Bowling Green State University 2014 Baseball Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION School...Bowling Green State University Location...Bowling Green, Ohio Enrollment...17,046 Nickname...Falcons Founded... 1910 Colors...Orange and Brown Conference... Mid-American (East Division) Stadium (Capacity)... Warren E. Steller Field (1,100) Dimensions...C-400, L/R-340, LC/RC- 375 UNIVERSITY President...Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey Athletics Director... Chris Kingston Associate AD/Baseball Coordinator... Lesley Irvine Faculty Representative... Dr. Lee Meserve Athletic Department Phone...419-372-2401 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Mailing Address...249 Doyt Perry Stadium East...Bowling Green, OH 43403 Director...Jason Knavel Office Phone...419-372-7075 Baseball Contact...Scott Swegan Office Phone...419-372-7105 Cell Phone...419-575-9148 E-Mail...swegans@bgsu.edu Assistant Directors...Mike Cihon, Kevin Davis Intern...Jake Dorow BGSU Website... www.bgsufalcons.com Press Box Phone...419-372-1234 TEAM INFORMATION Head Coach...Danny Schmitz (Eastern Michigan 79) Record at School/Overall Record (Yrs.)...612-581-5 (23) NCAA Appearances...3 (1998, 1999, 2013) Office Phone...419-372-7065 Assistant Coaches...Rick Blanc, pitchers/recruiting (BGSU 98)...Mike Huling, hitters/outfielders (USI 11) Volunteer Assistant...Garrett Gray, catchers (WSU 13) Letterwinners Returning/Lost...22/3 Position Players Returning/Lost... 13/2 Pitchers Returning/Lost...9/1 Starting Players Returning/Lost... 13/1 HISTORY All-Time Record... 1,564-1,348-27 (95 seasons) All-Time Conference Record... 576-610-4 Regular Season Titles... 5...(1972, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009) Division Titles... 7... (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010) Tournament Titles...3 (1998, 1999, 2013) NCAA Regional/District Appearances...4 (1972, 1998, 1999, 2013) NCAA Regional/District Record... 2-8 2013 SEASON 2013 Overall...24-31 2013 Conference...13-14 (4th East) Home... 7-10 Away...12-17 Neutral... 5-4 2013 Mid-American Conference Standings East Division Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct Kent State 20 7.741 36 23.610 Buffalo 19 7.731 33 24.579 Miami 14 13.519 26 30.464 Bowling Green 13 14.481 24 31.436 Akron 10 16.384 15 37.288 Ohio 9 18.333 14 39.264 West Division Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct Northern Illinois 16 11.593 22 34.393 Ball State 15 12.556 31 24.564 Toledo 13 14.481 25 33.431 Eastern Michigan 12 15.444 26 28.481 Central Michigan 12 15.444 25 32.439 Western Michigan 8 19.296 16 38.296 All-Time Versus The 2014 Competition Ball State: 59-46-2 (.556) Northern Illinois: 26-13-1 (.688) Western Michigan: 56-80-0 (.412) Central Michigan: 41-63-1 (.395) Akron: 37-28-0 (.569) Kent State: 61-109-0 (.359) Miami: 62-90-0 (.408) Ohio: 68-84-1 (.448) Buffalo: 28-11-0 (.718) 2014 Opponents: 438-524-5 (.456) NON-CONFERENCE Belmont: 1-0-0 (1.000) Murray State: 9-8-0 (.529) Dayton: 43-20-0 (.683) Georgia Tech: 3-1-0 (.750) High Point: First Meeting Illinois State: 1-4-0 (.200) Yale: 2-1-1 (.625) Evansville: 2-6-0 (.250) Bucknell: 2-2-0 (.500) Maine: 0-3-0 (.000) Eastern Michigan: 67-94-0 (.416) Toledo: 120-86-0 (.583) Cincinnati: 30-11-0 (.732) Michigan: 14-40-1 (.264) Xavier: 16-10-0 (.615) 2014 Non-conference opponents: 337-286-2 (.541) Regular Season Champions (1972, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009) NCAA Tournament Appearances (1972, 1998, 1999, 2013)
Top Returning Falcons In 2014 Batting Average (.275) Games Played (55) Games Started At-bats (1,903) Jeremy Shay (.330) T.J. Losby (55) T.J Losby (53) Patrick Lancaster (213) T.J. Losby (.327) Patrick Lancaster (52) Patrick Lancaster (51) T.J. Losby (211) Patrick Lancaster (.296) Jesse Rait (52) Jeremy Shay (50) Jeremy Shay (191) Brian Bien (.295) Jeremy Shay (51) Brian Bien (45) Jesse Rait (175) Jesse Rait (.274) Andrew Kubuski (49) Jesse Rait (45) Brian Bien (166) Runs (280) Doubles (66) Triples (16) Home Runs (15) Jeremy Shay (35) Jeremy Shay (15) Jake Thomas (4) Jeremy Shay (6) T.J. Losby (31) Patrick Lancaster (7) Patrick Lancaster (3) T.J. Losby (6) Brian Bien (30) Jake Thomas (6) Logan Walker (3) Logan Walker (2) Jesse Rait (29) T.J. Losby (5) Jeremy Shay (2) Jake Thomas (1) Andrew Kubuski (23) Logan Walker (5) Three Tied (1) RBIs (249) On-base Percentage (.349) Slugging Percentage (.351) Walks (169) T.J. Losby (39) Jeremy Shay (.417) Jeremy Shay (.524) Jeremy Shay (23) Jeremy Shay (38) T.J. Losby (.387) T.J. Losby (.445) Brandon Howard (22) Patrick Lancaster (26) Nick Glanzman (.368) Logan Walker (.394) Jesse Rait (18) Logan Walker (25) Jake Thomas (.348) Jake Thomas (.385) Andrew Kubuski (16) Jake Thomas (22) Brandon Howard (.341) Patrick Lancaster (.357) Two Tied (15) Stolen Bases (37) Total Bases (667) Sacrifices (56) HBP (53) Patrick Lancaster (8) Jeremy Shay (100) Brian Bien (10) Jake Thomas (8) Brian Bien (6) T.J. Losby (94) T.J. Losby (7) T.J. Losby (8) Nick Glanzman (5) Patrick Lancaster (76) Nick Glanzman (7) Jeremy Shay (7) Brandon Howard (4) Jesse Rait (54) Patrick Lancaster (6) Nick Glanzman (5) T.J. Losby (3) Two Tied (52) Jesse Rait (6) Four Tied (4) ERA (3.83) Wins (24) Appearances Games Started (55) Ethan McKenney (1.99) Cody Apthorpe (5) Ben Singer (23) Cody Apthorpe (17) Devin Daugherty (2.08) Mike Frank (5) Ethan McKenney (21) Mike Frank (16) Ben Singer (2.75) Ethan McKenney (3) Cody Apthorpe (17) Trevor Blaylock (10) Cody Apthorpe (3.86) Brett Fitzwater (2) Jason Link (17) Brett Fitzwater (6) Mike Frank (3.87) Three Tied (1) Mike Frank (16) Jason Link (3) Saves (10) Innings Pitched (479.1) Strikeouts (322) Opponent Average (.269) Ethan McKenney (2) Mike Frank (102.1) Mike Frank (80) Mike Frank (.233) Ben Singer (1) Cody Apthorpe (88.2) Cody Apthorpe (49) Devin Daugherty (.256) Trevor Blaylock (1) Ethan McKenney (49.2) Trevor Blaylock (32) Ethan McKenney (.262) Trevor Blaylock (45.0) Ethan McKenney (28) Ben Singer (.272) Ben Singer (39.1) Jason Link (20) Chris Miller (.273) (2013 Team value)
2014 Falcon Roster No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown (High School) 3 Brian Bien INF Jr. 6-0 175 R/R Cincinnati, Ohio (Roger Bacon) 4 Logan Walker INF Sr. 5-10 195 R/R Richmond, Va. (Matoaca) 5 Trey Keegan C R-Fr. 5-11 192 R/R Sandusky, Ohio (Sandusky) 6 Greg Basalyga 3B Fr. 5-10 220 R/R Pickerington, Ohio (Pickerington Central) 7 Aaron Loconsole INF So. 5-8 182 R/R Marine City, Mich. (Marine City) 8 Jake Thomas OF Sr. 5-9 165 L/R Litchfield, Ohio (Buckeye) 11 Brandon Howard INF R-Jr. 6-0 168 R/R Cincinnati, Ohio (Walnut Hills) 12 Matt Smith OF So. 6-3 198 R/R Johnstown, Ohio (Johnstown-Monroe) 13 Andrew Kubuski OF Sr. 6-1 180 L/L Elyria, Ohio (Elyria Catholic) 14 Ethan McKenney RHP Sr. 5-11 195 R/R Defiance, Ohio (Tinora) 15 Addison Rospert INF/OF Fr. 5-11 160 R/R Port Clinton, Ohio (Port Clinton) 16 Rob Zenas RHP R-Fr. 6-6 205 R/R Ann Arbor, Mich. (Pioneer) 17 Kevin Delapaz LHP R-Jr. 6-0 189 R/L Plymouth, Mich. (Canton) 18 Tyler Anderson RHP Fr. 6-2 167 R/R Lima, Ohio (Shawnee) 19 Johnny Crawford LHP/OF Fr. 6-2 190 L/L Wapakoneta, Ohio (Wapakoneta) 20 Mike Frank RHP R-Sr. 6-4 215 R/R Maumee, Ohio (Anthony Wayne) 21 Alex Davison LHP/OF Sr. 6-2 210 L/L Grand Ledge, Mich. (Grand Ledge) 22 Jesse Rait OF Jr. 5-11 173 R/R Liberty Twp., Ohio (Lakota East) 23 T.J. Losby C/INF Sr. 6-1 200 R/R Bryan, Ohio (Bryan) 24 Patrick Lancaster OF/1B Sr. 6-2 205 L/L Woodhaven, Mich. (Gibraltar Carlson) 25 Devin Daugherty RHP So. 6-2 170 R/R Wooster, Ohio (Wooster) 26 Ben Singer RHP Sr. 6-4 200 R/R Midland, Mich. (Midland) 27 Nick Glanzman INF So. 6-4 175 R/R Pickerington, Ohio (Pickerington North) 28 Andrew Lacinak LHP R-Fr. 5-11 180 L/L Reading, Ohio (Reading) 29 Trevor Blaylock RHP Jr. 6-2 215 R/R Bryan, Ohio (Bryan) 30 Jeremy Shay 1B/C Sr. 6-1 217 R/R Garden City, Mich. (Divine Child) 31 Chris Miller RHP Sr. 5-11 201 R/R Batesville, Ind. (Batesville) 32 Cody Apthorpe RHP R-Sr. 6-5 195 R/R Windham, Ohio (Windham) 33 Tyler Greiner C R-Fr. 6-2 216 R/R Brunswick, Ohio (Brunswick) 34 Jason Link RHP Jr. 6-1 205 R/R Hamilton, Ohio (Hamilton) 37 Brett Fitzwater LHP So. 6-4 171 L/L Sherwood, Ohio (Fairview) 40 Tony Landi RHP Fr. 6-4 238 L/R Geneva, Ill. (Geneva) 2 Danny Schmitz Head Coach 24 th Season 9 Rick Blanc Assistant Coach (Pitchers/Recruiting) 7 th Season 1 Mike Huling Assistant Coach (Hitters/Outfielders) 2 nd Season 36 Garrett Gray Volunteer Coach (Catchers) 1 st Season 10 Drew Kuns Undergraduate Assistant Coach 2 nd Season
2014 Falcon Schedule FEBRUARY 14 at Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 4:00 pm CT 15 at Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 1:00 pm CT 16 at Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 1:00 pm CT 21 at Murray State Murray, Ky. 2:00 pm CT 22 at Murray State Murray, Ky. 2:00 pm CT 23 at Murray State Murray, Ky. 1:00 pm CT 25 at Dayton Dayton, Ohio 3:00 pm 28 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 4:00 pm MARCH 1 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 2:00 pm 2 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 1:00 pm 7 at High Point High Point, N.C. 6:00 pm 8 at High Point High Point, N.C. 4:00 pm 9 at High Point High Point, N.C. 1:00 pm 11 vs. Illinois State Winter Haven, Fla. TBA 11 vs. Yale Winter Haven, Fla. TBA 12 vs. Evansville Winter Haven, Fla. TBA 14 vs. Bucknell (DH) Winter Haven, Fla. TBA 15 vs. Maine Winter Haven, Fla. TBA 18 Eastern Michigan Steller Field 3:05 pm 21 at Ball State* Muncie, Ind. 3:00 pm 22 at Ball State* Muncie, Ind. 1:00 pm 23 at Ball State* Muncie, Ind. 1:00 pm 25 at Toledo Toledo, Ohio 3:00 pm 28 Northern Illinois* Steller Field 3:05 pm 29 Northern Illinois* Steller Field 1:05 pm 30 Northern Illinois* Steller Field 1:05 pm APRIL 2 at Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 6:30 pm 4 at Western Michigan* Kalamazoo, Mich. 3:00 pm 5 at Western Michigan* Kalamazoo, Mich. 1:00 pm 6 at Western Michigan* Kalamazoo, Mich. 1:00 pm 8 Toledo Steller Field 3:05 pm 11 Central Michigan* Steller Field 3:05 pm 12 Central Michigan* Steller Field 1:05 pm 13 Central Michigan* Steller Field 1:05 pm 16 Dayton Steller Field 3:05 pm 18 at Akron* Akron, Ohio 3:00 pm 19 at Akron* Akron, Ohio 1:00 pm 20 at Akron* Akron, Ohio 1:00 pm 22 at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. 4:05 pm 25 Kent State* Steller Field 3:05 pm 26 Kent State* Steller Field 1:05 pm 27 Kent State* Steller Field 1:05 pm 30 at Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. 6:00 pm MAY 2 at Miami* Oxford, Ohio 6:00 pm 3 at Miami* Oxford, Ohio 3:00 pm 4 at Miami* Oxford, Ohio 1:00 pm 9 Ohio* Steller Field 3:05 pm 10 Ohio* Steller Field 1:05 pm 11 Ohio* Steller Field 1:05 pm 13 Xavier Steller Field 3:05 pm 15 at Buffalo* Buffalo, N.Y. 3:00 pm 16 at Buffalo* Buffalo, N.Y. 1:00 pm 17 at Buffalo* Buffalo, N.Y. 1:00 pm 21-25 at Tournament Avon, Ohio TBA
2013 Overall Statistics Record: 24-31 Home: 7-10 Away: 12-17 Neutral: 5-4 : 13-14 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% SHAY, Jeremy. 330 51-50 191 35 63 15 2 6 38 100. 5 2 4 23 7 38 1. 4 1 7 2 0 2-5 329 54 11. 972 LOSBY, T.J.. 3 2 7 55-53 211 31 69 5 1 6 39 94. 4 4 5 15 8 21 2. 3 8 7 4 3 3-6 350 61 6. 98 6 LANCASTER, Patrick. 296 52-51 213 22 63 7 3 0 26 76. 357 10 2 33 3. 332 1 5 8-10 208 7 6. 97 3 BIEN, Brian. 2 9 5 47-45 166 30 49 3 0 0 12 52. 3 1 3 10 0 20 0. 3 3 5 0 10 6-10 81 135 11. 95 2 RAIT, Jesse. 274 52-45 175 29 48 4 1 0 17 54. 309 18 4 22 1. 352 2 4 1-4 92 8 1. 99 0 GLANZMAN, Nick. 2 7 0 37-34 100 18 27 3 0 0 18 30. 3 0 0 11 5 30 1. 3 6 8 1 6 5-5 17 58 17. 81 5 WALKER, Logan. 260 43-30 127 15 33 5 3 2 25 50. 394 5 2 26 2. 296 1 1 1-1 37 66 9. 92 0 THOMAS, Jake. 2 5 9 48-37 135 15 35 6 4 1 22 52. 3 8 5 11 8 24 1. 3 4 8 1 3 2-5 81 1 4. 95 3 PITZULO, Matt. 246 50-34 134 18 33 6 0 0 10 39. 291 15 4 22 4. 340 0 1 1-4 0 0 0. 00 0 KUBUSKI, Andrew. 2 4 5 49-38 151 23 37 4 0 0 14 41. 2 7 2 16 4 19 1. 3 3 1 1 4 2-4 72 5 2. 97 5 SMITH, Matt. 242 31-17 62 10 15 2 0 0 2 17. 274 4 4 19 0. 329 0 2 0-1 14 0 2. 87 5 HOWARD, Brandon. 2 3 0 46-42 148 21 34 4 1 0 17 40. 2 7 0 22 3 46 2. 3 4 1 0 2 4-7 108 122 12. 95 0 -------------------- KEEGAN, Trey. 2 1 9 11-8 32 2 7 1 1 0 3 10. 3 1 3 2 0 8 2. 2 6 5 0 0 0-0 6 12 7. 72 0 LOCONSOLE, Aaron. 217 15-6 23 4 5 0 0 0 4 5. 217 2 2 9 0. 321 1 1 0-0 4 5 5. 64 3 DAVISON, Alex. 2 0 0 15-4 25 5 5 1 0 0 1 6. 2 4 0 1 0 5 1. 2 3 1 0 0 1-1 11 0 0 1.000 SHARP, Fred. 143 8-0 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1. 143 2 0 3 0. 333 0 0 1-1 0 0 0. 00 0 BURKHARDT, Kyle. 0 0 0 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0. 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 3 3. 50 0 HUEBNER, Taylor. 000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 000 0 0 1 0. 000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0. 00 0 Totals. 27 5 55 1903 280 524 66 16 15 249 667. 35 1 169 53 346 21. 34 9 14 42 37-64 1437 607 107. 95 0 Opponents. 26 9 55 1848 294 497 81 10 16 256 646. 35 0 187 45 322 24. 34 7 18 47 35-71 1467 670 80. 96 4 LOB - Team (434), Opp (413). DPs turned - Team (42), Opp (43). IBB - Team (6), SHAY, J 2, HOWARD 1, BIEN 1, RAIT 1, DAVISON 1, Opp (6). Picked off - LANCASTER 3, BIEN 2, LOSBY 1, SMITH 1, WALKER 1, HOWARD 1, RAIT 1, SHAY, J 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha MCKENNEY, Ethan 1. 99 3-1 21 0 0 0/1 2 49.2 49 16 11 16 28 6 2 0. 262 3 2 0 1 6 BRUNS, Nick 2. 5 3 6-2 29 2 1 1/4 6 53.1 46 21 15 18 46 3 1 2. 2 3 7 3 4 0 3 6 SINGER, Ben 2. 75 1-2 23 0 0 0/0 1 39.1 41 22 12 15 19 4 0 0. 272 1 5 0 0 3 APTHORPE, Cody 3. 8 6 5-5 17 17 0 0/3 0 88.2 107 64 38 31 49 19 4 2. 3 0 0 10 10 2 6 12 FRANK, Mike 3. 87 5-8 16 16 3 0/0 0 102.1 90 58 44 25 80 18 2 7. 233 8 12 0 0 7 LINK, Jason 5. 3 1 1-2 17 3 0 0/1 0 39.0 43 28 23 17 20 3 1 0. 2 9 7 3 4 3 3 5 BLAYLOCK, Trevor 6. 40 0-8 14 10 0 0/0 1 45.0 55 42 32 25 32 9 0 2. 289 4 5 0 1 1 -------------------- DAUGHERTY, Devin 2. 08 1-1 13 1 0 0/1 0 21.2 21 10 5 8 12 8 0 0. 256 4 2 0 0 0 MILLER, Chris 4. 2 2 0-0 9 0 0 0/0 0 10.2 12 8 5 8 13 4 0 0. 2 7 3 0 0 0 1 1 FITZWATER, Brett 4. 68 2-2 9 6 0 0/1 0 25.0 29 17 13 12 18 7 0 3. 299 4 0 0 3 3 FISHER, Levi 11.57 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 4 8 6 12 5 0 0 0. 2 6 7 4 1 0 0 3 Totals 3. 8 3 24-31 55 55 4 5/4 10 479.1 497 294 204 187 322 81 10 16. 26 9 44 45 5 18 47 Opponents 4. 0 5 31-24 55 55 3 3/3 14 489.0 524 280 220 169 346 66 16 15. 27 5 40 53 3 14 42