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2006 Baseball Roster

29 John Axford

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 193
  • Class Redshirt
  • Hometown Port Dover, Ont.
  • High School Assumption College/Notre Dame

Biography

Before Canisius: Pitched three seasons for Notre Dame and posted a career record of 14-6 with 137 strikeouts and a 4.48 ERA in 144.2 innings... Selected in the 42nd round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft by the Cincinnati Reds and was a seventh-round pick of the Seattle Mariners in the 2001 MLB draft before beginning his career at Notre Dame... Missed the entire 2004 season after undergoing “Tommy John” reconstructive elbow surgery and tossed just three innings in five appearances in 2005 before a shoulder injury forced him out of action... As a freshman, Axford was a key member of the Irish’s 2002 College World Series team and finished the campaign with a 5-2 record and a 3.95 ERA in 17 appearances, totaling 64 strikeouts in 70.2 innings and holding opponents to a .231 batting average... In the NCAA Tournament, he threw 4.2 innings in relief, allowing three hits and a run while striking out five, in a 12-5 loss at Florida State in the Super Regional... Pitched 1.1 innings and recorded a strikeout in the season-ending 5-3 loss to Stanford in the College World Series... Started his sophomore season with a 9-0 record and a 2.21 ERA before finishing the campaign with a 9-3 mark, a 4.31 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 71 innings... Set an Eck Stadium record for strikeouts by a Notre Dame pitcher as he fanned 12 Western Michigan batters in a 12-1 victory... Also pitched in the Cape Cod League during the summers of 2002 (Hyannis Mets) and 2003 (Cotuit Kettleers)... As a prep, Axford was ranked by Baseball America and The Toronto Star as Canada’s top prospect for the 2001 MLB draft... In four years with Port Dover, Team Ontario and Team Canada, he threw 278 innings and struck out 432 while posting a 1.88 ERA and a 37-12 record.

Personal: The son of Brian and Vera Axford... Taking graduate courses in education at Canisius.

Born: April 1, 1983, in Simcoe, Ontario.

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