UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Gene Jaroch

  • Class
  • Induction
    1998
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball
Gene Jaroch
  • Set a Big Ten record for pitching wins in a season (six in 1946)
  • Won major "W" awards in baseball from 1944-47
  • Undefeated (6-0) pitcher on the 1946 UW baseball team that won the Big Ten title
  • Struck out 52 batters and allowed just 29 hits in 46 1/3 innings as a junior in 1946
  • Established a Big Ten record for strikeouts in a game with 16 vs. Chicago in 1946
  • Averaged more than one strikeout per inning (156 in 138 2/3 innings) in his career
Gene Jaroch
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