alumnipage

The Alumni Page

Players who have played Delaware American Legion Baseball who play or coach at the next level or beyond

When you've been playing organized baseball for 81 years, you're bound to have a few players continue on to college, or move up to the professional ranks. The Delaware American Legion Baseball Program has a pretty long list of alumni,
guys of whom we're very proud to say,

"They Played Delaware Legion Ball"

Majors Minors Draftees
College Coaches College Players
Blue Gold
Other Fields

Please Note: This page is still under construction - send any corrections or additions to the editor

Delaware American Legion Baseball Alumni playing Professional Baseball:

In the Major Leagues:

Name	Position	Present Team	Other Teams	Draft Info	Legion Team	HS/College
Kevin Mench	OF	Blue Jays [07]	Brewers	1999-4th Rangers	Stahl Post 30	St. Marks/Delaware
Ian Snell	RHP	Pittsburg [04]		2000 Pirates	Fox Post 2	Caesar Rodney [00]

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Active In the Minor Leagues:

Name	Position	Present Team	Parent Team	Draft Info	Legion Team	HS/College
Tim Bittner	P	Columbus Clippers AAA	Nationals	2001 - White Sox [10]	1998-99 R.C. DuPont Post 18	Salesianum
Theo Bowe	CF	Gulf Coast League Reds - A	Reds	2008 - Reds [21]	Post 3 Red Sox	Milford HS
Rob Bryson	P	Lake County Captains - A	Indians	2006 - [31]	Stahl Post 30	William Penn
Zach Clark	P	Frederick Keys - A	Orioles		Post 1 [1999]	Newark
Tom Cochran	P	Worcester Tornadoes	Ind	2003 Boston	Stahl Post 30	St. Mark's
Brandon Menchaca	OF	Dayton Dragons - A	Reds		2000-01 R.C. Dupont Post 18	Concord
Bret Oberholtzer	LHP	Gulf Coast League Braves - A	Braves	2008 - Braves	Stahl Post 3-	William Penn
Shawn Phillips [IR]	P	Greensboro Grasshopers - A	Marlins	2004 - Texas Rangers	Post 6 Patriots	Laurel/Del State

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Coaches:

Name	Present Position & Team	Legion Team	HS/College
J.P. Blandin	Head Coach Delaware State University		St. Andrews/Wilmington College
Donald "Tripp" Keister	Head Coach Wesley College	Stahl Post 30 1987-89	McKean HS/Delaware
Bret Underwood	Assistant Coach Wesley College	Post 1	Dickinson/Del State

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Legion Alumni Drafted by Professional Baseball:
+ Team no longer active

Legion Team	Name		Years	Posn	School/College	Year Drafted	Team	Round
Atterbury Post 31 +	Tim	Vallencourt		RHP	St. Mark's/Delaware State		Diamondbacks	31st
Brooks Armoured Car +	Mike	Stanek		INF	Salesianum School/Delaware	1978	Brewers	34th
Colonial/Kiwanis +	James	Strum		RHP	St. Mark's HS	1978	Rangers	44th
Delaware Post 1	Brian	August		INF	St. Mark's HS Delaware	1994 1997	Baltimore Yankees	44th 18th
	Rob	Borkowski		RHP	St. Mark's HS	1994	Mets	31st
	Tony	Brown	1994-96	OF	A.I. duPont HS/Georgetown	1997	Mets	28th
	John	Dischert	2005	LHP	St. Mark's HS/Maryland	2005	Phillies	42nd
	Marvin	Dooley		RHP	William Penn HS	1987	Pirates	FA
	Jason	Hackett		LHP	Caravel Academy	1993	Orioles	4th
	Nathan	Husser	1999	INF	Middletown, HS	1999	Tigers	24th
	Mike	Kirkpatrick		OF	St. Elizabeth's HS	1996	Orioles	42nd
	Bob	Lenoir	1998-99	INF	Salesianum/Richmond	2002	Rangers
	Jamie	Nichols		RHP	St. Mark's HS	1994	White Sox	27th
	Troy	O'Neal			A.I. duPont HS		Diamondbacks
	R.J.	Plumsky	2000-02		Caravel		Phillies	FA
	Luis	Sierra		OF	A.I. duPont HS	1988	Cubs	17th
	Brett	Underwood		INF	Dickinson HS/Delaware State	2004	Red Sox
	Tim	Vallancourt		RHP	St. Mark's HS/Delaware State	2003	Diamondbacks	31st
	Brian	Wallace		3B	St. Mark's HS/Delaware	1992	Mariners	14th
	Mike	Walls	1998-00		Salesianum/St. Joseph's Univ	2002	Astros	33rd
Delvets	Ryan	Holsten		RHP	Archmere Academy/Fairfield Univ	2001	Diamondbacks	22nd
Duney Post 27 +	Ed	Szymansi		LHP	Salesianum	1976	Cubs	17th
Fox Post 2	Eric	Carter		P	Dover HS		Mariners	10th
	Isaiah	Wright		RHP	Dover HS	2002	Expos	15th
Hall Burke VFW +	Matt	Day			Salesianum School/York College	2003	IND	FA
Lawrence Roberts Post	James	Fallers		LHP	Mt. Pleasant HS	1968	Astros	36th
Newark Post 10	Brian	Lesher		OF	Newark HS/Delaware	1992	Athletics	25th
North East Legion +	Chad	Jenkins		LHP	Caravel Academy	2006	Nationals	44th
Post 3 Milford Red Sox	Theo	Bowe	2007	CF	Milford HS	2008	Reds	28th
Post 6 Patriots	Shawn	Phillips	2002-03	RHP	Laurel HS/Delaware State	2004	Rangers	FA
R.C. Dupont Post 18	Jody	Ambrosino			Mt. Pleasant HS		Rangers	FA
	Tim	Bittner		LHP	Salesianum/Marist College	2001	White Sox	10th
	Jeff	Bonsall			Concord HS		Pirates
	Jeff	Ciszkowski		RHP	Brandywine HS	1983	Mets	11th
	Chris	Forgione		OF	Salesianum	1983	Twins	3rd
	Jeff	Forgione			Concord HS		Indians
	Robert	Hall		SS	Concord HS	1973	Pirates	8th
	Mike	Land			Concord HS		Cubs
	John	Lewis			Mt. Pleasant HS		Pirates
	Chip	McHugh			Concord HS		Tigers
	Billy	Phillips			Brandywine HS		Dodgers
	Tom	Silicato			Salesianum		Phillies
	Ken	Szotkiewicz		INF	Salesianum	1965	Phillies	8th
	Matt	Williams			Concord HS		Brewers
Stahl Post 38	Matt	Brainard		C	William Penn HS/Wilmington Coll	1993	Phillies	25th
	Cliff	Brunbaugh		3B	William Penn HS/Delaware	1995	Rangers Rockies/Wh Sox	5th
	Robert	Bryson		RHP	William Penn HS	2006	Brewers	31st
	Joe	Cherrico					Giants
	Dennis	Cline		SS	Concord HS	1970	Twins	37th
	Wally	Goff		LHP	William Penn HS	1977	Phillies	25th
	Bob	Gralewski			Salesianum	1987	Reds	36th
	Dwayne	Henry		RHP	Middletown HS	1980	Rangers	2nd
	Brian	Honeycut		RHP	William Penn HS	1984	Twins	13th
	Tripp	Keister		OF	McKean HS/Delaware	1992	Mets	33rd
	Steve	Kendall		RHP	McKean HS	1971	Brewers	20th
	Dale	LaBar		3B	New Castle	1977	Brewers	2nd Supp
	Tony	Lofink		OF	Salesianum	1996	White sox	36th
	Dwight	Maness		OF	William Penn HS	1992	Dodgers	Suppl
	Derrick	May		OF	Newark HS	1986	Cubs	1st
	Kevin	Mench		OF	St. Mark's HS/Delaware	1999	Rangers	4th
	Steve	Nepi			Salesianum		Yankees
	Bret	Oberholtzer		LHP	William Penn HS Seminole Community College	2007 2008	Mariners Braves	47th 8th
	Mike	Reeder`		OF	Newark HS	1986	Cubs	7th
	Mark	Rubini		OF	William Penn HS/Delaware	1986	Brewers	35th
	Jim	Sherman		OF	William Penn HS Delaware	1981 1982	Cubs Astros	20th 14th
	Greg	Simendinger		RHP	Middletown HS/Brandywine JC	1969	Orioles	8th
	Randy	Simmons		OF	St. Mark's HS/Delaware	1988	Braves	19th
	Pedro	Swann		OF	St. Mark's HS/Delaware State	1991	Braves	26th
	Tom	Truselo		RHP	Delcastle HS	1995	Cardinals	21st
	Randy	Truselo		RHP	Delcastle HS	2000	Rangers	2nd

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Alumni Presently Playing for Local Colleges and Universities:

School/Name		#	Position	Bat/Thrw	Ht	Wt	Legion Team	High School
University of Delaware
Nick	Ciaffre	23	OF/RHP	R/R	5'8"	160	Elsmere
Josh	Dean		INF				Post 28 Warriors	Indian River
Cris	Fols	15	C	R/R			Post 1
Adam	Poplos	19	INF	R/R	6'0"	175	Middletown Post 25
Scott	Shockley						Post 28 Warriors
Timothy	Szymanski	26	INF/RHP	R/R	5'11"	205	Elsmere
Andrew	Young		C				Newark Post 10
Delaware State University
Christopher-CJ	Bell	9	DH/INF	R/R	6'0"	185	Post 28 Warriors
Duke
Andrew	Bentley	12	1B				Newark Post 10
Penn State University
Kevin	O'Connor	16	OF				Newark Post 10
High Point University
Brett	Cracco	1	INF	R/R	6'1"	165	Middletown Post 25
Salisbury University
Bill	Morton	15	P, OF				Newark Post 10
Temple University
Luke	Peterson		INF/OF	R/R			Post 1
West Virginia University
Jason	Ballance	9	OF/INF	L/L	5'7'	135	Middletown Post 25
Sun Valley College
Jarad	Carney	9	INF	R/R			Delvets
Wesley College
Andrew	Baczkowski	25	RHP	R/R			Delvets
Tyler	Burns		1B	R/R			Fox Post 2
Mike	Casale	28	RHP/1st	R/R	6'1"	205	Post 28 Warriors
Billy	Crowe		C	R/R			Post 1
Dominic	Gatto		RHP	R/R			Fox Post 2
Bryan	Jennings	13	LHP	L/L			Post 1
Kyle	McQuire		RHP	R/R			Fox Post 2
James	Overstreet		RHP	R/R			Fox Post 2
John	Passwaters		RHP	R/R			Post 6 Patriots
Colin	Warner		RHP	R/R	6'1"	200	Post 28 Warriors
Wilmington College
Jordan	Oncay	14	P, OF				Newark Post 10
Evan	Zechman	13	3B				Newark Post 10
Dean College
R. Ryan	Gerlitz	16	OF/RHP	S/R	6'4"	205	Middletown Post 25
Delaware Tech
Christopher	Shipmon	23	1st/OF	R/R	6'2"	235	Middletown Post 25

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The DBCA Blue-Gold Game:
The Delaware Blue-Gold game is an All Star game for High School Seniors who are All Conference or better. It is played after the school season is over, and features the best baseball talent in Delaware in a single game matchup that began in 1978. It is now played at Frawley Stadium, Wilmington's minor league baseball facility. The Gold team leads the series, 13-11 with 3 ties. [From the DBCA Web Site]

Blue-Gold MVP's who have played Legion Baseball:

2007 Brian Perkins (Newark) Stahl Post 30

2006 A J Subach (Dickinson) Post 1/Tyler Townsend (Cape Henlopen) - Post 8

2005 Brandon Scott (Dickinson) Post 1

2004 Andrew Lamberton (Seaford) - Post 6 Patriots

2001 Brett Urban (William Penn) Stahl Post 30

2000 Travis Timmons (Sussex Central) Post 6 Patriots

1998 Andy Fox (Brandywine) R.C. Dupont Post 18

1997 Tony Brown (A.I. DuPont) Del Vets

1996 John Ohliger (Tatnall) Post 1

1994 Brian August (St. Mark's) Post 1

1993 Jason Thomas (St. Mark's) Newark/Jason Hackett (Caravel) Post 1

1991 Harry Hurley (Christiana) Post 1

1988 Pedro Swann (St. Mark's) Stahl Post 30

1986 Dave Birch (Archmere) Hall Burke

1984 Dave Barracough (Howard HS) Hall Burke

1979 Lou Diamico (Wilmington HS) Post 1

Blue-Gold Participants [begining in 2008]

Delvets Post 1 -Blue 2008: Mike Godwin (A.I. Dupont), Tim Rosser (Salesianum), Mike Reardon (Salesianum), Harrison Grube (A.I. Dupont), Gold 2008: T.J. Dodd (Friends)

Post 6 Patriots - Gold 2008: Lance Kelly (Laurel)

R.C. Dupont Post 18 - Gold 2008: Garrett Lyons (Tower Hill) and Steve Collins (Archmere)

Newark Post 10 - Blue 2008: Andrew Young (Newark), Bill Morton (Newark) Jordan Oncay (St. Mark's)

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Team Alumni In Other Fields:

Delvets:

Mark Creasey - Mt. Pleasant High School - USNA [1990] Navy Commander, Commanding Officer of a P-3 Squadron and instructor pilot. He has rotated between NAS Jax and NAS Whidby Island. He has deployed aboard USS George Washington as a "shooter" - Mt. Pleasant High School.

John Creasey - Mt. Pleasant High School. - University of Virginia [1990]. John has recently transferred from the Space Shuttle program to the Mars Landing program.- Mt. Pleasant High School.

ABH1 AW/SW Matthew Stephen Witkowski - Career Member U.S. Navy - presently on his 5th tour in Iraq.

Post 18 R.C. DuPont

Mark Sordi - (1987-89) Bucknell - Medical doctor in the Lewes/Rehobeth beach area for elderly people. As a primary care doctor for older patients.
Bob Stevens - Past chaiman DE American Legion Baseball, 54 Years as an Umpire in New Castle County.

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Our Thanks to the following for providing information on past players: DEBCA, Wilmington News Journal,
and coaches/umpires: Zach Carter, Don Keister, Don Kimsey, Mearl Layton, Tim Skirvin, Merrill Yocum, Gary Waller, Stan Witkowski

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