Returning from injuries and playing hurt most of the season, Joe Sigismondi was held far below his normal standards in 2015, but he still hit several career milestones while continuing his climb up the program’s all-time ladders.
Forced into a designated hitter role during his junior season as he recovered, Sigismondi hit .216. Although that mark dropped his career batting average from .363 to .323, he still ranks 19th on the program’s all-time list for players with a minimum of 200 at bats. Sigismondi also passed career milestones with his 100th hit and 100th collegiate game played.
Entering his senior season, Sigismondi ranks second on the program’s career list with 17 sacrifices (one shy of the record) and with 33 HBP. He is eighth in assists (226, despite being limited to only three defensively last year), tied for 14th in runs scored (75), 15th in double plays (29), 16th in hits (116) and 19th in both batting average and total chances (399). He is 20th in games (108) and tied for 24th in RBIs (52).
Baseball 2015: Limited to 28 games while coming back from injuries…Started 25 games, including 20 at designated hitter and five at first base…Hit .216 with 23 runs and 14 RBIs…Had two doubles, one triple and a .258 slugging percentage…Led team with nine HBP…Successful on all five stolen base attempts…Posted a .330 on-base percentage…Notched 35 putouts, three assists, three double plays…Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, tying for first in the New Jersey Athletic Conference…Also ranked among the NJAC leaders in HBP (seventh), in sacrifices (four, tied for 19th place) and in runs scored (tied for 46th)…After hitting only .100 (4-for-40) during the first 12 games of his comeback, hit .298 (17-for-57) the rest of the season, starting with a 2-for-4 game at Rowan University (April 6)…The two hits in that game marked the 100th and 101st hits of his career, including the milestone 100th hit on a first-inning single through the left side of the infield…The following day at Widener University, his two-run single in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Scarlet Raptors from a 4-3 deficit to a 5-4 lead, on their way to a 6-4 victory…Played his 100th career game at home against The College of New Jersey (April 16)…Notched five multiple-hit games during the season, including a 3-for-4 game at Stockton University (April 13) and a 3-for-5 contest against York (PA) College (May 9)…In the nightcap of an April 18 doubleheader at New Jersey City University, went 2-for-3 with two HBP, a walk, a stolen base, one run and two RBIs…Collected nine putouts and added one assist, while going 1-for-4 against Stevens Institute of Technology (April 19).
Baseball 2014: Started 38 of his 39 games, including 23 starts at second base, 11 at shortstop, three as the designated hitter and one on the mound…Finished second on the team with a .391 batting average (52-for-133), while adding 29 runs, 18 RBIs and nine doubles…Had 15 walks and 16 HBP – one shy of the single-season program record…Compiled a .459 slugging percentage and a lofty .506 on-base percentage, the second-best OBP on the club…Added five sacrifices…10-for-14 on stolen base attempts…Led the club with 111 assists and added 55 putouts…Turned nine double plays…On the mound, appeared in three games, starting one, and working 10 innings…Posted a 1-0 record, one save and a 3.60 ERA…Walked one, struck out four and allowed 12 hits and five runs, four of them earned…Captured New Jersey Athletic Conference Honorable Mention…NJAC and New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association Div. II/III Player of the Week March 24…NJCBA Div. II/III Third Team All-State…Tied for the team lead with 18 multiple-hit games, including a 4-for-5 performance with two runs and a double in the nightcap of an April 12 doubleheader against William Paterson University…Had five three-hit games, coming against Washington and Jefferson (March 20, 3-for-3, one run), Penn State-Abington (April 9, 3-for-5, three runs, two RBIs), Richard Stockton College (April 18, 3-for-4), Penn State-Brandywine (April 22, 3-for-6, three runs, one RBI) and Castleton State (May 15, 3-for-3, two runs)…Collected one dozen two-hit games, including a 2-for-4 performance against Worcester State (March 18), when he scored two runs and had his season high of three RBIs…Also added two-RBI games against Penn State-Abington (April 9) and Rowan (May 3)…Overall, hit safely in 27 of his 38 games, including a pair of five-game hitting streaks from April 12-19 (10-for-22, .455) and May 1-15 (9-for-18, .500)…Compiled two of the three seven-assist games that the Raptors had during the season, coming against Montclair State (April 5, Game Two) and William Paterson (April 12, Game Two)…Earned his first collegiate save in his first mound appearance, working the final two innings of one-hit shutout ball in a 5-2 victory over Trinity (March 22)…Struck out two and didn’t walk a batter in that game…Collected a win in his lone start, a 13-4 decision over York College (April 13), when he worked five innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs, while striking out one.
Baseball 2013: Named to the NJCBA Div. II/III All-Rookie Team…NJAC Rookie of the Week Feb. 25, March 25 and April 29…NJCBA Div. II/III Rookie of the Week March 25 and April 29…Started 41 of the Raptors’ 42 games at shortstop…Hit .333, the third-highest average among regulars, led team with 112 assists and tied for the team lead with eight sacrifices…Second on team with eight HBP…Had a .364 slugging percentage and a .420 on-base percentage…Scored 23 runs, collected 20 RBIs and added four doubles and 12 walks…Successful on all three stolen base attempts…Had 53 putouts…Tied for fourth on the team with 11 multiple-hit games, including four games with three hits…Tied for third on the team with five multiple RBI games…Had a hitting streak of nine games from March 19-March 30 (Game One), going 14-for-28 (.500) during that span…Also hit in six straight games to open the season (Feb. 22-March 9), going 8-for-17 (.471)…Collected three-hit games against Worcester State (3-for-4, March 19), Gallaudet (3-for-5, one run, two RBIs, March 21), Rowan (3-for-5, four runs, two RBIs, two doubles, April 15) and Ramapo (Game One, April 27, going 3-for-4)…Had back-to-back multiple-hit games against Bowdoin (March 20, Game Two, going 2-for-4) and Gallaudet (March 21, 3-for-5), with two RBIs in each game…Also went 2-for-3 in both ends of a doubleheader against Montclair State (April 6), including two runs and one RBI in the nightcap…Had his season high of six assists against New Paltz (Feb. 24), Penn State-Abington (March 15) and Rowan (April 15), adding one, two and three putouts, respectively, without making an error.
High School: Three-year baseball letterman at Highland Regional High School for Coach DJ Gore…Carpenter Cup selection…First Team All-Tri-County Conference Royal Division pitcher…As a junior in 2011, earned All-Group 3 Honorable Mention from the
Courier-Post newspaper after hitting .465 and collecting a 3-1 record and seven saves on the mound for the Tri-County Conference champions…During his senior season earned All-
Gloucester County Times Second Team honors, hitting .486 with 17 doubles, three triples, one home run, 24 RBIs, 16 runs scored and 34 stolen bases…On the mound, went 5-2 with two saves, a 2.45 ERA and a no-hitter against Williamstown.
Personal: Born May 25, 1994…Last name pronounced “Sig-is-MON-dee”…Nicknamed “Sigis”…History major at Rutgers-Camden who hopes to become a high school teacher and coach baseball…Joe is the son of Ed Sigismondi and Mary Townsend of Blackwood.
