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2019 Baseball

5 Brian McHale

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ramsey, N.J.
  • Highschool Ramsey

Biography

Career Achievements

• 2018 ABCA/NEIBA All-New England third team
• 2018 NCAA Tournament York Regional All-Tournament team
• 2018 All-NEWMAC second team

Career Highlights

2019: As a senior, started 47 of 49 games at shortstop…batted .303 with 11 doubles, one home run, 23 RBI and 37 runs scored…set a new career high with six sacrifice flies and matched his career high with 63 hits…graduates as Babson’s all-time leader with 205 hits…led the team with 21 multi-hit games…had at least one hit in 11 straight contests between March 3-30…singled twice and drove in a run in a 7-2 win over Ohio Wesleyan on March 15…doubled as part of a two-hit day in a 7-1 victory over Eastern Connecticut on March 16…also had two hits, including a double, an RBI and two runs scored in a 12-9 win over Vassar on March 17…was 2-for-4 with two runs scored in a 13-3 triumph over Plymouth State on March 25…singled and drove in two runs in a 10-2 win at WPI on March 26…went 3-for-5 with an RBI in the opening game of a doubleheader sweep at Coast Guard on March 30…was 2-for-5 with two RBI in an 11-9 victory at Roger Williams on April 3…went 4-for-14 with a walk and a run scored as the Beavers dropped two of three games against Wheaton on April 5-6…went 3-for-6 with a double and two runs scored in game one and homered in game two as part of Babson’s three-game sweep of MIT on April 12-14…had two hits and scored once in a 9-8 win over Southern Maine on April 18…doubled and finished with two hits and two RBI in an 11-1 victory at Emerson on April 19…followed it up with four hits, including a double, and three runs scored in a doubleheader sweep of the Lions on April 27…went 4-for-5 with a double and two RBI in a 13-4 rout of Suffolk on April 30…went 9-for-24 (.375) with three doubles, four RBI and three runs scored in five NEWMAC Tournament contests, which included a three-hit game in a 16-7 win over Wheaton on May 4 and two doubles and three RBI in a 9-6 victory against MIT on May 7…was 4-for-17 with a pair of two-hit games, three RBI and three runs scored in the NCAA Hartford Regional on May 17-19…singled in both outings and drove in a run a 2-1 game-two victory that helped Babson sweep Cortland in the NCAA Super Regionals on May 24-25…went 5-for-14 with a double and two RBI on the way to becoming the program’s all-time hits leader at the College World Series.

2018: As a junior, started 45 games at shortstop…batted .339 with 15 doubles, five triples, five home runs, 30 RBI and 51 runs scored…had a .429 on-base percentage, and set new career highs in hits (63), walks (29) and total bases (103)…had 19 multi-hit games, which ranked second on the team...turned 24 doubles plays and had 123 assists to go along with a .923 fielding percentage…had three hits, including a triple, and drove in a run in a 4-0 win over Otterbein on March 2…doubled as part of a two-hit day and had one RBI in a 13-3 victory over Otterbein on March 3…reached base three times, scored twice and swiped three bags in a 7-5 triumph over Hope on March 17…doubled, tripled and scored twice in an 11-4 loss to Bowdoin on March 20…homered and drove in three runs in an 8-7 loss at Clark on March 24…was 3-for-4 with two homers and four RBI in a 9-3 win at WPI on March 27…also had three hits and drove in two runs in a 10-6 victory at Johnson & Wales on March 30…went 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored in a 26-1 rout of WPI on April 5…doubled twice and had three RBI in a 6-3 victory over Springfield on April 10…also doubled as part of a two-hit day in a 10-1 win over the Pride on April 17…went 7-for-14 with three doubles, two RBI, five runs scored and three stolen bases in a three-game sweep of Emerson on April 20-21…went 2-for-3 with a double and three runs scored in an 18-2 victory over Wentworth on April 24…homered and drove in three runs in a 7-3 defeat of MIT in the opening game of the NEWMAC Tournament on May 4…went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and three runs scored in a 12-11 win over Catholic to open the NCAA York Regional on May 18…also had three hits, including a double and a triple, and drove in the tying run in a 5-4 10-inning victory over Union at the York Regional on May 18…went 2-for-4 with an RBI in a 7-5 win over Misericordia at the York Regional on May 20…followed it up by going 3-for-4 with a triple and two runs scored against the Cougars on May 21.

2017: As a sophomore, appeared in 41 contests…batted .366 with 12 doubles, 33 runs scored, 27 RBI and 12 stolen bases…finished the year with a .429 on-base percentage and recorded 15 multi-hit games…walked three times and scored once in an 8-4 season-opening win over Trinity (Texas) on March 3…went 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI in the series finale against the Tigers, a 12-11 loss on March 5…was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and an RBI in a 6-2 win over Bowdoin in the second game of a doubleheader on March 18…went 5-for-12 with three runs scored as the Beavers took two-out-of-three against Wheaton on April 7-8…went 3-for-5 with a double in an 11-4 loss to WPI on April 17…had three hits and drove in a pair of runs in a doubleheaders sweep of Emerson on April 22…had a career-high five hits, which includes two doubles, drove in three runs and scored twice in a 15-5 game-one win at Springfield on April 23….was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored in a 3-0 triumph over Western New England on May 1…went 4-for-5 with a triple and a career-high four RBI in a 14-3 win over Salve Regina in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament Harwich Regional on May 18…hit safely in all six NCAA Tournament games and was named to the Harwich Regional All-Tournament team.

2016: As a first-year, appeared in 22 games and made 18 starts at shortstop...hit .271 with a .329 on-base percentage to go along with two doubles, seven RBI and 12 runs scored...went 1-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored and an RBI in a 12-8 win over Medaille in the season opener on March 11...went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI in a 6-1 victory over Plymouth State on March 23...also had two hits and drove in a run in a 4-2 win over Coast Guard on March 29...went 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored in a 10-8 loss to Roger Williams on March 31...went 2-for-4 with a walk and three runs scored in an 11-2 victory over WPI on April 10...was 1-for-3 with a double in a 5-2 triumph over Clark on April 13...walked and scored in his only at bat in an 8-7 win over Suffolk on April 18...went 3-for-6 with an RBI and a run scored in a three-game sweep of Emerson on April 22-23.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2016Freshman

    IF
    5'10" 180 lbs
    18
  • 5

    2017Sophomore

    IF
    5'10" 180 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2018Junior

    IF
    5'10" 180 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2019Senior

    IF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    5