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Butler University Athletics

2019 Baseball Roster

36 Kevin Napoleon

  • Position LHP
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Arlington Heights, Ill.
  • Highschool Saint Viator

Biography

2019 – Junior Season: Left-handed bullpen specialist that moved into the weekend rotation… Made 18 total appearances… Started seven games… Went 2-2 on the mound with a 2.84 ERA… Struck out 44 batters in 50.2 innings… Only walked 17 batters… Limited opponents to 16 earned runs off 39 hits… Opponents only hit .210 vs. Napoleon… Struck out four in his season debut vs. Rider (Feb. 15)… First start came at Alabama A&M (March 13)… Struck out seven over five innings in his first win vs. Anderson (March 27)… Made his first conference start at Seton Hall, throwing five full innings (April 28)… Struck out a season-high nine batters over 6.1 innings of work vs. Villanova to earn his second win (May 5)… Went 5+ innings in each of his last four starts.

2018 – Sophomore Season: Left-handed specialist out of the bullpen… Made 17 appearances… Recorded one save… Ended the year with a 2-2 record… Held a 5.79 ERA… Tossed 14 full innings… Struck out 16 batters… Only walked seven… Allowed nine earned runs off 19 hits… Struck out two in his debut at UNCW (Feb. 17)… Picked up his first win in the home opener vs. Fort Wayne (March 9)… Struck out two in a solo inning at Western Michigan (March 18)… Struck out two more batters in his next appearance vs. Anderson (March 28)… Tossed two full innings at IU-Kokomo, striking out two batters (April 24)… Won his second game in his final appearance at Eastern Michigan (May 15)… Threw 2.1 innings… Struck out a season-high three batters.

2017 – Freshman Season: Made 16 total appearances with one start…    Ended the season with a 3.66 ERA… Struck out 15 batters in 19.2 innings of work… Walked nine batters… Made his season debut vs. Ohio striking out one in 1.1 innings (Feb. 19)… Struck out two Bobcats the next time he faced Ohio later in the year (March 25)… Struck out two in 1.2 innings at Seton Hall (April 8)… Didn’t allow a single hit in 1.1 innings vs. St. John’s (April 13)… Came back the next day to limit the Red Storm to just one hit in 1.1 innings (April 14)… Struck out a season-high three batters at Xavier (April 22)… Made his only start of the season at home against Villanova (May 7)… Struck out three batters in 2.1 innings.

High School: Earned two varsity letters at Saint Viator under head coach Mike Manno... All-time school wins leader (20)... Single-season wins leader (11)... Team Captain... Team pitcher of the year... Two-time All-Area selection... ESCC All-Conference selection... School Record for Team Wins in 2016 (25)... Career record of 20-7 with a 2.29 ERA...Member of the presidential honor roll

Personal: Son of Bob and Carolyn Napoleon... Has brothers named Bob and Jack and a sister named Kelsey... Majoring in exploratory business

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2017Freshman

    LHP
    5'11" 160 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2018Sophomore

    LHP
    5'11" 160 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2019Junior

    LHP
    5'11" 180 lbs
    36
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