1988 Towson Baseball Team - Hall of Fame
This is the 1988 Baseball Team’s 30th Anniversary Year. Under the direction of then first-year head coach Mike Gottlieb the Tigers posted a 31-17-1 record. The team finished first in the East Coast Conference regular season standings with a 12-2 mark and became the first Towson men’s team to earn a NCAA Division I post-season berth in any sport when it grabbed the ECC automatic qualifier by winning the conference tournament. It was the first 30-win season in the history of the program and one of just six thus far. The .645 winning percentage is the highest in Towson’s Division I history. The 12-2 league record (.857) is the top league record in program history. The 17 losses are the fewest in a season for Towson in the last 30 years. The team’s earned run average of 3.99 remains the program’s best in the Division I era. That year is the only one in program history with four first-team All-Conference selections: Chris Nabholz (P), Towson Hall of Famer Kevin King (SS), Mike Wlazlak (3B), Robbie Smith (1B). Gottlieb became Towson’s first-ever Coach of the Year for baseball that season. Brian Walsh (2B) was named ECC Tournament MVP while Nabholz picked up the honor for Most Valuable Pitcher.
