Missouri Southern Lions Baseball

2002 Missouri Southern Lions Baseball Roster & Statistics
INFIELDERS
No. Name Pos B/T Ht. Wt. Year (exp) Hometown / Previous School
2 Eric Atkinson 2B R/R 5-6 150 Senior(1L) Joplin, Mo. / William Woods Univ.
3 Aaron Techlin SS R/R 5-11 185 Junior(Tr) Appleton, Wisc. / Madison Area Tech
7 Nathan Hughes 1B L/L 6-1 185 Soph. (1L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
10 Jeremy McMullen 1B R/R 6-2 198 Senior(1L) Carl Junction, Mo. / Longview C.C.
12 Josh Sharp 1B R/R 6-1 210 Fresh.(HS) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
16 Kevin Schiller 2B R/R 5-11 165 Soph. (1L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
20 Justin McMullen 2B R/R 6-2 176 Soph. (Rs) Carl Junction, Mo. / Longview C.C.
26 Darin Nonenmaker 1B R/R 6-0 180 Junior(1L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
27 Mark Keister 3B L/R 6-3 220 Junior(Tr) Piedmont, Mo. / Three Rivers C.C.
33 Ryan Williams 1B R/R 6-3 226 Junior(Tr) Joplin, Mo. / Truman State University

OUTFIELDERS
No. Name B/T Ht. Wt. Year (exp) Hometown / Previous School
1 Joey Ballard L/L 5-8 185 Senior(3L) Muskogee, Okla. / Muskogee H.S.
6 Ryan Peterson R/R 6-3 158 Fresh.(HS) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
7 Nathan Hughes L/L 6-1 185 Soph. (1L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
11 Chris Nelson L/L 5-11 190 Senior(Tr) Neosho, Mo. / Southern Arkansas
16 Kevin Schiller R/R 5-11 165 Soph. (1L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
20 Justin McMullen R/R 6-2 176 Soph. (Rs) Carl Junction, Mo. / Longview C.C.
23 Sean Ritchie R/R 6-0 175 Junior(2L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.

CATCHERS
No. Name B/T Ht. Wt. Year (exp) Hometown / Previous School
22 Danny Pinkerton R/R 6-2 205 Senior(3L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
23 Sean Ritchie R/R 6-0 175 Junior(2L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.

PITCHERS
No. Name Pos B/T Ht. Wt. Year (exp) Hometown / Previous School
5 Kyle Rogers RHP R/R 6-3 190 Soph. (Tr) Riverton, Kan. / Cowley County C.C.
7 Nathan Hughes LHP L/L 6-1 185 Soph. (1L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
8 Nick Davis RHP R/R 6-1 162 Junior(Tr) Cedar Falls, Iowa / Southwestern C.C.
10 Jeremy McMullen RHP R/R 6-2 198 Senior(1L) Carl Junction, Mo. / Longview C.C.
11 Chris Nelson LHP L/L 5-11 190 Senior(Tr) Neosho, Mo. / Southern Arkansas
13 Jake Lawver RHP R/R 5-11 165 Soph. (1L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
15 Evan Bates RHP R/R 5-8 200 Fresh.(HS) Seneca, Mo. / Seneca H.S.
17 Ross Bailey LHP L/L 6-0 155 Soph. (1L) Galena, Kan. / Galena H.S.
18 Dustin Brown RHP R/R 6-3 175 Fresh.(HS) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
20 Justin McMullen RHP R/R 6-2 176 Soph. (Rs) Carl Junction, Mo. / Longview C.C.
30 Nick Johnson RHP R/R 6-2 210 Junior(2L) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.
31 Carl Cunningham RHP R/R 6-5 210 Fresh.(Rs) Stockton, Mo. / Stockton H.S.
34 Nate Ulepich RHP R/R 6-4 220 Senior(3L) Frontenac, Kan. / Frontenac H.S.
35 Josh Tupper RHP R/R 6-3 228 Fresh.(HS) Joplin, Mo. / Joplin H.S.


Head Coach: Warren Turner (Pittsburg State University, 1965)
Assistant Coaches: Mike Hagedorn (Missouri Southern State College, 1975) Bob Tignor (Missouri Southern State College, 1973)
2002 Missouri Southern Lions Baseball
                                   Game Results for Missouri Southern (as of May 12, 2002)
                                                         (All games)

  Game date       Opposing team          Score      r  h  e/ r  h  e  Inns   Overall       MIAA  Pitcher of record      Attend Time
  ---------       -------------          -----     --------/--------  ----   -------   --------  ---------------------- ------ ----
  Feb 08, 2002 at Dallas Baptist         11-15 L   11 11  3/15 16  4    7    0- 1- 0    0- 0- 0  Rogers,K (L 0-1)          341 2:52
  Feb 08, 2002 at Dallas Baptist          4-9  L    4  7  3/ 9 12  3    7    0- 2- 0    0- 0- 0  McMullen,Je (L 0-1)       331 1:58
  Feb 09, 2002 at Dallas Baptist         10-25 L   10 13  4/25 20  4    7    0- 3- 0    0- 0- 0  Tupper,J (L 0-1)          378 3:02
  Feb 09, 2002 at Dallas Baptist       W 14-7      14 12  4/ 7 11  3    7    1- 3- 0    0- 0- 0  Johnson,N (W 1-0)         208 2:46
  Feb 11, 2002 at Univ of Arkansas        1-13 L    1  5  5/13 15  1    9    1- 4- 0    0- 0- 0  Hughes,N (L 0-1)          672 2:14
  Feb 15, 2002 at Oral Roberts            1-7  L    1  6  2/ 7 12  1    9    1- 5- 0    0- 0- 0  Rogers,K (L 0-2)          350 2:21
  Feb 16, 2002 at Oral Roberts         W  2-0       2  6  2/ 0  1  0    9    2- 5- 0    0- 0- 0  Johnson,N (W 2-0)         452 2:20
  Feb 17, 2002 at Oral Roberts            7-8  L    7 14  6/ 8  9  1  (11)   2- 6- 0    0- 0- 0  Davis,N (L 0-1)           395 3:39
 @Mar 10, 2002    Grandview College       3-4  L    3  7  1/ 4  8  3    7    2- 7- 0    0- 0- 0  Johnson,N (L 2-1)          25 1:31
 @Mar 11, 2002    Missouri-St. Louis   W  3-0       3  6  2/ 0  3  1    7    3- 7- 0    0- 0- 0  Hughes,N (W 1-1)           50 1:30
 @Mar 11, 2002    South Dakota State   W 20-3      20 19  2/ 3  5  2    7    4- 7- 0    0- 0- 0  Davis,N (W 1-1)            70 2:20
 @Mar 11, 2002    Morningside College  W  3-2       3  6  3/ 2  6  1    7    5- 7- 0    0- 0- 0  Lawver,J (W 1-0)           65 1:45
 @Mar 12, 2002    Lincoln University      1-9  L    1  2  1/ 9 14  0    7    5- 8- 0    0- 0- 0  McMullen,Je (L 0-2)       110 2:01
 @Mar 14, 2002 vs South Dakota State   W 16-15     16 14  2/15 17  2    7    6- 8- 0    0- 0- 0  Ulepich,N (W 1-0)         190 2:40
 @Mar 15, 2002    Metro State             2-9  L    2  5  3/ 9  9  2    7    6- 9- 0    0- 0- 0  Johnson,N (L 2-2)          70 2:05
 #Mar 17, 2002    Northeastern State   W  2-1       2  6  1/ 1  4  1    7    7- 9- 0    0- 0- 0  McMullen,Je (W 1-2)       125 1:30
 #Mar 20, 2002    Wisconsin-Stout      W  5-2       5 10  0/ 2  9  1    9    8- 9- 0    0- 0- 0  Davis,N (W 2-1)            70 1:50
 #Mar 21, 2002    Wisconsin-Stout      W  7-4       7 10  0/ 4  9  2    7    9- 9- 0    0- 0- 0  Ulepich,N (W 2-0)          50 1:45
 #Mar 21, 2002    Wisconsin-Superior   W 15-1      15 14  0/ 1  5  5    7   10- 9- 0    0- 0- 0  Bailey,R (W 1-0)           20 2:00
 *Mar 23, 2002 at Missouri-Rolla       W  3-0       3  7  0/ 0  5  2    7   11- 9- 0    1- 0- 0  Rogers,K (W 1-2)           40 1:26
 *Mar 23, 2002 at Missouri-Rolla       W  5-0       5  8  1/ 0  3  1    7   12- 9- 0    2- 0- 0  Davis,N (W 3-1)            45 1:48
 *Mar 24, 2002 at Pittsburg State      W 22-5      22 20  3/ 5  6  1    7   13- 9- 0    3- 0- 0  Johnson,N (W 3-2)         225 2:47
 *Mar 24, 2002 at Pittsburg State         5-6  L    5  8  3/ 6  7  0  ( 8)  13-10- 0    3- 1- 0  Lawver,J (L 1-1)          265 1:59
 #Mar 25, 2002    Augustana College       3-14 L    3  7  4/14 13  0    7   13-11- 0    3- 1- 0  Tupper,J (L 0-2)           20 2:30
 *Mar 27, 2002    Missouri-Rolla          6-14 L    6 13  3/14 22  1    7   13-12- 0    3- 2- 0  Rogers,K (L 1-3)           50 2:00
 *Mar 27, 2002    Missouri-Rolla       W  5-4       5  7  5/ 4  7  1    7   14-12- 0    4- 2- 0  Davis,N (W 4-1)            70 1:34
 *Mar 29, 2002    Central Missouri     W  4-3       4  4  1/ 3 11  0  ( 8)  15-12- 0    5- 2- 0  Lawver,J (W 2-1)          250 1:55
 *Mar 29, 2002    Central Missouri        4-7  L    4  6  1/ 7 14  2    7   15-13- 0    5- 3- 0  Johnson,N (L 3-3)         250 2:03
 *Apr 03, 2002    Pittsburg State         4-5  L    4  6  3/ 5  6  2  ( 8)  15-14- 0    5- 4- 0  Lawver,J (L 2-2)          150 1:57
 *Apr 03, 2002    Pittsburg State         0-2  L    0  5  3/ 2  8  2  (11)  15-15- 0    5- 5- 0  Bailey,R (L 1-1)          150 2:45
 *Apr 06, 2002    Northwest Missouri   W  9-8       9  8  2/ 8 14  2    9   16-15- 0    6- 5- 0  Johnson,N (W 4-3)         230 2:12
 *Apr 06, 2002    Northwest Missouri   W  6-1       6 12  2/ 1  7  1    7   17-15- 0    7- 5- 0  McMullen,Je (W 2-2)       230 1:40
 *Apr 09, 2002    Southwest Baptist    W  8-0       8 11  1/ 0  2  2    7   18-15- 0    8- 5- 0  Hughes,N (W 2-1)           80 2:00
 *Apr 09, 2002    Southwest Baptist    W 12-3      12 15  0/ 3  6  2    7   19-15- 0    9- 5- 0  Davis,N (W 5-1)           100 1:58
 *Apr 13, 2002 at Missouri Western        3-8  L    3  5  3/ 8 13  0    9   19-16- 0    9- 6- 0  Johnson,N (L 4-4)         143 2:25
 *Apr 13, 2002 at Missouri Western     W  5-1       5  6  1/ 1  3  2    7   20-16- 0   10- 6- 0  McMullen,Je (W 3-2)        65 2:00
 *Apr 14, 2002 at Missouri Western     W 13-3      13 15  1/ 3 11  2    7   21-16- 0   11- 6- 0  Ulepich,N (W 3-0)          76 2:30
 *Apr 17, 2002 at Central Missouri        3-12 L    3  7  3/12 15  1    7   21-17- 0   11- 7- 0  Davis,N (L 5-2)           157 1:50
 *Apr 17, 2002 at Central Missouri       10-11 L   10 11  3/11 13  2    7   21-18- 0   11- 8- 0  Lawver,J (L 2-3)          157 2:18
 *Apr 21, 2002 at Washburn University  W 10-7      10 12  1/ 7 11  2    9   22-18- 0   12- 8- 0  Johnson,N (W 5-4)         105 3:04
 *Apr 21, 2002 at Washburn University  W  6-2       6  7  1/ 2  9  1    7   23-18- 0   13- 8- 0  McMullen,Je (W 4-2)        75 1:45
 *Apr 26, 2002    Emporia State        W  7-3       7  9  2/ 3  5  2    9   24-18- 0   14- 8- 0  Hughes,N (W 3-1)          210 2:35
 *Apr 26, 2002    Emporia State        W  3-2       3 10  0/ 2  7  1    7   25-18- 0   15- 8- 0  Davis,N (W 6-2)           120 1:45
 *Apr 29, 2002    Emporia State        W  9-2       9 11  0/ 2  8  0    9   26-18- 0   16- 8- 0  Ulepich,N (W 4-0)         150 2:35
 *May 04, 2002    Truman State         W  4-3       4  9  1/ 3  9  1    9   27-18- 0   17- 8- 0  Hughes,N (W 4-1)          150 1:56
 *May 04, 2002    Truman State         W  7-5       7  6  1/ 5 11  1    7   28-18- 0   18- 8- 0  McMullen,Je (W 5-2)       175 2:04
 *May 05, 2002    Truman State            1-7  L    1  7  3/ 7  8  0    9   28-19- 0   18- 9- 0  Davis,N (L 6-3)           250 2:34
 !May 10, 2002 vs Pittsburg State      W  8-7       8 13  2/ 7  7  3  (12)  29-19- 0   18- 9- 0  Lawver,J (W 3-3)          106 3:04
 !May 11, 2002 vs Central Missouri        5-11 L    5 11  1/11 19  1    9   29-20- 0   18- 9- 0  Lawver,J (L 3-4)          260 2:17
(MIAA Postseaon Tournament was rained out after five games)
* - MIAA Game                 ! - MIAA Postseason Tournament
@ - MSSC Mutt Miller Classic  # - MSSC Leroy Wilson Classic
() extra inning game

2002 Missouri Southern Lions Baseball Overall Statistics for Missouri Southern (as of May 12, 2002) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 29-20 Home: 19-9 Away: 9-11 Neutral: 1-0 MIAA: 18-9 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 22 Pinkerton,Danny.. .358 48-48 159 40 57 12 0 9 40 96 .604 21 15 14 4 .467 4 0 1-1 315 38 8 .978 7 Hughes,Nathan.... .340 42-41 153 29 52 10 2 8 42 90 .588 12 1 31 2 .387 2 2 0-0 179 17 8 .961 3 Techlin,Aaron.... .322 49-48 174 35 56 8 1 2 36 72 .414 17 3 23 5 .390 1 12 10-12 63 109 15 .920 26 Nonenmaker,Darin. .313 33-19 64 9 20 2 0 4 11 34 .531 7 0 19 0 .375 1 2 0-1 80 4 6 .933 10 McMullen,Jeremy.. .304 27-19 69 13 21 5 0 1 13 29 .420 2 1 15 1 .329 1 0 0-0 73 26 3 .971 11 Nelson,Chris..... .304 43-43 135 27 41 12 0 4 34 65 .481 20 11 23 1 .429 2 2 4-6 74 7 3 .964 27 Keister,Mark..... .303 42-40 122 23 37 11 1 5 30 65 .533 19 8 36 2 .430 0 2 0-0 20 67 12 .879 1 Ballard,Joey..... .294 45-45 143 52 42 10 3 1 15 61 .427 47 7 20 2 .482 2 2 16-21 87 1 2 .978 23 Ritchie,Sean..... .280 32-31 100 19 28 7 0 3 13 44 .440 8 2 22 1 .342 1 1 1-1 51 3 9 .857 30 Johnson,Nick..... .273 27-20 66 14 18 2 0 4 19 32 .485 2 1 2 3 .296 2 2 0-0 29 22 5 .911 16 Schiller,Kevin... .270 32-17 63 14 17 6 0 0 9 23 .365 9 0 20 1 .356 1 2 1-2 27 1 4 .875 2 Atkinson,Eric.... .238 39-37 101 18 24 2 0 0 8 26 .257 12 4 10 1 .342 0 1 5-6 72 57 14 .902 13 Lawver,Jake...... .237 26-16 59 9 14 4 0 0 12 18 .305 5 3 9 1 .328 0 0 0-0 13 21 2 .944 -------------- 20 McMullen,Justin.. .326 27-12 46 8 15 0 1 0 9 17 .370 1 4 12 0 .385 1 3 1-1 33 25 2 .967 33 Williams,Ryan.... .233 17-6 30 6 7 0 0 1 5 10 .333 3 0 14 2 .303 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 1.000 15 Bates,Evan....... .000 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 2 1 .750 Totals.............. .303 49-49 1484 317 449 91 8 42 296 682 .460 185 60 270 26 .397 18 31 40-52 1122 429 99 .940 Opponents........... .304 49-49 1531 290 465 76 11 36 263 671 .438 139 43 324 21 .373 20 35 65-88 1097 446 75 .954 LOB - Team (365), Opp (356). DPs turned - Team (28), Opp (31). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (9), Pinkerton,D 3, Hughes,N 2, Nelson,C 2, Ballard,J 2, Opp (4). Picked off - Pinkerton,D 2, Nelson,C 2, Schiller,K 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 8 Davis,Nick....... 3.53 6-3 13 10 3 1/0 0 63.2 55 33 25 17 54 11 0 1 238 .231 8 10 1 4 8 7 Hughes,Nathan.... 3.67 4-1 10 10 2 2/0 0 54.0 49 33 22 36 57 9 0 2 204 .240 4 5 1 2 5 13 Lawver,Jake...... 4.91 3-4 18 0 0 0/0 5 29.1 31 19 16 9 36 4 1 1 116 .267 0 2 0 0 4 30 Johnson,Nick..... 5.31 5-4 11 9 3 0/1 1 61.0 74 42 36 15 46 16 1 5 249 .297 7 2 0 2 7 10 McMullen,Jeremy.. 5.54 5-2 11 9 3 0/1 1 50.1 62 31 31 13 46 9 0 10 208 .298 3 4 0 1 6 17 Bailey,Ross...... 6.00 1-1 10 1 0 0/0 0 27.0 38 22 18 8 10 1 1 2 107 .355 3 5 1 4 2 5 Rogers,Kyle...... 6.53 1-3 9 5 1 1/0 0 30.1 45 29 22 11 22 9 2 2 131 .344 1 1 1 3 3 15 Bates,Evan....... 7.11 0-0 8 0 0 0/0 2 12.2 17 11 10 6 14 2 0 2 57 .298 5 4 0 0 0 34 Ulepich,Nate..... 7.92 4-0 10 3 0 0/0 0 30.2 51 27 27 8 23 12 1 4 136 .375 2 6 0 1 0 -------------- 20 McMullen,Justin.. 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 11 Nelson,Chris..... 10.13 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 5 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 13 .385 0 1 0 0 0 35 Tupper,Josh...... 30.00 0-2 4 2 0 0/0 1 12.0 38 40 40 15 12 3 5 7 71 .535 2 3 0 3 0 Totals.............. 6.02 29-20 49 49 12 5/1 10 374.0 465 290 250 139 324 76 11 36 1531 .304 35 43 4 20 35 Opponents........... 6.74 20-29 49 49 9 1/1 6 365.2 449 317 274 185 270 91 8 42 1484 .303 36 60 4 18 31 PB - Team (4), Pinkerton,D 4, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (6), Pinkerton,D 2, Bailey,R 2, Rogers,K 1, Johnson,N 1, Opp (5). SBA/ATT - Pinkerton,D (62-83), Hughes,N (16-21), Davis,N (10-14), McMullen,Je (6-10), Tupper,J (8-9), Rogers,K (8-8), Johnson,N (6-8), Bailey,R (4-7), Ulepich,N (4-6), Lawver,J (2-4), Ritchie,S (3-3), Nelson,C (1-1).