2018 Baseball Roster

22 Charlie Ruegger

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 218
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Morris Plains, N.J.
  • High School Whippany Park
  • Major Quantitative Finance

Biography

Coach Aldins says: "Chuck is our most versatile pitcher. After a dominant season as our "closer" in 2017, he is now transitioning into a starters role this spring. Possessing dominant "stuff" that he showcased this summer in the highly competitive Coastal Plain League, Charlie has the ability to be one of the top pitchers in all of Division III."

2018: drafted by the New York Yankees in the 33rd Round (997th overall selection) of the Major League Baseball 1st Year Player Draft...ABCA/Rawlings New York 1st Team All-Region...D3Baseball.com New York 2nd Team All-Region...Empire 8 Pitcher of the Year...Empire 8 1st Team All-Conference... Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player to Watch...National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division III National Pitcher of the Week, D3baseball.com Team of the Week, Empire 8 Pitcher of the Week (3/26-4/1)...posted a 8-2 record with a 2.58 E.R.A. with 97 strikeouts over 80.1 innings...led team in E.R.A., wins, strikeouts, innings, shutouts (1), and complete games (3)...limited hitters to a .233 batting average...had a solid start (5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, ER, 7 K, 2 BB, HBP) vs. Kean (2/17)…picked up a tough-luck loss in 3.2 innings of relief (3 H, R, 0 ER, 3 K, 3 BB) vs. #36 Rowan (2/28)…earned the win (7.0 IP, 14 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 K, 2 BB, 3 HBP) vs. #17/#12 Johns Hopkins (3/11)…no-decision in quality start (7.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 K, 2 BB, 2 HBP) vs. Emory (3/16)…suffered a tough-luck loss (6.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 9 K, 2 BB, 3 HBP) in the 1st game of a conference doubleheader vs. Ithaca (3/25)…was dominant in a complete game shutout victory (9.0 IP, H, 15 K, 0 BB) in a conference game vs. SUNY-Canton (3/30)…earned the win (6.0 IP, 6 H, R, ER, 6 K, BB) in the 1st game of a conference doubleheader vs. Elmira (4/5)…complete game win (7.0 IP, 7 H, R, ER, 9 K, 0 BB) in the 1st game of a conference doubleheader vs. St. John Fisher (4/13)…picked up the win in relief (3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 5 K, BB, HBP) vs. Misericordia (4/18)…2.0 innings of relief (2 H, R, ER, 2 K, BB) in the 1st game of a non-conference doubleheader vs. SUNY-Oneonta (4/21)…picked up the win (6.1 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 7 K, BB) in the 1st game of a conference doubleheader vs. Utica (4/28)…earned a win in a gem of an outing (8.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 8 K, 2 BB, 3 HBP) vs. #27 St. John Fisher (5/4)…complete game gem (9.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 12 K, 4 BB, 3 HBP) vs. Houghton in the opening game of the Empire 8 Tournament (5/10).


2017: Honorable Mention Empire 8 All-Conference…appeared in 20 games, all out of the bullpen, recording a 2-1 mark with a 4.30 E.R.A. over 37.2 innings...led team in appearances (20) and saves (8)...0.2 innings of scoreless relief (0 H, BB, K) vs. Drew (2/22)…worked a scoreless inning (0 H, 2 K, BB) vs. #16/20 TCNJ (3/7)…picked up a 2-inning save (H, 0 R, 2 K, 2 BB) vs. #40/19 Johns Hopkins (3/12)…earned the save (2.0 IP, H, 0 R, 3 K, 0 BB) vs. New Paltz (3/19)…picked up the win (1.0 IP, 2 H, R, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB) in the 1st game of a doubleheader vs. Houghton (3/25)…picked up the save along with a strikeout in a perfect inning’s of work vs. Ithaca (4/1)…earned a save (2.0 IP, 3 H, R, ER, 3 K, 0 BB) vs. Ramapo (4/5)…recorded a save (1.0 IP, 4 H, R, ER, 0 K, 0 BB) in the 1st game of a doubleheader vs. SUNY-Canton (4/8)…earned a two-inning save and collected a strikeout while not allowing a baserunner vs. #12/11 Alvernia (4/9)…3.0 scoreless innings (2 H, K, 3 BB) vs. Elmira (4/15)…0.1 innings (H, 0 R, 0 K, 0 BB) vs. Misericordia (4/19)…earned the save (2.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, K, 0 BB) vs. Utica (4/22)…picked up the win in a gutsy performance (7.0 IP, 5 H, R, 0 ER, 3 K, 0 BB) in the 2nd game of a doubleheader vs. #22/15 St. John Fisher (4/29)…retired the only two batters he faced to pick up a save in an Empire 8 Tournament game vs. #22/14 St. John Fisher (5/11)…no-decision in 5.0 innings (3 H, 2 R, ER, 3 K, 0 BB) in an Empire 8 Tournament game vs. Ithaca (5/12).

2016: pitched a perfect scoreless inning with two strikeouts vs. TCNJ (3/8)...had a solid outing in relief (2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K, BB) vs. SUNY-Canton (3/26)...picked up the win his his first collegiate start (5.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, ER, 8 K, 0 BB) in the 2nd game of a conference doubleheader vs. Utica (3/30)...hurled a perfect scoreless inning vs. Vassar (4/16)...had a scoreless inning (H, 2 K, 0 BB) in the 2nd game of a conference doubleheader vs. Houghton (4/30).

High School: National Honor Society member...played for coach Jeff Kleinbaum at Whippany Park High School...captained his team and lead them to a conference championship and county and sectional semifinals appearances, and a 17-6 overall record...14-4 overall career varsity record with a 1.93 E.R.A…First-Team All-Conference, All-Academic Team, First-Team All-Area, and Second-Team All-Group… Perfect Game Preseason Northeast Region All-High School Honorable Mention…played summer ball for coach Joel Burgos of the BPE Titans...attended several Perfect Game Tournaments, including the World Wood Bat Championship in Georgia…also played basketball for two seasons at Whippany Park.

Personal: son of Colleen and Charlie Ruegger...has a younger brother, Patrick...planning on majoring in Quantitative Finance…picked Stevens because of the great education, the amazing opportunities that it provides, the location and proximity to New York City, and the chance to play college baseball...top MLB team and player are the New York Mets and Jacob deGrom...favorite book is Freakonomics...top movie is The Other Guys...lists technology and video games as his favorite hobbies.

Summer Collegiate Baseball: will be competing for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters of the Northwoods League in summer 2018...named Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night (6/27)...played his 2017 summer baseball for the Forest City Owls (S.C.) of the prestigious Coastal Plain League and was one of the team's starting pitchers...pitched for the Pequannock Patriots of the Morris Majors League (N.J.) in summer 2016.

 
PITCHING
Year APP-GS ERA W-L SV IP H R ER BB SO
2016 8-1 4.20 1-0 0 15.0 19 9 7 7 18
2017 20-1 4.30 2-1 8 37.2 45 22 18 10 27
2018 13-10     2.58 8-2 0 80.1 70 26 23 21 97
Totals 41-12 3.25 11-3 8 133.0 134 57 48 38 142

Statistics

Season:
2018

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2016First-Year

    RHP
    6'6" 185 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2017Sophomore

    RHP
    6'5" 203 lbs
    33
  • 22

    2018Junior

    RHP
    6'6" 218 lbs
    22