25 Facts About Chatham Anglers

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

Chatham Anglers 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 Anglers-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 Anglers, and went on to play briefly for the Boston Red Sox in 1931.

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

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

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

Chatham Anglers 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 Anglers 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 Anglers 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.

Chatham Anglers boasted the league MVP in 1984, as CCBL Hall of Famer Joey Cora was the A's all-star second baseman, batting.

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

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

The 2011 Chatham Anglers featured future major league all-star and National League MVP Kris Bryant and CCBL Home Run Derby champ Richie Shaffer.

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

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

The Chatham Anglers provide live broadcasts for all 44 regular season games in addition to the playoffs.

Chatham Anglers A's were featured prominently in the 2001 Warner Bros.

Chatham Anglers 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 Anglers 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.

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