The St. John's Red Storm baseball team represents St. John's University, in

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. The program is classified in the

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, and the team competes in the

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. The team is coached by

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. 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.

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 nine times, in 1986, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2015, and 2018, the most of any school. The program has appeared in 37 NCAA Regionals and six

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, 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

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, 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. 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

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. 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. This stadium was built despite large protests by community residents as well as

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Frank Padavan (while also using city financing) The Red Storm played the first ever game at the Mets' new ballpark,

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on March 29, 2009.

Coaches

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

Notable players

MLB First Round Picks

First Team All-Americans

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 :

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(1990) :Mike Maerten (1991) :Jeremy Baltz (2010) :Michael Donadio (2014) :Josh Shaw (2016) :Sean Mooney (2017) *Coach of the Year :Joe Russo (1990, 1991) :

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(1996, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018) *Pitcher of the Year :Tom Migliozzi (1991) :

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(1994) :

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(2005) :George Brown (2008) :Ryan McCormick (2015) :Thomas Hackimer (2016) :Sean Mooney (2017)

References

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