title: Fritz Hamburg
text: # Fritz Hamburg
  
  Charles David "Fritz" Hamburg is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. Hamburg is the head coach of the Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball team.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  Hamburg attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. After graduating from The Hill School, Hamburg enrolled at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University where he would play for the Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team. After two years at Virginia Tech, Hamburg transferred to Ithaca College. While at Ithaca, he was named a Third Team All-American in 1988, while leading the Bombers to a National Championship.
  
  Following graduation, Hamburg signed with the Philadelphia Phillies and was assigned to the Spartanburg Phillies. Hamburg had a .194 batting average, .358 on base percentage, seven doubles, and 7 RBIs.
  
  ## Coaching career
  
  Hamburg began his coaching career as an assistant for the Cornell Big Red baseball team. After two years, Hamburg moved on to be an assistant at New Mexico State and Cal Poly Pomona. Hamburg spent the 1996 season at Georgia before rejoining his alma mater Ithaca as an assistant from 1997 to 2000. Hamburg then moved on to being an assistant for the Army Black Knights baseball team. In 2007, he was named the ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year.
  
  On August 26, 2008, Hamburg was named the head coach of the Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball program.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  Statistics overview :
  
  | Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Saint Joseph's Hawks (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2009–present) ||||||
  | 2009 | Saint Joseph's | 16–30–1 | 9–17 | T-11th | |
  | 2010 | Saint Joseph's | 18–29 | 13–14 | T-8th | |
  | 2011 | Saint Joseph's | 21–31 | 11–13 | 9th | |
  | 2012 | Saint Joseph's | 25–32 | 13–10 | 6th | A-10 Tournament |
  | 2013 | Saint Joseph's | 26–26 | 12–12 | T-8th | |
  | 2014 | Saint Joseph's | 35–16 | 18–8 | 2nd | A-10 Tournament |
  | 2015 | Saint Joseph's | 21–28 | 11–12 | 11th | |
  | 2016 | Saint Joseph's | 31–23 | 15–9 | T-3rd | A-10 Tournament |
  | 2017 | Saint Joseph's | 21–25 | 12–12 | 8th | |
  | 2018 | Saint Joseph's | 21–27 | 7–15 | 10th | |
  | 2019 | Saint Joseph's | 21–28 | 13–11 | T-7th | |
  | 2020 | Saint Joseph's | 5–10 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
  | 2021 | Saint Joseph's | 21–19 | 15–9 | T-2nd (North) | A-10 Tournament |
  | 2022 | Saint Joseph's | 29–25 | 12–11 | 6th | A-10 Tournament |
  | 2023 | Saint Joseph's | 28–24 | 17–7 | 1st | A-10 Tournament |
  | Saint Joseph's: | Saint Joseph's: | 339–373–1 | 178–160 | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 339–373–1 | | | |
  | National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
  