25 Facts About Hyannis Mets

Hyannis Harbor Hawks, formerly the Hyannis Mets, are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

Hyannis Mets joined the CCBL in 1976 as an expansion team, bringing the number of teams in the league at the time to eight.

Hackett was back again as team captain in 1891, and in the first game of the season, Hyannis Mets hosted a team from Boston that featured Baseball Hall of Famer George Wright at shortstop.

The 1909 Hyannis Mets team featured Princeton gridiron All-American Sanford White, and Brown University hurler Arthur Staff, who led the team as player-manager through much of the following decade.

Hyannis Mets played home games at Hallett's Field on Main Street in downtown Hyannis Mets, and Osterville played at West Bay Field in Osterville.

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Osterville and Hyannis Mets agreed to share the title in 1926, as weather and the departure of college players for school prevented the scheduling of a decisive game.

Hyannis Mets took the title in 1927, and Osterville was back on top in 1928.

Hyannis Mets boasted a "parade of sluggers" that included Georgetown University football star Tony Plansky, who went on to play for the NFL's New York Giants.

Hyannis Mets went on to enjoy a 13-year major league career, much of it with the hometown Boston Braves.

Hyannis Mets went on to a career in law, becoming a New York Supreme Court justice.

In 1976 the new team began play in the CCBL as the Hyannis Mets, so named in the hope that the team might enlist financial assistance from the New York Mets, which was not forthcoming.

The Hyannis Mets finished the regular season in fourth place in the eight-team league and posted a winning record, enough to qualify them for the playoffs where they were subsequently ousted by Chatham.

The Hyannis Mets faced Orleans in the semifinal playoffs, and took Game 1 at home.

The Hyannis Mets jumped out early in Game 2 at Eldredge Park on first-inning long balls by Schroeder and Jim Watkins.

Hyannis Mets moved on to meet Harwich in the best-of-five championship series.

Hyannis Mets made the playoffs five times in the 1980s, reaching the championship series twice, but coming up short both times.

In 1987, Hyannis Mets was led by a pair of CCBL Hall of Famers in pitcher Pat Hope and future major league all-star Robin Ventura.

The 1989 Hyannis Mets were skippered by CCBL Hall of Famer Ed Lyons, and featured league Outstanding Pro Prospect and future Philadelphia Phillies all-star pitcher Tyler Green, but the club was again swept in the title series, this time by Y-D.

Hyannis Mets claimed the Cape League title in 1991, with a team that included future major leaguers Rich Aurilia and Boston Red Sox captain Jason Varitek.

The Hyannis Mets matched up against Chatham in the championship series.

From 2002 through 2005, the Hyannis Mets played an annual regular season home game at Tom Nevers Field in Nantucket, in what was billed as the "Nantucket Pennant" game.

Falmouth won the 2002 Nantucket game, but the Hyannis Mets avenged the loss by defeating the Commodores in the 2003 island rematch.

Also from 2002 to 2005, the Hyannis Mets played an annual regular season home game at Fenton Field in Sandwich, Massachusetts, an event honoring the part Sandwich played in the early history of baseball on Cape Cod.

Hyannis Mets was named the league's Outstanding New England Player in 2006, posting a 1.

In 2010, Hyannis Mets followed suit and became the Hyannis Mets Harbor Hawks, the name an homage to the ospreys, or "fish hawks" who routinely nest atop the light stanchions at McKeon Park.

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