs
|Newport
|-
|'''Umpire of the Year'''
|Dan Collins
|
|}<ref name="Awards">[http://www.necbl.com/awards2009.htm 2009 Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5mU2JJzXi?url=http://www.necbl.com/awards2009.htm |date=2010-01-02 }} at necbl.com, URL accessed August 21, 2009</ref>

===All-NECBL Teams===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

====First team====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Player
! Team
|-
| '''Catcher'''
| Jayson Hernandez
| Vermont
|-
| '''First Base'''
| Troy Scott
| Newport
|-
| '''Second Base'''
| Patrick Brady
| North Shore
|-
| '''Third Base'''
| Joey Bergman
| Newport
|-
| '''Shortstop'''
| Brandon Macias
| North Adams
|-
| '''Designated Hitter'''
| Aaron Westlake
| Newport
|-
| '''Outfield'''
| Henry Dunn
| Vermont
|-
| '''Outfield'''
| Jim Wood
| Holyoke
|-
| '''Outfield'''
| Casey Lytle
| Pittsfield
|-
| '''Pitcher'''
| Adam Conley
| Keene
|-
| '''Pitcher'''
| Tim Boyce
| North Adams
|-
| '''Pitcher'''
| Brach Davis
| North Adams
|-
| '''Closer'''
| Tyler Mizenko
| Sanford
|-
|}<ref name="Awards" />

{{col-2}}

====Second Team====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Player
! Team
|-
| '''Catcher'''
| Tim Quinn
| Lowell
|-
| '''First Base'''
| Paul Hoilman
| North Adams
|-
| '''Second Base'''
| Cory Figueroa
| Keene
|-
| '''Third Base'''
| Jake Rosenbeck
| Holyoke
|-
| '''Shortstop'''
| Tim Smalling
| Newport
|-
| '''Designated Hitter'''
| Jacob Rogers
| Keene
|-
| '''Outfield'''
| John Schultz
| North Adams
|-
| '''Outfield'''
| Josh Chester
| Keene
|-
| '''Outfield'''
| Mark Micowski
| Sanford
|-
| '''Pitcher'''
| Chad Arnold
| Newport
|-
| '''Pitcher'''
| Rob Kumbatovic
| Vermont
|-
| '''Pitcher'''
| Andrew Kittredge
| Newport
|-
| '''Closer'''
| Matt Branham
| Newport
|-
|}<ref name="Awards" />
{{col-end}}
{{-}}
{{clear}}

===Top 10 prospects===
The following is a list of the NECBL's top 10 professional prospects for the 2009 season, as ranked by [[Baseball America]].<ref name="Top10P">[http://thecollegebaseballblog.com/2009/09/02/baseball-america-releases-top-prospects-lists-for-summer-leagues-and-team-usa/#more-19153 Baseball America releases Top Prospects Lists for Summer Leagues and Team USA] at thecollegebaseballblog.com, URL accessed September 2, 2009</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Rk.
! Player
! Position
! NECBL Team
! College
|-
| '''1'''
| Devin Jones
| [[Pitcher|P]]
| [[Danbury Westerners|Danbury]]
| [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi St.]]
|-
| '''2'''
| Peter Verdin
| [[Outfield|OF]], [[Catcher|C]]
| [[Keene Swamp Bats|Keene]]
| [[University of Georgia|Georgia]]
|-
| '''3'''
| Tyler Mizenko
| [[Pitcher|P]]
| [[Sanford Mainers|Sanford]]
| [[Winthrop University|Winthrop]]
|-
| '''4'''
| Troy Scott
| [[First base|1B]]
| [[Newport Gulls|Newport]]
| [[University of Washington|Washington]]
|-
| '''5'''
| Joey Bergman
| [[Third baseman|3B]]
| Newport
| [[College of Charleston]]
|-
| '''6'''
| Taylor Featherston
| [[Shortstop|SS]]
| [[New Bedford Bay Sox|New Bedford]]
| [[Texas Christian University|TCU]]
|-
| '''7'''
| Adam Conley
| [[Pitcher|P]]
| Keene
| [[Washington State University|Washington St.]]
|-
| '''8'''
| Chad Arnold
| [[Pitcher|P]]
| Newport
| Washington St.
|-
| '''9'''
| Andrew Benak
| [[Pitcher|P]]
| [[Vermont Mountaineers|Vermont]]
| [[Rice University|Rice]]
|-
| '''10'''
| Andrew Kittredge
| [[Pitcher|P]]
| Newport
| Washington
|-
|}

==Regular season attendance==
The [[Newport Gulls]] led the league in attendance for the fourth consecutive season, while the [[Lowell All-Americans]] finished last in the league for the fifth straight year.  [[New Bedford Bay Sox|New Bedford]], [[Danbury Westerners|Danbury]], and Newport showed the greatest increase in average attendance, while [[Keene Swamp Bats|Keene]] and [[Vermont Mountaineers|Vermont]] showed the greatest decrease.

The top 6 teams in attendance also ranked in the top 50 in national collegiate summer league attendance.  The [[Newport Gulls]] were ranked third, with the [[Vermont Mountaineers]] (24th), [[Keene Swamp Bats]] (26th), [[Holyoke Blue Sox]] (32nd), [[New Bedford Bay Sox]] (42nd), and [[North Adams SteepleCats]] (45th) also finishing in the top 50.<ref name="top50">[http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=ballparkbiz.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsbvteam.com.ismmedia.com%2FISM2%2F%2FRankings%2FBBiz-2009%2520Rankings-Summer%2520Collegiate%2520-%2520FINAL.pdf Attendance Rankings] at ballparkbiz.com, URL accessed January 12, 2010. [https://www.webcitation.org/5mjsSTrmF?url=http://sbvteam.com.ismmedia.com/ISM2//Rankings/BBiz-2009%20Rankings-Summer%20Collegiate%20-%20FINAL.pdf Archived] 1/12/10</ref>

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!Rnk
!Team
!Year Total
!Game Average
!Rnk Change¿
!Total Att Change
!Game Avg Change
|-
|'''1'''
|[[Newport Gulls]]
|45,547
|2,277
| +0
| +1,424
| +176
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Keene Swamp Bats]]
|28,667
|1,433
| +0
| -8,308
| -327
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Vermont Mountaineers]]
|24,306
|1,350
| +0
| -8,500
| -370
|-
|'''4'''
|[[Holyoke Blue Sox]]
|24,284
|1,156
| +1
| +1,855
| +88
|-
|'''5'''
|[[New Bedford Bay Sox]]†
|23,700
|1,128
| +2
| +5,834
| +278
|-
|'''6'''
|[[North Adams SteepleCats]]
|20,511
|1,025
| -2
| -6,113
| -99
|-
|'''7'''
|[[Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club|Pittsfield American Defenders]]‡
|15,165
|798
| -1
| -2,663
| -93
|-
|'''8'''
|[[North Shore Navigators]]
|14,924
|710
| +0
| +3,713
| +150
|-
|'''9'''
|[[Sanford Mainers]]
|9,818
|516
| +0
| -1,695
| -32
|-
|'''10'''
|[[Danbury Westerners]]
|10,642
|506
| +1
| +4,945
| +222
|-
|'''11'''
|[[Manchester Silkworms]]
|7,379
|368
| -1
| -1,493
| -54
|-
|'''12'''
|[[Lowell All-Americans]]
|4,644
|221
| +0
| +2,148
| +103
|-
|'''TOTAL'''
|'''NECBL'''
|'''229,587'''
|'''953'''
| —
| '''-5,853'''
| '''-24'''
|}
<ref>[http://www.necbl.com/2009webstats/confstat.HTM Team Statistics 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721155927/http://www.necbl.com/2009webstats/confstat.HTM |date=2009-07-21 }} at necbl.com, URL accessed August 1, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.necbl.com/2008webstats/confstat.HTM Team Statistics 2008], URL accessed December 27, 2008. [https://www.webcitation.org/5ipXo3NT6?url=http://www.necbl.com/2008webstats/confstat.HTM Archived] 2009-08-06.</ref>
* ¿ Comparisons in relation to [[2008 NECBL season]].
* † New Bedford Bay Sox attendance figure comparisons in relation to 2008 Torrington Twisters.
* ‡ Pittsfield American Defenders attendance figure comparisons in relation to 2008 Pittsfield Dukes.

==External links==
* [http://www.necbl.com NECBL website]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{NECBL seasons}}
{{NECBL}}

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