Nathan Hale Baseball History

West Allis Hale Baseball
Doug Londo Award

Doug was a 1985 graduate of Nathan Hale, where he was an exceptional football, basketball and baseball player.  His baseball talents lead him to attended Grand View University in Iowa to play baseball. Doug lost a battle with ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in the early 2000’s.  This award is voted on by the players and given to the most valuable player on the team.

2006 – Dan Krueger and Paul Horvatin
2007 – Ben Versnik and Ryan Sanger
2008 – Matt Herbstreith and Sam Kenseth
2009 – Eric Abel
2010 – Eric Schrader
2011 – Dillion Engle

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Jim “Chach” Sagorac Award

Chach was an iconic Hale baseball coach from 1970’s through 1991.  He taught his players how to play the game the right way…work hard, have fun and be successful.  He was a great person who worked for the West Allis-West Milwaukee Recreation Department for many years.  Chach also played minor league baseball for two years in the mid-1940’s.  This award is voted on by Coach Dooley, and is given to the player that he believes most exemplifies the team attitude and enjoys playing the game of baseball.

2006 – Ryan King
2007 – Dan Hogan
2008 – Andrew Grippen
2009 – Kevin Kadunc
2010 – Jason King
2011 – Casey Riley & Tony Machowski

Links for individual years:

Varsity 2009-2010 Junior Varsity 2009-2010 Freshmen 2009-2010
Varsity 2008-2009 Junior Varsity 2008-2009 Freshmen 2008-2009

Historical leaders since Coach Dooley has been the Varsity Coach

Click link for list (only top 1 is listed here)

Batting Average (Minimum 50 AB) - Ben Versnik (2007) .437

Doubles - Eric Schrader (2007) 13

Triples - Eric Abel (2009) 6

Home Runs - Ben Versnik (2007) 4 and Jeff Eckert (2006) 4

Runs - Ryan Sanger (2007) 33

Runs Batted In (RBI) - Ben Versnik (2007) 35

At Bats - Eric Abel (2007) 109

Plate Appearances - Alex Reed (2010) 134

Hits - Ben Versnik (2007) 45

Sacrifices - Eric Abel (2007) 7

Walks - Tim Balcerzak (2008) 26

Hit-By-Pitch - Alex Reed (2010) 8

Stolen Bases - Alex Reed (2009) 17

On-Base Percentage - Eric Abel (2009) .555

Slugging Percentage - Eric Abel (2009) .741

Strikeouts - Ben Slowinski (2010) 27

Total Bases - Ben Versnik (2007) 65

Wins - Eric Schrader (2010) 8

Shutouts - Matt Herbstreith (2007) 2, Alex Reed (2009) 2 and Eric Schrader (2010) 2

Wild Pitches - Ben Versnik (2006) 5

Balks - Dan Hogan (2006) 2

Losses - Ben Versnik (2006) 6 and Alex Reed (2010) 6

BB/7 IP - Dan Krueger (2006) 1.50

Hits/7 IP - Dan Krueger (2006) 5.88

Hit-By-Pitch - Alex Reed (2010) 12

Saves - Kevin Kadunc (2008) 2

ERA (Min 25 inn) - Dan Krueger (2006) 1.88 and Eric Schrader (2010) 1.88

Innings Pitched - Ben Versnik (2007) 74.1

Complete Games - Ben Versnik (2007) 10

Pick-offs - Alex Reed (2009) 6

Whip - Matt Herbstreith (2007) 1.10

Games - Dan Krueger (2006) 13 and Alex Reed (2010) 13

Games Started - Ben Versnik (2007) 10

Strikeouts - Sam Kenseth (2008) 94

Stikeouts/7 IP - Sam Kenseth (2008) 10.84

 

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