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Hall of Fame

1980 Baseball Team

  • Class
  • Induction
    2023
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball

Won MAC South Championship
Overall record of 15-13
Went 9-3 in the MAC Southwest and defeated Franklin & Marshall and nationally ranked Johns Hopkins in MAC playoffs
Only Muhlenberg baseball team until 2002 to win two post-season games in one season
Ended the season by winning 12 of their last 14 games, including a nine-game winning streak that stands as the program’s longest in the last 90 years
Earned a bid to the ECAC Tournament
The team hit 26 home runs in only 28 games and had a .456 team slugging percentage, which ranks second best all-time

Team Members:  
John Bucsek, Glenn J. Cocchiola, Harry Esposito, Gary Greb, Michael “Kicker” Hiller, Mike Jandoli, Mark Kwiatkoski, Anthony Doug LiGregni, John C. Oberle, Michael Rowan, John Sartori, Don Sommerville, Robert G. Steckel, John F. Sules, Michael Togno, Gregory Wellins, Kerry L. Wentling DMD 
Head Coach: Samuel T. Beidleman
Assistant Coaches:  J. Ralph Bornemann & Robert “Yogi” Edwards
Manager: Brian Schulte
 

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