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Six Leaguers Taken In MLB Draft
Created: 6/5/2002 1:20:53 PM
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Four Ivy League pitchers were selected on the first day of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. Harvard's Ben Crockett (Topsfield, Mass.) headlines the list of draftees after being selected by the Colorado Rockies as the 81st overall pick in the third round, making it the third straight year that an Ivy League pitcher has been selected in the third. In 2000, Princeton's Chris Young was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and last year, Jon Steitz of Yale, was drafted 88th by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Crockett, who set the Harvard record for strikeouts in a game (17), season (117) and career (263), was named Ivy League Co-Pitcher of the Year and was an unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection by the League's coaches this season. He helped the Crimson to an Ivy League championship and the automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
In 2001, Crockett was selected in the 10th round of the draft by the Boston Red Sox. He chose to return to Harvard and was named the captain of the 2002 squad. He finished the season with a 2.79 ERA, striking out 117 batters and awarding only 15 free passes in 84 innings of work.
Crockett is the second Harvard graduate in recent years to be associated with the Colorado Rockies. Mike Hill '93, Director of Player Development for the Rockies, was a former captain of the Harvard baseball team.
The Anaheim Angels selected Yale senior lefthander Matt McCarthy (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) in the 21st round. McCarthy, an honorable mention selection in the last two seasons, led the Eli staff in wins this season with four. He also finished first in strikeouts with 45 in 49 2/3 innings.
Cornell's Erik Rico (Miami, Fla.) was drafted in the 22nd round by the Toronto Blue Jays. Rico, the 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year, finished third in the League with a .380 batting average, fourth in total hits (57), second in triples (8), third in home runs (11) and second in total bases (116).
After selecting McCarthy in the 21st, Anaheim stayed with the Ivy League, selecting Princeton left-hander Scott Hindman (Inverness, Ill.) in the 22nd. Hindman, who saw limited action last season, pitched a total of seven innings, striking out 13 batters and allowing just two hits.
Two more Ivy Leaguers were selected on the second and final day of the draft as Princeton shortstop Patrick Boran (Pottsville, Pa.) was taken by the Boston Red Sox in the 24th round and Yale pitcher Craig Breslow (Trumbull, Conn.) was chosen by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 26th round.
Boran hit .312 with 11 extra-base hits for the Gehrig Division champion Tigers while Breslow was the League's hard-luck starter. Despite leading the Ivies with 2.56 ERA, Breslow was just 1-5 as a senior.
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