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Keene Swamp Bats

Field	Value
name	Keene Swamp Bats
logo	Swampbats.png
league	NECBL
division	Northern Division
location	Keene, NH (1997–present)
stadium	Alumni Field (1997–present)
founded	1997
league_champs	6 (2000, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2025)
series	Post-season division
series_champs	6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013)
series2	Regular-season division
series2_champs	6 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012)
former_names	Keene Swamp Bats (1997–present)
colors	Purple, black

owner	Kevin Watterson
management	Vicki Bacon (GM)
manager	Gary Calhoun
website

NECBL
- Northern Division (2002, 2004–2008)
- National Division (2001)

The Keene Swamp Bats are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Keene, New Hampshire. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Alumni Field. In the NECBL, they are consistently one of the top teams and have reached the league playoffs in 18 of the past 21 seasons[Edit] The team has won the League Championship six times, and also has one of the largest fan bases in the league. Since 2002, they have led the NECBL in attendance three times and have finished outside the top two teams in attendance only once. This attendance is facilitated by Alumni Field's having the largest official capacity of any NECBL ballpark.

Team history

Year	Regular season	Postseason
1998	18-24	DNQ
1999	27-14	1-2
2001	24-16	3-3
2002	31-11	4-4
2004	26-16	3-2
2005	30-13	3-2
2006	22-20	0-2
2007	22-20	0-2
2008	24-17	2-2
2009	27-13	1-2
2010	20-22	1-2
2012	29-13	2-2
2014	21-21	1-2
2015	13-29	DNQ
2016	20-26	DNQ
2017	20-25	0-1
2018	24-21	0-1
2020	Season cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	27-17	1-2
2022	17-27	DNQ
2023	26-18	DNQ
2024	17-27	DNQ
Total	624-455	54-58
Overall	678-513

KEY: ; DNQ - did not qualify

Postseason appearances

Year	Division semi-finals	Division finals*	NECBL Championship Series	Keene Swamp Bats
1999	Danbury Westerners	L (1–2)
2000	Middletown Giants	W (2–1)	Rhode Island Gulls	W (2–1)
2001	Torrington Twisters	W (2–1)	Newport Gulls	L (1–2)
2002	Torrington Twisters	W (2–1)	Lowell All-Americans	W (2–1)
2003	Concord Quarry Dogs	W (2–0)	Sanford Mainers	W (2–0)
2004	Vermont Mountaineers	W (2–0)	Sanford Mainers	L (1–2)
2005	Sanford Mainers	W (2–0)	Vermont Mountaineers	L (1–2)
2006	Sanford Mainers	L (0–2)
2007	Vermont Mountaineers	L (0–2)
2008	North Shore Navigators	W (2–0)	Sanford Mainers	L (0–2)
2009	Holyoke Blue Sox	L (1–2)
2010	North Adams SteepleCats	L (1–2)
2011	Danbury Westerners	W (2–1)	Holyoke Blue Sox	W (2–1)
2012	Vermont Mountaineers	W (2–0)	Danbury Westerners	L (0–2)
2013	Holyoke Blue Sox	W (2–1)	Vermont Mountaineers	W (2-1)
2014	Sanford Mainers	L (1-2)
2017	Valley Blue Sox	L (0-5)
2018	Sanford Mainers	L (0-2)
2019	Valley Blue Sox	W (2-1)	Martha's Vineyard Sharks	W (2-0)
2021	North Shore Navigators	L (1-2)
2025	Upper Valley Nighthawks	W (2-0)	Sanford Mainers	W (2-0)

*The NECBL did not separate into divisions until 2001.

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