Baseball Has Record Breaking Season

The varsity baseball team had a record-breaking 2019 season with several individual and team records being set by the Panthers.

Stockbridge went 22-17 overall on the season and finished 11-7 on the GLAC. The 39 total games was a Stockbridge baseball record as well as the 22 victories.

Alex Rose led the Panthers by setting several records on the mound and at the plate. He earned 1st Team All-GLAC Honors as well as 1st Team All-District. He recorded 23 doubles this season which puts him in the MHSAA baseball record books tied for fifth for doubles in a season and set the school record with 62 hits on the year. He also set records for RBI’s in a season and career, runs scored in a season and career, stolen bases in a season and career, as well as other records. He set a school record with 10 victories on the mound, strikeouts in a season (118) and in a game (17), and career (195).

Daniel Ballagh also earned 1st Team All-GLAC and All-District Honors. He also earned Academic All-District and Regional Honors. He holds the Panthers records with a hit by pitches in a season with 13 and 34 for a career, which is 20th All-Time in the MHSAA.

Brody Canfield earned Academic All-State Honors. He was also named to the Academic All-District and Region teams and earned 2nd Team All-GLAC Honors.

Gage Place was a four year player for the Panthers and finished with school record with 126 games played in a career, plate appearances in a career (396), and singles in a career with 88.

The team handed out several team awards for the season.

Rose was named the MVP and earned the Silver Slugger award with a .466 average.

Gold Glove Award went to Place and Ballagh.

Ballagh was given in the Grant Whitaker Leadership Through Character Award. The award is given annually to a Stockbridge baseball player who honor’s Grant’s memory of his dedication to service in the community and surrounding areas through his humble and respectful interactions with everyone he met.

Best Relief Pitcher went to Aiden Trost, while Canfield earned the Comeback Player of the Year. The Clemente Award went to Kaleb Adkins and the Coaches Award to Pete Loso.