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2023 Baseball Roster

Tom Silknitter
302 Films
302 Films
302 Films
302 Films
Mia Messina
Danny Aguilar
Danny Aguilar
Danny Aguilar

5 JR Gifford

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 210
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Doylestown, PA
  • Highschool Archbishop Wood

Biography

2023: Appeared in all 52 games and made 50 starts ... platooned behind the plate and served as the designated hitter when not catching ... hit .254 (49-for-193) with seven doubles and seven home runs ... scored 30 runs ... knocked in 35 ... walked 18 times and was hit by a pitch five times ... authored a .399 slugging percentage and a .330 on-base percentage ... stole seven bases in eight attempts ... credited with a pair of sacrifice flies ... posted a .729 OPS ... went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI against Adelphi ... doubled and homered against Shepherd ... finished the game with a season-best five RBI ... in back-to-back contests against Adelphi and Shepherd, he went a combined 5-for-8 with five runs scored and seven RBI ... wet 2-for-4 with a home run and pair of RBI against Kutztown ... batted .300 in the Atlantic Regional ... doubled and homered in final game of the season at Millersville in that regional ... career fielding percentage of .988 is ninth all-time at West Chester ... 

2022: Appeared in 38 games and made 34 starts behind the plate ... hit .248 (28-for-113) with eight doubles, one triple and seven home runs ... platooned at catcher, typically catching game one of a doubleheader ... had 25 RBI and 26 runs scored ... authored eight two-hit games ... also posted eight multiple RBI games, including a 5-RBI game against USciences ... hit a career-high two HRs against the Sciences ... that outing came during a stretch where he knocked in 13 runs in four games ... had a season-best two doubles against Mansfield ... his leadoff double in the 11th against Seton Hill sparked the game-winning rally in the clinching game of the Atlantic Regional ... appeared in three games and started two at the D2 National Championships in Cary, NC ... hit .286 (2-for-7) at the national finals with one double and one RBI.

2021: Appeared in 18 games and made 17 starts ... batted .360 with 18 hits, four doubles, three home runs, nine runs, and 16 RBIs ... made 133 putouts and two assists with a .985 fielding percentage in 137 chances ... had three runs on three hits with two home runs against Kutztown (4/23).

2020:
Played and started in eight games … batted .148 with four hits, one double, one triple, five runs, and three RBI’s … tallied seven total bases … went 1-for-4 with a triple and run scored versus Jefferson (2/23).

2019: Made 11 starts at catcher... recorded eight hits in 35 at bats (.229) ... finished fourth on the team with three home runs ... tallied three RBI and 18 total bases ... his .830 OPS was the sixth highest on the team ... was 4-for-4 on picking off runners ... two multi-hit games ... collected two homers in back-to-back appearances ... went 2-for-6 with three runs scored and a double against Jefferson (2/24) .. recorded two hits and two runs versus Shippensburg (4/13).

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2019Freshman

    Catcher
    5'11" 190 lbs
    5
  • 8

    2020Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'11" 190 lbs
    8
  • 5

    2021Junior

    Catcher
    5'11" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Senior

    Catcher
    6'0" 195 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Redshirt Senior

    Catcher
    6'0" 210 lbs
    5