Ryne Ogron (Elon) was named the FCBL Defensive Player of the Year in 2016, after finishing the season with a. Outfielder Sean Webster (SNHU) swiped a team record 21 bases over the season. The 2016 campaign featured a few record being broken, as Ryan Lever (UMass Amherst) set the record for triples, with three, while Kyle Bonicki (Clark) set the league record for hits in a season (76), while holding the team titles in batting average (.403) and on-base percentage (.472).
In the Dirt Dawgs 5th season in the league, the team picked up their fourth consecutive 20+ win season, after finishing 21–34. The hard throwing righty set a team record with seven saves on the season while sporting a 1.78 ERA in 30.1 innings.
One of their strengths was their closer, as Matt Cronin (UMass Dartmouth) was the anchor of the pitching staff. The Dirt Dawgs struggled to keep pace with the power numbers of the 2014 team, as the offense combine to hit 36 homeruns, a little over half from the previous season. The team took a step back in 2015 as they finished the season with a 22-30 overall record. Unfortunately, the team fell one game shy of making the playoffs with a 26–29 record. Breen also showed his power as he set the record for the most road homeruns (5) and the highest slugging percentage. Fellow right hander, Joe Breen (Southern Conn.) set the high mark for a 15-game hitting streak (June 20 to July 8, 2014) where he was 29 for 65 (.446) raising his batting average to. Individually, Mike Corin (Rhode Island) set a team record for homeruns (14), total bases (109), and RBIs (42). Their offense set multiple league records that season, including homeruns (69), RBIs (281). For starter two players on the 2014 squad (Mattingly Romanin and Richard Fecteau) went on to get drafted by an MLB team in future drafts. The third year was a record breaking season for the Wachusett Ball Club, as the team broke numerous records, for both the team and for the league. The team finished with a 20–31 record, with an 11-game improvement from their first year. As a whole the 2013 season was not a wash, but it was a stepping stone for the future. From July 11 to 14, Wachusett set a team record for most consecutive wins with five. In their second season in the league, the Dirt Dawgs started on the right foot, as the team won their opening game against the Torrington Titans 7–4. Sterner was drafted out of the University of Rhode Island in the 2014 draft by the Cincinnati Reds in the 23rd round. One highlight for the Dirt Dawgs was that in the 2012 season, Dirt Dawgs pitcher Ty Sterner was the first Dirt Dawgs to be drafted by a Major League team. The team as a whole struggled, finishing the first season with a 9–42 record. The team eventually got their first franchise win on Jas Wachusett used a three-run third inning to propel themselves to a 4–3 win over the Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide. Besides falling to the Pittsfield Suns 13–5, the game was delayed for an hour because the sprinkler system turned on. The Wachusett Dirt Dawgs started their first year in the FCBL on the wrong foot, after falling in the team's first ever game 11–6 to the Torrington Titans, the Dirt Dawgs had a surprise in their home opener at Doyle Field. Fosta-Tek employs more than 150 people and has been an integral part of the greater Leominster business community for 20 years. The organization will be operated by local businessman, John Morrison, President of privately held polymer lens manufacturer, Fosta-Tek Optics. Team history Team's Inception įutures Collegiate Baseball League Commissioner, Chris Hall, announced on Jthat the Wachusett Dirt Dawgs will be added as the league's fifth franchise located in Leominster, Mass.
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