Sanford Mainers

The Sanford Mainers are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Sanford, Maine. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Goodall Park.

Sanford Mainers
Team Logo
Information
League	NECBL (North Division)
Location	Sanford, ME (2002–present)
Ballpark	Goodall Park (2002–present)
Founded	2002
Post-Season Division championships	4 (2004, 2008, 2014, 2016)
Regular-Season Division championships	3 (2003, 2008, 2016)
League championships	2 (2004, 2008)
Colors	Green, Gold
Mascot	Broose D'Moose and Boomer
Ownership	Non Profit Organization. Run by the Board of Directors.
President	Jacob Ouellette
General manager	Aaron Izaryk
Manager	Nic Lops
Media	Justin Ciavolella (Director of Broadcasting and Media)
Website	sanfordmainers.com

In late 2001, New England Collegiate Baseball League approached the Town of Sanford about the potential of having a team. Sanford's former Parks and Recreation Director Marcel Blouin met with various officials, and proposed Goodall Park as the home field for a team.

Start-up funds were provided through local businessmen Allen Mapes, Ron Woodward, and Geoff Titherington, as well as Neil Olson, a businessman from Bethel, Maine who had previously been involved with the Lowell All-Americans organization, a former member of the NECBL. In the second year, local investors Bob Hardison, Bob Gonyou, Joe Vitko, Gary Miller, and Curtis Jacks also joined the management team. After a few years, the Mainers' management group agreed the team should be operated by the shareholders, and shifted ownership to a volunteer group of citizens of Sanford-Springvale and local communities, becoming a non-profit organization.

Mainers attendance

The following is a list of Sanford Mainers attendance figures at Goodall Park dating back to the team's inception in the 2002 season. The team's record average attendance came in the 2005 season, when an average of 699 spectators attended each home game.

The chair backed seats of the park's grandstand

Season	Game Avg.	Season Total	League Rank
2002[1]	658	13,829	6th
2003[2]	474	9,968	7th
2004[3]	607	12,760	7th
2005[4]	699	14,692	7th
2006[5]	613	12,889	7th
2007[6]	559	11,751	7th
2008[7]	548	11,513	9th
2009[8]	516	9,818	9th
2010[9]	495	10,389	8th
2011[10]	555	11,090	9th
2012[11]	504	10,089	7th
2013[12]	436	9,601	8th
2014[13]	480	10,084	7th
2015[14]	483	10,151	9th
2016[15]	464	9,747	8th
2017[16]	516	11,351	7th
2018[17]	567	10,778	6th
2019[18]	453	9,969	8th
2020	No season.	Cancelled.	COVID-19
2021[19]	477	8,583	9th
2022[20]	476	9,993	9th
2023[21]	402	8,441	9th
2024[22]	549	11,546	8th

Postseason appearances

Since 2002, the Sanford Mainers have claimed the league championship twice, the organization's first in 2004 and their second in 2008. Since then, the Mainers have appeared in the final round (2014 and 2016), but fell just short to the Newport Gulls and Mystic Schooners, respectively. In the franchise's history, the team has made the postseason all but three times.

Year	Division Semi-Finals		Division Finals		NECBL Championship Series
Sanford Mainers
2003	North Adams Steeplecats	W (2-0)	Keene Swamp Bats	L (0-2)
2004	North Adams Steeplecats	W (2-1)	Keene Swamp Bats	W (2-1)	Newport Gulls	W (2-1)
2005	Keene Swamp Bats	L (0-2)
2006	Keene Swamp Bats	W (2-0)	Vermont Mountaineers	L (1-2)
2008	Vermont Mountaineers	W (2-1)	Keene Swamp Bats	W (2-0)	Newport Gulls	W (2-0)
2009	North Shore Navigators	W (2-1)	Newport Gulls	L (1-2)
2010	North Shore Navigators	L (1-2)
2011	North Shore Navigators	W (2-1)	Laconia Muskrats	L (0-2)
2012	Newport Gulls	L (1-2)
2013	Newport Gulls	L (0-2)
2014	Keene Swamp Bats	W (2-1)	Vermont Mountaineers	W (2-0)	Newport Gulls	L (0-2)
2015	North Adams SteepleCats	L (1-2)
2016	Upper Valley Nighthawks	W (2-1)	Valley Blue Sox	W (2-1)	Mystic Schooners	L (0-2)
2018	Keene Swamp Bats	W (1-0)	Valley Blue Sox	L (0-2)
2021	North Adams SteepleCats	L (0-1)
2022	Newport Gulls	W (1-0)	Vermont Mountaineers	L (1-2)
2023	Mystic Schooners	W (2-0)	Bristol Blues	L (0-2)
2024	Keene Swamp Bats	W (2-0)	Vermont Mountaineers

Media

The team's games are broadcast on the NECBL Broadcast Network through BlueFrame Technology, as well as locally on 104.3 FM, AM 1220 The Legends WWSF. Until the 2012 season, games were only broadcast on the NECBL Broadcast Network. The radio station announced in March 2012 plans to broadcast away games, as well.^[23]

In 2024, the Mainers were selected as one of three NECBL pilot broadcast sites for ESPN+ (alongside with the Bristol Blues and Vermont Mountaineers), with 10 Mainers games airing exclusively on the streaming platform.^[24]