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2020 Baseball

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14 Christian Scafidi

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 265
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Blackwood, N.J.
  • Highschool Highland Regional

Biography

2020: Posted a 2-0 record after two starts on the mound in a season shortened by the COVID-19 outbreak … Academic All-Ivy … Named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week after a complete game with 11 strikeouts, zero walks, and just one unearned run allowed against FIU (3/7) … Finished the season with an unblemished 0.00 ERA after 15 innings pitched … Led the Quakers with 15 strikeouts … One of two Ivy League pitchers to throw a complete game in 2020 ... Academic All-Ivy.

2019: Ivy League Pitcher of the Year ... Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy Selection (SP) ... Made 10 appearances with nine starts as a key member of Penn’s weekend rotation … One of four team captains … Finished the season 6-1 with a career-low 2.62 ERA after a career-high 68.2 innings pitched … Struck out 59 batters—fifth-most in the Ivy League—while allowing just 18 walks … Pitched seven or more innings in six of his ten appearances, including each of his last five appearances … Second in the Ivy League with 45 strikeouts in conference play … Posted the lowest ERA (2.16) among starting pitchers in Ivy League play …  Named Ivy League and Big 5 Pitcher of the Week after 8.1 shutout innings with 11 strikeouts against Princeton (April 13) …Tossed a complete game with one run allowed on five hits with eight strikeouts in Penn’s series opener against Cornell (April 27), earning him a Big 5 Pitcher of the Week honor … Also named Big 5 Pitcher of the Week after tossing eight shutout innings with seven strikeouts against Dartmouth (April 7).
 
2018: Appeared in 11 games while making 10 starts on the mound, finishing the year with a 3-4 record (best among starters) ... Ranked second on the team in both strikeouts (52) and innings pitched (61.2) ... Racked up a 4.52 ERA, surrendering 67 total hits and 31 earned runs ... Tossed a career-high seven frames three times, including a complete game against Fairleigh Dickinson (3/17) ... Struck out a career-best eight batters during a four-inning start at Harvard (4/8).
 
2017: Made ten appearances, all in relief ... Finished the year 0-1 with a 6.92 ERA ... Struck out 17 in 13.0 innings pitched ... Recorded at least one strikeout in nine of his ten appearances ... Made his collegiate debut at North Florida (3/5), striking out one in an inning of work ... Posted a season-high four strikeouts in two innings out of the bullpen against Valparaiso (3/8).
 
High School: Lettered four years in baseball ... Lettered four years in basketball ... Two year baseball captain ... Played in 2015 New Jersey Top 100 Underclassmen Games as one of the top-20 pitchers in New Jersey ... Named to Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-Northeast Team ... Led Highland Baseball to Group Three Championship game ... Named First Team All-Conference ... Named to All-South Jersey Team ... Tri-Cape Carpenter Cup Team ... Honorable Mention for Athlete of the Year in South Jersey ... Scored over 1,000 points and recorded over 1,000 rebounds in basketball ... Led the state of New Jersey in rebounds, averaging 17.5 rebounds per game, while also scoring 19.5 points per game ... Four-year captain and named First Team All-Conference two years ... Led Highland to Tri-County Royal Division Championship for first time in 15 years ... Named 2016 Top Scholar-Athlete in South Jersey by Albert J. Carino Boys Basketball Club ... Member of National Honor Society ... 2016 South Jersey Coaches Association Male Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Recipient of the Widener University Leadership Award. 
 
Personal: Son of Diane and Anthony Scafidi ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Career Highs
Pitching
Innings Pitched: 9.0, vs. Cornell (4/27/19)
Strikeouts: 11, vs. Princeton (4/13/19)
Complete Games: 2, (Last - vs. Cornell 4/27/19)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017Freshman

    RHP
    6'4" 260 lbs
    5
  • 14

    2018Sophomore

    RHP
    6'4" 260 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2019Junior

    RHP
    6'4" 265 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2020Senior

    RHP
    6'4" 265 lbs
    14