Monday, April 14, 2008

FORMER GREYHOUND BASEBALL STANDOUT PETE MOORE SIGNED BY SOMERSET PATRIOTS

BRIDGEWATER, NJ --- Former Moravian College baseball standout Pete Moore (Bogota, NJ/Bogota HS) has been signed by the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League and invited to Spring Training at the Jack Cust Baseball Academy in Flemington, New Jersey beginning Tuesday, April 15th.

Moore, a 2007 Moravian graduate and current Greyhound assistant coach, was one of 75 players to take part in an open tryout at the Patriots’ Commerce Bank Ballpark on Saturday, April 12th, and he was the only player invited to Spring Training.  

The Somerset Patriots, who have won the Atlantic League Championship in 2001, 2003 and 2005, will begin their 2008 season on Friday, April 25th in a 7:05 p.m. game versus the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.  The other teams in the Atlantic League are the Bridgeport Bluefish, the Camden Riversharks, the Lancaster Barnstormers, the Long Island Ducks, the Newark Bears, the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs and the York Revolution.

Moore, who was a four-year starter for the Greyhounds,set three school records during his senior season of 2007 with 53 hits, 39 RBIs and 107 assists in the field. He also added 36 runs, which tied the single season school record, 11 doubles, six homers, four triples, eight walks, a .396 batting average and nine stolen bases.

Moore, who was on the 2007 Commonwealth All-Conference First Team and the 2005 All-Conference Second Team, set school career records in games played (145), at-bats (502), hits (171), doubles (34) and total bases (261) while being second in school history with a .340 career batting average, in runs (108) and RBIs (86).

Moore also completed his career third all-time at Moravian triples (10) and assists (290), and he ranks fourth in career home runs (12) and tied for fifth in stolen bases (28). Moore saw action at shortstop and in the outfield during his career including playing every inning in 2007, and he had 245 career putouts to go along with 44 career walks.

For more information on the Somerset Patriots, visit http://www.somersetpatriots.com/.