League History:
Division Champs

The Swansea Little League was established in 1952 under the direction of league President James McDonald, Vice-President William Ratcliffe, Secretary Antone Costa, Treasurer Stanley Baker and Advisory Board Members William Marr, Herbert Walker, Patrick Callahan, Bruno Ward and William Edgar.

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Swansea, MA 02777

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Division Champs History
Please note that some of the divisions have been restructured over the years.

If anyone can fill in some of the blanks, please let us know!

Major Division (1952-2004)
Year	Team	Manager
1952	Red Sox	Charles Rice
1953	Giants	Dick Enos
1954	Giants	Dick Enos
1955	Giants	Dick Enos
1956	Giants	Dick Enos
1957	Yankees	Bryon Beynon
1958	Red Sox	Owen Summers
1959	Dodgers	John Britland
1960	Giants	Bob Norman
1961	Tigers	Ray Smith
1962	Tigers	Ray Smith
1963	Tigers	Ray Smith
1964	Dodgers	Joseph Kirkman
1965	Braves	John Donais
1966	Giants	Manny Moniz
1967	Red Sox	Henry Rose
1968	Yankees	Don Cookson
1969	Braves	John Donais
1970	Dodgers	Joseph Kirkman
1971	Dodgers	Joseph Kirkman
1972	Dodgers	Joseph Kirkman
1973	Tigers	Armand Farias
1974	Giants	Reggie Desnoyers
1975	Tigers	Armand Farias
1976	Twins	Ed Camara
1977	Dodgers	Don Cookson
1978	Braves	John Donais
1978	Rangers	Frank Hibbert
1980	Dodgers	Don Cookson
1981	Rangers	Frank Hibbert
1982	Dodgers
1983
1984	Braves	Jim Tavares
1985	Dodgers
1986
1987
1988	Yankees	George Andrade
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000	Indians	Bill Whalen
2001	Indians	Bill Whalen
2002	Yankees	Bob Cabral
2003	Red Sox	Kevin Kaiser
2004	Tigers	Joe Monteiro

Major Division - 11/12's (2005-2016)
Year	11/12 Team	Manager
2005	Orioles	Chuck Anthony
2006	Orioles	Chuck Anthony
2007	Indians	Rick Chouinard
2008	American Div: Indians	Dave Bushell
2008	National Div: Phillies	Steve McCarthy
2009	Blue Jays	Tyler Davidson
2010	Rays	Ernie Bacon
2011	A's	Kevin Lewis
2012	A's
2013	Nationals	Jordan Knoury
2014	Nationals
2015	Orioles
2016	Royals	Darrin Smith
2017	Royals	Darrin Smith
2018	Astros

Major Division - 9/10's (2005-2009)
Year	9/10 Team	Manager
2005	A's	Al Levesque
2006	A's	Al Levesque
2007	White Sox	Dave Bushell
2008	Red Sox	Kevin Lewis

Senior Division (1968-2009, 2012-)
Year	Team	Manager
1968	Cardinals	Ray Smith
1969	Cardinals	Ray Smith
1970	Cardinals	Ray Smith
1971	Pirates	Don LeSage
1972	Expos	Tony Andrade
1973	White Sox	Al Estes
1974	White Sox	Al Estes
1975	White Sox	Al Estes
1976	Indians	Henry Hedge
1977	White Sox	Al Estes
1978	Indians	Henry Hedge
1978	White Sox	Al Estes
1980	Braves	Doug Baxendale
1981	Braves	Doug Baxendale
1982	Indians	Ben Hedly
1983	Indians	Ben Hedly
1984	Mets
1985	Cardinals
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992	Astros	Bob Janson
1993	Astros	Bob Janson
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004	Tigers	Guy Murgo
2005	A's	Dan Canton
2006	Tigers	Bob Clark
2007	Braves	Chuck Anthony
2008	Braves/Tigers	Chuck Anthony/Bob Clark
2009	Yankees	Scott Lyne
2012	Tigers	Paul Nadeau
2013
2014	Dodgers	Tom DaCosta
2015	Cubs	Dale Dellicker
2016	Cubs	Dale Dellicker
2017	Dodgers	Roger Plante
2018	Marlins

Junior Division - 13/14's 2010, 2011 - SouthCoast league combined with Somerset, FR Note: no Swansea only playoff in 2010
Year	Team	Manager
2010
2011

Senior Division - 15/16's 2010, 2011 - SouthCoast league combined with Somerset, FR 2010- Swansea only champs listed here, not SouthCoast league champs Note: 2011 had only 1 Senior team
Year	Team	Manager
2010	Reds	Bob Clark
2011	No champs	only 1 team

Minor Division (1980-2008)
Year	Team	Manager
1980	Rangers	Steve Carmello
1981
1982	Cardinals
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994	Rangers	Bill Whalen
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000	Braves	Bob Brisson
2001	A's	Bob Clark
2002	Yankees	Bill MacKenzie
2003	Tigers	Bob Clark
2004	Reds	Al Levesque
2005	Cardinals	Tyler Davidson
2006	Phillies	Sam Gouveia
2007	Phillies	Sam Gouveia
2008	Orioles	Roger Plante

Minor Division - 10/11's Note: No Minor Division in 2011
Year	Team	Manager
2009	Reds	Roger Plante
2010	Cardinals	John Furtado

Farm Division
Year	Team	Manager
1970	Pirates	Lionel Andrade
1975	Cardinals	Lloyd Kenyon and Roland Neronha
1982	Rangers

Farm Division - 8/9's Note: Farm was 8/9/10's in 2011
Year	Team	Manager
2009	White Sox	Leo Acker
2010	Pirates	Joe Martin
2011	Pirates	Joe Martin
2012		Joe Martin
2013	Nationals
2014	White Sox	Chad Gonsalves
2015	Marlins
2016	Dodgers	Steve Kern
2017	Tigers	JP Picard
2018	Cardinals

Instructional Division - 6/7's
Year	Team	Manager
2009	White Sox	Tom Lepage
2010	Reds	Don Ventura