April 16, 1999
- Irish remain atop BIG EAST as Boston College comes calling
- Dramatic wins keep coming; Irish riding 22-2 run since March 8
- Heilman earns third BIG EAST player-of-the-week award
The surging Notre Dame baseball team (26-8, 12-1 BIG EAST)-ranked No. 25 by Baseball America-resumes its quest for the BIG EAST regular-season title, with a three-game weekend series against Boston College (13-13, 3-7) … Rutgers (9-4) is in pursuit of the Irish while six other teams still have strong shots at advancing to the six-team BIG EAST Tournament: Pittsburgh (8-5), Seton Hall (7-5), Providence (7-6), Villanova (7-6), St. John’s (6-6) and West Virginia (5-10) … the Irish are playing 20 of 22 April games at home, plus next week’s neutral game vs. Michigan (in Grand Rapids) … Notre Dame has won five straight, 11 of its last 12 and 22 of the last 24 … the Irish are 109-20 at Eck Stadium in the five-year tenure of head coach Paul Mainieri … Notre Dame reached 20 wins in their 27th game, equaling the third-quickest Irish baseball team to 20 wins in the last 40 years (the ’89 and ’90 teams opened 20-6) … the record for quickest to 30 wins is shared by the ’90 and ’94 teams (30-9, with the ’98 team opening 30-10) … freshman 3B Andrew Bushey suffered a knee injury at West Virginia on March 20 but could return to action this week … Bushey’s replacement at the hot corner, junior Jeff Perconte, suffered a season-ending knee injury when he slid home with the tying run in the eighth inning of Notre Dame’s 6-3 win over Cleveland State on April 14 … Perconte had provided a huge boost to the Irish lineup as the No. 9 hitter, batting .323 overall with 19 RBI and two home runs (plus .400 batting with runners in scoring position) … junior SS Brant Ust is riding a 12-game hitting streak three shy of equaling his career-best, set in April of 1997).
WILD SEASON KEEPS ON ROLLING: Notre Dame’s amazing last-minute magic in 1999 has included: 12 comeback victories, six games when the Irish scored the winning run in the final inning and four other victories where the Irish game-winner was scored in the second-to-last inning the 26 Irish wins have included just two by more than four runs, with seven wins by one run, five by two runs, seven by three runs and five by four runs (the Irish average margin of victory is 3.0) … in the last 12 games alone, the Irish have posted six comeback wins (one in the last inning, another in the second-to-last inning)-plus three other victories where the winning run came in the final inning.
HEILMAN PITCHER-OF-THE-WEEK … AGAIN: Notre Dame sophomore RHP Aaron Heilman (Logansport, Ind.) earned his third BIG EAST Conference pitcher-of-the-week award, after posting wins over Detroit (6-4) and Pittsburgh (4-1) during the week of April 5-11 … his stats for the week included a 2.40 ERA in 15 innings, 17 strikeouts, 19 groundouts, seven hits, three walks and a .137 opponent batting average … in the midweek win over Detroit, Heilman logged eight innings while allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks (9 Ks, 10 groundouts) … he beat surging Pittsburgh with his fifth complete game of the season and seventh straight victory (25 batters faced, 81 pitches, 8 Ks, 9 GOs, 2 , 1 BB) … the one run allowed was set up when centerfielder Steve Stanley misjudged a fly ball that ended up being a triple … Notre Dame players have combined for six BIG EAST weekly awards, second only to Providence (7) … Heilman previously shared BIG EAST pitcher-of-the-week honors on March 15 while earning the award outright on March 22 … he is one of four BIG EAST players to earn multiple awards this season … other Notre Dame weekly award winners in ’99 include Stanley (rookie of the week, March 15), junior SS Brant Ust (player of the week, March 29) and junior 1B Jeff Felker (player of the week, April 5) … the Irish have produced at least one award winner during each of the past five weeks.
NOTRE DAME 1999 BASEBALL SCHEDULE (22-8)
- Sat. 4/17 *Boston College (DH) 12:05 p.m.
- Sun. 4/18 *Boston College 12:05 p.m.
- Wed. 4/20 *Michigan (in Gr. Rapids) 7:30 p.m.
- Thur. 4/22 *Central Michigan 6:05 p.m.
Home games at Notre Dame’s Eck Stadium; all times local.
* On WHME radio 103.1 FM, available via realaudio through the Notre Dame website, at www.und.com.
Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup
* – lefthanded hitter; # – switch hitter
Pos. Player Yr. Ht./Wt. 1999 Stats CF *Steve Stanley Fr. 5-7/150 .280, 17 RBI, 25 R, 13 BB/14 KC *Paul O'Toole Fr. 6-1/200 .295, 19 RBI, 31 R, 9 2B, 3 3B2B Alec Porzel So. 6-0/185 .341, 29 RBI, 28 R, 5 HR, 4 3BSS Brant Ust Jr. 6-1/200 .402, 41 RBI, 35 R, 14 HR, 3B DH Jeff Wagner Sr. 6-3/235 .396 (53 ABs), 19 RBI, 12 R, 7 HR 1B *Jeff Felker Jr. 6-5/190 .333, 17 RBI, 21 R, 4 HR, 3B, 9 2BLF Matt Nussbaum Jr. 6-1/190 .267, 16 RBI, 16 R, 4 HR, 2 2B, 8 BB/9 KF/1B Matt Strickroth Fr. 6-5/230 .200, 8 RBI, 10 R, 2 HR, 2 2B, 9 BB/22 KRF Ben Cooke So. 5-9/165 .261, 10 RBI, 10 R, 6 BB/32 K
OFF THE BENCH
C #J.P. Drevline Fr. 5-11/190 .238 (5-21), 3 RBI, 1 R, 3 BB/9 KIF Ed Golom Fr. 5-9/165 .346 (9-26), 2 RBI, 5 R, HR, 2 2B, 3 BB/9 KDH Ken Meyer Fr. 6-0/205 .125 (1-8), 1 R, HBP, 3 K
Probable Starters
RHP Aaron Heilman So. 6-4/210 2.73, 7-1, 1 SV, 11 GP/62.2 IPLHP Tim Kalita Jr. 6-1/220 5.56, 3-1, 9 GP/55 IPRHP Alex Shilliday Sr. 6-1/200 4.63, 2-2, 7 GP/23.1 IP
BULLPEN
RHP Scott Cavey Jr. 6-5/200 4.45, 2-1, 8 GP/32.1 IPLHP Mike Naumann So. 5-11/175 5.87, 2-0, 7 GP/23 IP LHP Chris McKeown Sr. 6-3/215 4.78, 2-1, 9 GP/26.1 IP
RHP Drew Duff Fr. 5-11/170 9.00, 3-1, 2 SV, 13 GP/21 IPRHP John Corbin Jr. 6-2/195 3.51, 5-1, 6 SV, 14 GP/25.2 IP RHP Mike Carlin So. 6-4/210 14.29, 0-0, 4 GP/5.2 IP
RHP Jason Rodda Fr. 5-11/185 30.86, 1 GP/2.1 IPRHP Matt Arnold Fr. 5-10/180 0.00, 1 GP/0.2 IPLHP Mark Lapinskas Jr. 6-2/200 15.43, 0-0, 2 GP/2.1 IP
RHP Matt Buchmeier Fr. 6-0/180 28.80, 6 GP/5 IPRHP Steve Szczepanski Jr. 6-2/190 10.13, 0-0, 3 GP/2.2 IP 3B *Andrew Bushey Fr. 6-0/200 .305, 2 RBI, 11 R, HR3B #Jeff Perconte Jr. 5-10/185 .333, 17 RBI, 21 R, 2 HR
SERIES NOTES: The Irish lead the all-time series vs. BC (11-1) … Notre Dame has won eight of its nine previous games vs. BC, including two games at BC in ’96 (9-0, 6-1), two at home in ’97 (11-6, 16-3) and three at BC in ’98 (5-2, 6-4, 16-6) … the highlights of last year’s series came in the final game, when the Irish set a team record with seven home runs (two from Dan Leatherman and one each from Alec Porzel, Brant Ust, J.J. Brock, Jeff Wagner and Allen Greene) … Aaron Heilman struck out dangerous hitter Sean McGowan with the bases loaded to win the ’98 series opener … the 16-3 win by the Irish over BC in ’97 included a five-hit game by Randall Brooks (his second in 10 games) … the teams had not met for 67 years before Notre Dame joined the BIG EAST in ’95-’96 … Notre Dame won 9-0 at BC in 1908 en route to a 20-1 season … the Irish lost at BC 20 years later, 8-1 in 1928 … top Irish career hitters vs. BC include: Jeff Felker (.450, 9-for-20, 5 RBI), Wagner (.429, 12-for-28, 6 RBI, 2 HR), Porzel (.400, 4-for-10, RBI, HR) and Ust (.389, 7-for-18, 11 RBI, 3 HR) … Heilman saved both games of last year’s doubleheader, with three Ks. one walk and one hit allowed in 1.2 shutout innings … Chris McKeown, who won the second ’98 game in relief, is 2-0 in 9.2 career innings vs. BC, with two runs, 11 hits and one walk allowed, plus six Ks … Alex Shilliday also is 2-0 in two career starts vs. BC, with 14 Ks in 13.2 innings (7 R, 18 H, 5 BB) … Tim Kalita had no decision vs. BC in ’98, logging four innings while allowing two runs, two hits and five walks (with two Ks) … Scott Cavey has two career relief appearances vs. BC (3 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 3 Ks, 2 BB).
IRISH BASEBALL ON THE AIR … AND THE WEB: South Bend-based WHME radio (103.1) is scheduled to broadcast most of Notre Dame’s 55 regular-season games-including the upcoming series vs. Boston College-and any postseason action during the 1999 campaign … all games are available via the internet, with a link from the Notre Dame website (www.und.com) … WHME’s television division also may air several simulcasts during the 1999 season (schedule TBA) … WHME is scheduled to broadcast 20 of Notre Dame’s remaining 21 regular-season games, except for the April 30 game vs. Oakland.
AROUND THE HORN: The latest NCAA Division I rankings has Brant Ust checking in at 20th in the nation for HRs/gm at 0.42 (he now is at 0.41, with 14 HRs in 34 gms) … Jeff Wagner-who has just eight Ks in 53 ABs-did not meet the HR minimum coming into the week (eight HRs) but is now averaging 0.44 HRs/gm (7 HRs, 16 gms) … Boston College’s Sean McGowan (19 in 26, 0.73) entered the week second in the nation for HRs/gm (0.61), behind San Francisco’s Taggert Bozied (22 in 35, 0.65) … … junior RHP John Corbin has totaled six saves and a 5-1 record in his 14 appearances while ranking second on the team with a 3.51 ERA (plus 28 Ks in 25.2 innings) … sophomore RHP Aaron Heilman (67 Ks) and junior lefty Tim Kalita (60) are on pace to challenge the Irish single-season strikeout record of 108, set by Frank Carpin in 1958 … Heilman is allowing just .179 opponent batting, which would rank second-best by an Irish pitcher since 1991, behind David Sinnes’ impressive .163 opponent average in 1992 … Heilman’s last 10 outings include a 6-0 record, a 1.88 ERA (10 earned runs), one save and 51 strikeouts in 48 innings.
QUICK TEAM NOTES: A big key to the Irish success this season has been the clutch hitting with runners in scoring position (.320) … in addition to 12 come-from-behind victories and seven one-run wins, the Irish own six victories this season where the winning run was scored in the last inning and four in which the winning run came across in the second-to-last inning … in the last 12 games alone, the Irish have posted six comeback wins (one in the last inning, another in the second-to-last inning)-plus three other victories where the winning run came in the final inning … the April 2 doubleheader vs. UConn featured 49 combined hits (21 for extra bases), nine home runs (seven by the Irish), and 5:25 of game time (plus a 39-minute rain delay) … Notre’s Dame’s big seven-run fourth inning in the opener vs. UConn included consecutive home runs from Jeff Wagner, Jeff Felker and Matt Nussbaum, with Jeff Perconte leaving the yard two batters later … Notre Dame’s continues to lead the BIG EAST with a .962 overall season fielding pct. (equaling last season’s mark, which ranks third-best at Notre Dame since 1982), with unearned runs providing the margin of defeat in just one Irish loss … the Irish pitching staff is on pace to total 503 Ks over 60 games, which would best the team record of 456 set last season … the ’99 staff is averaging 8.91 Ks per nine innings, which would rank second in the Irish record book (behind the 1958 team’s 9.89) … the Irish pitchers also own a 2.57 K-to-walk ratio, ahead of the record of 2.40 set in 1963.
WAGNER RETURNS WITH A BANG: Senior DH and Irish career home run lead Jeff Wagner (48 HRs) missed all of March and the April 1 doubleheader vs. Providence due to a foot injury … Wagner returned from his five-week, 18-game hiatus in stunning fashion, smacking the first pitch he saw on April 2 vs. Connecticut over the fence in dead-center field … he then ignited the decisive seven-run fourth inning in that game, with a shot to left-center (sparking four Irish HRs in five at-bats) … Wagner added a third home run in the nightcap-a booming left-field shot that cleared the football practice-field fence across the street … he finished the day 4-for-5, with two walks … Wagner’s barrage vs. UConn moved him into second on the list for career HRs in BIG EAST regular-season games (now 23 in 65 games), three shy of the record held by former Seton Hall great Mo Vaughn (26 in 53, ’87-’89) … Wagner’s four RBI vs. the Huskies give him 76 in his BIG EAST regular-season career (now 78), pushing him into third in the BIG EAST record book, behind the record of 83 shared by former SHU catcher Alex Andreopoulos (83, ’92-’95) and Vaughn Wagner added his ninth career two-home-run game (and third of the season) in the 14-10 win over Bowling Green on April 7, helping rally the Irish from an early 9-1 deficit … Wagner has moved into fourth on the Irish career RBI list with 182, behind Eric Danapilis (221, 1990-93), Dan Peltier (202, 1987-89) and former teammate Mike Amrhein (202, 1994-97) … Wagner also is four runs shy of ranking 10th in Irish history (150) while his 225 career hits rank 10th all-time at Notre Dame, four behind Greg Layson (’94) … Wagner also ranks ninth at Notre Dame with 106 career walks while his 49 career doubles are fifth all-time (his .339 career batting avg. ranks 11th all-time at Notre Dame).
IRISH RETURN PAIR OF ALL-AMERICANS: Notre Dame is one of just five schools in Division I baseball that returned multiple All-America players from the 1998 season (based on the teams selected by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball magazine and the American Baseball Coaches Association) … current Irish sophomore RHP Aaron Heilman was named third team All-America by Collegiate Baseball in ’98 while current junior shortstop Brant Ust was a third team ’98 All-America pick (as a third baseman) by both Baseball America and the ABCA … the other schools with multiple returning All-Americans include the University of Miami, Texas Tech, Wake Forest and Wichita State (3).
SHILLIDAY MOVING UP STRIKEOUT LIST: Notre Dame senior RHP Alex Shilliday owns 235 career strikeouts, ranking fifth on the Irish all-time list … Shilliday could make a run up the list, which includes a formidable group that played together for three seasons: David Sinnes (315, ’93), Tom Price (276, ’94), Chris Michalak (263, ’93) and Al Walania (236, ’93) … Shilliday also ranks eighth in Notre Dame history with 23 career victories.
BIG EAST BESTS: Notre Dame senior C Jeff Wagner and All-America junior SS Brant Ust rank among the top hitters in BIG EAST history … Ust’s career bating average in BIG EAST regular-season games (.429, 85-for-198) is on pace to challenge the existing record of .432, set by Seton Hall’s Marteese Robinson from ’85-’87 … Wagner ranks 13th on that list with a .398 avg. (92-for-231), including 23 HRs in the BIG EAST regular season-second all-time behind former Seton Hall great Mo Vaughn (26, ’87-’89) … Wagner also ranks third in BIG EAST history with 78 career RBI in conference games, five behind Vaughn (83) and former SHU catcher Alex Andreopoulos (83, 1992-95) … two former Irish players-2B/CF Randall Brooks (.418, ’96-’97) and IF J.J. Brock (.399, ’96-’98)-also rank among the all-time BIG EAST batting leaders … senior RHP Alex Shilliday has throw 98 career strikeouts in BIG EAST regular-season play, just seven shy of moving into a share of ninth in BIG EAST history … UConn’s John Kelly (1992-94) and Seton Hall’s Matt Morris (1993-95) each totaled 105 Ks in BIG EAST action.
HEAD COACH PAUL MAINIERI: Fifth-year Notre Dame head coach Paul Mainieri owns a 524-362 (.591) record in 16-plus seasons as a college head coach, surpassing the 500-win milestone in the Feb. 27 win at New Orleans (14-11) … in addition to his 192-83 (.698) mark with the Irish, Mainieri was 180-121 in six seasons at St. Thomas (Fla.) and 152-158 in six seasons at Air Force … Mainieri has experienced two noteworthy homecomings in ’99, making his third return to the University of New Orleans (where he played) with the Irish baseball program and his third return to his hometown of Miami as the Notre Dame coach … Mainieri coached his 800th career game on Feb. 20, 1998, at the University of Miami, after a Feb. 15 game at UNO was rained out … he notched his 499th career win in the 1999 season opener versus James Madison, in a game played in Miami at Florida International (Feb. 19) … Mainieri’s 187 wins rank third at Notre Dame, behind Pat Murphy (318, ’88-’94) and Jake Kline (558, ’34-’75) … Mainieri has seen 16 of his Irish players go on to pro baseball, with 11 selected in the major-league draft … 15 of Mainieri’s players at St. Thomas went on to pro baseball, including three-Joe Klink, Dane Johnson and Dan Rohrmeier-who have played in the major leagues … Mainieri and his father Demie are the only known father-son combo in college baseball history to each top 400 career coaching wins … Demie won 1,018 games in his 30-year career at Miami-Dade North CC.
UST, HEILMAN AMONG TOP PROSPECTS: Two Notre Dame players are listed among Baseball America’s 1999 list of college baseball’s top professional baseball prospects … junior SS Brant Ust is listed as the No. 38 college prospect and is fifth among middle infielders, behind Miami’s Bobby Hill (8th), Duke’s Vaughn Schill (9th), South Carolina’s Brian Roberts (11th) and ASU’s Willie Bloomquist (13th) … Hill and Bloomquist were teammates of Ust’s on Team USA during the summer of ’98, as were USC C Eric Munson (No. 2 prospect), Mississippi State P Matt Ginter (10th), Texas A&M LHP Casey Fossum (11th) and UNLV OF Ryan Ludwick (20th) … Irish sophomore All-America RHP Aaron Heilman is listed by Baseball America as the top prospect in the BIG EAST Conference … the magazine projects Heilman as the No. 9 prospect for 2000 (fourth among pitchers), behind: Clemson OF Patrick Boyd, California 3B Xavier Nady, UCLA 2B Chase Utley, Pepperdine C Dane Sardinha, Stanford RHP Justin Wayne, UCLA 1B Garrett Atkins, Arizona 1B/RHP Ben Diggins and Stanford RHP Jason Young.
NEW LOOK LINEUP: Notre Dame’s ’99 lineup includes several players in new positions, with senior C Jeff Wagner representing the only player who opened at the same position he played in ’98 (Wagner was sidelined for five weeks and now is serving as a DH) … junior All-American Brant Ust has made the move from third base to shortstop (where he played part of his freshman season), replacing first team all-BIG EAST selection and two-time team captain J.J. Brock … sophomore Alec Porzel, a high school shortstop, has returned to the infield as the starting second baseman, after playing in left field as a freshman (1998 graduate Todd Frye played at second last season) … junior Jeff Felker is returning to first base (where he played for most of ’97), after spending ’98 as the starting right fielder (the Irish are looking to replace the strong defense and surprising power of ’98 graduate Dan Leatherman at first base) … three newcomers have stepped into the lineup while junior Jeff Perconte and sophomore Ben Cooke are sharing the starting duties in right field (in addition to serving as DH candidates) … two freshmen opened the season as starters in the outfield-LF Matt Strickroth and CF Steve Stanley-while Andrew Bushey took over Ust’s vacated spot at third base … freshman Paul O’Toole has emerged as the everyday catcher (Strickroth also has played some 1B, with Felker playing some OF) … junior DH/LF Matt Nussbaum also has been impressive as a starter for the Irish this season … Perconte-who suffered a season-ending shoulder injury vs. Cleveland State on April 14-also filled in at third in place of Bushey, who suffered a knee injury at West Virginia on March 20.
ROAD-TESTED: Notre Dame has been strong at home in six years at Frank Eck Stadium-going 128-27 (.826)-but the also have performed well on the road, winning 24 of their last 33 games away from home … that streak began with three ’98 wins in San Antonio, Texas, and was extended with a three-game sweep at Boston College and a pair of wins over Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium … the Irish then beat Michigan at Old Kent Park in Grand Rapids and won two of three at Seton Hall … Notre Dame opened 1999 by beating James Madison (at Florida International) before dropping three games to No. 23 FIU, winning two of three at the New Orleans Invitational, going 6-2 during the spring break trip to San Antonio and winning five of six BIG EAST road games (before this week’s loss at Northwestern).
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: The Notre Dame baseball team posted a 3.07 team GPA in the ’98 fall semester, led by 10 players who turned in Dean’s List semesters (3.4-plus) … Irish baseball players have earned GTE Academic All-America honors 11 times since 1982, with current junior utility player Jeff Perconte (3.65 cumulative GPA as a double major in economic and government) serving as a leading Academic All-American candidate for 1999 … other Academic All-America candidates include junior OF/1B Matt Nussbaum (3.25 as a government major) and sophomore RHP Mike Naumann (3.92 in College of Science, planning to major in pre-professional studies).
IRISH OWN TOP RECENT BIG EAST WINNING PERCENTAGE: Over the course of its three-plus seasons as a member of the BIG EAST Conference, Notre Dame ranks first among the 11 member teams with a .714 overall winning pct. (140-56, West Virginia was second at .630 heading into the ’99 season), a .753 BIG EAST regular-season winning percentage (55-18, Rutgers was second at .671) and a .727 wining percentages in combined BIG EAST regular-season and tournament games (64-24, Rutgers was second at .651) … St. John’s owns the best BIG EAST Tournament winning percentage during the past three seasons (.636, 7-4), followed by Notre Dame at .600 (9-6) … in fact, the double-elimination tournament has been the ultimate bugaboo for Notre Dame, with the same team providing both Irish losses during each of the past three tournaments (West Virginia in ’96, Villanova in ’97 and Rutgers in ’98).
WHAT THE ECK!: Notre Dame is in its sixth season at Frank Eck Stadium, located on the southeast corner of the Notre Dame campus … the Irish have won nearly 85 percent of their games at Eck during the past five-plus seasons, posting a 138-27 record (.837), highlighted by a 25-2 mark in 1997 and a 109-20 mark (.845) during the four-year tenure of head coach Paul Mainieri … the Irish head into the BC series with victories in 65 of their last 74 games (.878) at Eck Stadium (since late in the 1996 season), including a 39-4 mark in home BIG EAST games during that stretch.
Career Record Book
Batting Average 1. Dan Peltier (1987-89) .406 2. Eric Danapilis (1990-93) .405 3. Brant Ust (1997- ) .37810. Mark Mapes (1993-94) .341 Jeff Wagner (1996- ) .339
Runs Batted In 1. Eric Danapilis (1989-92) 221 2. Dan Peltier (1987-89) 202 Mike Amrhein (1994-97) 202 4. Jeff Wagner (1996- ) 182 7. Frank Jacobs (1989-91) 166 Craig Counsell (1989-92) 166 9. Ryan Topham (1993-95) 16510. Cory Mee (1989-92) 164-- Brant Ust (1997- ) 152
Hits 9. Greg Layson (1991-94) 22910. Jeff Wagner (1996- ) 225-- Brant Ust (1997- ) 211
Home Runs 1. Jeff Wagner (1996- ) 48 2. Brant Ust (1997- ) 43 3. Frank Jacobs (1989-91) 37 Mike Amrhein (1994-97) 37
Doubles 4. Craig Counsell (1989-92) 50 5. Jeff Wagner (1996- ) 49 6. Joe Binkiewicz (1989-92) 48 7. Brant Ust (1997- ) 44
Runs Scored 8. J.J. Brock (1994-98) 161 9. Brant Ust (1997- ) 15510. Ryan Topham (1993-95) 15411. Jeff Wagner (1996- ) 150
Earned Run Average 1. Aaron Heilman (1998- ) 2.04 2. Nick Palihnich (1959-61) 2.36
Strikeouts Thrown 1. David Sinnes (1990-93) 315 2. Tom Price (1991-94) 276 3. Chris Michalak (1990-93) 263 4. Al Walania (1990-93) 236 5. Alex Shilliday (1996- ) 235
Innings Pitched 8. T. Bujnowski ('52, '56-'57) 255.0 9. Alex Shilliday (1996- ) 250.1
Victories 7. Pat Leahy (1990-92) 25 8. Alex Shilliday (1996- ) 23
Games Started 8. Keith Chenail (1985-88) 36 Alex Shilliday (1996- ) 36
Batting Average 8. Scott Sollmann (1995) .406 9. Robbie Kent (1994) .402 Scott Sollmann (1994) .402 Brant Ust (1999) .402Slugging Percentage 1. Jeff Wagner (1999) .849 2. Brant Ust (1999) .836 3. Dan Peltier (1989) .783
On-Base Percentage 9. Craig Counsell (1991) .49810. Eric Danapilis (1992) .493 Brant Ust (1999) .493
Home Runs 1. Frank Jacobs (1991) 20 2. Tim Hutson (1988) 18 Ryan Topham (1995) 18 Brant Ust (1998) 18 5. Jeff Wagner (1997) 17 6. Dan Peltier (1989) 15 Joe Binkiewicz (1991) 15 8. Mike Amrhein (1997) 14 Brant Ust (1999) 14
Saves 1. Mike Coffey (1989) 10 2. Aaron Heilman (1998) 9 3. John Corbin (1999) 6
Opponent Average 1. David Sinnes (1992) .163 2. Aaron Heilman (1999) .179