In late April of the year 2000, many months after the Y2K bug was considered an afterthought, Staten Island was home to a whopping 13 high school baseball players who were batting over .400.
Four players, in fact, were hitting over .500 and yes, even one slugger eclipsed the .600 mark at the time.
Not too shabby, to say the least.
The Island also had a fair share of pitchers were were turning heads with solid performances on the mound.
Think you know which players were ruling the roost 24 years ago? Grab and pen and pad and write down some names and see how good your memory is.
In the meantime, scroll down to see which Island baseball players were tops in batting and pitching late in the regular season of 2000.
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April, 2000
OVERALL BATTING
At least 21 plate appearances
AB-R-H-RBI-HR-AV
Dan Vasquez (T) 26-12-16-8-1-.615
Brian Mitchell (PR) 35-20-19-11-3-.543
Troy Sogluizzo (C) 25-10-13-14-2-.520
Matt Hegel (T) 29-10-15-13-1-.517
Erik Andersen (C) 26-17-12-9-1-.462
Mike Molinini (MF) 22-14-10-7-0-.455
Chad Creary (PR) 27-14-12-12-0-.444
Troy Esposito (T) 27-7-12-8-0-.444
Lou Kass (F) 23-2-10-10-0-.435
Anthony Incontro (SW) 26-3-11-6-0-.423
Paul DiPilato (T) 29-13-12-10-2-.414
Sean Sykes (PR) 29-3-12-13-0-.414
Greg D’Esposito (SJ) 25-2-10-7-0-.400
Christian Lucchetto (M) 36-7-14-15-0-.389
Mike Greco (SJ) 21-3-8-1-0-.381
OVERALL PITCHING
At least 13 IP
IP-H-ER-BB-K-W-L-ERA
Marty Pincar (SP) 17.1-13-3-7-17-3-0-1.21
Ray Peterson (F) 29.1-25-6-1-36-5-0-1.43
Greg D’Esposito (SJ) 18-16-5-9-25-1-0-1.94
Joe Gorgoglione (SJ) 13.2-8-5-18-22-1-2-2.56
Armondo Zeron (ND) 16-14-6-15-19-0-1-2.63
Keith Ratcliffe (C) 16.2-14-7-20-13-0-3-2.94
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