2018 Baseball Press Guide
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1 2 Table of Contents Blue Devil Baseball Guide Current Data General Information ............................................................Inside Front Cover Superintendent/President ...............................................................................5 Area High School Coaches/Central Valley Conference ..................................6 Head Coach ....................................................................................................7 Assistant Coaches ..........................................................................................8 Blue Devils at 4-Year Colleges-Blue Devils Gone Pro ..................................10 Blue Devil Baseball History ......................................................................11-16 Blue Devil Baseball 2016 Statistics ........................................................ 17-19 Academic Life ...............................................................................................20 Individual Pitching Records ..........................................................................22 Individual Fielding Records ...........................................................................22 Individual Batting Records, Season ..............................................................23 Individual Batting Records, Game ................................................................23 Team Batting Records, Season ....................................................................24 Team Batting Records, Game .......................................................................24 Team Fielding Records and School Records ................................................24 Blue Devil Player Profi les ....................................................................... 25-34 Blue Devil Roster ..........................................................................................47 2018 Baseball Schedule ...............................................................................48 Athletic Trainers, Sports Info. Director, Secretary .........................................49 Blue Devil Field Data ....................................................................................51 Blue Devil Baseball Boosters ........................................................................57 Team Awards .......................................................................................... 54-56 All-American Selections ..........................................................................59-63 Merced College Baseball Hall Of Fame Inductions ................................ 66-70 All-Conference Teams ............................................................................ 71-77 3 4 On behalf of Merced College faculty, classifi ed professionals, managers and administrators, I am delighted to welcome you to the 2018 baseball season. We are proud of Merced College’s exceptional tradition of athletics. We are pleased to welcome visiting teams to our campus to compete. We join coach Chris Pedretti, his staff, and his team in welcoming the coaches, teams and fans of the competing teams, as well as our own loyal fans, to Merced College. We offer all the teams our best wishes for a healthy and competitive season. Chris Vitelli President 5 Central Valley Conference CCERROERRO CCOSOOSO Area High School Coaches Through the cooperation of area high school baseball coaches, the Blue Devils have had many outstanding players through the years : Buhach Colony-Greg Wakefi eld Los Banos - Pat Fuentes Atwater - Jarrod Pimentel Mariposa - Bruce Vegely Chowchilla - Jeffrey Palmer Merced - Tynan Pedretti Dos Palos - Leonard Davis El Capitan - Aaron Ruiz Golden Valley - Gregory Euker Pacheco - Chauncey Lee Le Grand - Joel Salcido Stone Ridge Christian - Angel Barragan Livingston - Matt Winton 6 9 - Chris Pedretti Head Coach Chris Pedretti has been Merced College head baseball coach for 35 years. His Blue Devil teams have competed in post-season play 21 times. They have won fi ve conference championships (1983, 1985, 2009, 2011, and 2017). In 2009, Chris was selected Northern California Coach-of-the-Year. Chris Pedretti stands among a select group of former and current CCC baseball coaches that have won more than 800 games (830 and counting). He is the only current and former Blue Devil Coach with at least 800 wins in a single sport. Chris has been the Central Valley Conference baseball coaches rep- resentative to the state’s Baseball Coaches Association (CCCBCA) for the last 30 years. Twenty-four of his Blue Devil players have signed professional baseball contracts, including three-time Na- tional League All-Star relief pitcher Brian Fuentes, and current Major League pitcher Doug Fister. Chris graduated from Turlock high in 1975. He was the starting second-baseman of the 1976 and 1977 state cham- pion teams at Merced College. His sophomore season, he was named the MVP of the state division II JC’s and was also selected to the coaches All-America squad. After Merced, he accepted a scholarship at San Jose State, where he was team MVP & All-Conference for his senior season, 1979. After graduation, he coached a year at SJSU. He returned to Merced as an assistant to Butch Hughes. He spent the 1981 season in Italy as a player-coach for the San Martino B.A. Red Devils. He earned a teaching credential from Cal State Stanislaus in the spring of 1982 while coaching sophomore baseball at Turlock High. He was brought back to Merced College as adjunct head coach in the fall of 1982. He was awarded a masters degree in counseling from the University of San Francisco in 1989 and hired full-time as head baseball coach and academic counselor in 1990. Chris currently coordinates the Athlete Academic Success Program at MC. He took the 2013 spring semester as a sabbatical, visiting more than 20 California community colleges and universities, learning how various schools al- locate resources in support of the academic success of their athletes. He presented his fi ndings to the MCCD Board of Trustees, which in turn made the Athletic Academic Success Program part of the school’s Student Success Initia- tive. His work has registered. Merced College athletes currently have one of the highest graduation and transfer rates of any cohort on the MC campus. Chris and his wife Michelle, an elementary educator for more than 35 years, recently celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary. They have four children, all college graduates. Mikella (UC Berkeley), Joel (Merced College, University of Oklahoma), Tynan (Merced College, Univ. of Hawaii, CSU Stanislaus), and Alessandria (Merced College, UC Berkeley). His son Tynan was on his coaching staff and is now the current Merced High School head baseball coach. 7 40 - Nathan Devine Assistant Coach Nate Devine returns to the Blue Devil dugout for his 10th season (9 as assistant coach and one as head coach). During the 2012-13 academic year head coach Chris Pedretti was away on sabbatical and Nate was made the interim head coach. Nate compiled a 22-14 record and a born in the regional playoffs. Nate more than fi ve years experience as the pitching coach for the Blue Devils. Nate coached four years at University of LaVerne while working on his MBA. He coached outfi elders, hitters and pitchers. The ULV pitching staff led the conference his last two years, and won conference titles both years. Nate is a native of Sonora, CA, and a graduate of Sonora High School. Graduating from Merced in 1998, Nate continued his playing career and academics at the University of LaVerne. As a senior he was selected Most Inspirational Player. Nate received a B.S. degree in business administration from ULV. While coaching baseball, he is a full-time life-fi tness instructor at MC. Nate currently lives in the Merced area. 30 - Jason Ingraham Assistant Coach Jason Ingraham played on the 1997 and 1998 Blue Devil teams. The 1997 team came within a couple of outs of making it to the state championships losing in the super regional championship game. He is a former 1st Team All-CVC selection, and a two-year player at CSU, Stanislaus. He graduated from CSUS with a BA degree in Physical Education. Ceres High School was his fi rst coaching stop as the school’s freshman baseball coach. He moved to Hughson High School in 2002, and for three years was an assistant coach. His fi rst intercollegiate coaching was at CSU Stanislaus from 2005 to 2009, where he tutored the infi eld, play and hitting. Since 2010 Jason has coached on traveling teams, and given private lessons to some of the elite players in the area. Jason coaches the Blue Devil infi elders, and hitters. Jason and his wife Jasmine live in Atwater with their two small children son Evan (5-years old), and daughter Avery (3-years old). 8 9 BLUE DEVILS SIGNED BY THE PROS 1972 Rick Williams, Houston Astros 1986 Bruce Egloff, Cleveland Indians 1974 Jerry Gavin, Minnesota Twins (Blue Jays) Joel Faulk, Philadelphia Phillies Don Ballenger, Philadelphia Phillies 1988 Blas Minor, Pittsburgh Pirates Jim Bryan, Baltimore Orioles Jeff Webber, Oakland A’s 1975 Doug Thiel, Baltimore Orioles Jeff Ball, Houston Astros Rich Mayo, Baltimore Orioles Steve Whitaker, San Francisco Giants Terry Gray, St. Louis Cardenals Anthony Chavez, Los Angeles Angels 1976 Fulvio Bertolotti, St. Louis Cardenals David Zuniga, New York Mets 1977 Randy Wiens, Toronto Blue Jays 1999 Brian Fuentes, Seattle Mariners, 1978 Brad Leslie, Cinncinati Reds Skip Kiil, Philadelphia Phillies Jim Harskamp, St. Louis Cardenals Frank Haase, Colorado Rockies 1979 Alex Christenson,