Baseball

Stanek, Astros Win World Series

Oliver Grigg
Oliver Grigg November 5, 2022

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – For the second year in a row, an Arkansas Razorback is a World Series champion.

Pitcher Ryne Stanek helped the Houston Astros take down the Philadelphia Phillies in six games to win this year’s Commissioner’s Trophy. Stanek is the second Razorback in as many years to win an MLB title after pitcher Drew Smyly won the World Series as a member of the Atlanta Braves last season.

Stanek made four appearances out of the bullpen for Houston during the 2022 postseason, striking out six over three scoreless innings. He pitched in two games against Philadelphia, totaling two strikeouts during the World Series.

Stanek, who pitched for head coach Dave Van Horn and the Razorbacks from 2011-13, broke Houston’s reliever record for the lowest ERA in a single season, posting a minuscule 1.15 ERA over 54.2 innings out of the bullpen during the 2022 regular season.

Six former Hogs have now won a World Series ring. Stanek joins Dick Hughes (St. Louis Cardinals, 1967), Eric Hinske (Boston Red Sox, 2007; New York Yankees, 2009), Dallas Keuchel (Houston, 2017), Andrew Benintendi (Boston, 2018) and Smyly (Atlanta, 2021).

Arkansas is the only NCAA program to produce a World Series champion in each of the last two MLB seasons.

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