28 Facts About Chatham A's

Chatham A's has won five CCBL championships, most recently in 1998, when they defeated the Wareham Gatemen in the championship series.

Chatham A's competed in the Cape League from the league's inaugural 1923 season through the 1926 season, then from 1927 to 1929 competed as a combined Chatham A's-Harwich team with home games split between Veterans Field and Harwich's Brooks Park.

In 1925, Brockton High School star Pat Creeden played third base for Chatham A's, and went on to play briefly for the Boston Red Sox in 1931.

In 1930, Chatham A's again fielded its own team, as Harwich split off and became a separate club.

Chatham A's withdrew from the league prior to the 1932 season as a result of the town's decision not to appropriate funds for the team.

Related searches

Chatham A's's team, known as the Chatham A's Red Sox, joined Orleans, Harwich, Yarmouth and a team from Otis Air Force Base in the Lower Cape Division.

Chatham A's continued to be managed by John Carroll, whose 1963 club featured CCBL Hall of Famer Ken Voges of Texas Lutheran University, who led the league with an astronomical.

Chatham A's continued its regular season dominance in 1964,1965 and 1966, finishing atop the Lower Cape Division each year, but falling in each season's CCBL title series.

Chatham A's again finished in first place in the Lower Cape Division, and met Upper Cape powerhouse Falmouth for the second consecutive season in the title series.

The Chatham A's finished the 1973 regular season in first place atop the Cape League under skipper Ben Hays.

The 1980 Chatham A's starred CCBL Hall of Fame outfielder Jim Sherman, a league all-star who batted.

The Chatham A's matched up against first place Wareham in the playoff semi-finals, and promptly disposed of the Gatemen in two games.

The Chatham A's led off the game with a dinger by Elbin and another by Merrifield, scoring four runs in the first for starter Jeff Brewer, and never looked back.

The 1985 Chatham A's returned to the league championship series behind the play of CCBL Hall of Famers Tim McIntosh and Mark Petkovsek, but were shut down by Cotuit.

Chatham A's struggled in his first season, but followed up with an all-star 1988 campaign in which he hit.

Chatham A's was one of the league's most successful teams throughout the 1990s, finishing in first place atop the East Division five times, qualifying for the playoffs in eight of the ten years, reaching the league championship series six times, and taking home three CCBL crowns.

Chatham A's took Game 1 of the 1992 championship series at Veterans Field, powered by a two-run blast by Mike Smedes.

Chatham A's played small-ball in the top of the 12th, pushing across Jeremy Carr, who had walked and reached third on a stolen base and a Cotuit error, then scored on a Brian Garrett single.

Chatham A's went on to pilot Chatham for a league record 25 years, and was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2018.

In 1996, Chatham A's featured the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect, fireballing reliever Matt Anderson, but the team struggled early on, losing eight in a row at one point.

Chatham A's earned 12 saves in each of his first two years, and 10 more in his third, with a combined three-year ERA of 2.

Chatham A's boasted the CCBL's Outstanding New England Player in consecutive seasons in 2013 and 2014.

Chatham A's managed the A's to CCBL championships in 1996 and 1998, and became widely regarded as the face and voice of Cape Cod Baseball.

Chatham A's is the winningest coach in Connecticut state high school baseball history, and often spotted future Cape League talent on high school fields across the state, including current Major League pitchers Matt Harvey and Dominic Leone, both of whom pitched against Schiffner's teams in high school and went on to play for him in Chatham before reaching the Majors.

In 2003, Chatham A's became the first Cape Cod Baseball League team to start broadcasting games, and has received national attention as a training grounds for young broadcasters.

Related searches

Two members of the 2002 Chatham A's who went on to the longest professional baseball careers are Chris Iannetta and Tim Stauffer.

Chatham A's was selected fourth overall by the San Diego Padres in the 2003 MLB Draft based largely off his performance on Cape Cod, and pitched in the Major Leagues for 10 seasons.

Chatham A's was selected in the fourth round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies, and has played in over 1000 MLB games, including over 900 starts at catcher for four different teams.