Staff Directory
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- Head Coach
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- 994-7399
Ritchie led the Revolutionaries to a 27-27 record in 2025, the 12th consecutive season with at least 20 wins, excluding the COVID-shortened year, since taking over the helm of the program in 2013. Sophomore Andrew Cutler (Second Team) and first-year Charlie Walsh (All-Rookie) were named All-Conference honorees under Ritchie's guidance.
During his 12th season with the program in 2024, Ritchie guided the Revolutionaries to a 31-26 record and a berth in the Atlantic 10 Championship. However, arguably Ritchie's greatest accomplishment came during the regular season when he made history by becoming GW's all-time winningest coach with his 276th victory on March 1 against UAlbany. Later in the season, Ritchie became the first coach in program history to eclipse 300 wins, doing so with a 3-2 Senior Day victory over UMass on May 11.
GW's 31 wins in 2024 are the 10th most for a single season and the first time GW eclipsed 30 victories since 2019. The trip to the Atlantic 10 Championship was Ritchie's sixth with the program and the first since the 2018 season. Under Ritchie's guidance, GW also set a new program record with 136 stolen bases during the 2024 season, leading the Atlantic 10 and finishing 10th in Division I.
While dealing with unmatched adversity in 2021, Ritchie guided GW to a 26-18 overall record, including a 14-10 mark in A-10 play. The Buff & Blue earned the most wins in the A-10's South Division and were the only team to beat the eventual conference champion VCU, winning a series, 3-1. GW had the third-best win percentage in the circuit and once again topped the circuit with a .293 team batting average.
Ritchie became the second-winningest coach in program history with his 203rd win on March 6, 2020 against Monmouth. He is one of just three coaches in program history to accumulate 200 or more wins at GW.
GW reached 30 wins for the third straight year in 2019 thanks to an offense that ranked among the nation's best. GWÂ led the A-10 and ranked 35th nationally with a .292 batting average, also ranking among the nation's top 100 in scoring (33rd), OBP (43rd), doubles (47th), runs (59th), hits (64th), triples (65th) and slugging percentage (84th).
Junior Nate Fassnacht was named the A-10 Player of the Year, giving GW consecutive honorees in the award. Fassnacht was also named Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-America, ABCA All-Region and First Team A-10 All-Conference . He was the fifth-highest draft pick in program history, being selected in the eighth round by the Philadelphia Phillies last week.
Senior Dom D'Alessandro also earned a parade of postseason honors, being named to the ABCA All-Region First Team, A-10 All-Conference First Team First Baseman and Second Team DH. He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd Round of the MLB Draft.
Ritchie oversaw GW's second straight season of at least 30 wins in 2018 and advanced to the consolation finals of the A-10 Championship. GW became the first No. 7 seed to reach the third day of the tournament. The team completed the season with 32 victories, the ninth-most in program history.
After the season, GW saw three players drafted in the 2018 MLB First Year Player Draft, the second straight year with multiple selections. Isaiah Pasteur was chosen in the 13th round by the New York Yankees, Will Kobos was drafted by the PIttsburgh Pirates in the 19th round and the Colorado Rockies selected Robbie Metz in the 25th round. Additionally, Brandon Chapman signed a free agent deal with the Atlanta Braves.
Pasteur garnered numerous postseason accolades, including being named the A-10 and ECAC Player of the Year. He also was tabbed a third team All-American by ABCA/Rawlings, the 10th All-American nominee in program history. Dominic D'Alessandro and Mark Osis earned first team all-conference honors while Kobos and Metz were second team selections.
Ritchie led GW to the 10th-highest win total in program history in his fifth season at the helm in 2017. GW finished with 31 victories, the second time in three seasons that the program has eclipsed the 30-win mark, and made its third consecutive postseason appearance. In the A-10 Championship, GW won its opening game for the first time since 2003.
A number of players garnered postseason honors under Ritchie's watch. Joey Bartosic (All-Conference First Team) Robbie Metz (All-Conference Second Team), Eddie Muhl (All-Conference Second Team), Elliott Raimo (All-Rookie Team), Nate Fassnacht (All-Rookie Team) and Will Kobos (All-Academic Team) each earned Atlantic 10 honors while Bobby Campbell, Will Kobos and Raimo each were named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First Team.
GW also saw two players drafted in the 2017 MLB First Year Player Draft, the first time with multiple picks in the same season since 2010. Bartosic was selected in the 19th round by the Colorado Rockies while Muhl went in the 25th round to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
In his fourth season as GW's skipper, Ritchie led GW to its fourth straight season with at least 20 wins and the program's first consecutive trips to the postseason since 2005-06. Juniors Joey Bartosic and Bobby Campbell were each named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team, the first time GW has multiple First Team picks since 2010. GW also picked up its second straight win over local rival Maryland with a 19-10 thumping in College Park on March 9.
2016 also saw a student-athlete taken in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft for the second year in a row when junior shortstop Kevin Mahala was selected in the 16th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Ritchie's third season at the helm of his alma mater saw GWÂ complete their most successful season in nearly two decades. GW finished 32-22 overall record, the eighth-highest win total in program history and the 12th time a team has eclipsed the 30-win plateau. GW went 13-10 in the Atlantic 10 and finished 2-1 in the Atlantic 10 Championship to conclude the season in the conference's final four. It marked the first season with multiple postseason wins since 2006.
GW started the 2015 season with a 7-3 record, the best 10-game start since Ritchie was a freshman in 1984. GW went on to register its first win over a ranked opponent since 2008 in a 12-1 win over then-No. 16 Maryland on April 8 in College Park, Maryland. In addition to the win over the Terrapins, GWÂ posted an 11-3 record against local teams, including the first season sweep over Georgetown (2-0) since 2001. GW also posted wins over Towson (2-0), Mount St. Mary's (2-0), UMBC (1-1), Coppin State (1-0), George Mason (1-2) and UMES (1-0).
Freshman Robbie Metz (Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team) and sophomore Eddie Muhl (Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference) earned All-Conference honors from the Atlantic 10. Muhl was also recognized as an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-East Region Second Team relief pitcher and NBCWA Stopper of of the Year Finalist after leading the NCAA with a program-record 17 saves.
GW also saw junior pitcher Shane Kemp selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 26th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, the first draft selection of out GW since 2011.
GW set a program record with a .976 fielding percentage while posting the fourth-lowest team ERA in program history (3.62). Additionally, GW's team batting average of .274 was the highest since 2010.
In his second season, Ritchie's hitting philosophy resulted in GW leading all of Division I in both the least amount of total offensive strikeouts (207) and the least amount of offensive strikeouts per game (4.14).
Additionally, Ritchie's inaugural recruiting class went on to make GW one of the youngest teams in the nation. GW was one of just two teams to start at least seven freshmen position players in half of its 2014 games. Two of the freshman, third basemen Bobby Campbell and outfielder Joey Bartosic, earned Atlantic 10 All-Rookie honors. The duo marks the first time GW has produced an All-Rookie performer since the 2008 season.
In his first season at the helm of his alma mater, Ritchie was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year after leading GW to a 15-9 record in conference games and to the program's first Atlantic 10 Championship berth since the 2006 season.
Picked to finish last in the Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll, GW responded by earning the No. 5 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship and upsetting No. 4 Rhode Island before being eliminated by eventual champion and No. 1 seed Saint Louis in the final four of the bracket.
Inside the Numbers - A Look at the 2013 GW Baseball Season
Under Ritchie's tutelage, GW's offense finished ranked third overall in all of Division I in strikeouts against, 1st overall in strikeouts per game, 17th in stolen bases and 20th in stolen bases per game. GW also posted a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 1.55-to-1, the best ratio since the 2001 season.
Across the board, GW's returning players increased their batting averages by an average of 23% as the offense posted an 11.3% increase in runs scored and a 129% increase in stolen bases when compared to the 2012 season.
A George Washington alum ('86) and GW Athletic Hall of Fame member ('99), Ritchie was named the head coach of the George Washington baseball program on October 9, 2012.
Ritchie returned to Washington from Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates where he served as the team's hitting coach.
"Coming back to George Washington brings my career full circle as in many ways this is where it all started for me," said Coach Ritchie. "I met my wife here at GW, and we both made a lifetime of extraordinary memories going to school and competing in the heart of the nation's capital. To have this opportunity to coach at my alma mater and play our home games in the premier facility in the conference at Barcroft Park is extremely special."
Named the Pirates' hitting coach on November 24, 2010, the 2012 season marked Ritchie's seventh with the Pittsburgh organization, having also served as the minor league hitting coordinator for five years. Ritchie has been instrumental in the development of the Pirates' homegrown two-time All-Star Andrew McCutchen, who in 2012 led the NL in hits (194), finished second in runs scored (107) and batting average (.327), placed third in on-base percentage (.400) and slugging percentage (.553), and also finished in the NL's Top 15 in home runs (31, t8th), walks (70, 8th), RBIs (96, 11th) and triples (6, 15th). As a team, Coach Ritchie's hitters ranked fourth in the National League in home runs this season, as McCutchen, Pedro Alvarez (30 HR), Garrett Jones (27 HR) and Neil Walker (14 HR) all enjoyed career-best years under Ritchie's tutelage.
After starring locally in high school in North Stafford, Va., Ritchie's Hall of Fame career at GW culminated in being drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the eighth round of the 1986 June Draft. An outfielder and pitcher for GW, Ritchie batted .492 during the regular season of his senior campaign, second-highest in the nation, while notching a 6-3 record on the mound with a 1.91 ERA. A member of GW's All-Century team, in his career he was named an All-Atlantic 10 outfielder three times, was named Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year in 1986, and garnered All-America third team honors by the National Baseball Coaches Association as well after his senior season.
He later played seven years in the Giants system, including three at the Triple-A level at Phoenix, before concluding his playing career in 1995 in the Texas Rangers' organization at AAA Oklahoma City. Ritchie was named to the Midwest League All-Star team in 1987 after posting a career-high .337 average and 41 stolen bases at Class-A Clinton, and led the California League with 118 runs scored while playing with San Jose in 1988.
Ritchie began his coaching career in the Chicago White Sox minor league system with Bristol in the Appalachian League in 1996, and later coached at Class-A Hickory (1998) and Class-A Winston-Salem (1999). He spent 10 years as a hitting coach in Chicago's system, the majority of which was spent at AA Birmingham, where Ritchie helped propel the team to a franchise and Southern League record six consecutive playoff berths. He also represented the franchise at the Southern League All-Star Game in 2002 as his Barons went on to lead the circuit with a .269 batting average and 220 stolen bases. During the following campaign in 2003, Ritchie moved up to Triple-A Charlotte midseason, while Charlotte led the International League in home runs and slugging percentage (.432), and ranked second in batting (.281).
Ritchie's wife, formerly Kelly Siegel, is also an '86 GW grad and was a member of GW's rowing team. Gregg and Kelly have four children; daughters Kaety, Riley and Arizona, and son Logan.Â
