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2023 Baseball Roster

4 Matt Maloney

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Windham, N.H.
  • Highschool Central Catholic
  • Bats/Throws L/R

Biography

2023 (Sophomore)
• Saw action in 50 games on the season, making 40 starts
• Finished the season with a .297 batting average with three doubles, a triple and three home runs
• Reached base at a .390 clip and turned in a .783 OPS
• Made season debut at Western Kentucky on Feb. 18
• Recorded three-hit games on March 31 against George Washington and at Massachusetts on May 18

2022 (Freshman)
• Appeared in 41 games, starting 32 of them for the Flyers in 2022
• Hit .248, which ranked seventh on the team, with 14 RBIs
• Hit six doubles and stole five bases, while scoring 14 runs offensively
• Caught eight runners stealing which ranked second on the team
• Made his Dayton debut on Feb. 20 at North Carolina A&T, driving in the go-ahead run with a pinch-hit single in his first career at bat on a base hit to left field in the ninth inning
• Followed that up with pinch hit base hits in his next two at-bats at Eastern Kentucky on April 2 and at Wright state on March 8
• Started his first career game behind the plate on March 17 at Michigan
• Had his first career multi-hit game and multi-RBI game on April 1 against Rhode Island, going 2-5 with two RBIs
• Had his first career three-hit game on April 9 at George Washington
• Went 3-3 in the first game on May 7 at St. Bonaventure, driving in a career-high three runs
• Went 2-2 in the final game of the season with an RBI on May 20 at Saint Louis

High School
• Was a three-year varsity athlete at Central Catholic High School under head coach John Sexton
• Named a top 2021 MLB Draft Prospect by Ben Badler of Baseball America
• Ranked #1 overall player in New Hampshire, #32 catcher, and #360 overall by Perfect Game
• Named 2021 Merrimack Valley All-Conference
• Member of the 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Upperclass All-American Third Team
• 2020 East Coast Pro (Red Sox)
• Named 2020 National High School Baseball Coaches Association First Team All-American
• 2020 Perfect Game Preseason High School Underclass All-American Honorable Mention
• Hit .382 in high school with a .417 on-base percentage with 22 RBIs and 14 extra base hits.
• Member of National Honors Society
• Member of the USA Baseball Prospect Development Program

Personal
• Son of Kevin and Maria Maloney
• Siblings are Kayla and Krista Maloney
• Father Kevin played baseball at UMass Lowell, sister Kayla played softball at Columbia
• Majoring in Accounting

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2022Freshman

    Catcher
    5'11" 160 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2023Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'11" 160 lbs
    4