2017 Baseball Roster
Ben Gross
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cranbury, N.J.
- High School:
- Princeton
At Princeton:
2018: Started nine games for the Tigers … Nabbed four wins and 52 strikeouts in 52 1/3 innings … Will graduate seventh all-time in program history with 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings pitched … Scattered seven hits in seven innings of work with six strikeouts, picking up a win at Georgetown (Mar. 16) … Struck out at least seven in four straight starts (Mar. 31-Apr. 21) …. Gave up just four hits in six innings at Brown (Apr. 7) … Threw a complete game shutout vs. Penn (Apr. 14) … Posted his third straight victory with seven frames at Columbia (Apr. 21) … Allow one earned run in seven stanzas vs. Yale (Apr. 28).
2017: Made nine starts after pitching in just two games in first two seasons … Led the team with 48 strikeouts … Tied for the team lead with three victories … Threw a two-hitter, posting eight strikeouts at Duke (Mar. 4) … Allowed one run over six frames at UNC-Greensboro (Mar. 11) with six punch outs, scoring a win … Struck out six in five innings at Maryland (Mar. 19) … Earned victory at Navy (Mar. 25), pitching into the seventh stanza … Threw seven innings, giving up just one earned run vs. Yale (Apr. 3) … Pitched into eighth inning, collecting third win of the season at Harvard (Apr. 9) ... Season-best nine punch outs in six innings at Cornell (Apr. 30).
2016: Pitched in two games and did not allow a run at Old Dominion (Mar. 16) and at Rider (Apr. 20).
Before Princeton
Princeton High School: Served as a team captain during his senior season... posted a 2.29 earned run average with nine strikeouts in six innings... struck out 53 batters in 51.0 innings en route to a 2.47 ERA in 2013.
Personal: Graduated with honors from PHS... named an AP Scholar.
