St. John's Red Storm baseball

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St. John's Red Storm
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Founded1906;118 years ago (1906)
University St. John's University
Head coach Mike Hampton (5th season)
Conference Big East
Home stadium Jack Kaiser Stadium
(Capacity: 3,500)
Nickname Red Storm
ColorsRed and white [1]
   
College World Series appearances
1949, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1980
NCAA regional champions
1978, 1980, 2012
NCAA Tournament appearances
1949, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2024
Conference tournament champions
1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2024
Regular season conference champions
1987, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018

The St. John's Red Storm baseball team represents St. John's University, in New York City in college baseball. The program is classified in the NCAA Division I, and the team competes in the Big East Conference. The team is coached by Mike Hampton. The St. John's baseball team has been to the College World Series six times and have sent more than 100 players on to professional baseball careers.

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History

St. John's has won nine Big East Championships in 1987, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, and 2018.

It has also won the Big East tournament ten times, in 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2024, the most of any school.

The program has appeared in 37 NCAA Regionals and six College World Series, with its highest place finish being fourth place in 1968 and its most recent appearance in 1980.

Facilities

The team plays at the 3,500-seat Jack Kaiser Stadium, dedicated in 2007, to the Hall of Fame Coach and former St. John's Athletic Director. The stadium is one of the largest college baseball stadiums in the northeast, and is a featured venue on the EA Sports MVP NCAA Baseball video game.[ citation needed ] The stadium was conceived out of a deal between the university and the Giuliani administration. The administration wanted to find a location for a single-A team that would be affiliated with the New York Mets. Expressing concern about quality of life issues and the spending of public money for a private religious institution, surrounding neighborhood civic groups and local politicians protested the plan. In order to placate their concerns, however, the Mets offered to open it up to the communities for local high school games and youth programs. [2] This stadium was built despite large protests by community residents as well as State Senator Frank Padavan [2] (while also using city financing) [3] The Red Storm played the first ever game at the Mets' new ballpark, Citi Field on March 29, 2009.

Coaches

*Elected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame

Under Ed Blankmeyer, St. John's won six Big East Conference Regular season Championships and five Big East Tournament championships. They appeared in ten NCAA Regionals and one NCAA Super Regional.[ citation needed ] Blankmeyer has received the Big East Conference's top coaching award eight times—six times as the head coach during the era in which the award was styled as "Coach of the Year" and presented solely to a head coach, and twice more under the award's current incarnation as the "Coaching Staff of the Year" award, presented to an entire staff. He has also received four ABCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year Awards.[ citation needed ]

On January 9, 2020, Mike Hampton was promoted to the interim head baseball coach at St. John's following Ed Blankmeyer's resignation to join the Brooklyn Cyclones. [4] . In 2024, Hampton led St. John's to a conference record tenth Big East tournament championship, eleventh coach of the Year honors, and thirty-eighth NCAA tournament appearance, their first since 2018.

Only those who coached 3 or more seasons and 30 or more games.

CoachYearsOverall%Conf%BET%NCAA Post Season
Overall%Super Reg%CWS%
Buck Freeman 1928–193689–71.556——————————
Joe Lapchick 1937–194369–36.657——————————
Frank McGuire 1948–195267–30.691————1–2.333——0–2.000
Al DeStefano1953–195539–15–1.718————1–1.500————
Jack Kaiser 1956–1973367–133–2.733————19–16.543——5–6.455
Joe Russo 1974–1995612–310–4.663128–81.612——27–26.509——1–4.200
Ed Blankmeyer 1996–2019829–499–4.624347–212.621——14–21.400————
Mike Hampton 2020–present46–59–1.43917–28–1.380——1–1.500————

Notable players

MLB First Round Picks

YearPlayerPickTeam
1970Allan Matson16Philadelphia Phillies
1994 C.J. Nitkowski 9Cincinnati Reds
2005 Craig Hansen 26Boston Red Sox
2011 Joe Panik 29San Francisco Giants

First Team All-Americans

Year(s)PlayerPositionSelectors
1981 Frank Viola PitcherBaseball America
2005 Craig Hansen PitcherBaseball America
2010Jeremy BaltzOutfielderBaseball America

Individual awards

National Awards

  • NCBWA National Freshman Hitter of the Year
Jeremy Baltz (2010)
  • NCBWA National Freshman Pitcher of the Year
Sean Mooney (2017)

Big East Awards

  • Rookie/Freshman of the Year
Rich Aurilia (1990)
Mike Maerten (1991)
Jeremy Baltz (2010)
Michael Donadio (2014)
Josh Shaw (2016)
Sean Mooney (2017)
  • Player of the Year
John Valente (2018)
  • Pitcher of the Year
Tom Migliozzi (1991)
C.J. Nitkowski (1994)
Craig Hansen (2005)
George Brown (2008)
Ryan McCormick (2015)
Thomas Hackimer (2016)
Sean Mooney (2017)
  • Jack Kaiser Award/Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Tom Finke (1986)
Mike Weinberg (1988)
Mike Maerten (1993)
Mike Dzurilla (1997)
Kyle Hansen (2010)
Matt Carasiti (2012)
Alex Caruso (2015)
Jeff Belge (2018)
Jimmy Keenan (2024)

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References

  1. ↑ "Primary Colors". St. John's University Athletics Style Guide (PDF). June 21, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Bagli, Charles (February 19, 2000). "Queens Groups Plan to Sue To Stop a Baseball Stadium". The New York Times . p. 1.
  3. ↑ Bagli, Charles V. (February 19, 2000). "Queens Groups Plan to Sue To Stop a Baseball Stadium". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
  4. ↑ "St. John's promotes Hampton to interim baseball coach". www.apnews.com. The Associated Press. January 9, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
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