Harvey Shapiro (baseball)

Harvey Shapiro
Shapiro in 1985
Biographical details
Born1947 or 1948 (age 77–78)
New Britain, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
Baseball
1967–1970Connecticut
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Baseball
c. 1975Springfield (assistant)
1984–1998Bowdoin
1999–2004Hartford
Women's basketball
1976–1977Springfield
1980–1983Springfield
1983–1998Bowdoin
Head coaching record
Overall265–392–6 (baseball)
65–27 (women's basketball)
Medal record
Men's baseball
1985 European Championship Team

Harvey Shapiro (born 1947 or 1948) is an American college baseball coach, and former manager of the Netherlands national baseball team and the Bourne Braves. He was most recently head coach of the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2022.

A native of New Britain, Connecticut, Shapiro played college baseball for the UConn Huskies under coach Larry Panciera. He graduated from UConn in 1970 with a degree in accounting, later earning a master's degree in physical education from Springfield College in 1975.[1]

Shapiro was an assistant baseball coach at Springfield under coach Archie Allen from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s, and also served as the school's head women's basketball coach in 1976–1977 and again from 1980 to 1983, compiling a 65–27 record over four seasons on the Springfield hardwood.[2][3][4] While at Springfield, he taught baseball in South Africa and Rhodesia in the fall of 1974.[5] Shapiro He also managed the Amstel Tijgers in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the Netherlands' top baseball league, in the early 1980s.[6] He became head baseball coach at Bowdoin College in 1984 and remained at that post for 15 seasons through 1998, simultaneously leading Bowdoin's women's basketball program as head coach for the same period.[4][7][8] He also managed the Netherlands national baseball team from 1984 to 1986, leading the club to win the 1985 European Baseball Championship and two appearances in the Amateur World Series.[4][9][10] He became head baseball coach at the University of Hartford in 1999 and led the team for six seasons through 2004.[1][11]

Shapiro's long association with the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) began in the late 1980s with assistant coaching jobs with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox and Wareham Gatemen.[12][13] He went on to skipper the Falmouth Commodores from 1994 to 1998, winning the league's coach of the year honors in 1996.[14] Shapiro took the helm of the Bourne Braves in 2003,[15] a post where he remained through 2021. At Bourne, he coached dozens of future major league stars such as Pete Alonso, Mitch Moreland and Tommy La Stella, and led the club to its first league championship in 2009.[16] Following the 2021 season, Shapiro left Bourne to return to Wareham as field manager.[17][18] Shapiro was inducted into the CCBL's Hall of Fame as part of its 2020 class.[14][19]

Shapiro was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.[20][21]

Head coaching record

Baseball

The following is a table of Shapiro's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[7][11]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Bowdoin Polar Bears (New England Small College Athletic Conference) (1984–1998)
1984 Bowdoin 13–12
1985 Bowdoin 15–17
1986 Bowdoin 15–15
1987 Bowdoin 9–18
1988 Bowdoin 7–18
1989 Bowdoin 7–11
1990 Bowdoin 10–13
1991 Bowdoin 17–8
1992 Bowdoin 12–11
1993 Bowdoin 13–10–1
1994 Bowdoin 11–12
1995 Bowdoin 14–14–2
1996 Bowdoin 15–12–1
1997 Bowdoin 17–8
1998 Bowdoin 14–14–1
Bowdoin: 189–193–5
Hartford Hawks (America East Conference) (1999–2004)
1999 Hartford 12–34 7–20 8th
2000 Hartford 13–34 6–22 8th
2001 Hartford 14–35 10–18 8th
2002 Hartford 17–29 8–14 7th
2003 Hartford 9–34–1 7–15 6th
2004 Hartford 11–33 5–16 8th
Hartford: 76–199–1 43–105
Total: 265–392–6

Personal life

Shapiro and his wife have four children.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b Anderson, Woody (May 27, 1998). "Hartford Names Shapiro Baseball Coach". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on July 9, 2025.
  2. ^ "Harvey Shapiro". Springfield College. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Springfield College Women's Basketball All-Time Results". springfieldcollegepride.com. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Cerino, Ken (March 6, 2017). "Veteran coach Harvey Shapiro looks back on special season". ncaa.com. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Apple, Ginny (May 28, 1975). "Teaching baseball in the African bush: if it goes foul, rub up a new one". Hartford Courant. p. 58. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  6. ^ "Playing baseball in Holland isn't the same". The Kokomo Tribune. November 13, 1980. p. 19. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  7. ^ a b "Bowdoin College Baseball History" (PDF). Bowdoin College. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  8. ^ "Bowdoin College Women's Basketball History" (PDF). bowdoin.edu. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  9. ^ Shapiro, Harvey (2006). "Chapter 14: Holland: An American Coaching Honkbal". In Gmelch, George (ed.). Baseball without Borders: The International Pastime. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 247–262. ISBN 0803271255.
  10. ^ Botman, Hans; van de Gevel, Frank (July 15, 1985). "Italië Weggevaagd". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). p. 13. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  11. ^ a b "Hartford Hawks Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Hartford Hawks. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Lewis, Erin (June 27, 2007). "Braves' Shapiro stresses human qualities in players". Bourne Courier. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Pulsifer, Matt (July 9, 2014). "Managers have a shared history". The Bourne Courier. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  14. ^ a b Benjamin Rosenberg (June 21, 2020). "Bourne to Manage: Hall-Bound Harvey Shapiro Reflects on Time in Cape League". capecodtimes.com. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  15. ^ "Coaching Staff". bournebraves.org. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  16. ^ Szmit, Kathleen (August 14, 2009). "Bourne makes history: Braves win their first Cape League Championship". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. pp. B3, B4. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  17. ^ Schwam, Josh (August 26, 2021). "Harvey Shapiro Slides Over to Wareham". capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  18. ^ Jacobs, Courtney (August 25, 2021). "Field manager Harvey Shapiro leaving Bourne for Wareham". capecodtimes.com. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  19. ^ Joyal, Brad (June 14, 2020). "Cape League announces Hall of Fame class". capecodtimes.com. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  20. ^ "Lashua, Scott, Drapeau, Olore among Maine Baseball Hall of Fame selections". Bangor Daily News. April 26, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Shapiro, Harvey (2019)". MaineBaseballHOF. August 8, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
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