University of Massachusets Athletics
Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2014
- Class:
- 1968
One of the all-time great pitchers for the UMass baseball team, Carl Boteze helped the Redmen to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in 1966 and 1967. In each of those years, Boteze pitched UMass to Yankee Conference Championships as well. With him as the team captain, the 1967 club was one of the best in program history as the Redmen fell just shy of the College World Series after losing a three-game series to Boston College.
Boteze was primarily a pitcher, but also played third base for UMass. He was a three-time All-Yankee Conference selection (1965, 1966, 1967) and was named to the 1966 All-New England Second Team as a pitcher. In 1965 and 1966 he was awarded the E. Joseph Thompson Memorial MVP Trophy, while in 1967 he was honored with the Dennis DellaPiana Memorial Award and served as team captain.
The Pittsfield, Massachusetts, native rankrf among the all-time leaders in UMass baseball at the time of his induction in 2014. He was tied for 1st in career strikeouts (234), 4th in innings pitched (244.0), tied for 4th in wins (20), tied for 5th in complete games (17) and 8th in lowest earned run average (2.40). He also continued to hold the best single-season win performance (10, 1966) in program history and ranked 4th in strikeouts (94, 1966) and innings pitched (91.0, 1966).
At the plate, he was a career .296 hitter in 41 games. He posted 40 career hits, 15 RBI and scored 16 runs
After the 1967 season, he signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox and spent three seasons in the minor leagues.
