title: Keene Swamp Bats
text: # Keene Swamp Bats
  
  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. The team 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 |
  | 2000 | 27-15 | 4-2* |
  | 2001 | 24-16 | 3-3 |
  | 2002 | 31-11 | 4-4 |
  | 2003 | 27-14 | 6-0* |
  | 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 |
  | 2011 | 28-14 | 6-2* |
  | 2012 | 29-13 | 2-2 |
  | 2013 | 27-17 | 6-3* |
  | 2014 | 21-21 | 1-2 |
  | 2015 | 13-29 | DNQ |
  | 2016 | 20-26 | DNQ |
  | 2017 | 20-25 | 0-1 |
  | 2018 | 24-21 | 0-1 |
  | Total | 507-357 | 43-35 |
  | Overall | | 550-392 |
  
  KEY: * - won Championship; DNQ - did not qualify
  
  ## Postseason appearances
  
  | Year | Division semi-finals | Division semi-finals | Division finals* | Division finals* | NECBL Championship Series | 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) | Newport Gulls | L (0–2) |
  | 2003 | Concord Quarry Dogs | W (2–0) | Sanford Mainers | W (2–0) | Torrington Twisters | 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) | Laconia Muskrats | W (2–0) |
  | 2012 | Vermont Mountaineers | W (2–0) | Danbury Westerners | L (0–2) | | |
  | 2013 | Holyoke Blue Sox | W (2–1) | Vermont Mountaineers | W (2-1) | Newport Gulls | W (2-1) |
  | 2014 | Sanford Mainers | L (1-2) |
  | 2017 | Valley Blue Sox | L (0-5) |
  | 2018 | Sanford Mainers | L (0-2) | | | | |
  
  * *The NECBL did not separate into divisions until 2001
  