John MacCauley - Baseball - University of Evansville Athletics

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Career Numbers at Butler University

9-8, 7.79 ERA, 49 APP, 12 GS, 1 SV, 106.1 IP, 120 H, 105 R, 92 ER, 92 BB, 90 K, .291 BAvg Against
Longest Career Outing: 5.1 IP – twice (last vs. Eastern Illinois on 4/3/22)
Most Strikeouts: 6 – twice (last at Evansville on 3/21/21)

2022 (At Butler Univ.)

Pitched for former UE head coach Dave Schrage at Butler
Tied for the team lead with 17 appearances, with four starts in his fifth year with the program
Went 3-4 on the mound with a 10.32 ERA, striking out 29 batters in 41 innings
Made his season debut at Murray State, giving up four runs (three earned) on five hits in 3.0 innings of relief (2/19/22)
Earned his first win of the year at Jackson State, throwing two scoreless innings in relief (2/25/22)
Threw a season-high 5.1 innings and 91 pitches in his first start vs. Eastern Illinois (4/3/22), scattering one run on four hits in a no-decision
Started against Evansville (4/12/22) and took the loss in UE’s 11-1 victory, as he gave up three-run home runs to current teammate Mark Shallenberger and current volunteer assistant Evan Berkey in the third inning
Earned wins against Western Illinois (3/13/22) and Northern Kentucky (4/19/22)
Ended his Butler career earning a save over Seton Hall, needing one pitch to record the final out (5/21/22)

2021 (At Butler Univ.)

Made 11 appearances, with six starts
Went 3-3 on the mound with a 6.21 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 37.2 innings of work
Struck out a season-high six batters over four no-hit innings in his first start vs. DePauw (3/9/21) to earn his first win of the year
Matched his season-high strikeout total with six in a start at Evansville (3/21/21); in that game, he gave up a triple and double to former Ace Kenton Crews, who hit for the cycle that day
Tossed 2.2 innings of scoreless, hitless relief against Valparaiso, striking out three to earn a win (3/26/21)
Longest outing of the season went 5.1 innings at Seton Hall (4/10/21)
Threw a season-high 111 pitches in a start vs. Villanova (4/25/21) to earn his third win of the season

2020 (At Butler Univ.)

Made three appearances out of the bullpen
Ended the year 1-0 on the mound with a 2.57 ERA, striking out five in 7.0 innings of
Best outing came at Evansville, when he held UE scoreless and hitless over 2.0 innings of relief work, while striking out three men at Bosse Field in downtown Evansville (2/29/20)
Also tossed a season-high 2.2 scoreless innings at UCF, allowing just a single while striking out two (3/8/20)

2019 (At Butler Univ.)

Earned a medical redshirt after being limited to three appearances due to injury
Pitched a perfect ninth inning in his season-debut against Rider (2/16/19)
Lone start came in a midweek contest at Indiana (2/27/19), where he struck out a season-high five batters while surrendering three runs (two earned) on two hits in 2.1 innings of work
Also pitched against Hofstra (3/3/19)
Went 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA in 4.0 innings of work

2018 (At Butler Univ.)

Made 15 appearances, with one start as a true freshman
Went 2-0 on the mound with a 6.48 ERA in 16.2 innings of work
Made his collegiate debut at UNCW, tossing 0.2 innings scoreless (2/17/18)
Earned his first collegiate victory the next day against Eastern Kentucky, throwing one scoreless inning of relief (2/18/18)
Tossed eight scoreless relief outings, including holding Indiana scoreless on two hits, while striking out three (3/30/18)
Longest outing of the season was 3.0 innings at Eastern Michigan (3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K – 5/15/18)
Struck out a season-best four men at St. John’s (5/25/18)
Pitching in relief against Indiana State, giving up two runs on four hits in 2.0 innings of work (5/1/18)

PREP

Earned four varsity letters in baseball at St. Mary under the direction of head coach Joey Wilson
Struck out 70 batters in just 41 innings of work as a senior
Ended the year with a 2.90 ERA as a senior
Helped his team as the designated hitter by batting .385 with a .569 slugging percentage
Two-time all-district and all-region selection
All-State honorable mention after his senior year
Also earned all-region honors in soccer
Played club ball for the Nashville Knights
Member of the National Honor Society
Academic All-State

PERSONAL

Full name is John Stephen MacCauley IV
Son of Shelly and Chris Bell and Francie and John MacCuley III
Has four siblings: Parker MacCauley, Sam Bell, Jack Bell and Carrie Bell
Pursuing his Master's of Science in Leadership at UE
His father, John III, is a member of the UE Athletics Hall of Fame and pitched at UE from 1989 through 1992
His father, John III, was named the Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year in 1991 and earned ABCA All-America honors
His father, John III, was a two-time MLB draftee at Evansville and played two years in the Oakland Athletics organization
His grandfather, John Sr., is also in the UE Athletics Hall of Fame as the longtime men’s basketball public address announcer for the UE men’s basketball team at Roberts Stadium (both John Sr. and John III were inducted into the UE Hall of Fame in 2013)
Played soccer and basketball growing up, and lists basketball as his second-best sport
Favorite food is anything Italian
Wants to become a developer and a home builder after his baseball days are done
Lists golf as his hidden talent

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