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11 Joseph Salmen

  • Position OF/RHP
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Castle, PA
  • High School Union
  • Major Accounting

Biography

Career-Highs: Batting: Hits - 5 (at Bethany on April 24, 2016); RBI - 3 (vs. Geneva on Mar. 31, 2018). Pitching: Strikeouts - 13 (vs. Gettysburg on Mar. 14, 2017).

Season-Highs: Hits - 48 (2017); RBI - 12 (2018); Doubles - 5 (2017/2016); Strikeouts - 65 (2018).

2018: Appeared and started in all 29 games... Batted .283, scoring 18 runs... Finished third on the team in hits with 32... Totaled four doubles and one home run and led the team in triples (2)... Knocked in 12 RBIs and stole five bases... Appeared and started in nine games on the mound... Led the PAC in strikeouts with 65... Posted a 3-3 record with a 3.17 ERA, good for fifth in the conference... Finished third in the conference with 71.0 innings pitched... Earned All-PAC Second Team Honors. 

2017: Started and played in all 33 games he appeared in... Batted 102 times... His 48 hits and 32 runs were first on the team... Hit 5 doubles, one triple and 10 RBI's... Finished first in the PAC in batting average (.471) and On Base Percentage (.556)... Registered 21 walks which marked him fifth in the conference... Finished ninth in conference in stolen bases with nine... Appeared in eight game on the mound, starting in six of them... Finished with five wins (tied for seventh in the PAC), five complete games, 48.2 innings pitched and 43 strikeouts (seventh in the PAC)... Had a 2.59 ERA (second in PAC) and .237 opponent batting average (third in PAC)... Earned a WESPY for Baseball MVP, First Team All PAC Honors, ECAC Division III South First Team and D3baseball.com All-Mideast Region Third Team.

2016: Started in all 37 games he appeared in... Appeared in 128 at bats having 38 hits... Hit five doubles, three triples while also hitting nine RBIs and scoring 19 times... Stole five of his nine attempted stolen bases...As a pitcher, started in two games...Pitched 20.2 innings, giving up 34 hits and 18 runs... Struck out 15 batters.

High School: Four-year varsity letterman at Union High School... During his senior year, acquired the lowest ERA in the Tri-County (0.79) and obtained a perfect record (5-0).

Personal: Accounting major

Fun Fact: Salmen loves Westminster for the blue-collar environment surrounding the athletic program... Also punted for the football team.


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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2016Sophomore

    OF/P
    6'1"
    11
  • 11

    2017Junior

    OF/P
    5'10"
    11
  • 11

    2018Senior

    OF/RHP
    5'11"
    11

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