The 1997 NECBL season was the fourth season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League

New England Collegiate Baseball League

The New England Collegiate Baseball League is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 42-game schedule during June and July, with a playoff in early August...

. The league added a new franchise from Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington is the largest city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the northwestern Connecticut region. It is also the core city of the largest micropolitan area in the United States. The city population was 36,383 according to the 2010 census....

, the Torrington Twisters

New Bedford Bay Sox

The New Bedford Bay Sox are a baseball team that plays in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league located in the northeastern United States region of New England. The team is located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. New Bedford's Paul Walsh Field serves as...

. The league's Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, on the Naugatuck River, 33 miles southwest of Hartford and 77 miles northeast of New York City...

 franchise dropped out after three seasons.

In the semifinal playoff rounds, Torrington defeated Danbury 2-0, and Middletown defeated Rhode Island 2-0. In the championship round, Middletown defeated Torrington 2-1 to win the NECBL championship.

Regular season standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	GB
Torrington Twisters New Bedford Bay Sox The New Bedford Bay Sox are a baseball team that plays in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league located in the northeastern United States region of New England. The team is located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. New Bedford's Paul Walsh Field serves as...	25	15	.625	0
Rhode Island Reds Riverpoint Royals The Riverpoint Royals was a team in the New England Collegiate Baseball League from 1996 to 2004. The team was known as the Rhode Island Reds from 1996 to 1999 before going on hiatus for the 2000 season and returning the following year....	22	18	.550	3
Middletown Giants	19	21	.475	6
Danbury Westerners Danbury Westerners The Danbury Westerners are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Danbury, Connecticut. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Rogers Park. The team played its inaugural season in 1995....	19	21	.475	6
Central Mass Collegians Central Mass Collegians The Central Mass Collegians were a summer collegiate baseball team located in Leominster, Massachusetts playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league operating in the northeastern United States region of New England...	18	22	.450	7
Eastern Tides	17	23	.425	8

Playoff Results

• Semifinal 1, Game 1-Torrington 3, Danbury 2
• Semifinal 1, Game 2-Torrington 8, Danbury 6

Torrington wins series, 2-0.

• Semifinal 2, Game 1-Middletown 7, Rhode Island 0
• Semifinal 2, Game 2-Middletown 2, Rhode Island 1

Middletown wins series, 2-0.

• Final, Game 1-Middletown 8, Torrington 7 (13 Inn.)
• Final, Game 2-Torrington 4, Middletown 0
• Final, Game 3-Middletown 8, Torrington 5

Middletown wins championship, 2-1.