Cotuit Kettleers
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| League | Cape Cod Baseball League (Western Division) |
| Location | Cotuit, Massachusetts |
| Ballpark | Lowell Park |
| Year founded | 1947 |
| League championships | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1995, 1999, 2010, 2013 |
| Post-Season Division championships | 1992, 1995, 1999, 2008, 2010, 2013 |
| Regular Season Division championships | 1992, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2012 |
| 2013 season | 25-18-1, 52 points 3rd place in Western Division (Final Regular Season Record) |
| Management | Paul Logan (President) Bruce Murphy (General Manager) |
| Manager | Mike Roberts (Head Coach) |
The Cotuit Kettleers are a collegiate summer baseball team based in the village of Cotuit, which is in the southwest corner of the town of Barnstable. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League and plays in the league's Western Division. Cotuit currently plays its home games at Lowell Park. The team has been owned and operated by the non-profit Cotuit Athletic Association since 1947 and, like other Cape League teams, are funded through merchandise sales, donations, and other fundraising efforts at games such as fifty-fifty raffles.
The Kettleers finished the 2008 regular season in first place in the Western Division with a total of 54 points. The team advanced to the Championship Series, but lost to the Harwich Mariners. In 2009 the Kettleers qualified for the playoffs, but were swept in the Championship Series by the Bourne Braves.
In 2010, Cotuit won the Cape Cod Baseball League title against the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, 2 games to 1.
In 2013, Cotuit finished in third place in the Western Division with a record of 25-18-1 for a total of 52 points. However, they were just one point out of finishing in first place in one of the tightest division races ever. The Kettleers went on to defeat the Orleans Firebirds 2 games to 0 en route to winning the 2013 Cape Cod Baseball League title.
Cotuit has won more Cape League titles in the Modern Era than any other team in history with fourteen. They have sixteen titles overall.
The Cotuit Athletic Association began sponsoring the Cape League's Kettleers in 1947. Cotuit won the last two Cape League titles of the Pre-Modern Era in 1961 and 1962.
The Kettleers won the first two Cape League championships of the Modern Era. After finishing the regular season with an astonishing 28-4 record in 1963, Cotuit defeated the Orleans Cardinals two games to none to win the title. The next season, the Kettleers finished the year with a 31-3 record and won the Cape League championship three games to one over the Chatham Athletics.
From 1969 through 1987, Cotuit was the most consistent team in the Cape League, making the playoffs in eighteen out of the nineteen seasons. The Kettleers would reach the championship series ten times during that span and win the title a total of eight times, including winning four consecutive championships between 1972 and 1975.
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