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2025 Baseball Roster

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13 Matt Brinker

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 200
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Norfolk, Mass.
  • Highschool Xaverian Brothers

Biography

2025
  • Made 35 appearances, 30 of them starts, both of which were career-highs
  • 29 of those appearances and 28 of those starts were at the DH position
  • Set career-highs in several offensive categories including runs (21), hits (29), doubles (7), home runs (6), and RBIs (28)
  • Went 3-for-3 with four RBIs, a double, and a home run at Monmouth (4/25)

2024:
  • Made 20 appearances and 14 starts in 2024
  • Reached a career-high 17 hits (.283), with three doubles and four home runs
  • Tallied 11 walks and 3 HBP for a .419 OBP
  • Had six multi-hit games on the year

2023:
  • Made 13 appearances as a rookie - seven of them starts
  • Tallied six hits, including a double and two homers, knocking in seven RBI
  • Made his career debut in the season opener against UNC Greensboro as a pinch-hitter and catcher replacement
  • Notched his first career home run at home against North Carolina A&T (3/17)


Before Northeastern: Played three seasons with Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Mass… Won the Massachusetts state title in junior season, being named Boston Hearald D1 Player of the Year… Catholic Conference MVP… Boston Herald and Boston Globe All-Scholastic team… Senior All-Star Game MVP… played six seasons for the Garciapara Baseball Group program…
 
Personal: Son of Amy and Benjamin Brinker… has one sibling, Alex… enjoys fishing on Cape Cod… Business Administration and Economics major.
 
Why Northeastern? “I wanted to be a part of a very competitive baseball program as well as a strong academic university.”

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2023Freshman

    C
    5'10" 190 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2024Sophomore

    C
    5'10" 190 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2025Junior

    C
    6'0" 200 lbs
    13