GW baseball coach Tom Walter created an All-Century Baseball Team for GW this winter.Eligibility was contingent on the player having started at GW for a minimum of three years. Selection criteria were based purely on college statistics.
Player of the Century:
Hank Bunnell ’71Pitching Statistics: 30-13, 1.82 ERA, 360 KsOffensive Statistics: .344, 7 HR, 52 RBIHighlights: Pitched perfect game vs. Scranton; won both ends of a doubleheader with William & Mary, striking out 18, allowing four hits and no runs; third-round draft choice of the Washington Senators.
Manager of the Century:
Bill Reinhart (1950-1966)193-133 (.592)Three Southern Conference Championships (’57-59)
All-Century Outfield:
Gregg Ritchie ‘86.400, 12 HR, 80 RBI
Mike Welsh ‘92.345, 30 HR, 156 RBI
Lefty Johnson ‘39.391 lifetime average
All-Century Infield:
Joe Beichert (1B) ‘99.335, 50 HR, 168 RBI
Tim Hill (2B) ‘66,403 lifetime average
Jim Goss (SS) ‘79.354, 14 HR, 161 RBI
Kevin Fitzgerald (3B) ‘86.378, 25 HR, 128 RBI
John Flaherty (C) ‘88.335, 19 HR, 89 RBI
Bill Anderson (P) ‘9419-11, 2.33 ERA, 229 Ks
Jodie Wampler (P) ‘7323-8, 2.42 ERA, 280 Ks