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Baseball - Records - Batting Average

Last updated following the 2024 season
Batting Average - Career
Student-Athlete Avg.
1 Darrin Fletcher (1985-87) .392
2 Kyle Hudson (2006-08) .376
3 Tim Richardson (1980-83) .372
4 Herb Plews (1947-50) .367
5 Ed Tryban (1930-32) .365
6 Sean Mulligan (1989-91) .364
7 Ben Lewis (1933-35) .361
8 Daniel Webb (2007-08) .360
Dave Payton (1984-87) .360
10 Justin Janas (2020-22) .357

Batting Average - Season
Student-Athlete Avg.
1 Darrin Fletcher (1987) .497
2 Ben Lewis (1933) .473
3 Boyd Bartley (1943) .460
John Toncoff (1933) .460
5 Jerry Jordan (1926) .447
6 Jake Stahl (1903) .444
7 Jake Stahl (1901) .443
8 Fred Major (1926) .441
9 Larry Sutton (1991) .434
10 Russ Steger (1950) .429

Batting Average - Big Ten Career
Student-Athlete Avg.
1 Justin Janas (2020-22) .391
2 Tom Sinak (1992-95) .387
3 Bren Spillane (2017-18) .373
4 Justin Parr (2011-13) .367
5 Pete Cappetta (2008-11) .365
6 Larry Sutton (1989-92) .364
7 Daniel Webb (2007-08) .363
8 Kyle Hudson (2006-08) .361
9 Luke Simmons (1999-02) .357
10 Dominic Altobelli (2006-09) .356

Batting Average - Big Ten Season
Student-Athlete Avg.
1 Lee Eilbracht (1946) .484 (15-31)
2 Dave Payton (1987) .460 (23-50)
3 Tom Sinak (1994) .458 (44-96)
4 Kevin Rudden (1998) .430 (34-79)
5 Mark Dalesandro (1990) .427 (41-96)
Justin Janas (2022) .427 (38-89)
7 Luke Simmons (2001) .426 (40-94)
8 David Kerian (2015) .424 (36-85)
9 Connor Milton (2024) .418 (23-55)
10 Brian McClure (1996) .417 (35-84)

Big Ten Batting Champions
Student-Athlete Avg.
1943 Boyd Bartley .400
1946 Lee Eilbracht .484
1948 Herb Plews .404
1987 Dave Payton .460
2001 Luke Simmons .426
2011 Justin Parr .411
2021 Justin Janas .391

Batting Average - Freshman Season (minimum 50 at-bats)
Student-Athlete Avg.
1 Luke Simmons (1999) .386
2 Sean Mulligan (1989) .382
3 Kyle Hudson (2006) .375
4 Andy Schutzenhofer (2000) .371
5 Bubba Smith (1989) .363
6 Eric Eymann (2003) .359
7 Todd McClure (1996) .357
8 Willie Argo (2009) .355
9 Tim Richardson (1980) .350
10 Paul Marsillo (1977) .346

Bat Dog Average
141946 Slider (Myrtle Beach Pelicans)

Average: 1.000
Innings: 3
Feb. 23, 2020