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2022 Baseball Roster

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14 Thomas Balboni

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 185
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Naples, Florida
  • Highschool Saint John Neumann / Barron G. Collier

Biography

AWARDS:
  • CAA Pitcher of the Week (4/04/22)
2022:
  • Pitched in 21 games this season pitching a total of 21 innings
  • Finished the season with a 4.29 ERA, 25 strikeouts, and threw a total of 300 pitches this season 
  • Out of his 21 games, only let up runs in five of those games
  • Recorded 13 hitless games
  • Only pitched 2 innings and managed to get five strikeouts against Monmouth (2/19)
  • The score when Balboni pitched was 104-83 in favor of the Huskies
  • Saved 7 games this season 
2021:
  • Appeared in ten games logging 9.2 total innings
  • 1.86 ERA, nine strikeouts
  • Opponents batted .182 against
  • Tallied eight scoreless appearances
  • Allowed zero hits in five of ten appearances
  • Allowed no hits, no walks, and struck out one batter in 2.0 innings at Old Dominion (3/7/21)
  • Pitched one scoreless inning and tallied one strikeout at UNC Wilmington - CAA Championship (5/28)
2020:
  • Appeared in two games logging 2.0 total innings
  • Struck out two batters in first career appearance
  • Season canceled due to Coronavirus  
High School: Varsity pitcher and captain at Barron G. Collier High School (Naples, Florida) under coach Charlie Maurer … His senior-year statistics include a 1.90 ERA, a 1.20 WHIP, 49 and one-third innings pitched, 57 strikeouts, 17 walks and a .220 opposing batting average … Co-led the Cougars to the district championship ... Won decisions against the No. 16 team in the nation (six and two-thirds innings) and the No. 25 team (complete game) ... All-Area First Team and Player of the Year honoree … Finalist for Pitcher of the Year ... Three-year varsity pitcher and first baseman at Saint John Neumann High School (Naples, Florida) under coach Juan Romero ... Competed for one season with Florida Burn 2019 Premier (Sarasota, Florida) under coach Josh Sinibaldi ... Threw nine and one-third innings of one-hit, no-walk baseball during the 2018 Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) 2019 Grads or 17U National Championship (Cartersville, Georgia) ... Kept a no-hitter through five and-one third innings against FTB Tucci Mid-Atlantic 17U Darnell ... Won the 2018 Perfect Game WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Florida).

Personal: Son of Tom and Kate Balboni … Has younger twin brothers, John and Michael … His father, Tom, played baseball at Salve Regina .. Interested in studying economics at Northeastern … Class of 2023.
 
Why Northeastern?:  “I wanted to play baseball at a university that offered the best academics.”  
CAREER PITCHING
SEASON AP-GS ERA W-L SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AVG WP HBP
2020 2-1 31.50 0-0 0 2.0 8 7 7 2 3 2 0 1 .615 1 0
2021 10-0 1.86 1-0 0 9.2 6 2 2 4 9 1 0 0 .182 2 3
2022 21-0 4.29 0-3 7 21.0 12 10 10 13 25 2 0 2 .160 4 6
CAREER 33-1 5.23 1-3 7 32.2 26 19 19 19 37 5 0 3 .215 7 9
CAA PITCHING
SEASON AP-GS ERA W-L SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AVG WP HBP
2020 0-0 0.00 0-0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
2021 3-0 3.86 0-0 0 2.1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .143 1 0
2022 6-0 7.94 0-1 2 5.2 5 5 5 5 3 0 0 2 .227 3 2
CAREER 9-0 6.75 0-1 2 8.0 6 6 6 6 5 0 0 2 .207 4 2

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2020Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'4" 170 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    RHP
    6'4" 185 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'4" 185 lbs
    14