2016 Dayton Baseball Preseason Prospectus GENERAL
Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dayton, Ohio Founded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1850 Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flyers Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red & Blue Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,500 President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Daniel J. Curran Athletics Director: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neil Sullivan Athletics Department Phone: . . . . . . . . 937-269-5665 Ticket Office Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937-269-2255 Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DaytonFlyers.com
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: . . . . . . . . Tony Vittorio (Hanover ‘88) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . 648-661-1 (23) School Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . 424-473-1 (16) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryne Romick Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Cypret Baseball Office Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937-229-4633
STADIUM
Woerner Field at Time Warner Cable Stadium Capacity: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 Field Dimensions: . . . . . . . . . . 330-375-400-375-330 Surface: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grass
TEAM
2015 Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-38 2015 A-10 Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19 / 12th Letterman Returning/Lost: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15/12 Position Starters Returning/Lost: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/4 Weekend Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost: . . . . . 1/2 Newcomers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PROGRAM HISTORY
First Year of Baseball: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1902 All-Time Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227-1,469-14 (110) All-Time A-10 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220-234 Winning Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 A-10 Conference Regular Season Titles: . . . . . 1 (‘09) A-10 Tournament Appearances: 8 (‘01 ‘02 ‘05 ‘06 ‘09 ‘11 ‘12 14’) A-10 Tournament Titles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (‘12)
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATION
Baseball Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ross Bagienski Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[email protected] Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937-229-4491 Cell: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937-269-3830 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937-877-0948 Press Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937-269-5665
RETURNING STAT LEADERS
Batting Avg. 1. Mitch Coughlin, .340 2. Matt Poland, .286 3. Glenn Jones, .268
ERA 1. Jason Johnson, 2.45 2. Nick Gobert, 3.83 3. Charlie Dant, 5.04
Hits 1. Aaron Huesman, 42 2. Matt Poland, 40 3. Robbie Doring, 35
Wins 1. Mason Kutruff, 5 2. Nick Gobert/Ben Polansky/ Charlie Dant, 1
Runs 1. Robbie Doring, 19 2. Mitch Coughlin, 18 3. Matt Poland, 16
Strikeouts 1. Charlie Dant, 65 2. Sam Brunner, 34 3. Mason Kutruff, 28
RBI 1. Matt Poland, 21 2. Aaron Huesman, 19 3. Robbie Doring, 15
Innings Pitched 1. Charlie Dant, 89.1 2. Mason Kutruff, 49.0 3. Nick Gobert, 44.2
Stolen Bases 1. Robbie Doring, 10 2. Glenn Jones, 7 3. Mitch Coughlin/Brad Burkhart, 4
Appearances 1. Ben Polansky, 20 2. Sam Brunner, 19 3. Danny Hentz, 16
KEY LOSSES
1B A.J. Ryan- Four-year starter with a .265 average, 200 at-bats, 26 runs scored, 11 doubles, and 50 starts. Led the team with 53 hits, eight home runs, and 29 RBI. CF Alex Harris - Started 51 games in centerfield and batting lead-off for the Flyers. Recorded 28 runs scored, 10 steals, 11 doubles, and 17 RBI. OF Zach Schira - Started 46 games, batting .262 with 24 runs scored, nine doubles, 28 RBI, and three stolen bases. RHP Noah Buettgen - Had 13 starts as one of the weekend starters, going 4-7 with a 5.06 ERA. Led the team with two complete games to go with 57 k’s and 74 2/3 innings pitched. RHP Bradley Horn- Had 11 starts as one of the weekend starters in 13 appearances. Posted a 2-5 record and 6.99 ERA with 47 2/3 innings pitched and 42 strikeouts. Mailing Address University of Dayton Athletics Communication 300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469-1238
2016 DAYTON BASEBALL ROSTER # 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 17 18 19 21 22 3 24 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 42 44 50 53 54
Name Pat Meehan Robbie Doring Connor Echols Matt Poland Cale Dineen Sam Claycamp Maverick Prine Nick Weybright Nick Gobert Tyler Henry Bailey Montoya Mitch Coughlin Glenn Jones Sam Sustersic Jason Johnson Nick Ryan Eric Ashbrook Aaron Huesman Brandon Smith Cameron Silva Brad Burkhart Ben Polansky Charlie Dant Sam Brunner Austin Cline Danny Hentz Mark Giesler Masashi Sakamoto A.J. Hemmelgarn Tom Krokey Mason Kutruff Alec Mueller Kevin Piersol Chad Phenis Zach Beaver
Year Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. R-Jr. Fr. Jr. R-Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. R-Jr. R-Jr. Fr. R-So. Jr. R-So. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. R-So. Fr. R-Fr. So. R-Fr. Jr. R-So. Sr.
Pos. IF OF IF C 3B IF IF RHP/IF RHP/IF LHP C OF OF OF RHP IF RHP OF/1B OF/RHP C RHP/OF RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP/1B RHP RHP IF LHP C RHP RHP RHP
Ht. 5-9 6-2 5-10 6-3 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-3 5-7 6-4 6-5 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-4 5-11 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-2 5-10 6-5 6-1
Head Coach: Tony Vittorio Assistant Coaches: Ryne Romick, Ryan Cypret Volunteer Assistant Coach: Terry Bell
Wt. 160 193 180 210 180 200 200 200 195 195 210 195 185 210 200 165 220 210 235 195 200 175 190 210 170 195 230 200 175 200 240 195 185 225 210
B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/R R/R R/R R/R
Hometown / Previous School Palos Heights, Ill. / Marist Grafton, Wis. / Vincennes University Sidney, Ohio / Sidney Pickerington, Ohio / North Omaha, Neb. / Garden City CC Columbus, Ind. / Columbus East Davison, Mich. / Mott CC Indianapolis, Ind. / Lawrence North Jasper, Ind. / Jasper Middletown, Ohio / Madison Farmersville, Ohio / Moeller Bellefontaine, Ohio / Benjamin Logan Indianapolis, Ind. / Lawrence Central Richfield, Ohio / Revere Dublin, Ohio / Jerome Naperville, Ill. / Naperville Phoenix College Mt. Vernon, Ohio / Mt. Vernon Dublin, Ohio / Jerome Floyd Knobs, Ind. / Floyd Central La Crescenta, Calif. / Glendale CC Cincinnati, Ohio / LaSalle Santa Clara, Calif. / Los Medanos CC Indianapolis, Ind. / Warren Central Fort Collins, Colo. / Dodge City CC East Liberty, Ohio / Benjamin Logan Cincinnati, Ohio / Northwest Jasper, Ind. / Jasper Dublin, Ohio / Akron Sidney, Ohio / IMG Academy Strongsville, Ohio / Strongsville Martinsville, Ind. / Martinsville Dayton, Ohio / Oakwood Albuquerque, N.M. / New Mexico MI Centerville, Ind. / Centerville Canal Winchester, Ohio / Akron
2016 DAYTON BASEBALL SCHEDULE February Spartanburg Tournament (Spartanburg, S.C.) 19 vs. Stony Brook (@ Wofford) 12 noon 20 @ USC Upstate 4 pm 21 vs Kentucky (@ USC Upstate) 11 am 26 @ Furman 4 pm 27 @ Furman 1 pm 28 @ Furman 1 pm March 1 Bowling Green State 3 pm 4 @ High Point 4 pm 5 @ High Point 2 pm 6 @ High Point 1 pm 8 Miami 3 pm 9 @ Miami 6 pm Flyer Classic (Dayton, Ohio) 11 Wright State @ Dayton 3 pm 12 Oakland @ Dayton (DH) 12 noon 13 Eastern Michigan @ Dayton 1 pm 16 @ Kentucky 4 pm 18 @ Ball State 3 pm 19 @ Ball State (DH) 12 noon 20 @ Ball State 1 pm 22 Toledo 3 pm 23 @ Northern Kentucky 3 pm 25 Saint Louis 3 pm 26 Saint Louis 1 pm 27 Saint Louis 12 noon 29 Eastern Kentucky 4 pm April 1 @ Virginia Commonwealth 6:30 pm 2 @ Virginia Commonwealth 2 pm 3 @ Virginia Commonwealth 1 pm 5 Butler 4 pm 8 @ George Mason 3 pm 9 @ George Mason 2 pm 10 @ George Mason 1 pm 12 Ohio 4 pm 13 @ Bowling Green State 3 pm 15 St. Bonaventure 3 pm 16 St. Bonaventure 1 pm 17 St. Bonaventure 12 noon 19 @ Toledo 3 pm 22 George Washington 3 pm 23 George Washington 1 pm 24 George Washington 12 noon 29 @ Wofford 6 pm 30 @ Wofford 3 pm May 1 @ Wofford 12 noon 6 @ Rhode Island 3 pm 7 @ Rhode Island 1 pm 8 @ Rhode Island 12 pm 12 Davidson 12 noon 13 Davidson (DH) 11 am 17 @ Wright State 6:30 pm 19 @ Fordham 12 pm 20 @ Fordham 12 pm 21 @ Fordham 7 pm 25-28 Atlantic 10 Championships (Bronx, N.Y.) TBA Home games are in BOLD Neutral games are in italics Conference games are marked with an * All Times are ET and dates are subject to change
2015 STATISTICS 2015 Dayton Baseball Overall Statistics for Dayton (as of May 16, 2015) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 16-38 Player
COUGHLIN, Mitch POLAND, Matt JONES, Glenn RYAN, A.J. SCHIRA, Zach HARRIS, Alex HUESMAN, Aaron PLASENCIA, Sergio RHUDE, Greg DINEEN, Cale DORING, Robbie GIESLER, Mark BURKHART, Brad SILVA, Cameron GOBERT, Nick -------------------DANT, Charlie
avg gp-gs
.340 .286 .268 .265 .262 .254 .253 .253 .245 .237 .229 .188 .174 .172 .162
33-9 45-36 22-22 54-50 49-46 54-51 49-45 51-51 48-46 46-36 52-41 19-6 24-10 26-19 26-18
Home: 9-16
ab
r
53 140 82 200 164 185 166 198 143 131 153 32 46 58 68
18 16 13 26 24 28 9 29 23 15 19 1 9 5 10
h
2b 3b hr
18 3 40 6 22 2 53 11 43 9 47 11 42 8 50 9 35 13 31 8 35 9 6 3 8 1 10 3 11 3
0
1
0
0
Totals
.248
54
1819
246
451
99
Opponents
.293
54
1898
361
556
.000
2-0
Away: 3-17
0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 3 8 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
0
rbi
6 21 9 29 28 17 19 24 15 12 15 0 3 8 7
Neutral: 4-5
tb slg%
21 53 35 90 55 65 52 68 54 39 44 9 9 13 17
.396 .379 .427 .450 .335 .351 .313 .343 .378 .298 .288 .281 .196 .224 .250
Atlantic 10: 5-19
bb hp
so gdp
ob% sf sh sb-att
po
a
e fld%
7 11 6 19 19 23 10 28 8 19 10 2 7 9 7
0 5 1 5 4 6 8 7 8 3 9 1 2 3 4
9 33 16 33 44 72 27 24 34 35 46 14 16 14 14
0 3 2 5 1 2 3 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 1
.417 .354 .326 .342 .351 .355 .321 .362 .319 .340 .307 .257 .309 .314 .278
0 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
1 4-7 2 3-4 3 7-11 2 1-2 1 3-5 2 10-14 3 2-3 2 3-6 1 2-7 1 1-4 3 10-12 1 0-1 2 4-5 3 2-2 3 0-0
32
0
0 1.000
194
38
7 .971
42
2
2 .957
415
22
6 .986
78
2
2 .976
0
.000
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
0
0
7 20
213
624
.343
185 66
431
26
.336 17 30
0-0
117 11 36
325
803
.423
238 67
341
33
.387 23 38 72-103
52-83
109
2
3 .974
3
1
3 .571
97 129
7 .970
70 122
20 .906
34
91
15 .893
79
57
9 .938
58
1
0 1.000
27
1
0 1.000
145
16
2 .988
22
54
6 .927
6
19
1425
601
88
1 .962 .958
1458
523
58
.972
LOB - Team (415), Opp (478). DPs turned - Team (36), Opp (32). CI - Team (0), Opp (2). IBB - Team (4), RYAN, A. 2, SILVA, C. 1, SCHIRA, Z. 1, Opp (4). Picked off - HARRIS, A. 2, HUESMAN, A. 2, SCHIRA, Z. 1, RYAN, A. 1, COUGHLIN, M. 1, JONES, G. 1, BURKHART, B. 1, DORING, R. 1, PLASENCIA, S 1, POLAND, M. 1.
(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player
HUESMAN, Aaron JOHNSON, Jason GOBERT, Nick DANT, Charlie BUETTGEN, Noah KUTRUFF, Mason POLANSKY, Ben SCHNITKEY, Tyson BRUNNER, Sam ROHRMAN, Cal HORN, Bradley BURKHART, Brad HENTZ, Danny ASHBROOK, Eric GIESLER, Mark
era
w-l
0.00 0-0 2.45 0-0 3.83 1-2 5.04 1-11 5.06 4-7 5.14 5-2 5.19 1-2 6.12 2-2 6.62 0-4 6.75 0-1 6.99 2-5 7.20 0-0 7.66 0-1 8.25 0-1 13.50 0-0
app gs
cg
sho
sv
h
r
er
bb
so
2b
3b
1 0 14 0 15 4 15 14 13 13 14 7 20 3 26 0 19 0 4 1 13 11 2 1 16 0 10 0 3 0
0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1.0 2 11.0 3 44.2 38 89.1 104 74.2 112 49.0 55 43.1 50 32.1 33 34.0 41 6.2 7 47.2 56 5.0 9 22.1 32 12.0 12 2.0 2
ip
1 3 25 57 64 34 26 26 30 5 42 5 26 14 3
0 3 19 50 42 28 25 22 25 5 37 4 19 11 3
0 12 12 34 17 31 21 16 17 5 36 1 18 14 4
0 6 22 65 57 28 23 30 34 5 42 3 16 8 2
0 0 8 19 20 9 9 8 13 2 19 3 3 4 0
0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0
hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha
0 0 4 6 5 0 3 3 0 2 8 0 3 2 0
.333 0 0 .086 6 1 .228 7 5 .294 12 9 .334 5 13 .291 10 7 .294 2 1 .270 5 2 .299 4 4 .269 5 3 .292 8 12 .375 0 0 .344 2 4 .300 2 6 .250 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 2 4 2 1 2 4 0 3 0 2 2 0
0 0 5 7 7 2 1 5 5 0 3 0 2 1 0
Totals
5.55
16-38
54 54
4
1/0
7
475.0
556
361
293
238
341
117
11
36
.293
69 67
4 23
38
Opponents
4.06
38-16
54 54
2
3/2
19
486.0
451
246
219
185
431
99
7
20
.248
67 66
3 17
30
PB - Team (8), POLAND, M. 5, SILVA, C. 3, Opp (3). Pickoffs - Team (11), POLAND, M. 4, SILVA, C. 2, GOBERT, N. 1, DANT, C. 1, HORN, B. 1, POLANSKY, B. 1, BUETTGEN, N. 1, Opp (11). SBA/ATT - POLAND, M. (47-65), SILVA, C. (25-36), KUTRUFF, M. (17-20), BUETTGEN, N. (9-14), POLANSKY, B. (8-14), HORN, B. (11-13), DANT, C. (1-11), GOBERT, N. (8-8), BRUNNER, S. (5-6), ASHBROOK, E. (4-5), HENTZ, D. (2-4), SCHNITKEY, T (2-3), JOHNSON, J. (3-3), ROHRMAN, C. (2-2).