Rich Auricchio

First Base

Rich was named the 2005 Post 701 "Player of the Year" for his .404 ba, 19 hits and 17 rbis in addition to his team high 5 extra base hits . . . Rich is the all-time Post leader in rbis (137), doubles (21), homeruns (12) and sac flies (14) . . .


Rich had another outstanding season, batting .404 and tying with Matt Beck for the team lead in ribbys with 17. Batting a mediocre .250 through game 7, Rich caught fire, batting .519 for the rest of the year, including a stretch where he went 9 for 10 in getting the Post back in the playoff hunt. A career .404 hitter, Rich leads all Post hitters with 12 homers and 137 rbis, 33 more than runner-up Matt Beck.

Facing the first pitch thrown to him during a practice game vs Tony's Tavern on May 5, Rich blasted a 2 run homer in the woods at the Eastside softball field. This homerun can be seen by clicking on The Cadillac Trot and viewing the video

Since coming to the Post 8 years ago following an all-star career in the City Night League, Rich has become the top slugger in Post 701 History. Among his many Post records are most rbis (120), homeruns (11) and sacrifice flies (11). In addition to his lifetime .404 average, Rich sports a career .618 slugging average, which also is best in Post history.

Rich joined the 701ers in 1997 after a career with the areas top softball teams, including Sky Harbor, The Scoreboard and Liber's Blue in which he amassed 6 League Championships. He brought that championship aura to the Post reaching the Class AA title in 2002 when he hit .667 in the playoffs with 10 rbis in 9 at bats, while slugging to a pct of 1.556

Always known as a power hitter, Rich makes good contact also, as his one strikeout per 53.17 at bats is second only to Gavin Murdoch. Rich also has the top rbi per at bat ratio in Post history with one rbi per every 2.66 at bats, .14 better than runnerup Bobby Nichols. Auricchio enjoyed a bounce back season last year, hitting .457, second only to his .471 in 1997 and his 21 hits was second to the 1999 season when he amassed 22.

AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR S SF BB K OBA BA
2004 46 15 21 16 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 .563 .457
2005 47 12 19 17 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 .500 .404
2006 3 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000
Career 369 100 151 138 22 11 12 8 14 36 8 .409

We Remember
We Remember

Out of the archival Post photos is the Rich Auricchio game winner to capture the 2002 Class AA League Championship. Auricchio's bases loaded double brought the 701ers from behind to win their first ever title. Rich is nowhere to be found in this exclusive photo while he is being mobbed by jubliant teammates. Players identified are catcher Matt Beck and shortfielder Marty Tambasco

Following Auricchio's game winner, the team posed in the Eastside parking lot for the Championship photo

In this exclusive Diamond Notes photo, Manager Vinny Fiorillo can be seen in a very frank discussion with first baseman Rich Auricchio. The New York Post reported in today's early edition that the conversation centered on DePalma's owner Bruno Tattaglia. Auricchio is said to want the "Tattaglia Problem" to "go away" like the Virgo Sollotzo and Vito Barzini problems went away.

Click on the link and catch one of Rich's 17 rbis scoring son Danny.

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