Baseball

The Saint John’s baseball program has a tradition of success. Competing in Massachusetts’ highest division, the program has won four state championships - most recently in 2017.

In 2015, 2016, and  2017, the Pioneers were selected for the MIAA Division 1A Super 8 Invitational - winning the Super 8 championship in 2017.  The team has also competed in 6 Division 1 State Championship games -- winning the D1 State Championship 3 times.  Since 1990, the team has won 20 League Championships and 8 District Championships. 

Saint John's plays in the Central Mass Conference and schedules games against top teams from around the state. The regular season schedule has 22 games followed by participation in one of the MIAA post-season tournaments.  

The Pioneers field three baseball teams: varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen.  There are two baseball fields for practices and games.  The varsity field features professional style in-ground dugouts, a stadium style seating concourse, mens & womens bathrooms, and an electronic scoreboard. Other facilities include indoor and outdoor batting cages and indoor pitching mounds.

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• Charlie Eppinger, Head Coach… 2017 team won the D1A Super 8 State Championship and a school record 23 games ... '15 & '16 teams also selected for the Super 8 ... '09, '11 District Champions; '09 State Finalists… '06 & '12 teams won 22 games… 11 CMass Conference Championships ... at SJ: 250-99 (0.716); D1 tournament: 21-10 (0.677); Super 8: 6-4 (0.600)... overall: 263-108 (0.709)... pitched and played infield for the Pioneers from '89-'92… graduated from the University of Notre Dame… teaches math and economics at Saint John’s.
• Brett Ford, Varsity Assistant …joined the coaching staff in '09 … '05 graduate of Westfield State University, where he was a Captain & two-time defensive MVP… before college, played for Brockton Legion Post 35 as well as baseball & basketball at Brockton High School… currently works for Hanover Insurance.
• Ed Shoro, Varsity Assistant... joined the coaching staff in '12 ... was an infielder on the '06 & '07 St. John's teams that posted a 40-9 record... also played 4 years of soccer for the Pioneers... previously coached with the West Boylston American Legion team ... '11 Boston College graduate ... currently teaches math at Saint John's.
• Mike Coonan, Varsity Assistant ... re-joining the coaching staff for the 2021 season ... played collegiately at Saint Leo University in Florida ... previously the head coach at Becker College, Grafton HS, and Holy Name Central Catholic ... coached at St. John's from 2009 - 2011, helping the Pioneers to District Championships in 2009 and 2011 ... currently teaches math at St. Peter Central Catholic.
• Chris Powers, Junior Varsity Coach & Varsity Assistant ... pitched and played infield for St. John's from '80-'83 before playing collegiately for UMass Lowell ... coached youth baseball in Shrewsbury from 2010 - 2015 ... head coach of Shrewsbury PNJ Senior Ruth from 2015 - 2020; coached the PNJ All-Star team in 2017 & 2019.
• Anthony Perry, Freshmen Coach & Varsity Assistant ... a four-year varsity contributor and senior year Captain for St. John's ... helped the Pioneers to District Championships in 2009 & 2011 ... played collegiately for the Assumption Greyhounds, also serving as team Captain.  
• Sean Hastings, Middle School Coach & Varsity Assistant ... joined the baseball coaching staff in 2019 ... also coaches football and basketball for the Pioneers ... currently serves in the St. John's Dean of Students office.