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. Regular season games are either 7 or 9 innings long.  In the post-season, Super 8 games are 9 innings; Division 1 tournament games are 7 innings.  

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 Abraham, Varsity Assistant … joined the coaching staff for the 2017 season ... 2011 Saint John’s graduate was captain of the 2011 District Championship baseball team … also played football for the Pioneers and was a member of the 2009 & 2010 Super Bowl Champions … played baseball at Eckerd College where he was a four year contributor and named All-District First Team as a junior… brothers Brian ’02 & Matt ’05 also played baseball at St. John’s.
• DJ Reed, Junior Varsity Coach & Varsity Assistant ... joins the St. John's staff for the '18 season ... a 2010 graduate of Londonderry High School, where he was a catcher and OF for the New Hampshire State Champions ... played baseball at Becker College from 2010-2014 where he studied exercise science and biomechanics ... currently works as a private strength and conditioning coach in Worcester.