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2019 Baseball Roster
Mooney, Sean
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Jersey Number 8
Sean Mooney
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- RHP
- Hometown:
- Marmora, N.J.
- High School:
- Ocean City
Bio
As a Junior (2019):
12th round pick (359th overall) of the Minnesota Twins… missed the final month and a half of the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery… wrapped his St. John’s career with a record of 21-6, good enough for fifth on the program’s all-time list… one of only three pitchers in St. John’s history alongside Frank Viola and George Brown to win at least 21 games with six or fewer losses… tied for fifth on the program’s career strikeouts list with 249… went 2-1 on the season with a 2.17 ERA in nine appearances, all of which were starts… compiled a 1.55 ERA in his first five no-decisions of the season… did not allow more than two earned runs in a single game until his final outing of the season… struck out 57 batters and surrendered 28 walks… left in line for the win at No. 3 UCLA after 5.2 innings, striking out eight Bruins in the process (Feb. 15)… picked up his first victory of the season at Western Carolina, striking out seven in five frames of work (Feb. 24)... struck out six in seven innings of one-run ball, but came up with a no-decision against San Diego (March 3)… gave up four hits and struck out seven in a five inning no-decision against UC Irvine (March 9)… fanned seven in six innings of one-run work and picked up his final collegiate victory against Hofstra (March 24)… surrendered one run in 4.1 innings at Saint Louis (March 31)… gave up eight runs, only one of which was earned, in his lone loss of the season at Butler, striking out nine in 5.2 frames (April 6)… struck out seven over four innings during his final collegiate appearance against Xavier (April 13).
As a Sophomore (2018):
An American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Second Team All-American… Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American… Perfect Game Third Team All-American… National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Second Team All-American… one of five finalists for the National Pitcher of the Year Award… unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection for the second-straight year… went 11-3 with a 2.56 ERA in 16 appearances, all of which were starts… tied the program record and became one of just three St. John’s players to win 11 games in a single season, joining Ryan McCormick (2015) and Tom Sowinski (1968)… struck out 104 and walked just 28 batters in 95.0 innings of work… his 104 strikeouts ranked eighth on the St. John’s single season record list… held opponents to a .211 batting average… played a part in three combined shutouts… opened the season by allowing just one run on two hits and striking out eight in five innings at Campbell (Feb. 16)… fanned a career-high 11 batters in six shutout innings against Monmouth in Cary, N.C. (Feb. 23)… improved to 3-0 on the year with five shutout frames at UC Davis (March 4)… struck out seven in seven innings of three-run ball to pick up the win in the Red Storm’s series opener with UConn, outdueling fellow USA Baseball Collegiate National Team member Tim Cate (March 16)… struck out eight in 5.1 scoreless innings at Binghamton (March 24)… struck out seven in 6.2 innings of three-run work at Minnesota (March 30)… allowed one run and struck out seven to open BIG EAST play at Villanova (April 6)… allowed just one hit and punched out eight in 6.2 innings of work against Creighton (April 13)… struck out seven in five frames of scoreless work against Georgetown (April 20)… won his ninth game of the year with six scoreless innings against Liberty (May 4)… struck out eight and surrendered two earned in six innings against Seton Hall, a no-decision ( May 11)… became the sixth player to reach double-digit wins in a single season with seven innings of two-run work against Butler (May 17)… earned win no. 11 on the year in the opening game of the BIG EAST Baseball Championship against Georgetown (May 24)… tossed 5.2 innings of two-run ball against Vanderbilt in the opening game of the NCAA Clemson Regional (June 1).
As a Freshman (2017):
BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year, only the second player in league history to garner both awards simultaneously… selected to USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team... a Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American… National Collegiate Baseball Writers Assocation (NCBWA) Third Team All-American... ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American... recognized as the National Freshman Pitcher of the Year by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA… a finalist for the College Baseball Foundation’s National Pitcher of the Year Award… ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region... named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the NCBWA, Baseball America, Perfect Game and D1Baseball... a two-time BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week and a six-time selection to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll… ranked in the top 10 nationally in both ERA (1.71) and WHIP (0.86)… complied an 8-2 record, including an 8-0 mark to start his career (1.10 ERA) before suffering a pair of setbacks in the postseason… struck out 88 batters with just 16 walks…. tossed 100.0 innings, the fourth-highest single-season total in program history… went seven innings or longer in nine of his 13 starts, including six outings of eight innings or longer and one complete game shutout… tallied an opponent batting average of just .196… exploded onto the scene in his first appearance as a member of the Red Storm, striking out seven 3.0 innings of no-hit relief against James Madison in Myrtle Beach (Feb. 18)… struck out two in 1.2 frames of shutout relief against Kansas State (Feb. 24)… played a key role in the Red Storm’s win over then-No. 7 North Carolina, striking out four in as many innings of relief against the Tar Heels at Boshamer Stadium, surrendering two earned runs (March 1)… made his first career start in stellar fashion at Liberty, striking out 10 in five frames while allowing no runs and surrendering just three hits and a walk (March 10)… allowed just one run and three hits in eight innings of work, striking out six and picking up his first collegiate win against Iona in Norfolk, Va. (March 17)… tallied the first complete game shutout by a Red Storm pitcher since 2015, allowing four hits and no walks over nine innings of work against Maine (March 25)… fanned seven in as many innings, allowing just one run and four hits to pick up his third-straight win against Hofstra (April 1)… struck out five in seven innings en route to a no decision at Creighton (April 7)… surrendered just one earned run and struck out seven in eight innings against Butler en route to his second-straight no decision (April 13)… got back in the win column against Fairleigh Dickinson, allowing just two hits and a walk over eight shutout frames (April 22)… struck out six in seven innings, allowing one run and improving to 5-0 against Seton Hall (April 28)… surrendered one run on three hits while striking out six a half-dozen at Georgetown (May 5)… registered his second double-digit strikeout game of the year, punching out 10 and walking none over 8.1 frames of work against Xavier (May 12)… tossed six shutout innings to improve to 8-0 on the year against Villanova (May 18)… suffered his first loss of the year in the BIG EAST Tournament opener against Xavier, allowing two earned runs over six innings of work (May 25)… failed to reach the five-inning plateau in a start for the first time in the first game of the Clemson Regional, picking up the loss against Vanderbilt (June 2).
At Ocean City High School:
A four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for the Red Raiders… played third and first base in addition to pitching… a two-time Second Team All-State selection, two-time All-South Jersey pick and three-time Cape Atlantic League All-Star… named the Courier Post Pitcher of the Year and a Max Preps Medium School All-American in 2016… finished his senior season with a 9-1 record with a 0.63 ERA, recording 102 strikeouts and surrendering just 11 walks… led the Red Raiders to a South Jersey Championship in 2016 and Cape Atlantic League Championships in 2013 and 2016.
Personal:
Sean Michael Mooney… born in Somers Point, N.J… son of Cyndy and Tom Mooney… has four younger siblings: Nicole, Jessie, Alyssa and Ryan… chose St. John’s for its great history and culture, the strong academics and proximity to family… lists his favorite sports memory as winning the South Jersey Championship his senior year of high school… lists his mother as the person he admires most and Derek Jeter as his favorite athlete… aspires to become a baseball scout or coach.
12th round pick (359th overall) of the Minnesota Twins… missed the final month and a half of the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery… wrapped his St. John’s career with a record of 21-6, good enough for fifth on the program’s all-time list… one of only three pitchers in St. John’s history alongside Frank Viola and George Brown to win at least 21 games with six or fewer losses… tied for fifth on the program’s career strikeouts list with 249… went 2-1 on the season with a 2.17 ERA in nine appearances, all of which were starts… compiled a 1.55 ERA in his first five no-decisions of the season… did not allow more than two earned runs in a single game until his final outing of the season… struck out 57 batters and surrendered 28 walks… left in line for the win at No. 3 UCLA after 5.2 innings, striking out eight Bruins in the process (Feb. 15)… picked up his first victory of the season at Western Carolina, striking out seven in five frames of work (Feb. 24)... struck out six in seven innings of one-run ball, but came up with a no-decision against San Diego (March 3)… gave up four hits and struck out seven in a five inning no-decision against UC Irvine (March 9)… fanned seven in six innings of one-run work and picked up his final collegiate victory against Hofstra (March 24)… surrendered one run in 4.1 innings at Saint Louis (March 31)… gave up eight runs, only one of which was earned, in his lone loss of the season at Butler, striking out nine in 5.2 frames (April 6)… struck out seven over four innings during his final collegiate appearance against Xavier (April 13).
As a Sophomore (2018):
An American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Second Team All-American… Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American… Perfect Game Third Team All-American… National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Second Team All-American… one of five finalists for the National Pitcher of the Year Award… unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection for the second-straight year… went 11-3 with a 2.56 ERA in 16 appearances, all of which were starts… tied the program record and became one of just three St. John’s players to win 11 games in a single season, joining Ryan McCormick (2015) and Tom Sowinski (1968)… struck out 104 and walked just 28 batters in 95.0 innings of work… his 104 strikeouts ranked eighth on the St. John’s single season record list… held opponents to a .211 batting average… played a part in three combined shutouts… opened the season by allowing just one run on two hits and striking out eight in five innings at Campbell (Feb. 16)… fanned a career-high 11 batters in six shutout innings against Monmouth in Cary, N.C. (Feb. 23)… improved to 3-0 on the year with five shutout frames at UC Davis (March 4)… struck out seven in seven innings of three-run ball to pick up the win in the Red Storm’s series opener with UConn, outdueling fellow USA Baseball Collegiate National Team member Tim Cate (March 16)… struck out eight in 5.1 scoreless innings at Binghamton (March 24)… struck out seven in 6.2 innings of three-run work at Minnesota (March 30)… allowed one run and struck out seven to open BIG EAST play at Villanova (April 6)… allowed just one hit and punched out eight in 6.2 innings of work against Creighton (April 13)… struck out seven in five frames of scoreless work against Georgetown (April 20)… won his ninth game of the year with six scoreless innings against Liberty (May 4)… struck out eight and surrendered two earned in six innings against Seton Hall, a no-decision ( May 11)… became the sixth player to reach double-digit wins in a single season with seven innings of two-run work against Butler (May 17)… earned win no. 11 on the year in the opening game of the BIG EAST Baseball Championship against Georgetown (May 24)… tossed 5.2 innings of two-run ball against Vanderbilt in the opening game of the NCAA Clemson Regional (June 1).
As a Freshman (2017):
BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year, only the second player in league history to garner both awards simultaneously… selected to USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team... a Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American… National Collegiate Baseball Writers Assocation (NCBWA) Third Team All-American... ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American... recognized as the National Freshman Pitcher of the Year by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA… a finalist for the College Baseball Foundation’s National Pitcher of the Year Award… ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region... named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the NCBWA, Baseball America, Perfect Game and D1Baseball... a two-time BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week and a six-time selection to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll… ranked in the top 10 nationally in both ERA (1.71) and WHIP (0.86)… complied an 8-2 record, including an 8-0 mark to start his career (1.10 ERA) before suffering a pair of setbacks in the postseason… struck out 88 batters with just 16 walks…. tossed 100.0 innings, the fourth-highest single-season total in program history… went seven innings or longer in nine of his 13 starts, including six outings of eight innings or longer and one complete game shutout… tallied an opponent batting average of just .196… exploded onto the scene in his first appearance as a member of the Red Storm, striking out seven 3.0 innings of no-hit relief against James Madison in Myrtle Beach (Feb. 18)… struck out two in 1.2 frames of shutout relief against Kansas State (Feb. 24)… played a key role in the Red Storm’s win over then-No. 7 North Carolina, striking out four in as many innings of relief against the Tar Heels at Boshamer Stadium, surrendering two earned runs (March 1)… made his first career start in stellar fashion at Liberty, striking out 10 in five frames while allowing no runs and surrendering just three hits and a walk (March 10)… allowed just one run and three hits in eight innings of work, striking out six and picking up his first collegiate win against Iona in Norfolk, Va. (March 17)… tallied the first complete game shutout by a Red Storm pitcher since 2015, allowing four hits and no walks over nine innings of work against Maine (March 25)… fanned seven in as many innings, allowing just one run and four hits to pick up his third-straight win against Hofstra (April 1)… struck out five in seven innings en route to a no decision at Creighton (April 7)… surrendered just one earned run and struck out seven in eight innings against Butler en route to his second-straight no decision (April 13)… got back in the win column against Fairleigh Dickinson, allowing just two hits and a walk over eight shutout frames (April 22)… struck out six in seven innings, allowing one run and improving to 5-0 against Seton Hall (April 28)… surrendered one run on three hits while striking out six a half-dozen at Georgetown (May 5)… registered his second double-digit strikeout game of the year, punching out 10 and walking none over 8.1 frames of work against Xavier (May 12)… tossed six shutout innings to improve to 8-0 on the year against Villanova (May 18)… suffered his first loss of the year in the BIG EAST Tournament opener against Xavier, allowing two earned runs over six innings of work (May 25)… failed to reach the five-inning plateau in a start for the first time in the first game of the Clemson Regional, picking up the loss against Vanderbilt (June 2).
At Ocean City High School:
A four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for the Red Raiders… played third and first base in addition to pitching… a two-time Second Team All-State selection, two-time All-South Jersey pick and three-time Cape Atlantic League All-Star… named the Courier Post Pitcher of the Year and a Max Preps Medium School All-American in 2016… finished his senior season with a 9-1 record with a 0.63 ERA, recording 102 strikeouts and surrendering just 11 walks… led the Red Raiders to a South Jersey Championship in 2016 and Cape Atlantic League Championships in 2013 and 2016.
Personal:
Sean Michael Mooney… born in Somers Point, N.J… son of Cyndy and Tom Mooney… has four younger siblings: Nicole, Jessie, Alyssa and Ryan… chose St. John’s for its great history and culture, the strong academics and proximity to family… lists his favorite sports memory as winning the South Jersey Championship his senior year of high school… lists his mother as the person he admires most and Derek Jeter as his favorite athlete… aspires to become a baseball scout or coach.