B 2017 RECORD BOOK SPARTAN RECORD BOOK Table of Contents/Quick Facts Table of Contents/Quick Facts 2 PROGRAM HISTORY COACHING STAFF 2017 Schedule 3 First Year of Baseball: 1884 Head Coach: Jake Boss Jr. 2017 Roster 4 Overall All-Time Record: 2299-1846-30 (.554) Alma Mater, Year: Alma, 1993 Conference Titles (4): 1954, 1971, 1979, 2011 School Record (Yrs.): 264-180 (8) 2017 Radio/TV Roster 5 NCAA Tournament Appearances (5): 1954, 1971, Overall Record (Yrs.): 289-214 (9) Head Coach Jake Boss 6-7 1978, 1979, 2012 Coaching Staff 8-9 College World Series Appearances (1): 1954 Assistant Coach: Graham Sikes McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field 10-11 (Outfielders/Hitters/Base Running/Recruiting Coord.) Baseball Facilities 12 SCHOOL INFORMATION Year at MSU: Sixth 2016 Season Review/Statistics 13-15 Name: Michigan State University Alma Mater, Year: Liberty, 2002 Location: East Lansing, Mich. Team Records 16 Enrollment: 50,085 Assistant Coach: Skylar Meade Single-Season Records 17-18 President: Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon (Pitching) Yearly Batting/ERA Leaders 19 Director of Athletics: Mark Hollis Year at MSU: Third Career Records 20 Colors: Green and White Alma Mater, Year: Louisville, 2007 Big Ten Records 21 Nickname: Spartans All-Americans 22 Mascot: Sparty Volunteer Assistant Coach: Jordan Keur Conference: Big Ten Year at MSU: Second Big Ten Award Winners 23-24 Facility (Capacity): McLane Baseball Stadium at National Award Winners 24 Kobs Field (2,500) Student Assistant Coach: Jonathan Roof Academic Award 26 Dimensions: LL - 340, LC - 375, C - 400, RC - 385, RL - 302 Year at MSU: First Elite Spartans 26-27 Press Box Number: 517-353-3009 Kirk Gibson/Mark Mulder 26 TEAM INFORMATION Robin Roberts/Dick Radatz 27 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 2016 Record: 36-20 Baseball Contact: Zach Fisher 2016 Conference Record/Finish: 13-11 (T-6th) Steve Garvey/John Kobs/Danny Litwhiler 28 Office Phone: 517-355-2271 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 24/5 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 29 Cell Phone: 517-896-2413 Pos. Players with Starting Experience Returning/Lost: 9/3 Championship/NCAA Tournament Teams 30 Office Fax: 517-353-9636 Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost: 5/1 Spartans In MLB Draft 31-32 E-Mail Address: [email protected] Spartans In Major Leagues 33-34 Mailing Address: All-Time Letterwinners 35-37 Breslin Student Events Center 534 Birch Road, Room Z-22 Year-by-Year Results/Coaching Records 38 East Lansing, MI 48824 All-Time Results 39-51 Website: www.msuspartans.com Series Records 52 All-Time Results vs. Opponents 53-70 For the latest news on Michigan State baseball, including notes, updated bi- ographies, videos and features, visit the baseball page at msuspartans.com. Follow Michigan State Baseball... msuspartans.com @statebaseball @statebaseballgogreen Michigan State Baseball 2 2017 MICHIGAN STATE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK SPARTAN RECORD BOOK 2017 Schedule Date Opponent Location (Stadium) Time Fri., Feb. 17 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field - Abiline, Texas 5 p.m. Sat., Feb. 18 at Abilene Christian (DH) Crutcher Scott Field - Abiline, Texas 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 19 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field - Abiline, Texas 12 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24 at UNC Greensboro UNCG Baseball Stadium - Greensboro, N.C. 4 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25 at UNC Greensboro UNCG Baseball Stadium - Greensboro, N.C. 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 26 at UNC Greensboro UNCG Baseball Stadium - Greensboro, N.C. 1 p.m. Fri., March 3 vs. Furman [1] Fluor Field - Greenville, S.C. 5 p.m. Sat., March 4 vs. Presbyterian [1] Latham Stadium - Greenville, S.C. 12 p.m. Sun., March 5 vs. UT Martin [1] Fluor Field - Greenville, S.C. 11 a.m. Wed., March 8 vs. Clemson Fluor Field - Greenville, S.C. 7 p.m. Fri., March 10 at South Carolina Founders Park - Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. Sat., March 11 at South Carolina Founders Park - Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m. Sun., March 12 at South Carolina Founders Park - Columbia, S.C. 1:30 p.m. Fri., March 17 vs. Campbell [2] Pitt Field - Richmond, Va. 10 a.m. Sat., March 18 at Richmond [2] Pitt Field - Richmond, Va. 2 p.m. Sun., March 19 vs. Cornell [2] Pitt Field - Richmond, Va. 10 a.m. Wed., March 22 CENTRAL MICHIGAN McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 3:05 p.m. Fri., March 24 at Illinois * Illinois Field - Champaign, Ill. 7 p.m. Sat., March 25 at Illinois * Illinois Field - Champaign, Ill. 2 p.m. Sun., March 26 at Illinois * Illinois Field - Champaign, Ill. 2 p.m. Tue., March 28 WESTERN MICHIGAN McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 3:05 p.m. Fri., March 31 MINNESOTA * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 3:05 p.m. Sat., April 1 MINNESOTA * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 1:05 p.m. Sun., April 2 MINNESOTA * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 1:05 p.m. Tue., April 4 at Eastern Michigan Oestrike Stadium - Ypsilanti, Mich. 6 p.m. Fri., April 7 FRESNO STATE McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 3:05 p.m. Sat., April 8 FRESNO STATE McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 1:05 p.m. Sun., April 9 FRESNO STATE McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 1:05 p.m. Tue., April 11 at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium - Notre Dame, Ind. 6:05 p.m. Fri., April 14 OHIO STATE * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 3:05 p.m. Sat., April 15 OHIO STATE * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 1:05 p.m. Sun., April 16 OHIO STATE * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 1:05 p.m. Tue., April 18 at Michigan Wilpon Complex - Ann Arbor, Mich. 6 p.m. Fri., April 21 at Maryland * Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium - College Park, Md. 6 p.m. Sat., April 22 at Maryland * Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium - College Park, Md. 3 p.m. Sun., April 23 at Maryland * Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium - College Park, Md. 1 p.m. Wed., April 26 TOLEDO McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 3:05 p.m. Fri., April 28 at Northwestern * Rocky and Berenice Miller Park - Evanston, Ill. 4:30 p.m. Sat., April 29 at Northwestern * Rocky and Berenice Miller Park - Evanston, Ill. 3 p.m. Sun., April 30 at Northwestern * Rocky and Berenice Miller Park - Evanston, Ill. 3 p.m. Fri., May 5 IOWA * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 3:05 p.m. Sat., May 6 IOWA * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 1:05 p.m. Sun., May 7 IOWA * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 1:05 p.m. Tue., May 9 vs. Western Michigan Comerica Park - Detroit, Mich. 6:35 p.m. Wed., May 10 EASTERN MICHIGAN McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 4:05 p.m. Fri., May 12 at Nebraska * Hawks Field - Lincoln, Neb. 7:35 p.m. Sat., May 13 at Nebraska * Hawks Field - Lincoln, Neb. 3:05 p.m. Sun., May 14 at Nebraska * Hawks Field - Lincoln, Neb. 2:05 p.m. Tue. , May 16 at Central Michigan Bill Theunissen Stadium - Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 4:05 p.m. Thur., May 18 MICHIGAN * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 4:05 p.m. Fri., May 19 at Michigan * Wilpon Complex - Ann Arbor, Mich. 6 p.m. Sat., May 20 MICHIGAN * McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field - East Lansing, Mich. 1:05 p.m. Wed.-Sun., May 24-28 Big Ten Tournament Bart Kaufman Field - Bloomington, Ind. TBA Fri.-Mon., June 2-5 NCAA Regional TBA TBA Fri.-Sun., June 9-11 NCAA Super Regional TBA TBA Fri.-Sat., June 17-28 College World Series TD Ameritrade Park - Omaha, Neb. TBA Home games Bold | All Times ET | [1] First Pitch Invitational | [2] Spider Invitational, Richmond, Va. 2017 MICHIGAN STATE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK 3 SPARTAN RECORD BOOK 2017 Roster Alphabetical Numerical # Name Position No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. B/T Hometown/Previous School 13 Ando, Royce INF 1 Danny Gleaves OF 6-0 185 FR R/R Chicago, IL/St. Rita HS 18 Antoncic, Justin INF 2 Marty Bechina INF 6-0 200 SO R/R Chicago, IL/St. Rita HS 14 Baar, Keegan LHP 4 Riley McCauley RHP 5-11 205 SO R/R Sterling Heights, MI/Stevenson HS 2 Bechina, Marty INF 5 Joe Stewart OF 6-4 205 FR R/R Portage, MI/Portage Central HS 8 Benschoter, Sam RHP 7 Ethan Landon RHP 6-5 215 RS/JR R/R Sioux Falls, SD/Kansas State 26 Bianucci, Zac LHP 8 Sam Benschoter RHP 6-3 200 FR R/R Tecumseh, MI/Tecumseh HS 35 Borkovich, Walter RHP 9 Dan Durkin INF 5-11 195 SR L/R Tinley Park, IL/Victor J. Andrew HS 25 Buchalski, Josh LHP 10 Robbie Jones OF 6-1 195 SO L/L West Bloomfield, MI/West Bloomfield HS 28 Byars, Matt C 11 Will Salter C 6-3 220 JR R/R Bloomfield Hills, MI/St. Mary’s HS 21 Chmielewski, Dan OF 12 Jake Lowery RHP 6-3 235 RS/JR R/R Howell, MI/Hartland HS 37 Clark, Matt RHP 13 Royce Ando INF 5-11 190 SO R/R Toronto, Canada/John Fraser Secondary 9 Durkin, Dan INF 14 Keegan Baar LHP 6-4 210 JR L/L Jenison, MI/Hudsonville HS 30 Erla, Mason RHP 16 Andrew Sabrosky RHP 6-3 200 RS/SR R/R Holt, MI/Holt HS 1 Gleaves, Danny OF 17 Bryce Kelley OF/LHP 6-2 200 FR L/L Rockford, MI/Rockford HS 34 Gonzalez, Andrew RHP 18 Justin Antoncic INF 6-3 190 FR R/R Columbus, OH/St.