MIAA Division IA Baseball Championships recent history
The following are notes and records, in summary form, for conferences and teams, participating in the MIAA Division IA Baseball Championship. Except as noted, the conference is the one that the team was in at the time of participation.
Champions and Runners-up
The number of champions and runners-up in the format #.#, reverse chronology cumulative. Updated: 23:25, 25 June 2016 (UTC).
Sum is useful for error checking. In a column, all championships and all runners-up should add up, separately, to the sum shown.
| `18 | `17 | `16 | `15 | `14 | ||
| BSC | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | BSC |
| Catholic | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Catholic |
| CMC | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | CMC |
| DCL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | DCL |
| HOCK | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | HOCK |
| MWL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | MWL |
| MVC | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | MVC |
| OCL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | OCL |
| PVIAC | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | PVIAC |
| PL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | PL |
| Sum | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Sum |
S8 Participants
The number of teams from each conference that participated in the Super Eight, reverse chronology cumulative.
Year across the top. Updated: 18:30, 26 June 2016 (UTC).
Sum is useful for error checking. In a column, all numbers should add up to the sum shown.
| `18 | `17 | `16 | `15 | `14 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSC | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | BSC |
| CC | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | Catholic |
| CMC | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | CMC |
| DCL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | DCL |
| HL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | HL |
| ML | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ML |
| MVC | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | MVC |
| MWL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | MWL |
| OCL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | OCL |
| PL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | PL |
| PVIAC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PVIAC |
| Sum | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 40 | Sum |
Seed and Finish
The following shows all participating teams for some conferences. Updated 16:44, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
- The "S" is seeds before play starts then "F" is Super Eight finish based on bracket.
- The "Avg/Totals" rows are the average seed and average finish in the Super Eight.
- Clicking above the conference names, on the up/down arrow to the right of "Team", will regroup by conference.
| Year | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | Team | |
| Braintree | BSC | 5 | 4th | 6 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 5 | 2nd | Braintree | ||
| Newton North | BSC | 7 | 7th | 8 | 5th | 8 | 7th | 3 | 1st | Newton North | ||
| Walpole | BSC | 8 | 4th | Walpole | ||||||||
| Avg/Totals | BSC | 8.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 5.50 | 7.00 | 3.00 | 5.50 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 1.50 | Avg/Totals |
| Boston College High | CC | 1 | 3rd | 4 | 3rd | 1 | 5th | 7 | 3rd | Boston College High | ||
| Catholic Memorial | CC | 8 | 7th | Catholic Memorial | ||||||||
| St. John's Prep | CC | 3 | 5th | 2 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd | 1 | 2nd | 2 | 5th | St. John's Prep |
| Xaverian | CC | 6 | 5th | 4 | 3rd | 4 | 5th | Xaverian Brothers | ||||
| Avg/Totals | CC | 2.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.33 | 2.67 | 3.33 | 4.00 | 3.33 | 5.00 | 6.00 | Avg/Totals |
| St. John's | CMC | 1 | 1st | 2 | 4th | 6 | 7th | St. John's | ||||
| Avg/Totals | CMC | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | Avg/Totals | ||||
| Lincoln-Sudbury | DCL | 6 | 4th | Lincoln-Sudbury | ||||||||
| Avg/Totals | DCL | 6.00 | 4.00 | Avg/Totals | ||||||||
| Franklin | HOCK | 7 | 1st | Franklin | ||||||||
| Mansfield | HOCK | 5 | 7th | Mansfield | ||||||||
| Avg/Totals | HOCK | 6.00 | 4.00 | Avg/Totals | ||||||||
| Belmont | ML | 8 | 7th | Belmont | ||||||||
| Lexington | ML | 6 | 7th | Lexington | ||||||||
| Avg/Totals | ML | 6.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 7.00 | Avg/Totals | ||||||
| Central Catholic | MVC | 4 | 2nd | 3 | 5th | Central Catholic | ||||||
| Lowell | MVC | 7 | 7th | Lowell | ||||||||
| Avg/Totals | MVC | 4.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | Avg/Totals | ||||
| Bridgewater-Raynham | OCL | 2 | 4th | 3 | 3rd | Bridgewater-Raynham | ||||||
| Avg/Totals | OCL | 2.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | Avg/Totals | ||||||
| Plymouth North | PL | 7 | 7th | Plymouth North | ||||||||
| Silver Lake | PL | 4 | 5th | Silver Lake | ||||||||
| Avg/Totals | PL | 7.00 | 7.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | Avg/Totals | ||||||
| Pope Francis | PVIAC | 5 | 7th | Pope Francis | ||||||||
| Avg/Totals | PVIAC | 5.00 | 7.00 | Avg/Total | ||||||||
| Wachusett | MWL | 2 | 5th | 5 | 5th | Wachusett | ||||||
| Avg/Totals | MWL | 2.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | Avg/Totals | ||||||
Notes By Year
General interest information that is very significant, for example a 7 or 8 seed winning the state championship, or a 5 or 6 winning it all in their first trip to the S8, is probably best placed on the specific yearly MIAA Division IA Baseball Tournament page.
The notes here are for more detailed information that is best compared to previous years and can be used with the above detailed information over a number of years.
2016
In 2016, the BSC teams had average 7.00 seeding, finishing 3.00, better by 4.00, and in 2015, they had average 4.00 seeding, finishing 1.50, better by 2.50. The clearest pattern is that the BSC has overperformed slightly, on average over the 3 seasons. The CC has underperformed slightly the previous 3.
Underperformance and overperformance may not mean much, anyway. Any group of teams that are seeded very high have little room to go anywhere other than down. Those seeded very low, anywhere other than up. However, over a longer period of time, the better teams will win more. In 2016, the Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference with one team in the MIAA Super Eight, Pope Francis, underperformed all other conferences. With a small enough sample, things can become very skewed.
BSC: Had 2 teams. Braintree won back-to-back. Newton North finished 1–2.
CC: Had 3 teams. St. John's Prep finished runner-up for its second straight year.
PL: Had 1 team. Plymouth North became the first Division II team to be selected, but disappointingly went 0–2.
PVIAC: Had 1 team. Pope Francis became the first team from the West section of the state to be selected.
2015
BSC: Had 2 teams. Braintree returned to championship game, which it won, Newton North went 0–2.
CC: Had 3 teams. Had two of final three teams.
2014
First edition of Super Eight Baseball Tournament
BSC: Had 2 teams. Both advanced to the Finals.
CC: Had 2 teams. Neither advanced past Loser's bracket second round.