Dan DeMichele
{{short description|American baseball and ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|position=Outfield/First baseman/Second baseman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|08|19}}
| birth_place = Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|teams=
- Sagamore Canalmen (1965–1966)
- Yarmouth Indians (1967–1968)
- Harvard (1969–1971)
- Caldwell Cubs (1971)
- Quincy Cubs (1972)
|highlights=
- 3x Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star
- 1970 Ivy League batting champion
| module = {{Infobox ice hockey player|embed=yes
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 213
| position = Left Wing
| shoots = Right
| played_for = Harvard Crimson
Braintree Hawks
}}
}}
Daniel Frederick DeMichele (born August 19, 1948) is an American athlete who was a member of the Harvard Crimson baseball and ice hockey teams. After graduating, he signed a contract with the Chicago Cubs and played two seasons of minor league baseball.
High school
DeMichele attended Cranston High School East, where he was the leading goal scorer for the school's 1964 state championship hockey team that also included Joe Cavanagh and Curt Bennett.{{cite news |last1=Monahan |first1=Bob |title=Cranston East Player Son of Former Bruin |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 17, 1964}} He then attended the Vermont Academy.
College
=Hockey=
DeMichele attended Harvard College, where he and Cavanagh played on the first line of the freshman hockey team alongside Steve Owen.{{cite news |last1=Monahan |first1=Bob |title=Landry To Be Drafted Early |work=The Boston Globe |date=January 28, 1968}} During their sophomore season, the Cavanagh–DeMichele–Owen line accounted for 67 goals.{{cite news |title=Harvard reunites Cavanagh line |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 4, 1969}} DeMichele started the 1969–70 season by scoring a hat-trick in the season opener against Dartmouth.{{cite news |title=Harvard Six Tops Dartmouth, 6 To 1 |work=The New York Times |date=December 7, 1969}} He scored a goal in the championship game of the ECAC Christmas Hockey Tournament at the Boston Garden, but a fractured ankle kept him out of action for the next month.{{cite news |last1=Monahan |first1=Bob |title=Harvard Wins Tourney, 4-3 |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 21, 1969}}{{cite news |last1=Monahan |first1=Bob |title=DeMichele due back in Harvard lineup |work=The Boston Globe |date=January 16, 1970}} On March 7, he scored his second hat trick in a 9–0 victory over Yale.{{cite news |title=DeMichele Paces Harvard To 9-0 Hockey Rout of Yale |work=The New York Times |date=March 8, 1970}} DeMichele scored 33 goals during his senior season, which was the third most in school history behind Bill and Bob Cleary (since passed by Lane MacDonald and Scott Fusco).{{cite web |title=Men’s Ice Hockey Record Book |url=https://gocrimson.com/documents/2022/7/12/Men_s_Hockey_Record_Book_Team_Records_2022.pdf |website=Harvard |access-date=14 April 2025}} He scored four goals in Harvard's 8–0 victory over Princeton.{{cite news |title=Harvard Crushes Princeton Six, 8-0 |work=The New York Times |date=February 7, 1971}} He scored a goal in Harvard's 7–4 win against Clarkson in the ECAC Hockey championship game.{{cite news |last1=Monahan |first1=Bob |title=Harvard rocks Clarkson, 7-4 for ECAC title |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 14, 1971}} In the semifinals of the 1971 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament, Harvard was upset by Minnesota 6–5 in overtime.{{cite news |last1=Monahan |first1=Bob |title=Harvard eliminated in OT, 6-5 |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 20, 1971}}
Following his collegiate career, DeMichele played one season with the Braintree Hawks in the New England Hockey League (NEnHL) scoring 11 goals and registering 6 assists.{{cite web |title=Dan DeMichele |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=43121 |website=HockeyDB |access-date=14 April 2025}}
Baseball
DeMichele played four seasons (1965–68) in the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was a member of the Sagamore Canalmen team that won the 1965 league championship and led the league in consecutive hits in 1967 (53) and 1968 (43) as a member of the Yarmouth Indians. He is the only player in league history to be elected to the CCBL All-Star game at three different positions. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft.
As a junior, DeMichele batted .421 with five home runs and 10 doubles. His batting average was the highest by a Crimson player since 1922.{{cite news |title=Harvard In Town |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vl1QAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&dq |access-date=14 April 2025 |work=The Evening Independent |date=April 2, 1971}} He won the Ivy League batting title by hitting .477 in league competition.{{cite web |title=Baseball Record Book |url=https://gocrimson.com/documents/2021/6/2//BASE_RecordBook_2021.pdf?id=6878 |website=Harvard |access-date=14 April 2025}} He batted .355 as a senior and helped lead the Crimson a Division I title and an appearance in the 1971 College World Series.{{cite news |title=New England Sports Briefs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5orAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13&dq |access-date=14 April 2025 |work=The Telegraph |date=June 21, 1971}}
DeMichele signed with the Chicago Cubs on June 19, 1971 and was sent to their Pioneer League affiliate, the Caldwell Cubs. In 60 games with the Cubs, DeMichele batted .349 with 4 home runs and 28 RBI. The following season he played 104 games for the Quincy Cubs of the Midwest League, where he had a .304 batting average, 12 home runs, and 65 RBI.{{cite web |title=Daniel DeMichele |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=demich001dan |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=14 April 2025}}
Honors
DeMichele was elected to the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame in 2012.{{cite web |title=Daniel F. DeMichele |url=https://harvardvarsityclub.org/hall-of-fame/daniel-f-demichele/ |website=Harvard Varsity Club |access-date=14 April 2025}}{{cite web |title=2012 Hall of Fame Class |url=https://www.capecodleague.com/hall-of-fame/2012-class |website=Cape Cod Baseball League |access-date=14 April 2025}}
References
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Category:Bourne Braves players
Category:Harvard Crimson baseball players
Category:Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey players
Category:Sportspeople from Cranston, Rhode Island
Category:Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox players
Category:Ice hockey people from Providence County, Rhode Island