Nico Schadler

Nicholas Schadler

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born 2000

Biographical Information

Nico Schadler has pitched for the Austrian national team.

He made his Austrian Baseball League debut in 2017, with a 2.92 ERA and an impressive .423/.464/.462 line in 28 at-bats for the Vienna Metrostars. The next year, the teenager was 1-0 despite a 9.64 ERA and hit .286/.375/.357. In 2019, he was only 1 for 17 (with 3 walks and a double) but 4-0 with two saves and a 3.57 ERA. He tied for 9th in wins and tied Moritz Scheicher and Adam Koontz for 4th in saves. The next year, he was 1-2 with 5 saves and a 5.65 ERA and batted .278/.447/.278. He led the league in saves.

In 2021, he hit .357/.486/.357 and posted a 5-1, 5.36 record. He tied Scheicher for 9th in wins. He made Austria's team for the 2021 European Championship and got decisions in both of his appearances. In his debut, he relieved Jak Simonsen in the 9th with a 11-9 deficit against Belgium. He retired Benjamin Goffaux and Benjamin Dille, walked Dennis De Quint then got Robin Roevens on a fly. When Austria scored three in the bottom of the 9th, he got the victory. His other game, he relieved Scheicher with a 12-7 lead in the bottom of the 10th against Greece and two men on due to the Schiller Rule. He retired Jimmy Lomis on a fly but allowed singles to Max Warren and Alejandro Torres-Skerrett to make it 12-8, then got Tom Roulis on a fly. His save bid came to an end when Dimitri Kourtis hit a grand slam. Ari Sechopoulos doubled but he got George Tsiflikiotis on a fly. Things went much better in the bottom of the 11th as he struck out Antonio Torres-Skerrett and John Kalivas then got Kosta Kapothanasis on a fly. Austria scored once in the 12th. Warren bunted into a run-scoring error then Alejandro Torres-Skerrett walked. Roulis hit a comebacker and Schadler went home for the force, then Kourtis hit into a force at home as well. Sechopoulos flew to right but Georg Stemmer dropped it to end the game and hand Schadler the loss.