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The New England League was a mid-level league in American minor league baseball that played intermittently in five of the six New England states (Vermont excepted) between 1886 and 1949. After 1901 , it existed in the shadow of two Major League Baseball clubs in Boston and alongside stronger, higher-classification leagues.
The Lawrence Millionaires had played in the semi–pro New England League in 1945, as the New England League kept baseball during World War II on a less formal level. The 1946 Millionaires finished 5th in the 1946 New England League regular season standings and did not qualify for the playoffs, finishing 15.0 games behind the 1st place Lynn Red ...
The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) is a 13-team collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule during June and July, with a playoff in early August.
Minor league baseball teams were based in Fall River, Massachusetts between 1877 and 1949. Fall River teams played as members of the New England Association (1877), League Alliance (1877), New England League (1893–1898, 1902–1913), Colonial League (1914–1915) and New England League (1946–1949), winning five league championships.
The New Bedford Whalers were a minor league baseball team based in New Bedford, Massachusetts.Between 1895 and 1933, New Bedford teams played as members of the New England League (1895–1898, 1902–1913), Colonial League (1914–1915), New England League (1929 and 1933) and 1934 Northeastern League, winning the 1910 and 1933 league championships.
Minor league baseball began in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1933. The Quincy "Shipbuilders" became charter members of the six–team Class B level New England League. The Shipbuilders were joined by the Attleboro Burros, Lowell Lauriers, New Bedford Whalers, Taunton Blues and Worcester Chiefs in the 1933 reformed league play, which began on May 17, 1933.
Baseball Hall of Fame member Hugh Duffy played for Lowell in 1887, coming to the team from after his Salem team folded during the New England League season. [18] Overall, Duffy led the New England League with a .470 average in 1887, Following the season, Duffy was signed by the Chicago White Stockings (today's Chicago Cubs) for a salary of $2,000.
Lynn pitcher Jim Devlin led the New England League with an 1.84 ERA. The New England League folded after the 188 season and did not return to play until 1891. The Lynn "Shoemakers" nickname for the baseball team corresponds with Lynn history and local industry in the era.