#TCD | Toughness. Commitment. Development.
2024 BY THE NUMBERS
.309 AVG (#1 in Big Ten, #30 Nationally)
571 Hits (#1 in Big Ten, #23 Nationally)
.978 FLD% (#30 Nationally)
86 Stolen Bases (#40 Nationally, 5th All-Time)
49 Home Runs (9th All-Time)
1.46 WHIP (#2 in Big Ten)
437 Strikeouts (3rd All-Time)
RUTGERS GETS YOU BETTER
Coming in 2026: A State-of-the-Art Home Venue
Gallery: Middlesex County Multipurpose Venue
"Thank you to Middlesex County for the invitation to play games at a beautiful new stadium facility. This move will continue to grow our program's fan base across the state and provide an incredible venue with all the amenities currently available at the power-five level. This is 100 percent a win for the state of New Jersey, Middlesex County and Rutgers Baseball!"Head Coach Steve Owens
The New-Look Big Ten: Beginning in 2025
The Big Ten has announced the additions of UCLA, USC, Washington and Oregon beginning in the 2024-25 season. This move greatly increases the profile of Big Ten Baseball, bringing in four programs with rich histories, both past and present.
USC holds the all-time record with 12 national championships in baseball, five more than the school with the next-most. UCLA has made the NCAA Tournament in five of the last six seasons, has made five trips to the College World Series and captured the 2013 National Championship.
Oregon and Washington both earned at-large bids to the 2023 NCAA Tournament, with Oregon winning the Nashville Regional and hosting a Super Regional. Washington appeared in the Stillwater Regional in 2023 and advanced to the College World Series in 2018.
2023 Season: Continued Growth and Success On the Banks
- Rutgers baseball registered its second straight winning season with a record of 33-23 and a 14-10 record in the Big Ten, good for a fifth-place finish and second straight appearance in the Big Ten Tournament.
- The program's 77 wins over the last two seasons are the most in a two-year span since 2000-01 and the back-to-back 30-win seasons are the first since 2004-05.
- The 2023 campaign was synonymous with records and milestones. On April 4th against Hofstra, Steve Owens recorded his 1,000th career victory, becoming just the ninth active Division-I head coach to reach the milestone. On May 6th against Penn State, Owens would record his 100th career win at Rutgers.
- Chris Brito set two program records with his 46 career home runs and 200 career RBIs. He is also the only player in program history to reach 200 career RBIs. Brito recorded his 200th career hit against Northwestern, becoming the 19th player in RU history to reach the milestone and also joined Ryan Lasko as the first players in program history with three consecutive seasons of double-digit home runs.
- Ryan Lasko also recorded his 200th career hit, becoming the 20th Scarlet Knight to reach the mark. Lasko also joined Brito as the first players in program history with three connective seasons of double-digit home runs.
- Ryan Lasko became the first player to be named All-Big Ten First Team twice and pitcher Christian Coppola became the first freshman at Rutgers to be named All-Big Ten First Team.
A HISTORIC 2022 SEASON
- Finished 2nd place in the Big Ten regular season race
- Advanced to championship game of the Big Ten Tournament
- Qualified for the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since joining the conference
- 41 regular season wins and 44 overall wins both set school records
- 3 All-Americans for the first time in program history (Ryan Lasko, Nick Cimillo, Danny DiGeorgio)
- 8 players named All-Big Ten, setting program record since joining the conference
- Danny DiGeorgio, Ryan Lasko and Dale Stanavich become first-ever All-Big Ten First Team members from Rutgers
- Ryan Lasko named Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist (Top amateur player in the country)
- Danny DiGeorgio named Brooks Wallace Award Finalist (Top SS in the country)
The Rutgers baseball program smashed records and rewrote the record books in 2022. The Scarlet Knights won the most games in program history with 44 and finished in second place in the Big Ten, while also advancing to the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament, their first-ever appearance in the tournament.
Danny DiGeorgio, Ryan Lasko and Dale Stanavich became the first RU players to be named All-Big Ten First Team since Rutgers joined the conference for the 2014-15 academic year.
The team broke program records with 565 runs, 147 doubles, 96 home runs, 519 RBIs, 1172 total bases from the lineup and 534 strikeouts from the pitching staff.
Chris Brito broke the single-season RBI record with 74. Nathan Florence broke the single-season strikeout record with 90. Ryan Lasko tied the single-season doubles record with 24.
Head coach Steve Owens and his staff of Brendan Monaghan, Kyle Pettoruto, Mike Garza and Peter Barron have transformed the program in just three seasons and put Rutgers baseball back on the national map. The Scarlet Knights are only just getting started.
This team was elite. No doubt about it.
— Rutgers Baseball (@RutgersBaseball) June 3, 2022
- 44 wins (5th most in the country)
- 22 road wins (most in P5)
- 147 doubles, 565 runs, 9.6 runs/game all led country
- Led Big Ten in AVG, doubles, FLD%, hits, runs, runs/game
Counting down the days 'til next season ?#TCD pic.twitter.com/PJDw8Rho6N
This group right here.
— Rutgers Baseball (@RutgersBaseball) May 30, 2022
Made history.
Shattered records.
Rejuvenated a program.
Made New Jersey proud.
And did it together.
This is not the last you’ll hear from Rutgers Baseball. That’s a promise. #TCD pic.twitter.com/VLDpHhzliU
