New Ulm HALL OF FAME Member

Jeff Schugel

Infielder

Selected 1995

Lifetime Baseball Batting Stats Page

          Impressive stats and constant improvement highlight the career of inductee Jeff Schugel, who went on to become the scouting director for the Colorado Rockies.

          Schugel improved considerably each year and finished with a career .332 batting average that amounted to well over one hit per game in his career.

          As a third baseman-outfielder who played four years at Mankato State and eventually signed a pro contract with the Twins, Schugel was a member of the 1980 state champion Kaiserhoff. He had key hits both in the 11^th inning of a regional win at Stark and in the 4-3 state tournament opener.

          In 1982 he batted .437 to lead the Kaiserhoff, hitting safely in 22 of 25 games and getting more than one hit in 12 of those games.

          During his four full seasons with the Kaiserhoff, the team won the Ara Wilson League regular season title once and the playoff title twice and made three regional appearances, culminating in the state championship

          Schugel hit .291 in 182 at bats for New Ulm High School and .378 in 225 appearances for Legion.