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NewsTribune area baseball leaders for the 2025 season

(Right) Gus Burr (2) of St. Bede celebrates home run with teammate (left) Geno Dinges (9) on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at St. Bede Academy in Peru. — St. Bede's Gus Burr (2) celebrates a home run during a game this season. Burr led the area in RBIs (46), was tied for second in runs (36) and was top 10 in batting average (.398), home runs (3), doubles (9) and steals (19). (MaKade Rios For Shaw Media)

June 17, 2025 at 3:00 pm CDT

A look at the baseball statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season, including players from La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall, Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Earlville, Henry-Senachwine and Fieldcrest.

BATTING AVERAGE

Player	Average
Heider (Fieldcrest)	.534
Christiansen (Princeton)	.434
Reinhardt (Princeton)	.419
Stunkel (Putnam County)	.407
Burr (St. Bede)	.398
Freeman (Mendota)	.393
Dinges (St. Bede)	.387
Riva (St. Bede)	.387
LaPorte (Princeton)	.386
Saini (St. Bede)	.382

HOME RUNS

Player	Home runs
Stunkel (Putnam County)	5
Gross (La Salle-Peru)	4
Overocker (Fieldcrest	4
Burr (St. Bede)	3
Endress (Bureau Valley)	3
Heider (Fieldcrest)	3
K. Bond (La Salle-Peru)	2
Mattingly (Putnam County)	2
Carlson (Putnam County)	2
Pinter (Hall)	2
Smith (Princeton)	2

TRIPLES

Player	Triples
Heider (Fieldcrest)	8
Rowe (Henry-Senachwine)	4
Philhower (Bureau Valley)	3
11 players	2

DOUBLES

Player	Doubles
Stunkel (Putnam County)	17
Christiansen (Princeton)	12
Mattingly (Putnam County)	11
Heider (Fieldcrest)	11
Endress (Bureau Valley)	10
Foster (Bureau Valley)	10
Overocker (Fiedcrest)	10
Burr (St. Bede)	9
Jablonski (Hall)	8
K. Bond (La Salle-Peru)	7

RBIS

Player	RBIs
Burr (St. Bede)	46
Taylor (Bureau Valley)	34
Philhower (Bureau Valley)	31
Riva (St. Bede)	30
Foster (Bureau Valley)	30
Carlson (Putnam County)	28
Jablonski (Hall)	27
Mattingly (Putnam County)	27
Overocker (Fieldcrest)	26
K. Bond (La Salle-Peru)	24
Spencer (St. Bede)	24

RUNS

Player	Runs
Endress (Bureau Valley)	48
Burr (St. Bede)	36
Dinges (St. Bede)	36
Stunkel (Putnam County)	36
Mattingly (Putnam County)	36
Philhower (Bureau Valley)	35
Heider (Fieldcrest)	35
Helms (Bureau Valley)	33
Arzola (La Salle-Peru)	28
Saini (St. Bede)	27

STEALS

Player	Steals
Freeman (Mendota)	32
Endress (Bureau Valley)	31
Heider (Fieldcrest)	30
Helms (Bureau Valley)	24
Arzola (La Salle-Peru)	23
B. Curran (Hall)	23
Burr (St. Bede)	19
May (La Salle-Peru)	18
Christiansen (Princeton)	17
Rowe (Henry-Senachwine)	17

PITCHING RECORD

Player	W-L
Spencer (St. Bede)	9-0
Philhower (Bureau Valley)	8-3
Saini (St. Bede)	7-0
Carlson (Putnam County)	6-1
Helms (Bureau Valley)	6-4
B. Curran (Hall)	5-2
Zrust (Hall)	5-4
Stunkel (Putnam County)	5-4
Kallis (La Salle-Peru)	5-5
Rowe (Henry-Senachwine)	5-6

ERA

Player	ERA
Spencer (St. Bede)	0.86
Stunkel (Putnam County)	0.89
Saini (St. Bede)	1.09
B. Curran (Hall)	1.29
Philhower (Bureau Valley)	1.58
L. Gerdes (Fieldcrest)	1.75
Zrust (Hall)	1.97
Jablonski (Hall)	2.22
Browder (Earlville)	2.44
Freeman (Mendota)	2.55

STRIKEOUTS

Player	Strikeouts
Spencer (St. Bede)	105
Philhower (Bureau Valley)	103
Zrust (Hall)	96
Stunkel (Putnam County)	92
Kallis (La Salle-Peru	69
Ferrari (St. Bede)	68
Freeman (Mendota)	67
Browder (Earlville)	66
L. Gerdes (Fieldcrest)	63
Jablonski (Hall)	56

TEAM RECORD

Team	Overall	Conference
St. Bede	27-5	13-3 (Tri-County)
Bureau Valley	22-10	6-2 (Lincoln Trail)
Hall	20-11	6-3 (Three Rivers East)
Putnam County	19-13	7-9 (Tri-County)
La Salle-Peru	16-17	6-9 (Interstate 8)
Fieldcrest	13-14	6-5 (Heart of Illinois)
Henry-Senachwine	11-18	5-11 (Tri-County)
Princeton	10-13-1	5-5 (Three Rivers East)
Mendota	9-18-1	1-9 (Three Rivers East)
Earlville	8-13	6-6 (Little Ten)