Dayton Flyers

Sept. 1, 2007

Former University of Dayton pitcher Craig Stammen has been promoted to Triple-A and will start for the Columbus Clippers in the second game of a doubleheader at Toledo on Sunday.

Stammen, who was originally drafted by the Nationals in the 12th round of the 2005 MLB Draft continues his rise through the Washington Minor League system. The 6-3 righthander was 8-6 with 4.18 ERA in 22 starts this season for Single-A Potomac. He struck out 96 and walked only 54 in 125.0 innings pitched in his third season of professional baseball.

The Versailles, Ohio native pitched three years for the Flyers and ended his career as UD's "Strikeout King" with 185, which now ranks second all-time. He ranks third in career saves (10), fourth in appearances (60), fifth in career innings pitched (231.2) and complete games (12).

In his final season as a Flyer in 2005, Stammen was 9-6 with a team-best 2.80 ERA which also ranked fourth in the Atlantic 10 Conference. He was second in the conference with 106.0 innings pitched and sixth with career-high 77 strikeouts. Stammen was UD's opening day starter and remained in the top starting role throughout the season. His nine wins are the second most in Flyer single-season history and he surrendered two earned runs in 10 of his 15 starts and pitched six innings or more 14 times. Stammen's final start of the 2005 season was a seven-strikeout complete-game win over Duquesne, which was Dayton's first ever A-10 Tournament victory. Also a strong competitor in the classroom, Stammen was selected to the A-10 Academic All-Conference Team while leading UD to a school record 36 wins and its third 30-win season in the last five years. It was also Dayton's third ever berth in the A-10 Championship.

He spent his first two seasons as a Flyer mostly coming out of the bullpen collecting his first career save as a freshman and nine more as a sophomore, which is UD's single-season record. He has been a power pitcher for his entire career at Dayton, but has shown control as well with 185 strikeouts and just 73 walks (2.53 strikeout-to-walk ratio) in 231.2 career innings pitched.