Wareham Gatemen

History

Pre-modern era

The early Cape League era (1923–1939)

In 1923, the Cape Cod Baseball League was formed and included four teams: Chatham, Falmouth, Hyannis and Osterville. 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.

Wareham was the first new team added to the league, joining for the 1927 season to bring the number of teams to five. In Wareham's inaugural 1927 season, the team was led by player-manager and CCBL Hall of Famer Danny Silva. Silva had played briefly for the Washington Senators in 1919, and after his playing days became a longtime umpire in the CCBL. In the early 1960s when a knowledgeable and universally respected figure was needed to unify the newly reorganized Cape League, Silva was chosen and served as the first commissioner of the league's modern era, a position he held from 1962 to 1968. Wareham was forced to drop out of the league for the 1929 season due to lack of funds, then returned to the league in 1930 and remained in the league through the 1932 season.

Wareham won the Cape League championship in 1930, finishing two games ahead of Chatham to take the pennant. The town celebrated its champions in grand style with a "motor parade" through downtown Wareham led by the town band, followed by a banquet given by the town's chamber of commerce. Dignitaries including United States Representative Charles L. Gifford and Massachusetts Senator Donald W. Nicholson were on hand to pay tribute to the Wareham nine.

Wareham's player-manager in 1930 and 1931 was Georgetown University pitcher Harry Noznesky. Noznesky had played for Falmouth in 1928 and 1929, and brought several key players with him to Wareham from the 1929 pennant-winning Falmouth team, such as ex-Falmouth all-CCBL catcher Gene Connell of the University of Pennsylvania, who went on to catch for the Philadelphia Phillies. 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." Another of the first Wareham players to go on to play major league baseball was pitcher Al Blanche, a Somerville, Massachusetts native who played for Wareham in 1931, and went on to play for the major league Boston Braves. 1932 Wareham twirler Emil "Bud" Roy went on to play briefly for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics.

The Upper and Lower Cape League era (1946–1962)

After a hiatus during the years of World War II, the Cape League was reconstituted in 1946. Wareham first fielded a team in the new league in 1952. In June of that year, the league's Barnstable Barons had impulsively withdrawn from the league after a disputed forfeit ruling, and the league voted to admit Wareham to replace Barnstable for the second half of the season. Wareham has been a member of the Cape League ever since.

Wareham made a deep playoff run in 1957, beginning with a first round defeat of Otis Air Force Base, two games to one in the Upper Cape playoffs. In the series, Wareham rode the stellar pitching of Tom Eccleston, who threw a two-hit shutout in Game 2, and Bruce Reed, who gave up just five hits and helped himself with a homer in the decisive Game 3 victory. The win sent Wareham to the Upper Cape finals against the heavily favored Cotuit Kettleers. Led by the hitting of brothers Bruce and Glenn Reed, Wareham routed Cotuit, 14–2, in Game 1 at Lowell Park, then with Bruce on the mound at home in Game 2, Wareham completed the sweep with a 3–0 shutout of the Kettleers. The win was Wareham's only Upper Cape Division championship of the era. Wareham went on to face the Lower Cape champion Orleans Red Sox in the Cape League finals, but Orleans prevailed in two straight.

Modern era (1963–present)

The 1960s and Wareham's "Mr. Baseball"

In 1963, the CCBL was reorganized and became officially sanctioned by the NCAA. The league would no longer be characterized by "town teams" who fielded mainly Cape Cod residents, but would now be a formal collegiate league. Teams began to recruit college players and coaches from an increasingly wide geographic radius.

The league was originally composed of ten teams, which were divided into Upper Cape and Lower Cape divisions. Wareham joined Falmouth, Cotuit, Bourne and Sagamore in the Upper Cape Division. Wareham's team was skippered by Wareham's "Mr. Baseball", CCBL Hall of Famer Steve Robbins. Robbins had played baseball for Wareham High School and later in the Wareham Twilight League, and served at various times as the field manager, general manager, and league representative for the Gatemen.

Wareham qualified for the playoffs in 1963, and defeated the Bourne Canalmen in the first round series before being bounced by Cotuit. In 1965, Clem Spillane Field hosted the CCBL All-Star Game, which was won by the Upper Cape Division, 10–9.

CCBL Hall of Famer Jim Prete joined the Gatemen in 1966. Prete, a '66 graduate of Bourne High School where he was a star infielder, hit .319 for the Gatemen on the season. Prete returned to Wareham in 1967, but played for Bourne in the 1968 season, and missed the 1969 season due to injury. He returned to the Gatemen in 1970, when he had his best year, batting .336 and being named the league's MVP.

The 1970s and Wareham's first modern era title

In the early 1970s, Wareham was piloted by CCBL Hall of Famer Ed Lyons. Lyons managed four different Cape League franchises over his long career, and retired as the league's all-time winningest manager. In six years with Wareham, Lyons' teams finished atop the league in first place twice, and qualified for the playoffs four times. Lyons' 1971 Wareham team featured league MVP Joe Barkauskas and the league's Outstanding Pitcher, Bob Majczan. 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. Newell, an outfielder from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, batted .340 and led the CCBL with 11 homers in 1973. He was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2017.

CCBL Hall of Fame skipper Bill Livesey took the helm at Wareham in 1976.

In the best-of-five title series, the Gatemen faced first place Chatham, who had posted an impressive 30–11–1 record in the regular season. 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. The Gatemen sent Sprowl to the mound for Game 3 and came away with a 4–3 victory, but could only manage three hits in Game 4 as Chatham shut out the Gatemen, 5–0, to knot the series again. Wareham took the exciting back-and-forth Game 5, with Sprowl coming on in relief on short rest to close out the A's and secure Wareham's first CCBL title of the modern era.

The 1980s and another championship squad

CCBL Hall of Famer John Morris starred for Wareham in 1981. The league MVP batted .410 with a .527 on-base percentage and 17 stolen bases, and set a league record with 50 runs scored. and 1984 recipient Bill Cunningham. The 1984 Gatemen were skippered by a young Mike Roberts, who went on to manage Cotuit throughout the 2000s and 2010s. Behind the play of future major league all-star and World Series champion Walt Weiss, who set a CCBL record with 19 doubles on the season, Roberts led the Gatemen to the league title series where they were downed by Cotuit.

The 1988 CCBL season boasted perhaps the greatest single-season aggregation of future major league talent in league history. Manager Stan Meek's Gatemen had more than their share of the talent, and rode it to another league title. In addition to CCBL Hall of Famer John Thoden, who posted a 9–1 record and was the league's Outstanding Pitcher, Wareham featured future major league all-star infielder Chuck Knoblauch and future Boston Red Sox fan favorite and American League MVP slugger Mo Vaughn. Amid the glut of high-level prospects in the league that year, Knoblauch was judged tops, receiving the Outstanding Pro Prospect Award. Knoblauch batted .361, and he and Vaughn tied for the league lead in doubles with 17. Vaughn and Knoblauch went on to be inducted to the CCBL Hall of Fame as part of the hall's inaugural and second classes respectively.

The Gatemen finished the 1988 regular season with the league's top record, and disposed of Hyannis in the semi-final playoffs. The title series was a match-up of the Gatemen and the Orleans Cardinals. 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 took Game 1 at home, 5–3, but the Cardinals took Game 2 by the same score at Eldredge Park to set up the decisive game. In the finale, Thoden tossed a complete game four-hitter at Clem Spillane Field, Rich Samplinski knocked in the go-ahead run, and the Gatemen overcame two potentially disastrous fielding errors in the ninth to edge out the Cards and claim the crown by a tally of 3–2. Thoden shared playoff MVP honors with Vaughn, who went 11-for-20 at the plate in the postseason.

The 1990s: A long streak of success

Wareham made the playoffs every year from 1990 to 2002, a 13-year streak that remains the league record. During the streak, Wareham reached the championship series seven times, winning four times, including back-to-back championships in 2001 and 2002.

In 1990, the Gatemen reached the CCBL finals, but were ousted by the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Wareham was led by the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect, Doug Glanville, and CCBL Hall of Famer Mark Smith, who led the league with a .408 average and hit six homers on his way to being named league MVP. For the Red Sox, it was their second consecutive title under CCBL Hall of Fame manager Don Reed. After defeating the Gatemen for the 1990 title, Reed switched sides and became Wareham's field boss in 1991. Reed continued to pilot the Gatemen through 1999, winning another pair of league titles to match his two with Y-D.

Reed's first title with Wareham came in 1994. The Gatemen earned a spot in the finals by defeating Falmouth in the semi-final series via consecutive shutouts, 1–0 and 2–0. Wareham faced Brewster in the championship series, and continued its shutout streak in Game 1 at Clem Spillane Field by blanking the Whitecaps, 7–0, behind a complete game gem by Brian McNichol. Brewster put up a better fight in Game 2 and the teams went into the 13th inning knotted at 3–3. 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.

Reed's boys were champs again in 1997, led by CCBL Hall of Fame slugger Carlos Peña. The sure-handed first baseman won the league MVP and Sportsmanship awards, and led the CCBL in homers (8) and RBI (33) while batting .318.

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. Wareham's 1996 team boasted league MVP Kevin Nicholson, saves co-leader Clint Chrysler, and CCBL Hall of Famer Lance Berkman, who led the league in batting with a .352 mark. The 1998 Gatemen featured a pair of star moundsmen in CCBL Hall of Famer Ben Sheets

The 2000s: back-to-back titles and the passing of a Wareham legend

In 2000, skipper Mike Roberts, who had managed the team sixteen years earlier, returned to Wareham and led the team to a first-place finish in the West Division. Roberts' squad starred league MVP Mike Fontenot, Harvard fireballer Ben Crockett, who was co-recipient of the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award, CCBL Hall of Fame hurler Pat Pinkman, returning for a second season in Wareham after winning the 1999 Outstanding Pitcher Award, and ace reliever Jonathan Gonzalez, who posted a microscopic 0.43 ERA. As in 1984, Roberts' second stint with the team lasted only a year, as Cooper Farris took over in 2001 and piloted the club for 14 years, the team's all-time longest-tenured manager.

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. The team featured league MVP and CCBL Hall of Famer Matt Murton, The Gatemen dominated on the mound as well, boasting the CCBL Outstanding Pitcher Chris Leonard, who posted a 6–0 record with an 0.98 ERA.

Game 1 of the 2001 finals at Clem Spillane Field featured no shortage of controversy. 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. The Gatemen prevailed, 8–3, and headed to Chatham for Game 2 eyeing a sweep, but Chatham stifled the Wareham offense and knotted the series with a 2–1 victory. The decisive Game 3 in Wareham went to the ninth even at 3–3. Gatemen closer and CCBL Hall of Famer Pat Neshek set down the A's in order in the top half of the frame. In the home half, Keith Butler led off with a single and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and ground out. 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. Wareham second baseman Aaron Hill, who batted .400 in the postseason, took home playoff MVP honors.

Farris' 2002 Gatemen returned 2001 MVP Murton, who was out with a broken hand during the first half of the season. He returned to hit .400 in 16 games in the second half, and also won the league's All-Star Game Home Run Derby. In the playoffs, Wareham disposed of Cotuit in the semi-final series and met Orleans in the championship round. The star of Game 1 was 6-foot-4 Gatemen righty Kevin Guyette, who tossed a five-hit complete game and allowed just one run in Wareham's 5–1 victory at Eldredge Park. 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. The game went to the bottom of the ninth with the Cardinals clutching a slim 2–1 lead. 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. Murton moved to third on a David Murphy single, and came home on an Orleans error to tie the score. 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. For his title-clinching poke, Kutler was named playoff MVP.

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

Longtime Gatemen President and General Manager John Wylde died in February 2009 after a battle with liver cancer. The Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Famer was the force behind the Gatemen for 25 years. In the early 80s, the Wareham Gatemen franchise was in financial trouble with very little local support and was on the verge of collapse. Wylde stepped in as president and General Manager and turned the Gatemen into a model franchise. On June 13, 2008, the Cape Cod Baseball League and the Wareham Gatemen honored him during special ceremonies. In 2007, Wylde was inducted into the Cape Cod Baseball League's Hall of Fame.

Two more titles highlight the 2010s

The 2012 Gatemen won only seven of their 22 home games, but finished second in the West Division. The team starred CCBL Hall of Fame slugger Tyler Horan, a Middleborough, Massachusetts native who crushed 16 homers in the regular season, tying the CCBL wood bat record, and took home the league's Outstanding New England Player Award. In the championship, the Gatemen met Y-D in a rematch of the 2006 title series. The Gatemen took Game 1 in Yarmouth by a score of 5–4 on a go-ahead ninth inning home run by catcher Tyler Ross. 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 decisive Game 3 at Y-D was an all-time classic. 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

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. Wareham boasted the league's batting champ in three consecutive years from 2015 to 2017. CCBL Hall of Famer Andrew Calica's lofty .425 mark in 2015 is among the tops in league history. Cole Freeman took the crown in 2016, and Tanner Dodson in 2017.

In 2018, the Gatemen won their first 4 games and never lost more than two games in a row, finishing the regular season atop the West Division for the first time since 2001. In the postseason, Wareham swept Cotuit in the first-round series and did the same to Falmouth in the semi-final round. In the championship, the Gatemen faced off against East Division champion Chatham. Game 1 at Spillane Field was a back-and-forth battle between aces Ryan Garcia for Wareham and Austin Bergner for Chatham, but the Anglers' defense faltered and was responsible for three unearned Wareham runs that propelled the Gatemen to a 5–3 victory. Game 2 at Veteran's Field was played in two parts due to a Chatham fog-out, but Wareham's timely hitting and a clutch home run robbery by Gatemen right fielder Isaac Collins led Wareham to the title-clinching 9–3 victory. 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. The crown was Wareham's eighth in the modern era, and the team was the first to sweep the CCBL postseason since the playoffs expanded to three rounds.

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. Bedell was the West Division All-Star Game starter, but it was Gatemen teammate Matt McLain who took home All-Star Game MVP honors for the West, having hit a homer and single with three RBIs.

The 2020s

The 2020 CCBL season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. CCBL Hall of Famer Harvey Shapiro took the helm as the club's field manager in 2022, and in 2023 was succeeded by Ryan Smyth, who had been a longtime assistant coach with Brewster.

CCBL Hall of Fame inductees

The CCBL Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame honoring past players, coaches, and others who have made outstanding contributions to the CCBL. Below are the inductees who spent all or part of their time in the Cape League with Wareham.

Notable alumni==

• Armando Alvarez 2015
• Brian Anderson 1991–1992
• Marlon Anderson 1994
• Max Anderson 2022
• Shaun Anderson 2015
• Jeff Andra 1996
• John Andreoli 2010–2011
• Jack Armstrong 1985–1986
• Barrett Astin 2011–2012
• Scott Atchison 1996
• Mark Bailey 1981
• Darren Baker 2019
• Paul Bako 1992
• Scott Bankhead 1982–1983
• Travis Banwart 2006
• Daniel Bard 2005
• Matt Barnes 2009–2010
• Joey Bart 2016
• Lance Berkman 1996
• Tanner Bibee 2019
• Larry Bigbie 1998
• Bruce Billings 2005
• Al Blanche 1931
• Matt Blank 1996
• Jeremy Bleich 2006–2007
• Brett Boretti 1992–1993
• John Bormann 2014
• Jed Bradley 2010
• Troy Brohawn 1993
• Jaime Bubela 1999
• Randy Bush 1979
• Todd Butler 1986
• Brian Butterfield 1976
• Willie Calhoun 2014
• Paul Carey 1987
• Cade Cavalli 2018
• Chris Clapinski 1990–1991
• Stan Clarke 1980
• Brad Clontz 1991
• Kyle Cody 2014
• Isaac Collins 2018
• Brett Conine 2016–2017
• Gene Connell 1930
• Lance Cormier 2000
• Tom Cosgrove 2016
• Darron Cox 1988
• Jimmy Crooks 2021
• José Cuas 2014
• Pat Daneker 1995–1996
• Chase Davis 2022
• Ike Davis 2007
• Tommy Davis 1993
• Blake Dean 2007
• Adrian Del Castillo 2019
• Rich DeLucia 1984
• Phil Devey 1998
• Alex Dickerson 2009–2010
• Derek Dietrich 2009
• Tanner Dodson 2017
• Oliver Dunn 2018
• Jarren Duran 2017
• Ed Easley 2005
• Scott Effross 2014
• Brett Eibner 2008–2009
• Bryce Elder 2019
• John Ely 2006
• Matt Erickson 1996
• Jorge Fábregas 1989
• Jim Farr 1976–1977
• Luke Farrell 2011
• Johnny Field 2011
• Nelson Figueroa 1994
• Jake Fishman 2016
• Richard Fitts 2021
• Mike Fontenot 2000
• Mike Frank 1995
• Robert Garcia 2016
• Frank German 2017
• Doug Glanville 1990
• Robbie Glendinning 2016
• Tom Grant 1978
• Kendall Graveman 2012
• Cole Green 2009
• Charlie Greene 1990
• Jeremy Griffiths 1998
• Justin Hagenman 2017
• Jerry Hairston Jr. 1997
• Ian Hamilton 2015
• Hogan Harris 2016
• KJ Harrison 2016
• Shawn Haviland 2005–2006
• Mike Henneman 1983
• Aaron Hill 2001
• Jonathan Holder 2012
• Mike Hollimon 2003
• Justin Holmes 2003
• Craig House 1998
• Zac Houston 2015
• Chris Howard 1985
• Kevin Howard 2000
• J. P. Howell 2003
• Bobby Hughes 1991
• Pete Incaviglia 1983
• Daulton Jefferies 2015
• Jake Kalish 2014
• Anthony Kay 2014–2015
• Sean Kazmar 2003
• Dallas Keuchel 2007–2008
• Dean Kiekhefer 2009
• John Kiely 1987
• Kevin King 1988
• Andrew Knizner 2014–2015
• Chuck Knoblauch 1988
• Ryan Kreidler 2018
• Matt Krook 2015
• Steven Kwan 2017
• Ryan LaMarre 2009
• Matt Langwell 2007
• Andy LaRoche 2003
• Jalal Leach 1989
• Wade LeBlanc 2005
• Joe Lefebvre 1976–1977
• Jake Lemmerman 2008–2009
• Adam Lind 2003
• Trey Lipscomb 2019
• Brandon Lockridge 2017
• Easton Lucas 2018
• Willie MacIver 2017
• David MacKinnon 2015
• Paul Mainieri 1978
• Jim Mann 1993
• Nick Margevicius 2016
• John Marzano 1982
• Justin Masterson 2005
• Adam Mazur 2021
• L. J. Mazzilli 2010–2011
• Allen McDill 1991
• Collin McHugh 2007
• Andrew McKirahan 2010
• Matt McLain 2019
• Brian McNichol 1994
• Wade Miley 2007
• Drew Millas 2018
• Matt Miller 1994–1995
• Casey Mize 2016
• Dustan Mohr 1996
• McKinley Moore 2018
• Yohandy Morales 2021
• John Morris 1981
• Scott Mullen 1995
• Max Muncy 2010–2011
• David Murphy 2001–2002
• Tommy Murphy 1999
• Matt Murton 2001–2002
• Pat Neshek 2001
• Sean Newcomb 2012–2013
• Kevin Nicholson 1996
• Mike Nickeas 2002
• Andy Oliver 2007
• Daniel Palka 2011–2012
• Mike Parisi 2002
• Jeff Parrett 1982
• Carlos Peña 1997
• Lance Pendleton 2003
• Brandon Pfaadt 2019
• Josh Phegley 2007
• Jeff Pickler 1997
• Chris Pittaro 1980
• Zach Plesac 2015
• Jeff Plympton 1985
• John Poff 1972–1973
• Tristan Pompey 2017
• Zach Pop 2016
• Luke Putkonen 2006
• Brian Raabe 1989
• Corey Ray 2014
• Robert Ray 2004
• Eric Reed 2001
• Robert Refsnyder 2011
• Mike Remlinger 1987
• Griffin Roberts 2017
• Kramer Robertson 2014–2015
• Joe Rock 2019
• Alan Roden 2022
• Matt Rogelstad 2002
• Landen Roupp 2019
• Emil "Bud" Roy 1932
• Matt Ruebel 1988
• Nick Rumbelow 2012
• Kevin Russo 2005
• Blake Sabol 2017
• Kyle Schwarber 2012–2013
• Gary Scott 1987
• Mike Seander 2008
• Bob Sebra 1981
• Ben Sheets 1998
• Gavin Sheets 2016
• Austin Shenton 2018
• Danny Silva 1927
• Tony Sipp 2003
• Paul Skenes 2021
• Ethan Small 2016
• Mark Smith 1990
• Earl Snyder 1996
• Jeremy Sowers 2002–2003
• Scott Spiezio 1992
• Shea Spitzbarth 2015
• George Springer 2009–2010
• Bobby Sprowl 1976
• Steve Stanicek 1981
• Denny Stark 1995
• Nick Stavinoha 2003
• Chad Stevens 2019
• Brock Stewart 2013
• Bryson Stott 2018
• Colby Suggs 2012
• Brendan Summerhill 2024
• B. J. Surhoff 1983
• Brent Suter 2011
• Matt Svanson 2021
• Bill Swaggerty 1978
• Nick Swisher 2000
• Brian Tallet 1997–1998
• Mickey Tettleton 1980
• Bob Tewksbury 1979–1980
• Duane Theiss 1974
• Ryan Theriot 2000
• Wade Townsend 2003
• Tommy Troy 2021
• Spencer Turnbull 2013
• Andrew Vaughn 2018
• Mo Vaughn 1987–1988
• Konner Wade 2011–2012
• Ken Waldichuk 2018
• Andrew Walters 2021
• Matt Watson 1998
• Walt Weiss 1984
• Mike Welch 1992
• Derek West 2018
• Kevin Whelan 2004
• Brendan White 2018
• Weston Wilson 2015
• Robbie Wine 1982
• Jack Winkler 2019
• Grant Wolfram 2017
• Brad Woodall 1990
• Stephen Woods Jr. 2015
• Brandon Workman 2008–2009
• Noah Zavolas 2017
• Lance Zawadzki 2005
• Barry Zito 1997–1998
• Tyler Zombro 2015

Yearly results

Results by season, 1927–1932

• There were no postseason playoffs during the period 1927–1932. The regular season pennant winner was simply crowned as the league champion.

Results by season, 1952–1962

• Regular seasons split into first and second halves are designated as (A) and (B).

Results by season, 1963–present

League award winners

(*) - Indicates co-recipient

All-Star Game selections

Italics - Indicates All-Star Game Home Run Hitting Contest participant (1988 to present)

No-hit games

Managerial history

Media

All 40 Gatemen games, in addition to any preseason and postseason games, are broadcast online on YouTube and Cape League TV, which can be accessed through the Gatemen's website. All home games feature live video/audio broadcasts, while away games consist of only live audio. The Gatemen play-by-play broadcasters for the 2024 season are Ethan Eibe and Kyle Marchak.

The New Bedford Standard Times ("SouthCoastToday"), The Cape Cod Times and Wareham Week (warehamweektoday.com) cover the Wareham Gatemen regularly.

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