Beaver Falls Tigers Baseball 1986
Section 16-AA; 12-2; 17-4 Overall; WPIAL Section 16-AA Co-Champions
The Tigers ended their season with a 12-2 section record which was good enough for a shared section title with Monaca. The leading hitter for Beaver Falls was Jerry Helisek with a .429 batting average. The leading pitcher was Benny Carter with a 7-0 record. Junior John Fritz, also had an excellent year on the mound with a team-leading 1.01 ERA. John also showed excellent control as he walked only eleven batters and struck out sixty-three. John won the first playoff game against South Side by pitching a one-hit shutout. Vince Gratteri won the Eugene Palka award for his fine all-around performance. Vince batted .397 and had a 4-1 pitching record. The Tigers ended the season with a team batting average of .333. Excerpted from Tiger Volume 70.
1986 Roster
1986 Game Results
Larry Carinci
G. Brown
Vince Gratteri
Benny Carter
R. Barkey
Jerry Halisek
Mike Bridges
L. Engle
Jason Sciarro
J. Thellman
John Fritz
R. Tooch
J. Borroni
M. Ruby
Sean Andreas
M. Mulig
Dave Borroni
B. Nardone
J. Ley
B. Garroway
Coach Pat KeeleySection 12-2; 17-4 Overall
Shenango Lost 5-6 Quigley Won 9-0 Seneca Valley Won 10-1 Laurel Won 7-5 Ambridge Won 5-1 Rochester** Won 6-5 Mars** Won 12-1 New Brighton** Won 5-2 Midland** Won 21-3 Beaver** Won 6-1 Western Beaver** Won 16-0 Mars** Won 11-3 Monaca** Lost 2-3 Rochester** Won 10-0 New Brighton** Won 2-1 Monaca** Lost 1-4 Western Beaver** Won 18-1 Midland** Won 15-0 Beaver** Won 7-5 WPIAL Playoffs South Side Won 1-0 Jefferson-Morgan Lost 4-6
