Chris Esmond
Chris Esmond
Sport(s): Baseball
Year of Graduation: 1994
Year Inducted: 2010

A three-year starting pitcher for the Monks’ baseball team, Esmond recorded a 2.50 earned run average – which ranked as the second-lowest in team history at the time of his induction - with 141 strikeouts in 133 career innings and played on a pair of NAIA New England Championship clubs

As a senior, Esmond posted one of the finest seasons in the history of Saint Joseph’s baseball when he registered a program-record 1.25 ERA while fanning 90 batters in 65 innings and earned All-Conference, All-Northeast, NAIA Honorable Mention All-America, Conference Player of the Year and Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player honors for his performance

 

   

Career Statistics:

YR ERA W L SV G IP H R ER BB SO
1992 4.46 5 1 0 9 42.1 52 23 21 18 28
1993 2.42 0 4 0 5 26 25 19 7 10 23
1994 1.25 6 3 0 10 65 37 16 9 19 90
Total 2.50 11 8 0 24 133.1 114 58 37 47 141