Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League
Season Titles & Playoff Champions 
2024
Season Title: M&T Bank
Playoff Champion: Vernon Orioles at Palmer Field
2023
Season Title: Rainbow Graphics & Vernon Orioles
Playoff Champion: East Hartford Jets at Palmer Field
2022
Season Title: Record-Journal Expos & East Hartford Jets
Playoff Champion: East Hartford Jets at Palmer Field
2021
Season Title: Vernon Orioles
Playoff Champion: East Hartford Jets at Palmer Field
2020
Season Title: South Windsor Phillies
Playoff Champion: East Hartford Jets at McKenna Field
2019
Season Title: Record-Journal Expos
Playoff Champion: Vernon Orioles at Palmer Field
2018
Season Title: Vernon Orioles
Playoff Champion: Vernon Orioles at Trinity College
2017
Season Title: Vernon Orioles
Playoff Champion: Vernon Orioles at Trinity College
2016
Season Title: Vernon Orioles
Playoff Champion: Vernon Orioles at McKenna Field
2015
Season Title: Vernon Orioles
Playoff Champion: Foss Insurance at McKenna Field
2014
Season Title: Vernon Orioles
Playoff Champion: Meriden Merchants at McKenna Field
2013
Season Title: Vernon Orioles
Playoff Champion: Ferguson Waterworks at McKenna Field
2012
Season Title: Ferguson Waterworks
Playoff Champion: Ferguson Waterworks at McKenna Field
2011
Season Title: Foss Insurance & People’s United Bank
Playoff Champion: Ferguson Waterworks at McKenna Field
2010
Season Title: Bristol Merchants
Playoff Champion: Meriden Merchants at McKenna Field
2009
Season Title: Bristol Merchants
Playoff Champion: Bristol Merchants at McKenna Field
2008
Season Title: Vernon Orioles
Playoff Champion: Meriden ProCare at McKenna Field
2007
Season Title: Bristol Merchants & People’s Bank
Playoff Champion: Bristol Merchants at McKenna Field
2006
Season Title: Bristol Merchants, Vernon Orioles & Meriden ProCare
Playoff Champion: People’s Bank at McKenna Field
2005
Season Title: Bristol Merchants & Foss Insurance
Playoff Champion: Bristol Merchants at McKenna Field
2004
Season Title: Vernon Orioles
Playoff Champion: Bristol Merchants at McKenna Field
2003
Season Title: Newman Lincoln-Mercury
Playoff Champion: Newman Lincoln-Mercury at McKenna Field
2002
Season Title: Mr. G’s
Playoff Champion: People’s Bank at McKenna Field
2001
Season Title: People’s Bank
Playoff Champion: People’s Bank at McKenna Field
2000
Season Title: Newman Lincoln-Mercury
Playoff Champion: People’s Bank at McKenna Field
1999
Season Title: Newman Lincoln-Mercury
Playoff Champion: Vernon Orioles at McKenna Field
1998
Season Title: Newington Capitols & East Hartford Jets
Playoff Champion: Newington Capitols at McKenna Field
1997
Season Title: Newington Capitols
Playoff Champion: Newman Lincoln-Mercury at McKenna Field
1996
Season Title: East Hartford Jets
Playoff Champion: Vernon Orioles at McKenna Field
1995
Season Title: Newington Capitols
Playoff Champion: Newman Lincoln-Mercury at Mount Nebo Park
1994
Season Title: Newington Capitols
Playoff Champion: Newman Lincoln-Mercury at Mount Nebo Park
1993
Season Title: East Hartford Jets
Playoff Champion: Society For Savings at Mount Nebo Park
1992
Season Title: East Hartford Jets
Playoff Champion: Newington Capitols at Mount Nebo Park
1991
Season Title: Newington Capitols
Playoff Champion: Newington Capitols at Mount Nebo Park
1990
Season Title: Newington Capitols
Playoff Champion: Newington Capitols at Mount Nebo Park
1989
Season Title: Newington Capitols
Playoff Champion: Newington Capitols at Mount Nebo Park
1988
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at Palmer Field
1987
Season Title: Superior Ford
Playoff Champion: Newington Capitols at Mount Nebo Park
1986
Season Title: Malloves Jewelers
Playoff Champion: Malloves Jewelers at Mount Nebo Park
1985
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers
Playoff Champion: Society For Savings at Mount Nebo Park
1984
Season Title: Society For Savings
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at Palmer Field
1983
Season Title: Society For Savings
Playoff Champion: Society For Savings at Palmer Field
1982
Season Title: Katz Sports Shop
Playoff Champion: Society For Savings at Willow Brook Park
1981
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers & Katz Sports Shop
Playoff Champion: Katz Sports Shop at St. Thomas Seminary
1980
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at St. Thomas Seminary
1979
Season Title: Society For Savings
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at St. Thomas Seminary
1978
Season Title: Bristol Cassins
Playoff Champion: Bristol Cassins at St. Thomas Seminary
1977
Season Title: Hartford Jai-Alai
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at St. Thomas Seminary
1976
Season Title: East Hartford Merchants
Playoff Champion: Bristol Cassins at St. Thomas Seminary
1975
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at St. Thomas Seminary
1974
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers
Playoff Champion: Bristol Cassins at St. Thomas Seminary
1973
Season Title: Hartford Insurance Group
Playoff Champion: New Britain Falcons at St. Thomas Seminary
1972
Season Title: Hartford Insurance Group
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at St. Thomas Seminary
1971
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers & New Britain Falcons
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at St. Thomas Seminary
1970
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at Sterling Field
1969
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at Colt Park
1968
Season Title: Herb’s Sport Shop
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at Dillon Stadium
1967
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at Dillon Stadium
1966
Season Title: Valco Machine
Playoff Champion: Hamilton Standard at Dillon Stadium
1965
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers
Playoff Champion: Moriarty Brothers at Dillon Stadium
1964
Season Title: Moriarty Brothers
Playoff Champion: Valco Machine at Colt Park
1963
Season Title: Hamilton Standard
Playoff Champion: Hamilton Standard at Dillon Stadium
1962
Season Title: Hamilton Standard
Playoff Champion: Hamilton Standard at Dillon Stadium
1961
Season Title: Valco Machine
Playoff Champion: Valco Machine at Dillon Stadium
1960
Season Title: St. Cyril’s
Playoff Champion: Valco Machine at Dillon Stadium
1959
Season Title: Riley’s Redlegs
Playoff Champion: Riley’s Redlegs at Dillon Stadium
1958
Season Title: Hamilton Standard
Playoff Champion: Hamilton Standard at Dillon Stadium
1957
Season Title: St. Cyril’s
Playoff Champion: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft at Dillon Stadium
1956
Season Title: Bloomfield Townies
Playoff Champion: St. Cyril’s at Dillon Stadium
1955
Season Title: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Playoff Champion: Hamilton Standard at Municipal Stadium
1954
Season Title: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Playoff Champion: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft at Municipal Stadium
1953
Season Title: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft & Puritan Maids
Playoff Champion: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft at Municipal Stadium
1952
Season Title: Manchester British-Americans
Playoff Champion: Wethersfield A.C. at Municipal Stadium
1951
Season Title: St. Cyril’s
Playoff Champion: St. Cyril’s at Colt Park
1950
Season Title: Nutmeg Dukes
Playoff Champion: Nutmeg Dukes at Colt Park
1949
Season Title: Columbia A.C.
Playoff Champion: Columbia A.C. at Bulkeley Stadium
1948
Season Title: West Hartford Merchants
Playoff Champion: West Hartford Merchants at Bulkeley Stadium
1947
Season Title: Lenny’s Yellow Taxi
Playoff Champion: Lenny’s Yellow Taxi at Bulkeley Stadium
1946
Season Title: Lenny’s Yellow Taxi
Playoff Champion: West Hartford Legion at Colt Park
East Hartford Twilight League
1945
Champions: O’Meara’s Motor Company at Martin Field
1944
Champions: Pratt & Whitney at Burnside Park
1943
Champions: Pratt & Whitney at Burnside Park
1942
Champions: Ellis & Slavkins at Burnside Park
1941
Champions: Anchor Inn at Burnside Park
1940
Champions: Anchor Inn at Burnside Park
1939
Champions: Ellis & Slavkins at Burnside Park
1938
Champions: Chance Vought at Burnside Park
1937
Champions: St. Rose at Burnside Avenue Playground
Hartford Twilight League
1936
Season Title: Venetian Barbers
Playoff Champion: Venetian Barbers at Goodwin Park
1935
Season Title: Tuckel’s Radio Rhymers & Mayflower Sales
Playoff Champion: Tuckel’s Radio Rhymers at Municipal Stadium
1934
Season Title: Tuckel’s Radio Rhymers & Mayflower Sales
Playoff Champion: Tuckel’s Radio Rhymers at Colt Park
1933
Season Title: Mayflower Sales
Playoff Champion: Mayflower Sales at Bulkeley Stadium
1932
Season Title: Savitt Gems
Playoff Champion: Savitt Gems at Bulkeley Stadium
1931
Season Title: Holy Name
Playoff Champion: Savitt Gems at Bulkeley Stadium
1930
Season Title: Savitt Gems
Playoff Champion: Savitt Gems at Bulkeley Stadium
1929
Season Title: Economy Grocers & Savitt’s Cardinals
Playoff Champion: Economy Grocery at Bulkeley Stadium
The GHTBL has organized competitive baseball since the summer of 1929. It all started at Colt Park during the game’s Golden Era, when top players from the Greater Hartford area went straight from the twi-loop to the professional ranks.
GREATER
HARTFORD
TWILIGHT
BASEBALL
LEAGUE
Back in 1979, Gene Johnson of Moriarty Brothers in Manchester was bestowed with the “Player of the Half Century Award” by the GHTBL Hall of Fame. Here’s Gene (right) accepting the award from his teammate, Peter Sala (left).
GREATER
HARTFORD
TWILIGHT
BASEBALL
LEAGUE
Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League
Established in 1929, Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League is Connecticut’s premier summer league. The league is mostly made up of players with collegiate experience. More than 350 alumni have played professionally. Jeff Bagwell, Bernie Williams, Rob Dibble and Ricky Bottalico joined GHTBL before becoming MLB All-Stars. Current professional alumni include AJ Pollock and Scott Oberg.
