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Chris Sale
Chris Sale
No.: 41
Pos.: P
B/T: L/L
Ht.: 6-6
Wt.: 183
Cl.: Jr.
Hometown/Previous School: Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland HS
Major: Criminal Justice
Rosters: » 2009-10 Baseball
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» 2007-08 Baseball Roster

Junior: Earned BFC Outstanding Pitcher Award for the 2009 Cape Cod Baseball League Season after leading the league in strikeouts and innings pitched... Named top prospect in Cape Cod League by Baseball America... Earned Louisville Slugger Preseason Second Team All-American honors selected by Collegiate Baseball newspaper...

Sophomore: Appeared in 14 games, making 12 starts… Went 7-4 with 104 strikeouts… Threw 89.1 innings with a 2.72 ERA… Recorded at least seven strike outs per start… Struck out 10 or more in three starts… Went six or more innings in all but one start… Had 12 strikeouts in eight innings and gave up only one earned run to earn his third win of the season against Belmont on Mar. 28… Threw a complete game, recording 12 strike outs against Stetson on May 15… Led the Eagles in ERA (2.72), opposing batting average (.246), innings pitched (89.1), and strike outs (104)… Second in the A-Sun in ERA and strike outs… Tied for second in the A-Sun in wins, and third in innings pitched… Earned A-Sun player of the week on Mar. 30 after a 12 strikeout performance against Belmont… Tied for 22nd in the NCAA in strikeouts… 32nd in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings… Earned All-Atlantic First Team honors.  

Freshman: Second on the team with 21 appearances, all but one in relief… Finished the year with a 2-0 record with two saves… Threw 36.1 innings with 46 strikeouts and only nine walks… Had a 3.47 ERA and held opponents to a .250 batting average… Chosen to the Freshman All A-Sun team.

High School: 2007 graduate of Lakeland High School where he played under Coach Mike Campbell…21st round draft selection by the Colorado Rockies.

Personal: Criminal Justice major... Son of Marla and Allen Sale.

FGCU Career Stats

Year eraw-lappgscgshosviphrerbbso2b3bhrbfbavgwphbpbksfasha
2008.... 3.47 2-0 21 1 0 0/1 2 36.1 36 15 14 10 43 4 1 2 157 .254 1 4 0 1 0
2009.... 2.72 7-4 14 12 1 0/0 1 89.1 83 43 27 27 104 16 1 7 378 .246 4 5 0 3 6
TOTAL... 2.94 9-4 35 13 1 0/1 3 125.2 119 58 41 37 147 20 2 9 535 .248 5 9 0 4 6

2009-10 Baseball
  No. Name Pos.
1 Luke SmierciakOF/P
2 Sam DickersonOF
4 Joe GuarnacciaOF
5 Tim Roberson3B/C
6 Alex LozadaOF
7 Mike ReevesC
8 Mikel AlvarezINF
10 Robert GreeneC
11 Eric KrznaricINF
12 Stephen WickensSS
13 Josh ChesterOF/1B
14 Kurtis MullaneyC/1B
15 C.J. EvansP
17 Rob MatthewsP
20 Richie ErathP
21 Austin GainesINF
22 Jason ForjetP
23 Jacob BarnesP
24 Zach MaxfieldINF
29 Jay LaurienzoOF
30 Jack WagonerP
31 Craig CrumblyP
32 Pete WoodworthP
34 Eric AcevedoOF/INF
37 Kevin BryantP
39 RJ BrownP
40 Patrick NathansonP
41 Chris SaleP
Coaching Staff
Dave Tollett
Head Coach
8th season/Tusculum '88
Rusty McKee
Associate Coach
6th season/UNF '00
Forrest Martin
Assistant Coach
1st season/Southwestern '03
Paul Fibbe
Volunteer Assistant Coach
1st season/FGCU '09