The 1994 NECBL season was the inaugural season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League

New England Collegiate Baseball League

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, a wood bat

Wooden bat league

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 collegiate summer baseball league operating in the northeastern United States

United States

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 region of New England

New England

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. The league contained five franchises, all from the southern New England

New England

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 state of Connecticut

Connecticut

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: the Eastern Tides, Bristol Nighthwaks, Fairfield Stallions, Middletown Giants, and Waterbury White Sox.

The Eastern Tides were the league's inaugural champions, winning the best-of-five championship series three games to two over the Bristol Nighthawks. Bill Buscetto, a catcher from the University of New Haven

University of New Haven

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, was the championship series Most Valuable Player.

Overall Season Standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Ties	Win Pct.	GB
Eastern Tides	27	17	1	.611	-
Middletown Giants	24	16	0	.600	1.0
Bristol Nighthawks	27	18	0	.600	0.5
Waterbury White Sox	14	25	1	.363	10.5
Fairfield Stallions	11	27	2	.300	13.0

Championship series

• Game 1- Bristol 3, Eastern 2
• Game 2- Eastern 3, Bristol 2
• Game 3- Eastern 3, Bristol 1
• Game 4- Bristol 4, Eastern 3
• Game 5- Eastern 11, Bristol 2

Eastern wins championship, 3-2.