The Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League is an amateur baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 league

Sports league

League is a term commonly used to describe a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an...

 located in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

. The league is the highest level of amateur baseball in the province, it is for players

Baseball positions

There are 9 fielding positions in baseball. Each position conventionally has an associated number which is used to score putouts...

 18 and over. The league champion traditionally represents Nova Scotia at the following year's Canadian Senior Baseball Championships (the Nationals are in August while league playoffs are in September). An exception was in 2005 when the league sent an all-star team to the Nationals.

Teams

Team	Centre
Dartmouth Moosehead Dry Dartmouth Moosehead Dry The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry are a baseball team in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. They play in the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League. Their home games are played at Beazley Diamond.They have won 16 championships and are the defending champions for 2010....	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...
Halifax Pelham Canadians Halifax Pelham Canadians The Halifax Pelham Canadians are a baseball team in the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League. They play in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Mainland North Commons.-External links:* on eteams.com* on metronews.ca...	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Kentville Wildcats	Kentville, Nova Scotia Kentville, Nova Scotia Kentville is a town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. It is one of the main towns in the Annapolis Valley, and it is the county seat of Kings County. As of 2006, the town of Kentville had a population of 5,815 people....
Sydney Sooners	Sydney, Nova Scotia Sydney, Nova Scotia Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....
Truro Bearcats	Truro, Nova Scotia Truro, Nova Scotia -Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :...

• The league started interleague play against the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League
  New Brunswick Senior Baseball League
  The New Brunswick Senior Baseball League is the highest level of amateur baseball play in New Brunswick, Canada. The Fredericton Royals are the reigning league champions, and will represent New Brunswick at the 2009 Canadian Senior Baseball Championship in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia...
  
   in 2006.

Former teams

• Bible Hill Blacksox
• Charlottetown (PE)
• Fredericton Schooners (NB)
• Louisdale
• Moncton Mets
  Moncton Mets
  The Moncton Mets are an amateur, minor league baseball team based in Moncton, New Brunswick. They play in the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League but participate in a crossover schedule with the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League. In 2006 the team captured the highest honour in amateur league...
  
   (NB)
• Morell (PE)
• New Waterford
• Northside Ramblers (North Sydney)
• Liverpool
• Sackville Chiefs
• St. Peter's Royals
• Summerside (PE)
• Yarmouth Gateways

Notable players

• Richie Walcott, of the Sydney Sooners, played professional hockey for 10 seasons, including in the American Hockey League
  American Hockey League
  The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
  
   and East Coast Hockey League.
• Fredericton's Matt Stairs
  Matt Stairs
  Matthew Wade Stairs is a former Canadian professional Major League baseball outfielder, first baseman, designated hitter, and pinch hitter. He played for 12 different teams, a major league record he shares with Octavio Dotel, Mike Morgan and Ron Villone...
  
   was NSSBL MVP in 1987 and 1988. He was also tied for the league lead in saves, with Dartmouth Moosehead Drys rookie Brian Davidge, in 87.

League champions

Year	Champion
1977	Yarmouth Gateways
1978	Yarmouth Gateways
1979	Yarmouth Gateways
1980	Kentville Wildcats
1981	Kentville Wildcats
1982	Sydney Sooners
1983	Sydney Sooners
1984	No League
1985	Halifax Capitals
1986	Halifax Capitals
1987	Moncton Mets
1988	Moncton Mets
1989	Sydney Sooners
1990	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
1991	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
1992	Halifax Pelham Electric
1993	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
1994	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
1995	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
1996	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
1997	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
1998	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
1999	Kentville Wildcats
2000	Kentville Wildcats
2001	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
2002	Truro Bearcats
2003	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
2004	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
2005	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
2006	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
2007	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
2008	Halifax Pelham Canadians

Starting in 2007, the league will play a Maritime championship series against the winner of the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League

New Brunswick Senior Baseball League

The New Brunswick Senior Baseball League is the highest level of amateur baseball play in New Brunswick, Canada. The Fredericton Royals are the reigning league champions, and will represent New Brunswick at the 2009 Canadian Senior Baseball Championship in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia...

.

Single season records

Single Season Records	player
earned run average'	Ralph Chambers(Moncton) 0.47(1986)]
runs batted in	Bruce Joshua(Truro) 79(1996)
wins	Brad Miller(Dartmouth) 12(1999)
doubles	Jay Turple (Halifax) 20(2004) and Jay Washington(Dartmouth) 20(1996)
strikeouts	Hugh Fraser(Kentville) 125(1980)
hits	Joel Irvine (Dartmouth) 75(1997)
batting average	Joel Irvine(Dartmouth) .547(1997)
innings pitched	Brad Miller(Dartmouth) 106.6(1999)
runs	Sandy Van Blarcom(Kentville) 62(1982)
saves	Ray Powell(Halifax) 8(1986)
home runs	Richie Mann Richie Mann Richard W. "Richie" Mann is a retired politician in Nova Scotia, Canada.Born and educated in St. Peter's, Nova Scotia, Mann began his working life in 1971 with pulp and paper giant Stora Forest Industries. He was employed at the Cape Breton mill as an industrial pipefitter/steamfitter from 1971... (St.Peters) 17(1977)
strikeouts in one game	Ken Power(Sydney) 21(1982)
stolen bases	Joel Irvine(Dartmouth) 37(2000)
consecutive wins (team)	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry 19(2002)
home runs in one game	Greg West(Dartmouth) 4(1996)
best winning percent in regular season	Dartmouth Moosehead Dry .867(2002)
consecutive game hitting streak	Joel Irvine(Dartmouth) 35(1997)

External links

• Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League
• Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
• Halifax Pelham Canadians
• Kentville Wildcats