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2018 Merrimack College Baseball Roster

Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz

14 Ricky Smith

  • Class Senior
  • Position C
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 195
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Hometown Weymouth, Mass.
  • High School/Prep School Xaverian Brothers
  • Major Sports Medicine

Biography

Career

  • Appeared in 108 games, starting in 92, as Merrimack’s primary catcher the last two seasons
  • Two-year team captain
  • Slashed .256/.339/.355 over his four-year career
  • Totaled 90 hits, 57 RBI, 46 runs, 20 doubles and five homers
2018:
  • Team Captain
  • Started in 44 of 52 games as Merrimack’s top catcher
  • Set career highs with 40 hits, 28 RBI, 21 runs, 12 extra-bases hits, 10 doubles and a .355 on-base percentage
  • Totaled a career-best four RBI including his first HR of the season at Assumption (4/11)
  • Put forth a career-best 22-game on-base streak, which tied for the team best throughout the season
  • Finished second on the team with 19 walks

2017:

  • Team captain and Merrimack's starting catcher
  • Set career highs in games played (31) and at-bats (103)
  • Slashed .288/.353/.365, setting career bests  in average, OBP and OPS (.718)
  • Also set career highs in hits (30), runs (12), extra-base hits (6), doubles (5) and RBI (17)
  • Threw out 36 percent of runner's attempting to steal against him, the fifth-best percentage in the NE10
  • Led Merrimack with a .397 average in April, during which the Warriors went 15-6
  • Posted 10 multi-hit games

2016:

  • Appeared in 20 games behind the plate for the Warriors
  • Clubbed a pair of home runs, the first two of his career
  • His first career round-tripper came in the bottom of the ninth against SNHU with Merrimack trailing 3-1 (4/24)
  • The other gave the Warriors the lead in the 16th inning at Stonehill (5/5)
  • Played in 12 of final 16 games of the season

2015:

  • Appeared in 12 games, including starts in five of his final six games at catcher
  • Went 5-for-21 at the dish over those starts, with two doubles and three RBI
  • Registered splits of .211/.244/.289
  • Three of his eight hits on the year went for extra bases

Before Merrimack: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Xaverian Brothers High School … A four-year letterwinner on the hockey team … Named Outfield Most Valuable Player as a freshman … Played first base and catcher as a junior, including leading the team with a .403 batting average … Named Unsung Hero, Catholic Conference All-Star, and Eastern Mass. All-Star … Named team captain for the upcoming 2014 baseball and hockey season … A member of the South Shore Seadogs and New England Ruffnecks club/travel teams … Also recruited by Southern New Hampshire.

Personal: Born Sept. 23, 1995 … Son of Michael and Barbara … Has a younger sibling, Christine …. Sports Medicine major at Merrimack.


CAREER HIGHS:

Hits: 3, 4 times
Doubles: 2, at Molloy, Mar 04, 2018
Home runs: 1, 5 times
Total bases: 6, at Saint Anselm, 04/11/17; at Assumption, Apr 11, 2018
RBI: 4, at Assumption, Apr 11, 2018
Runs scored: 3, at Molloy, Mar 03, 2018
Walks: 2, at Bentley, 04/18/18; at Southern Conn. State, Mar 24, 2018
Hit by pitch: 1, 14 times
Struck out: 3, 6 times
Sac flies: 2, Bentley, 04/26/18
Sac bunts: 1, vs New Haven, 05/12/18; at Franklin Pierce, May 08, 2018
At bats: 5, 10 times
Stolen bases: 1, 4 times
Caught stealing: 1, Bentley, 05/01/17; at Franklin Pierce, May 09, 2017
Innings pitched: 3.0, vs St. Anselm, 3/30/14
Walks allowed: 3, vs Caldwell College, Feb 22, 2014
Strikeouts: 4, at Franklin Pierce, Apr 12, 2014
Batters faced: 13, at Franklin Pierce, Apr 12, 2014
Field chances: 17, vs Post, 03/14/17; Franklin Pierce, 04/15/17
Putouts: 15, Franklin Pierce, 04/15/17
Assists: 4, at Saint Michael's, 04/22/18
Runners CS: 2, 5 times

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2015Freshman

    C
    5'11" 195 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2016Sophomore

    C
    5'11" 195 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2017Junior

    C
    5'11" 195 lbs
    14
  • 14
    C

    2018Senior

    C
    5'11" 195 lbs
    14
    C
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