PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania baseball program is pleased to announce six new members to its Hall of Fame. These six—five former players and one former coach—will be inducted during the Penn Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Dinner on the Diamond event, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Oct. 6.
 
To register for this event, follow this link or visit [www.alumni.upenn.edu/pennbaseballhalloffame]. For more information about Dinner on the Diamond tickets and attendance, please contact Tim McLaughlin or John Latteri in the Penn Champions Club.
 
The 2018 Penn Baseball Hall of Fame inductees…
 
 
Tom Grandieri, C'10
  *2010 Ivy League Player of the Year
  *2010 Blair Bat recipient (best batting average among Ivy League players, .458)
  *First-team All-Ivy (2010 – UNANIMOUS)
  *Second-team All-Ivy (2009)
  *In 2010 led Ivy League in hits (38), RBI (25), runs (25), doubles (13), and total bases (63)
  *In 2009 led Ivy League in doubles (13)
  *Had 38 Ivy League hits in 2010, second in Ivy history (Brown's Matt Kutler had 39 in 2005)
  *Had 83 Ivy League AB in 2010, tied for third in Ivy history
  *Second all-time among Penn players in runs scored in Ivy play in a season (league-leading 25 in 2010)
  *Had 71 total hits in 2010, tied for fourth in Ivy League history for most hits in a season
  *Holds the Ivy League record for doubles in a season (22 in 2010)
  *Tied (twice) the Ivy League record for doubles in an Ivy League season (13 in 2009 and 2010)
  *T-3rd among Ivy League players for total bases in an Ivy League season (63 in 2010)
PENN RECORD BOOK (CAREER) – played three seasons at Penn
  *T-first in doubles (49)
  *Ninth in hits (163)
  *Ninth in total bases (256)
  *T-ninth in runs (104)
  *Tenth in BA (.360)
PENN RECORD BOOK (SEASON)
  *First in AB (178 in 2010)
  *First in hits (71 in 2010)
  *First in doubles (22 In 2010), t-fourth in doubles (19 in 2009)
  *First in total bases (116 in 2010)
  *Sixth in runs (45 in 2010), t-tenth in runs (42 in 2009)
  *T-sixth in RBI (46 in 2010)
 
 
Nate Moffie, C'05
  *Two-time first-team All-Ivy (2003, 2004 – UNANIMOUS)
  *Second-team All-Ivy (2005)
  *In 2003 tied for Ivy League lead in hits (31)
PENN RECORD BOOK (CAREER)
  *Third in total bases (284)
  *Fourth in hits (183)
  *Fifth in runs (121)
  *Eighth in doubles (36)
  *Eighth in games played (151)
  *T-ninth in home runs (17)
 
 
Todd Roth, C'10
  *2007 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
  *First-team All-Ivy (2007)
PENN RECORD BOOK (CAREER)
  *Third in strikeouts (201)
  *Third in appearances (50)
  *Fifth in innings pitched (237.0)
PENN RECORD BOOK (SEASON)
  *T-fifth in complete games (7 in 2007)
 
 
Bill Wagner
  *Pitching coach for 34 years
  *Penn had the lowest team ERA in the nation in 1988 (2.72)
  *Coached five EIBL title teams (1975, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995)
  *Coached three NCAA wins (one each in 1988, 1989, 1990)
  *Coached four Ivy League Pitchers of the Year
     (Doug Smidt in 1988, Craig Connolly in 1989 and 1990, Ed Haughey in 1995)
  *Had 15 pitchers earn a total of 22 All-Ivy honors
  *Six of Penn's seven no-hitters all-time happened under his watch
 
 
Dan Williams, C'11
  *Two-time first-team All-Ivy (2010, 2011)
  *Two-time second-team All-Ivy (2008, 2009)
   *Scored 51 runs in 2010, a Penn record and t-5th among Ivy League players
PENN RECORD BOOK (CAREER)
  *First in hits (204)
  *First in games played (161)
  *Second in total bases (296)
  *Third in doubles (42)
  *T-sixth in RBI (109)
PENN RECORD BOOK (SEASON)
  *First in runs (51 in 2010)
  *Fifth in hits (64 in 2010)
  *Eighth in AB (166 (2010)
  *11th in total bases (94 in 2010)
 
 
Bill Wissler, C'92
  *Member of Penn's 1989 and 1990 Ivy League championship teams
  *Mainly a reliever, won seven games and struck out 115 batters over three seasons
  *Had 55 K's in 60.2 innings in 1991
  *Drafted in 11th round of 1991 MLB Draft by the Twins, left Penn
  *Cape Cod League Hall of Fame inductee in 2011