Bio
2010
- Made a team-high 25 appearances, all out of the bullpen
- Went 3-3 with three saves and a 4.40 ERA
- Threw 47 innings, the most of any Duke reliever and the fifth-most on the team
- Struck out 33 batters
- Went more than one inning in 16 of his 25 appearances
- Gave up only four earned runs over his first 20 innings
- Had 19 strikeouts and only three walks over his first 20 innings
- Preserved a 10-3 win over Quinnipiac and earned a save with four scoreless innings out of the bullpen
- Picked up his first win with three scoreless innings in a 5-3 victory over North Carolina
- Got his second win with four shutout innings against High Point
- Contributed one scoreless inning in a combined shutout against Temple
- Earned saves in back-to-back appearances against Davidson and Boston College.
2009
- Appeared on the ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Made eight appearances, all out of the bullpen
- Went 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA
- Threw 10.2 innings, striking out nine and walking 12
- Held UNC Greensboro scoreless for an inning in his first collegiate appearance
- Put together consecutive scoreless outings against N.C. Central and Clemson
- Held No. 17 Clemson to two hits over 2.1 scoreless innings
- No-hit N.C. Central for two innings while striking out three
- Pitched in the Texas Collegiate League for the TCL Champion Coppell Copperheads during the summer
- Went 1-1 with a 2.87 ERA for Coppell over 12 appearances and 15.2 innings
High School
- A three-year letterwinner at St. Mark's School of Texas
- Named all-conference as a junior and senior and All-South Zone SPC as a sophomore
- Tabbed St. Mark's Athlete of the Year'
- Hit 10 home runs between his junior and senior season
- Played for the North Team in the North vs. South Texas Scouts' Association All-Star Baseball Game
- Named to the Texas Rangers Area Code Team
- Also a four-time state champion wrestler
- Tabbed a Prep All-American wrestler three times
- Won a prep national championship in 2008
- Went 183-7 during his career and 45-0 as a senior
- Tabbed Wrestler of the Year by the Dallas Morning News
- Earned the Wrestling Hall of Fame's Dave Schultz Award for the Best Wrestler in Texas as a senior
- A 2006 Cadet Freestyle All-American and state champion
- Was the sports editor of the yearbook
- A three-time honor roll selection.
Personal
- Born Benjamin Murray Grisz on January 26, 1990 in Dallas, Texas
- The son of Mike and Bonnie Grisz...has five brothers - Kyle, Adam, Zach, Aaron and Maxx - and two sisters, Taryn and Angela
- Father, Mike, was a multiple time amateur state racquetball champion in Arizona, Oregon and Texas
- Mother was a high school swimmer
Grisz' Overall Batting Statistics | |||||||||||||||
Year | Avg | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | OB% | SB-A |
2009 | .000 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 |
2010 | .238 | 10-3 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .261 | 0-0 |
Career | .227 | 11-3 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .455 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .250 | 0-0 |
Grisz' Overall Pitching Statistics | ||||||||||||||
Year | ERA | W-L | App | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | B/Avg |
2009 | 13.50 | 0-1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 | .373 |
2010 | 4.40 | 3-3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47.0 | 57 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 33 | .313 |
Career | 6.09 | 3-4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57.2 | 76 | 49 | 39 | 32 | 42 | .326 |