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2022 Baseball

5 Ben Gbur

5 Ben Gbur

  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    205
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hilliard, Ohio
  • High School:
    Hilliard Darby
  • Position:
    OF/P
  • Major:
    Mathematics

Summary

Biography

2022: Earned prestigious ABCA Gold Glove award, becoming second player in program history to earn the honor … Lone four-year college player to earn ABCA Gold Glove Award and first-team ABCA All-America honors in 2022 … Became the program’s fourth first-team ABCA All-American outfielder … One of nine players in Div. III to earn an ABCA Gold Glove … ABCA first-team all-region, D3baseball.com third-team all-region, and first-team All-NCAC selection … Broke NCAC and Wooster single-season records with 83 runs, a total that is tied for the sixth-most in single-season NCAA Div. III history … Became the first player in program history with over 80 hits and over 80 runs in a single season and just the fourth player to have at least 75 in both statistical categories … Ranked third nationally in runs, eighth nationally in hits, and seventh nationally with 22 doubles … Clubbed a career-high 15 home runs, the 15th-most in Div. III in 2022 … Totaled 156 bases, the sixth-most nationally … Led the NCAC in hits, runs, doubles, home runs, and total bases … Hit .367 (83-for-226) on the year and also had 27 walks, 24 stolen bases, and three triples … Had the fourth-most hits in single-season program history and broke Wooster’s single-season record for at bats … Only had one error in 167 chances, tracking down numerous fly balls that very few in Div. III can get to … One of the premier outfield arms in the country regardless of collegiate level … Saw a significantly expanded role as a pitcher, going 1-2 with five saves and a 5.33 ERA in 25 1/3 innings … Made 13 pitching appearances and struck out 26 … Allowed 16 runs on 20 hits and held the opposition to a .213 average … Named to the Salisbury Super Regional and NCAC All-Tournament teams … Upped All-America candidacy with solid postseason … Hit .414 (14-for-34) with 13 runs, 12 RBI, and five home runs over eight NCAA games … Went 6-for-14 with four runs, four RBI, a double, triple, and home run at Salisbury Super Regional (May 29) … Exploded for a 8-for-15 showing at Alton Regional with nine runs, eight RBI, and four home runs … Had two homers in elimination game against Crown (May 22), a game in which Scots hit eight round-trippers … Torched Heidelberg (April 24) to the tune of a 4-for-5 game with six RBI, five runs scored, and an inside-the-park home run … Logged three saves at NCAC Tournament and worked 5 2/3 scoreless innings over the three outings … Went three scoreless innings with five strikeouts against Wittenberg (May 12), 1 2/3 scoreless innings against DePauw (May 13), and fired a scoreless frame against Denison (May 15) … Closed out Alton Regional with two scoreless innings against Bethel (May 23) in winner-take-all game … Earned fifth save at national runner-up Salisbury (May 29) with two scoreless innings.

2021: One of a NCAC-leading eight Scots to make the all-conference squad … Started all 38 games in center field … Hit .324 (45-for-139) … Led the Scots in RBI (45), runs (43), steals (18), home runs (8), and triples (5) … Led the NCAC in runs and was second in RBI … NCAC Hitter of the Week on April 12 following Allegheny (April 7, April 10) series … Went 5-for-12 with nine RBI, five runs, four stolen bases, two homers, two walks, and a triple during four-game set with the Gators … Logged Wooster’s 17th game with multiple triples against Case Western Reserve (May 16) and helped the Scots set a new single-game program record with five … Hit one of Wooster’s eight homers at Hiram (April 4), with that marking the third most homers in single-game program history … That dinger started a stretch of four consecutive games with a home run … Tops on the team with 14 multi-RBI games and had seven games with at least three.

2020: Started six games in the outfield … Hit .333 (9-for-27) with four runs, four RBI, three doubles, and a triple … One of the keys in win over Mideast Region rival Marietta (March 14) … Went 3-for-6 with two RBI and a triple against Marietta … Opened the year with two hits, one of which was a two-bagger against Case Western Reserve (March 1).

2019: Emerged as Wooster’s top newcomer, evidenced by playing in 35 games and starting 31 … Batted .308 (37-for-120) with 30 runs, 18 RBI, and three homers … Made eight appearances on the bump, and was 0-1 with a 8.31 ERA in 8 2/3 innings … Logged a pair of four-RBI games, with the first of those coming versus Denison (May 9) in the NCAC Tournament … Was 2-for-2 with a homer and two runs scored against the Big Red … Other four-RBI game came at the Wooster Regional … Went 3-for-5 with four RBI, two runs scored, and homer versus Rochester (May 18) in an elimination game … Had nine multi-hit games … Fired a scoreless inning of relief versus Mid-Atlantic Region power Johns Hopkins (March 16) and followed that up with a scoreless frame versus North Central (March 20).

Prior to Wooster: Two-time all-district honoree while prepping for Chris Fugitt at Hilliard Darby High School … Ohio Capital Conference Player of the Year as a senior … Helped team to district championship as a junior and part of a program that won four consecutive conference titles.

Personal: Born March 8, 2000 … Parents are Andy and Julie Gbur … Mathematics major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2019First-Year

    OF/P
    6'5" 185 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2020Sophomore

    OF/P
    6'5" 195 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021Junior

    OF/P
    6'5" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Senior

    OF/P
    6'5" 205 lbs
    5