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2021 Baseball Roster

6 Rico Viani

  • Position Pitcher / Outfield
  • Year Senior
  • Height 6-1
  • Hometown Monroe Twp., NJ
  • High School Monroe Twp.

Biography

2021: NJAC Honorable Mention… Chosen NJAC Pitcher of the Week on 4/10/21…  Led the team in wins (3) and ERA (2.25)… Finished fourth in the NJAC in ERA and eighth in opponents batting average (.252)… Recorded the fourth-best single-season ERA in program history… Started seven games on the mound and pitched 40 innings… Became Stockton’s all-time leader with a 2.51 career ERA… Struck out a season-high five batters and tossed six scoreless innings for the win vs. Rutgers-Newark on 4/24/21.
 
2020: One of five Ospreys to start all 11 games during season that was shortened due to COVID-19… Led the team in batting (.500), RBI (15) and on-base percentage (.553)… Finished second on the team in doubles (4) and slugging percentage (.633)… Hit safely in all nine games in which he batted and produced six multi-hit games… Registered multiple RBI in six games, including four RBI vs. Eastern on 3/10/20… Pitched a team-high 12.2 innings and led the team in strikeouts (17)… Went 1-1 with a 2.13 ERA and .133 opposing batting average on the mound… Tied his career high with seven strikeouts vs. Penn College on 2/22/20.
 
2019: Played in 13 games before an injury cut his season short… Batted .342 with 13 hits and nine RBI… Scored 15 runs in 13 games… Registered a slugging percentage of .474 and on base percentage of .468… Pitched in six games with a sterling 1.74 ERA and three saves (T-6th in NJAC) … Earned his first career save vs. Centenary 2/23/19.
 
2018: Started all 26 games in which he appeared in his first season at Stockton… Finished third on the team in batting (.275) and tied for third in runs (11)… Totaled 22 hits, seven RBI and two doubles… Hit safely in 19 of 26 games, including a team-high nine-game hitting streak from March 29-April 14… Pitched 37.1 innings in seven appearances, starting six times… Led the team with a 3.13 ERA and struck out 29 batters… Tied for second in the NJAC in hits allowed (31) and finished fifth in earned runs allowed (13)… Joined the team as a transfer from Wagner College.
 
2017: Appeared in nine games, starting twice on the mound, as a freshman at Wagner College… Tossed 11.2 innings and struck out seven hitters… Fanned three hitters in 2.2 innings pitched against Rutgers on 5/2/17.


Statistics from Wagner:
SEASON ERA W L App GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAvg WP HBP BK
2017 20.83 0 4 9 2 0 0 0 11.2 19 32 27 20 7 4 1 4 80 .345 3 5 1
Total 20.84 0 4 9 2 0 0 0 11.2 19 32 27 20 7 4 1 4 80 .345 3 5 1

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2018Sophomore

    Pitcher / Outfield
    6'1"
    6
  • 6

    2019Junior

    Pitcher / Outfield
    6'1"
    6
  • 6

    2020Senior

    Pitcher / Outfield
    6'1"
    6
  • 6

    2021Senior

    Pitcher / Outfield
    6'1"
    6