Neil McPhee

Neil Patrick McPhee

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
• School Northeastern University

• Born October 14, 1943

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Biographical Information

Neil McPhee played in the minors and coached in college.

McPhee played baseball and hockey in college and led Northeastern to its first NCAA appearance in baseball. He had 71 points in 50 games in hockey He was the 5th-round pick of the Minnesota Twins in the 1965 amateur draft, one pick before Amos Otis; the round before, Minnesota took Graig Nettles. He hit .214/.335/.393 for the St. Cloud Rox that summer. In 1966, he batted .305/.409/.524 with 20 homers, 22 steals (in 31 tries), 87 runs and 72 walks for the Wisconsin Rapids Twins while fielding .904 at short. He led Midwest League shortstops in assists (316), errors (49) and double plays (71). He also paced the MWL in runs (3 ahead of Nettles) and was among the leaders in homers (3rd, behind Nettles and Pete Koegel), RBI (tied Nettles for 3rd), steals (tied Bob Clifton for 3rd), walks (6th, between Jim Clark and Jim Hutto), average (4th, between Rogers Robinson and Clark), OBP (3rd), slugging (4th, between Robinson and Bill Melton), OPS (2nd to Deacon Jones) and total bases (215, 4th, between Nettles and Clark). Among Twins farmhands, he easily outperformed Rod Carew among others.

Neil slumped to .220/.336/.284 with 4 homers and 5 steals for the 1967 Wilson Tobs to end his pro career one year after a superb performance. Moving to third base, he had fielded .892 in '66. He coached baseball and hockey at Newton South High School from 1968-1985. He then returned to his alma mater, Northeastern, as head coach. He was 723-652-4 from 1986-2014 to set the school record for wins for all sports. Among players he developed were Adam Ottavino, Luke Carlin, Mike Glavine and Carlos Pena.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1986	Northeastern University	25-14	9-5
1987	Northeastern University	20-14	9-6
1988	Northeastern University	19-23-1	7-8
1989	Northeastern University	21-20-1	5-10
1990	Northeastern University	26-20	9-6
1991	Northeastern University	35-15	12-3
1992	Northeastern University	22-18-1	16-12
1993	Northeastern University	17-19	8-16	North Atlantic
1994	Northeastern University	35-16	18-6	North Atlantic / CWS Regionals
1995	Northeastern University	29-17	16-8	North Atlantic
1996	Northeastern University	18-26	11-11	North Atlantic
1997	Northeastern University	33-19	12-12	America East / CWS Regionals
1998	Northeastern University	26-22	17-9	America East
1999	Northeastern University	28-21	18-10	America East
2000	Northeastern University	25-24	15-11	America East
2001	Northeastern University	19-32	11-17	America East
2002	Northeastern University	29-22	11-11	America East
2003	Northeastern University	27-24	12-10	America East / CWS Regionals
2004	Northeastern University	28-20	14-6	America East
2005	Northeastern University	26-23	14-6	America East
2006	Northeastern University	27-23	19-10	Colonial
2007	Northeastern University	24-22	12-17
2008	Northeastern University	25-26-1	12-17-1
2009	Northeastern University	28-25	13-11	Colonial
2010	Northeastern University	13-31	5-19
2011	Northeastern University	18-33	12-18
2012	Northeastern University	23-28	13-17
2013	Northeastern University	31-26	12-13	Colonial
2014	Northeastern University	26-29	9-12	Colonial