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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton in the Pros
March 23, 2004 | Baseball
March 23, 2004
A number of Princeton baseball players have gone on to professional careers after their time with the Tigers.
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Thomas Pauly |
Pauly was one of Princeton's top pitchers the last two seasons, earning first-team All-Ivy honors and Academic All-America. He holds the Princeton record for saves in a career and strikeouts per nine innings in a career. Last season he was 6-2 with a 1.46 ERA in 55.1 innings pitched and had 74 strikeouts.
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Pat Boran |
Boran began 2003 in Class A Sarasota, where he played in 29 games before missing the remainder of the season with an injury. He batted .232 with 22 hits before getting hurt. In the summer of 2002 he played for Class A Lowell and hit .262 with 50 hits in 191 at-bats and hit three home runs. Boran graduated from Princeton as the Tigers all-time leader in several categories including games played (177), career at-bats (635), runs scored (143) and hits (206). Boran was also a two-time All-Ivy selection.
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Scott Hindman |
The Tigers also had two players taken in the 2000 draft: Chris Young '02 was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Buster Small '02 was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays. In the 2002-03 offseason, Young was involved in a three-player trade that sent him from the Pirates organization to the Montreal Expos.
One of Princeton's highest profile athletes of recent memory, Young began the 2003 season in Class A Brevard County, but after going 5-2 in eight starts with a 1.62 ERA, he was promoted to AA Harrisburg. With the Senators, he was 4-4 in 15 starts. He had a 4.01 ERA in 83 innings of work and struck out 64.
For his career at Princeton, Young was 9-1 with a 1.64 ERA. Batters hit just .153 against him in two years and he allowed just 13 extra base hits and one home run in his career with the Orange and Black.
Young's Princeton career did not just take place on the diamond, it also stretched to the hardwood floors of Jadwin Gym. As a basketball player, Young was on pace to become the second leading scorer in Princeton history and also finish his career second all-time in assists and first in blocked shots. He averaged 13.9 points per game for his career. Young blocked 57 shots as a freshman and 90 as a sophomore, breaking his own single-season record.
Young became the first male athlete in Ivy League history to be named the Rookie of the Year in two sports when he accomplished the feat in the 1998-99 school year. He was also the unanimous Ivy League basketball Rookie of the Year as a freshman and a freshman All-America by Basketball Weekly.
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Tommy Hage |
There have also been a number of Princetonians who have gone on to work in the front offices of major league clubs and the league offices. They include: Bowie Kuhn '48 is a former commissioner of baseball. Jack Dunn III '43 is a former executive with the Baltimore Orioles. William J. Hagenah Jr. '42 is the vice president of the Chicago Cubs. Lawrence Lucchino '67 is the CEO of the Boston Red Sox. Leonard Coleman '71 is the current president of the National League. Mark Shapiro '83 is the general manager of the Cleveland Indians.
Princeton in the Pros - 2004 Roster
Pat Boran - Sarasota Red Sox - Class A Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox
Scott Hindman - Cedar Rapids Kernals - Class A Affiliate of the Anaheim Angels
Thomas Pauly - Potomac Cannons - Class A Affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds
Chris Young - Frisco Roughriders - Class AA Affiliate of the Texas Rangers