2017 Baseball Roster

10 P.J. Wiegartner

  • Position 1B
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 207
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hamilton Square, N.J.
  • High School Steinert
  • Major Civil Engineering

Biography

Coach Aldins says: "PJ is a power threat at first base and our best defender at that position. A steady, lead-by-example type of student-athlete, we are looking forward to a banner senior year from him."

2017: appeared in 34 games and started 13, posting a .250 batting average...recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, leading the team...3rd on the team in hit-by-pitches (4)...combined to go 1-for-1 (R, HBP) in a doubleheader vs. Houghton (3/26)…1-for-1 vs. Rutgers-Camden (3/30)…combined to go 3-for-8 (3 R, 2B, RBI) in a doubleheader vs. Ithaca (4/2)…went 1-for-3 (2B, 2 SH) vs. Ramapo (4/5)…combined to go 1-for-3 (R, 2B, BB) in a doubleheader vs. SUNY-Canton (4/8)…1-for-1 vs. #28 Misericordia (4/19)…went 2-for-4 (R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, HBP) vs. Montclair State (4/26)…2-for-4 (2B, 2 RBI, BB) vs. Keystone (5/2)…went 1-for-3 (RBI, BB) in an Empire 8 Tournament game vs. #22/14 St. John Fisher (5/11)…1-for-3 in an Empire 8 Tournament game vs. Ithaca (5/12).

2016: swatted a 3-run homer vs. SUNY-Brockport (2/21)...went 2-for-4 (2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI) in the 2nd game of a doubleheader vs. MIT (3/12)...2-for-4 with an RBI vs. Chapman (3/22)...1-for-2 in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Ithaca (4/2)...1-for-1 vs. Vassar (4/16)...went 1-for-3 (R, 2B, RBI) in a conference game vs. Elmira (4/17)...1-for-2 (SF, RBI, BB) vs. #22 St. John Fisher (4/24)...went 1-for-3 in the 1st game of a conference doubleheader vs. Houghton (4/30)...1-for-2 vs. Ithaca in the Empire 8 Tournament (5/12)...went 1-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch vs. #27 St. John Fisher in the Empire 8 Tournament (5/13).

2015: appeared in 11 games and started 1, posting a .455 batting average...1-for-2 (RBI, SB) vs. Drew (2/25)…went 2-for-3 vs. NJCU (4/22)…2-for-2 with two runs scored vs. Elmira (4/26).

2014: appeared in 20 games and started 4 batting .250...picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly in his only plate appearance vs. John Jay (3/7)...went 1-for-2 with a two-run homerun, his first collegiate hit, in the 2nd game of a doubleheader vs. SUNY Brockport (4/19)...2-for-4 with a double vs. NJCU (4/21)...went 1-for-3 (R, 2 RBI, HBP) vs. John Jay (4/23)...1-for-2 (RBI, 2 HBP, SB) in the 1st game of a doubleheader vs. Lehman (5/5).

High School: was named to the National Honor and Latin Honor Societies and graduated 6th in his class...played for coach Brian Giallella at Steinert East...helped his team to a 27-4 record his junior year...team captured the Colonial Valley Conference championship, Mercer County Tournament championship, and were the runners up of the Central New Jersey Group IV State Tournament...named captain and batted .370 his senior year...named to the Mercer County Carpenter Cup team that won the championship at Citizens Bank Ballpark...played summer ball for coach Rick Freeman of Hamilton Post 31 American Legion.
 
Personal: son of Jim and Amy Jo Wiegartner...has one sister and a brother – Katie and Jack...dad played baseball at Mount St. Mary’s College in Maryland...planning on majoring in Civil Engineering...picked Stevens because he felt it was the best place for him not only to get a great education, but also prepare him for life after college in a tough job market...top MLB team and player are the Saint Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols...favorite book is the Alex Rider series...top movie is Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story...also ran cross country in high school and was a three year varsity basketball letterman...enjoys being active, hanging out with friends, spending time with family, and helping out at his local parish in his spare time.

Summer Internships/Jobs: in summer 2016 interned for HNTB in Cherry Hill N.J.

Summer Collegiate Baseball: playing his 2016 summer ball for the Mercer Orioles of the New Jersey Amateur Baseball League (NJABL)...played his 2014 summer baseball for Post 31 (Hamilton, N.J.) in American Legion.
 
HITTING
Year GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B HR RBI BB SB
2014 20-4 .250 20 2 5 1 1 7 0 1
2015 11-1 .455 11 2 5 0 0 1 2 1
2016 32-19 .190 84 9 16 3 2 14 7 1
2017 34.13 .250 64 7 16 6 1 8 5 2
Totals 97-37 .235 179 20 42 10 4 30 14 5

Statistics

Season:
2017

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2014First-Year

    1B
    6'0" 190 lbs
    19
  • 20

    2015Sophomore

    1B
    6'0" 185 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2016Junior

    1B
    6'0" 195 lbs
    20
  • 10

    2017Senior

    1B
    6'0" 207 lbs
    10