Coach Chuck Hartman, who will be inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in January, heads into his 25th season at Virginia Tech ranked fourth all-time among Division I coaches in victories. Hartman is already a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame and the Tech Sports Hall of Fame. 2003 Virginia Tech baseball Contents The 2003 Season Media Information ............................... 2 Virginia Tech Diamond Notes ........... 3-4 Season Preview ............................... 5-8 Depth Chart......................................... 7 Roster/Pronunciations ......................... 9 Virginia Tech players celebrate after winning a share of the Last Season BIG EAST regular-season Game Results ................................... 10 championship last season. Batting/Pitching Statistics .................. 11 Fielding Statistics .............................. 12 Coaches & Players Quick Facts Head Coach Chuck Hartman ....... 13-15 Assistant Coaches ............................ 16 Location: Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg (pop. 36,000) in scenic southwest Virginia. The Trainer/Support Staff ......................... 17 campus lies on a plain between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains, 2,100 feet above sea Player Profiles .............................. 18-31 level. 2003 Opponents History: Founded in 1872 as the land-grant university of the state Team Information ......................... 32-33 Enrollment: 26,000 BIG EAST Conference ...................... 34 President: Charles Steger Schedule .............................. back cover Athletic Director: Jim Weaver Nickname: Hokies History & Records Colors: Burnt Orange and Chicago Maroon BIG EAST History ........................ 35-36 Tech Baseball History .................. 37-40 Conference: BIG EAST All-Americans .................................... 41 Head Baseball Coach: Chuck Hartman (UNC ’57) Major-Leaguers ................................. 42 Record at Tech: 855-480-8 (24 years) Conference Honors ........................... 43 Career Record: 1,338-705-8 (43 years) Year-by-Year W-L .............................. 44 Assistant Coaches: Jay Phillips, Jon Hartness The Hartman Years ...................... 45-50 Tech vs. All Opponents ...................... 51 Volunteer Coach: Javier Solis Batting Records ................................ 52 Home Field: English Field (1,500) Pitching Records ............................... 53 Dimensions: Lines 330'; power alleys 375'; center 400' Fielding Records ............................... 54 2002 Record: 33-26 (18-12 home; 11-11 away; 4-3 neutral) Team Records ................................... 55 2002 BIG EAST Record: 18-8 (tied first place) Top Five ............................................. 56 Year-by-Year Leaders................... 57-59 Top Hitters ......................................... 60 Toughest to Strike Out ....................... 60 Credits Coaching Records ............................ 60 The University The 2003 Virginia Tech Baseball Media Guide is a publication of the Tech Sports Information Office, with layout and design by Anne Panella. Special thanks for photographic assistance go to David About Virginia Tech ...................... 61-62 Knachel of the Tech SID staff, Rick Griffiths and John McCormick of the University Photo Lab, Bill University President .......................... 63 Setliff, David Schofield of Schofield Photographics, Gene Dalton, Woody Veasey, Alan Kim, Mort Athletics Director ............................... 63 Fryman and the photo staff of the Collegiate Times. Academics ........................................ 64 Athletic Performance ......................... 65 Printed by Southern Printing Company of Blacksburg, Va. Student Life ....................................... 66 Sports Medicine ................................ 66 Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, national origin, religion, or political Blacksburg ........................................ 67 affiliation. Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Equal Opportunity English Field ..................................... 68 and Affirmative Action Office at (540) 231-7500. 2003 baseball media guide 1 media information Members of the media Radio requesting information on The press box at English Virginia Tech baseball are Field includes two broadcast asked to contact Dave Smith booths. Visiting radio or TV in the Virginia Tech Sports should contact the SID office Information Office at (540) well in advance of the game 231-6726. for clearance and information Baseball releases, as well on the availability of space as up-to-date statistics, will be and telephone lines. available to the media throughout the season. Immediate access to this Tech on the Web information is possible via the Keep up to date on Virginia Tech athletic Web site, Virginia Tech baseball action www.hokiesports.com. The via the internet at the official sports information office will Web site of Hokie athletics: fax or e-mail releases to a www.hokiesports.com. limited number of media Individual player and outlets. coaches profiles, notes, Coach Chuck Hartman talks with members of the media. statistics and game Interviews summaries are all part of the All media interviews with priority basis in accordance header. Stories can be filed baseball section. You also players and coaches should with athletic department from the SID office in the can get up-to-date be arranged through the SID media policies and should Jamerson Athletic Center. information on all 21 varsity office with at least 24 hours be requested at least one sports that compete at advance notice, if possible. day prior to the game. Non- Photography Virginia Tech. During the week, head coach working individuals, such as Accredited photographers Chuck Hartman is usually spouses, dates, friends and or cameramen on assignment Tech Baseball available between 9:30 a.m. fans, will not be permitted in may shoot from the top of the Score Line and noon. Player interviews the press box or on the field dugouts or from inside the Information on Tech will be arranged around the during the game. Seats in fence beyond the dugouts. baseball games is available players’ academic and the working area of the When shooting from inside the on a telephone score line practice schedules. press box are not available fence, no equipment should each evening approximately for major league scouts. be placed on the field of play. Covering a Game one hour after the game. The Rosters, statistics and Tr ipods are not allowed inside line is also used to provide Media members wishing press guides will be the fence. The roof of the information on weather to cover Virginia Tech home available to the media and press box can be made delays and cancellations. The baseball games from the scouts prior to the game available for working information is available at English Field press box and a final box will be photographers or cameramen (540) 232-3720. should contact Dave Smith in compiled for distribution at upon request. The position of the SID office. There is no the conclusion of each all photographers and Directions To charge for admission to contest. Postgame media cameramen is always subject Virginia Tech home baseball interviews cleared through to the discretion of the English Field games and a credential is not the sports information office umpires. Freelance The Virginia Tech needed to enter English Field. are allowed on the field photographers and fans are campus is located in Seating in the press box, shortly after the conclusion not allowed on the dugouts or Blacksburg, Va., however, is assigned on a of each game or double- inside the fences. approximately 40 miles southwest of Roanoke, Va. To reach the campus from Numbers To Note Interstate 81 take Exit 118B to U.S. Route 460 West. Remain on 460 West, Director of Athletics .................. Jim Weaver .................. (540) 231-6796 following the signs to Virginia Head Baseball Coach .............. Chuck Hartman ............ (540) 231-3671 Tech. Take a right turn at the Sports Information Office ................................................ (540) 231-6726 Virginia Tech Central SID, Baseball Contact .............. Dave Smith ............ (h) (540) 951-8024 Campus exit marked Rt. 314 Fax machine .................................................................... (540) 231-6984 and Southgate Drive (right Athletic Trainer.......................... Jimmy Lawrence .......... (540) 231-5690 turn only off U.S. 460). Take Baseball Press Box ......................................................... (540) 231-4013 Dave Smith Sports Information the first left onto Duck Pond BIG EAST Conference (Switchboard) ............................. (401) 272-9108 Director Drive and English Field will be on the right. 2 2003 baseball media guide Virginia Tech diamond notes ABCA Honors Saunders Highest Pick Brad DuVall was picked 255 strikeouts and 115 walks Hartman Virginia Tech pitcher Joe 15th by the Baltimore in 315 career innings pitched. Saunders was the 12th Orioles in 1987. DuVall, who Both his strikeout and Virginia Tech baseball rejected the Orioles’ offer innings pitched totals rank coach Chuck Hartman has player picked in the 2002 and returned to Tech for his fourth all-time at Tech. been selected for the Major League Baseball senior season, was the 23rd Saunders American Baseball Coaches amateur draft. Saunders, a overall