PETER BOURDON

Baseball

PETE BOURDON was the ultimate team player---he did whatever it took to win the game that day. He was the New England batting champion as a sophomore . . . he was the most difficult player in Hounds' history to strike out . . . he left as the career leader in sacrifices . . . he earned the nickname 'workhorse,' pitching in 30 of the last 57 games he played and he led the team to its second N.C.A.A. tournament in 1982. He played for Coaches Bill Granahan '68 (1979, 80) and Barry Glinski (1981, 82).

He was the original 'dirt dog' who was a superb shortstop for the team in his first two years earning all-district and all-New England honors as a sophomore regional batting champion (.427)--- a season in which he struck out just once in 113 plate appearances. He fanned just 12 times in his career and just four times over the last three years in 248 appearances.

He remembers the New England record four doubles he stroked in a 17-0 opening day win over Boston University in 1980 and even more fondly a one-hitter he pitched at Merrimack in 1981, outdoing teammate Ed D'arcy who had tossed a two-hitter in the first game of the doubleheader.

He won the William Cating Memorial Award for coachability in 1982 and captained the Greyhounds N.C.A.A. team the same year. His final career offensive numbers included a .340 average and 115 hits in 112 games, while on the mound he finished 9-7 with six saves---5-1 with 3 saves in 1982--- and a 3.82 earned run average---with an incredible 23 relief appearances over the last two years.

He received a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting in 1982 and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is presently privately employed as a consultant to emerging entrepreneurial companies.

He and his wife Mary reside in Simsbury, CT with three children.