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2004 Baseball Roster

16 John Baco

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 190
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Euclid, Ohio
  • Highschool St. Ignatius

Biography

2003: Selected as team MVP… Appeared in 10 games, starting all 10… Ended the season with a 3-6 record, a team-leading 3.60 ERA, and four complete games… Tied for the team-high in strikeouts, recording 47 in 60 innings of work… Also walked just 14 batters on the season… Finished the season with the ninth-best ERA in the conference, while tying for the league lead in pickoffs with four… Pitched six solid innings in a win over Long Island, striking out a career-high 10 batters, while allowing four hits and no earned runs (3/16)… Got the complete game win over Rhode Island, pitching seven innings and striking out five (4/27)… Also got a complete game win over Temple, as he struck out four Owls (5/3)… Struck out eight Saint Joseph’s batters in a loss to the Hawks (4/19)… Pitched complete games against UMass (4/13) and La Salle (4/6), both one-run losses for the Rams.
 
2002: Appeared in 14 games, starting 13… Led team in complete games with four, while tying for the team lead in victories (4)… Second on the squad with 77.1 innings pitched, and third in ERA (5.94)… Finished the year with 31 strikeouts, good for third on the pitching staff… Went seven innings or more in six of his starts… Pitched the complete game win at Temple, allowing just one run, while striking out five (4/27)… Struck out a career-high six batters in a loss to Rhode Island (4/20)… Opened the season with a seven-inning, five hits allowed performance in a win over Wofford (2/24)… Completed a doubleheader sweep of UMass, pitching the complete game, allowing just two earned runs (5/11).
 
2001: A solid starter throughout 2001, starting nine of the 14 games he appeared in… Led the team in innings pitched (65.1) and was third on the team in strikeouts (35)… Finished the year with a 3-6 record… Pitched two complete games…Picked up his first collegiate win by pitching a complete game, allowing only two runs to Xavier (4/28)… Pitched 8.1 innings giving up only two earned runs in a 9-6 win at St. Bonaventure (5/6)… Struck out four in six innings in a victory over Duquesne (5/12)… Had a complete game, striking out a career-high five, versus Dayton (4/8)…Pitched 7.2 innings and struck out four in a 6-4 loss to Penn (3/15).
 
Before Fordham: A graduate of St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio…Named First Team Cuyahoga County All-Star…Also received Tri County Catholic League Honorable Mention as a junior and a senior…Named Cleveland Plain Dealer All-Star Best of the Best…Played baseball for coach Brian Morgan…Played with current Fordham teammate Jon Volosin at St. Ignatius…Received First Honors for Academic in high school.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2001Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'1" 180 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2002Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'1" 180 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2003Junior

    Pitcher
    6'1" 190 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2004Senior

    Pitcher
    6'1" 190 lbs
    16