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2013 St. Bonaventure Baseball

6 Billy Urban

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Cleveland, Ohio
  • High School Gilmour Academy
  • Position 3B/RHP

Biography

Career Overview | Career Stats
Three-time Academic Atlantic 10 All-Conference Team  …A-10 First Team selection in 2013 … A-10 All-Rookie Teampick in 2010 … Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American… career ranks all-time in St. Bonaventure history: hits(241, 3rd), RBI (158, 2nd), doubles (46, T-3rd), batting average(.337, 10th), at bats (716, 3rd), runs scored (128, 6th), hit bypitch (30, 2nd), saves (nine, T-2nd). 

As A Senior(2013) | Game-By-Game Stats
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team andA-10 Academic All-Conference Team member …one of three players who started all 48 games … led the teamin RBI (35) and sacrifice flies (six) … the six sac flieswas tied for the most in the A-10 and 59th-most in the nation… finished second on the team with a .341 batting average… as a pitcher he had five saves, tied for the third-most ina single season in program history and ninth-most for the year byany A-10 pitcher … one of the toughest batters in nation tostrike out, finishing with more walks (12) than strike outs (nine)… struck out once every 20.2 at bats, making him theeighth-toughest batter in the country to strike out …finished second on the team with 62 hits … .341 battingaverage was eighth in the A-10 … 10 hit by pitches led theBonnies and ranked tied for 10th in the league … led SBU inA-10 games only with 15 runs scored and tied for the team lead indoubles (six) and home runs (one) … was second on the teamwith 19 multi-hit games … had nine multiple-RBI games, themost on the team … had a streak of reaching base safely in15 straight games and a nine-game hitting streak during the courseof the campaign.

As A Junior (2012) | Game-By-Game Stats
Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team member… played and started in all 48 games … hit ateam-leading .340 with 38 RBIs … first on team with 13doubles … second on team in both runs scored (38) and hits(64) … went 3-6 with six RBIs and two runs scored on March 1against Mount St. Mary’s … on the same day, he struckout three in 2.1 innings pitched for his first win of theseason.

As A Sophomore (2011) | Game-By-Game Stats
Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team pick… was one of four Bonnies to start in all 46 games… at the plate he hit .327 with 55 hits, threehome runs, 31 runs scored and a team high 41 RBI … againstSaint Louis on April 21, he went 4-4 with three RBI and a runscored … he made seven pitching appearances, posting a6.75 ERA in 6.2 innings … he struck out two batters againstWestern Michigan on March 1 and at Fordham April 10.

As A Freshman (2010) | Game-By-Game Stats
Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team selection …Louisville Slugger Freshman All American …started 45 games for the Bonnies … second on the team with a.337 batting average … hit three home runs, had 44 RBI,and scored another 30 runs … recorded a hit in 27 of theteam's final 30 games … went 3-for-6 with five RBI onApril 23 at Duquesne … also had an impact on the mound,making 14 relief appearances and recording a team-high foursaves … closed out 11 games and struck out 21 batters in18.1 innings of work … second-best ERA on the team (4.42)… struck out the side in his only inning of work on April 25at Duquesne.

High School
Four-year starter for Gilmour Academy at shortstop … batted.456 over four seasons with 109 runs scored, 147 hits, 28 doubles,nine home runs and 98 RBI … struck out just four times in322 career at-bats … named team MVP over final three seasonswhile serving as team captain for the final two … was athree-time Cuyahoga River Baseball All-Conference choice, includingthe Player of the Year in 2008, and a three-time All-NewsHerald first team selection … two-time All-District andAll-Ohio Division IV first team choice … hit .486 as asenior and was selected to the Cleveland vs. NY City SandlotAll-Star Series where he eventual earned MVP status of theCleveland team … biggest offensive season came in 2008 whenhe hit .449 with 36 runs scored, eight doubles and a career-high 40RBI … also started as the quarterback for the school’svarsity football team for two years and was named theAssociated Press All-Northeast Lakes District V OffensivePlayer of the Year as a senior … he served as the teamcaptain for the baseball, basketball and football teams in hisjunior and senior seasons.

Personal
Born July 23, 1990 … son of Bill and Carolyn Urban …has an older sister, Meagan, and a younger brother, Danny, who willjoin the Bonnies in 2013-14 … accounting major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2010Sophomore

    SS
    6'0" 180 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2011Sophomore

    3B/RHP
    6'0" 180 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2012Junior

    3B/RHP
    6'0" 180 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2013Senior

    3B/RHP
    6'0" 180 lbs
    6