Penguin Baseball History The Penguins baseball program began in 1948 with Men’s Basketball Coach Dom Rosselli at the helm. The program was halted following the 1950 season but returned in 1958 and has been a sport at YSU ever since. The Penguins have had seven coaches in school history, including current coach Rich Pasquale. In 2004, the Penguins qualified for their first NCAA Division I Regional in school history by winning the Horizon League Tournament. Playing host to the tournament at Eastwood Field, YSU posted a 4-0 mark beating the No. 2 seed, No. 3 seed (twice) and No. 1 seed on the way to the title. The Penguins played at the Austin Regional losing to Texas and TCU at the event. Prior to making the NCAA postseason in 2004, YSU last appeared on the Division II Regional stage in 1977, 1966 and 1964. Dom Rosselli also coached the program through 1981 and had a record of 418-219. All-time the Penguins have had nine Major League Baseball Draft picks, highlighted in 2001, when the San Francisco Giants selected Brad Hennessey in the first round. The most newsworthy Penguin to play in the majors is perhaps pitcher Dave Dravecky. Dravecky battled back from cancer to return to the Major Leagues in the early 1990’s before having his arm amputated because of his illness. Prepared by YSU Sports Information Director Trevor Parks See more history starting below on page 2. 2008 PENGUINS BASEBALL | YEAR-BY-YEAR BATTING Year G AB R H Avg. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-SBA 1965 15 441 73 134 .304 22 8 8 60 45 77 30 1964 20 611 170 204 .334 28 10 8 148 111 98 30- 1965 20 609 135 183 .305 19 10 7 85 95 121 59- 1966 21 622 142 203 .326 24 9 10 108 N/A N/A 40- 1967 22 595 120 176 .296 21 7 10 93 90 98 32- 1968 24 659 129 191 .291 17 14 6 102 96 126 63- 1969 31 923 178 276 .299 46 8 8 130 103 106 77-96 1970 39 1068 183 310 .290 43 11 11 153 126 158 104 - 1971 33 923 208 293 .317 41 9 23 183 117 126 46- 1972 34 943 154 250 .265 42 3 15 125 134 174 45- 1973 32 828 146 205 .248 32 3 8 113 135 168 61- 1974 28 757 151 231 .305 36 5 9 117 N/A N/A 66-74 1975 35 872 155 237 .272 46 6 14 140 147 142 49-54 Brandon Caipen had a team-high 76 1976 34 951 152 249 .262 32 10 20 130 111 196 46-51 hits out of YSU’s school-record 592 1977 34 926 173 238 .257 32 8 10 134 143 206 66-73 during the 2006 season. 1978 24 662 128 211 .319 31 7 9 104 116 98 24-27 1979 26 730 118 203 .278 30 7 10 103 97 107 44-50 1980 31 926 149 272 .293 42 8 17 129 86 137 30-45 1981 29 278 130 230 .290 31 9 13 108 92 125 20-26 1982 37 1,047 224 324 .309 42 15 16 192 160 167 48-63 1983 37 994 171 264 .266 47 9 10 150 155 153 31-46 1984 38 1,106 176 301 .272 49 5 24 140 136 169 25-41 1985 46 1,341 231 366 .273 75 6 24 165 180 240 30-42 1986 46 1,350 203 359 .266 50 11 26 185 165 217 20-30 1987 42 1,253 208 342 .273 59 7 33 180 161 220 43-48 1988 49 1,429 229 372 .260 59 9 26 202 173 262 70-85 1989 39 1,049 194 254 .242 45 9 7 167 176 230 53-72 1990 50 1,493 230 356 .239 64 10 14 174 206 287 38-60 1991 50 1,451 317 430 .296 85 7 26 276 212 218 50-63 Todd Santore ripped 21 doubles 1992 42 1,246 192 340 .273 62 3 24 165 161 187 19-34 during YSU’s record-setting 2001 1993 46 1,381 195 362 .262 69 7 12 176 158 212 42-61 season in which the squad had 114. 1994 49 1,513 301 456 .302 89 21 29 251 175 260 41-62 1995 54 1,621 339 477 .294 98 10 43 283 227 270 57-70 1996 47 1,337 232 348 .260 54 17 22 208 157 261 48-68 1997 50 1,643 353 529 .322 85 25 23 324 192 246 86-111 1998 48 1,525 266 431 .283 93 16 32 233 153 326 85-102 1999 56 1,724 322 511 .296 103 12 33 276 186 344 50-71 2000 55 1,698 319 505 .297 82 18 38 285 192 306 44-63 2001 55 1,804 401 585 .324 114 12 31 355 207 265 79-105 2002 44 1,381 203 377 .273 62 4 18 181 101 217 37-52 2003 55 1,784 313 500 .280 91 17 32 274 191 317 51-73 2004 54 1,694 259 451 .266 81 5 28 227 162 282 34-55 2005 56 1,815 290 544 .300 97 16 23 264 128 249 37-54 2006 55 1,951 342 592 .303 108 10 36 310 168 242 45-79 2007 56 2,016 323 589 .292 94 9 27 274 152 289 37-63 In 2005-06, Justin Banks helped the Guins hit .300 in back-to-back seasons for the fi rst time in 40 years. YSUsports.com 2008 Youngstown State Baseball Media Guide Page 31 YEAR-BY-YEAR PITCHING | 2008 PENGUINS BASEBALL Year G W-L CG IP H R ER ERA BB SO SHO SV 1963 15 11-4 -- 118 92 52 3.97 40 111 -- 1964 20 19-1 -- 155 104 46 29 1.68 58 141 6 1965 40 16-6 12 172 130 81 47 2.45 74 193 4 1966 21 16-5 13 158 91 56 42 2.15 77 155 5 1967 22 16-6 14 162 100 47 27 1.53 79 194 2 1968 34 19-5 15 176 115 60 42 2.45 77 205 5 1969 31 21-10 18 236 186 99 55 2.10 97 186 2 1970 39 24-15 24 289 224 115 88 2.74 101 204 5 1971 33 24-9 19 232 212 117 103 4.00 122 181 3 1972 34 20-14 18 261 205 116 85 2.93 126 220 3 1973 32 21-11 13 236 192 134 104 3.97 124 205 6 1974 28 22-6 16 194.6 162 85 57 2.63 83 161 6 1975 35 20-15 -- 224 211 118 70 2.81 117 187 5 2 Andy Svitak pitched in three shutouts 1976 34 20-14 21 255 176 131 105 3.71 125 264 5 N/A to help the 2005 squad to a school- 1977 34 26-8 29 333 186 104 67 1.81 135 284 6 N/A record six white-washes. 1978 24 15-9 20 176 111 65 50 2.56 90 188 6 N/A 1979 26 21-5 15 192 128 70 44 2.06 91 169 4 N/A 1980 31 13-18 -- 228 249 155 120 4.72 101 176 1 2 1981 41 11-18 16 197 211 130 98 4.48 86 131 3 N/A 1982 37 23-14 20 255 271 181 120 4.24 137 171 5 3 1983 37 17-20 15 258.3 265 197 156 5.43 185 159 4 N/A 1984 38 15-23 13 276 349 264 214 6.98 176 166 3 1 1985 46 17-29 13 346.1 446 353 299 7.78 195 185 2 0 1986 46 17-29 17 321.1 422 311 254 7.12 212 195 2 2 1987 42 10-32 11 303 396 341 268 7.96 164 197 2 2 1988 49 24-25 19 359 424 299 236 5.92 202 242 2 6 1989 39 19-20 18 281 302 213 170 5.43 147 195 4 2 1990 50 20-29 13 381 432 299 266 5.33 204 242 2 6 1991 50 27-23 18 352 359 225 189 4.83 165 237 5 1 Justin Thomas collected 80 of YSU’s 1992 42 13-29 7 250 367 282 166 5.98 165 126 0 2 school record 431 strikeouts as a 1993 46 20-26 11 354 359 238 194 4.92 159 207 6 4 freshman in 2003. 1994 49 26-23 15 363 480 326 274 6.78 165 245 2 5 1995 54 37 -17 14 406 438 258 202 4.47 207 253 3 14 1996 42 20-25 19 337.2 350 206 166 4.42 153 219 5 6 1997 50 29-21 11 387 469 302 237 4.29 187 298 1 7 1998 48 17-31 7 364 452 301 230 5.68 186 274 1 7 1999 56 20-36 15 408 587 438 354 6.07 196 207 0 3 2000 55 24-31 16 412 553 391 323 7.05 210 345 0 4 2001 55 24-30-1 9 429.2 533 378 307 6.43 252 424 3 6 2002 44 18-26 6 351.1 401 261 206 5.28 174 301 2 8 2003 55 27-28 14 448.2 528 349 268 5.38 197 431 2 5 2004 54 22-32 10 430.1 490 330 260 5.44 225 332 1 10 2005 56 29-27 7 445.2 494 325 264 5.33 198 333 6 10 2006 55 26-29 1 480.1 551 334 255 4.78 179 360 0 9 2007 56 19- 37 3 483.2 600 394 327 6.08 197 300 0 9 Bill Sattler threw eight of Youngstown State’s school-record 29 complete games in 1977.