2022 Baseball Roster

Gannon Sports Information

28 John Bender

  • Position Right Handed Pitcher
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 240
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Wilson, N.Y.
  • High School Wilson

Biography

2021: Enters the season ranked seventh on the Gannon career saves list with three.

2020: Appeared in four games out of the bullpen for the Golden Knights…Tossed 10 strikeouts over 5.0 innings…Fired a season-high six strikeouts against Minnesota State on March 5.

2019: Appeared in 16 games out of the bullpen, the second most on the team… Went 3-3 overall with a 4.10 ERA… Notched 24 strikeouts and limited opponents to a .191 batting average… Fired 26.1 innings of relief… Had three saves… Did not allow a run in each of first three outings, spanning 2.0 innings each against The Sciences (3/3/19), NYIT (3/7/19) and Wayne State (3/9/19)… Dealt 5.0 innings of scoreless relief in extra-inning victory against Seton Hill on April 7… Logged 4.0 innings and had a pair of saves in road doubleheader against IUP on April 13… Closed out the final 1.1 innings and earned the win with a scoreless relief appearance against Mercyhurst on May 3.

Prior to Gannon: Played baseball for head coach Mark Kurtz at Wilson High School (N.Y.)… First Team All-Western New York selection… Third Team All-State selection.
 
Personal: Business major… Son of Lisa and Kevin… Has two sisters (Rachel, Nicole).

Statistics

Season:
2022

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2019Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'2" 240 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2020Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'2" 240 lbs
    34
  • 39

    2021Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'2" 240 lbs
    39
  • 28

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 240 lbs
    28