Seton Hall University

• Location: South Orange, NJ
• Nickname: Pirates
• Conference: Big East Conference 1985-present; ECAC N.Y.-N.J. 1982-1984; Division-I Independent 1980-1981; Metropolitan Conference -1979; Collegiate Baseball League
• Ballpark: Owen T. Carroll Field

College World Series Appearances: 4 1964, 1971, 1974, 1975

Seton Hall University, in New Jersey not far from New York City, has had several famous major league ballplayers come out of it. The most famous are Craig Biggio, Mo Vaughn, and the NBA-player-turned-baseball-player-turned-actor Chuck Connors.

Rick Cerone and Charlie Puleo were at Seton Hall in 1974-75 when the team went to the College World Series both years.

In 1987, Biggio, Vaughn, John Valentin and Kevin Morton were all at Seton Hall but the team's top player was 1B Marteese Robinson, co-Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year. The book The Hit Men and the Kid Who Batted Ninth (2002), by David Siroty, is about the 1987 edition of the school's baseball team.

Notable Alumni

• Alex Andreopoulos, minor league catcher
• Craig Biggio, infielder; Hall of Fame
• Joe Black, pitcher
• Ed Blankmeyer, minor league infielder and manager
• Johnny Briggs, outfielder
• Dana Brown, minor league outfielder; General Manager
• Frank Bruggy, catcher
• Keith Cantwell, minor league pitcher
• Gary Cavallo, minor league pitcher
• Rick Cerone, catcher
• Doug Cinnella, minor league pitcher
• Chuck Connors, infielder
• Danny Coombs, pitcher
• Phil Cundari, minor league pitcher
• James Deery, minor league infielder
• Tony DeFrancesco, manager
• Jack Donovan, minor league pitcher
• Jack Ferry, pitcher
• David Festa, pitcher
• Hank Fischer, pitcher
• Zach Granite, outfielder
• Jason Grilli, pitcher
• Mike Groppuso, minor league infielder
• Ted Del Guercio, minor league outfielder
• Ryan Harvey, minor league pitcher
• Todd Heimer, minor league pitcher
• Bill Henry, pitcher
• Gene Hermanski, outfielder
• Greg Jemison, outfielder
• Gracjan Kraszewski, Extraliga player
• Kevin Leighton, college coach
• Darrin Lenhart, college coach
• Ted Lepcio, infielder
• Ed Madjeski, catcher
• Shane McCarthy, minor league pitcher
• Jack McKeon, manager
• Dan Merklinger, minor league pitcher
• Mike Moriarty, infielder
• Dan Morogiello, pitcher
• John Morris, outfielder
• Matt Morris, pitcher
• Kevin Morton, pitcher
• Steve Nagy, pitcher
• Ray Navarrete, minor league infielder
• Dan O'Brien, Sr., executive
• Paul Ottavinia, minor league outfielder
• Pat Pacillo, pitcher
• Tim Pahuta, minor league infielder
• Pepper Peploski, infielder
• Charlie Puleo, pitcher
• Elvys Quezada, minor league pitcher
• Ed Reilly, minor league pitcher
• Otto Rettig, pitcher
• Mark Rizzi, college coach
• Marteese Robinson, minor league infielder
• David Sawicki, college coach
• Rich Scheid, pitcher
• George Scherger, coach
• John Semerad, drafted outfielder
• Anthony Seratelli, minor league infielder
• Joe Shannon, outfielder
• Red Shannon, infielder
• Mike Sheppard, college coach
• Rob Sheppard, college coach
• Bill Urbanski, minor league infielder
• John Valentin, infielder
• Mo Vaughn, infielder
• Max Viera, minor league infielder
• Corey Young, minor league pitcher
• Richie Zisk, outfielder

Coaches

• John "Jack" Gannon, 1903
• Al Mamaux, 1937-1942
• Bob Davies, 1946-1947
• Owen Carroll, 1948-1972
• Mike Sheppard, 1973-2003
• Rob Sheppard, 2004-present

Assistant Coaches

• Phil Cundari, 2000-2017
• Eric Duncan, 2013-2016

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1898	3-4
1899	4-5
1900	2-0
1901	5-4
1902	5-2
1903	6-7
1904	2-7
1905	8-1
1906	13-3
1907	11-6-1
1908	10-5-3
1909	10-4
1910	6-14
1911	11-8
1912	11-8
1913	12-5
1914	12-7
1915	14-6
1916	9-5
1917	10-5
1918	8-4
1919	5-3
1920	3-0
1921	5-3
1922	4-4
1923	5-6
1924	3-8
1925	3-10
1926	2-7
1927	2-6
1928	3-4
1929	4-5
1930	7-4
1931	13-4
1932	10-4
1935	6-2
1936	5-4
1937	9-4
1938	11-9
1939	16-2
1940	7-3-1
1941	15-1
1942	11-0
1946	13-3
1947	13-3
1948	13-1-1
1949	18-3		CWS District Tournaments
1950	15-5
1951	15-4-1
1952	10-5
1953	11-3
1954	9-8
1955	5-10
1956	13-7
1957	15-8
1958	11-9
1959	13-4
1960	7-11-1
1961	8-8-1
1962	16-6
1963	16-9
1964	25-5		CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1965	17-11
1966	20-6-1
1967	12-9	8-3
1968	11-9
1969	17-10	10-3	CWS District Tournaments
1970	19-7	9-3	CWS District Tournaments
1971	17-14	8-5	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1972	8-13-1	6-5-1
1973	22-8	12-4	CWS District Tournaments
1974	33-10-1	14-2	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1975	32-10	8-4	CWS Regionals / CWS
1976	33-17-1		CWS Regionals
1977	37-14	13-3	CWS Regionals
1978	24-13	8-5
1979	32-11-1	14-1	CWS Regionals
1980	25-12-1
1981	33-11
1982	41-13	16-0	CWS Regionals
1983	34-15	20-5
1984	41-13	18-4	CWS Regionals
1985	44-19-1	15-3	Big East
1986	32-26	13-5	Big East
1987	45-10	16-2	Big East / CWS Regionals
1988	39-16	12-6	Big East
1989	33-19-1	16-2	Big East
1990	35-18	16-4	Big East
1991	26-19-1	10-9
1992	28-27	14-7	Big East
1993	30-18	12-8	Big East
1994	32-21-1	12-8	Big East
1995	38-16	14-7	Big East
1996	18-27-1	5-17-1
1997	32-22	13-11	Big East
1998	25-23	12-10	Big East
1999	31-19-1	14-11	Big East
2000	40-18	18-7	Big East / CWS Regionals
2001	34-23-1	14-11-1	Big East / CWS Regionals
2002	25-28	11-15
2003	23-24	11-14
2004	17-33-1	9-17
2005	17-35	8-17
2006	17-34	7-20
2007	25-25	9-15
2008	31-25	15-12	Big East
2009	25-24	13-14
2010	19-30-1	8-19
2011	34-25	14-13	Big East / CWS Regionals
2012	34-24	17-10	Big East
2013	37-19	18-6	Big East
2014	39-15	11-7	Big East
2015	25-25	9-9	Big East
2016	38-20	10-8	Big East
2017	29-24	10-8	Big East
2018	30-20-1	13-4	Big East
2019	25-28	9-9	Big East
2020	6-8	0-0
2021	23-25	16-11	Big East
2022	18-35	7-13
2023	31-24	13-8	Big East
2024	24-30	7-14
2025	24-30	10-11

Further Reading

• David Siroty: The Hit Men and the Kid Who Batted Ninth: Biggio, Valentin, Vaughn & Robinson: Together Again in the Big Leagues, Diamond Communications, Lanham, MD, 2002. ISBN 978-1888698435