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2017 Baseball Roster

Richard Breeden
Richard Breeden
Brent Smith
Brent Smith

18 Chris Maranto

  • Position UTIL
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Mundelein, Ill.
  • Highschool Mundelein

Biography

2017 – Senior Season: Played in 40 games, making 36 starts in leftfield… Recorded 21 hits in 124 at-bats to post a .169 batting average… Ended the year with nine extra-base hits; five home runs, three doubles and one triple… Scored 13 runs… Tallied 11 RBI… Stole four bases… Walked 11 times… Hit three home runs in the first six games of the regular season… Exploded for two hits, two RBI, one home run and one run scored at Alcorn State (Feb. 25)… Delivered a two-RBI single vs. Fort Wayne while scoring two runs (March 12)… First double of the season came at Ohio (March 24)… Hit a solo home run against Eastern Illinois (April 18)… Lone triple of the season came at Miami (May 3)… Went 2-for-4 with a double vs. Villanova (May 7)… Ended his career on a high note by going 1-for-2 with a home run against Creighton (May 19).

2016 - Junior Season: Played in 30 games, making 28 starts... Collected 26 hits in 105 at-bats to post a .248 batting average... Ended the year with two doubles, four triples and two home runs... Tallied 19 RBI... Scored 12 runs... Walked 11 times to raise his on-base percentage to .316... Posted a .400 slugging percentage... Opened the season with four hits, two RBI and two runs scored at Samford in a four-game series (Feb. 19-21)... Posted a season-high four RBI in the home opener with one swing of the bat by hitting a grand slam vs. Marian (March 2)... Picked up two hits vs. Northwestern (March 5)... First triple of the season came vs. Illinois State (March 12)... Came up big at Saint Louis with a 2-for-4 day that included a double, two RBI and a run scored (March 19)... Lone hit at Indiana went down as a triple (March 23)... Played well at St. John's to end the game 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored (May 8)... Ended the year on a high note going 5-for-8 from the plate with four RBI, two triples and a run scored vs. Mercent over a two-game span... Suffered a season-ending injury in game two vs. Mercer (May 14). 

2015 - Sophomore Season: Played in 38 games, making 36 starts... Missed time during the middle of the season due to an injury (Hit-by-pitch/face)... Collected 33 hits in 120 at-bats to post a .275 batting average... Ended the year with two doubles and nine RBIs... Scored 18 runs... Tallied 35 total bases... Stole seven bases... Walked 16 times... Held a .292 slugging percentage to go along with a .370 on-base percentage... Finished the season with a .916 fielding percentage... Played in 15 BIG EAST games, making 14 starts... Hit .292 vs. BIG EAST foes with 14 hits in 48 at-bats... Came up with an RBI double at Lipscomb (Feb. 14)... Recorded a season-high three hits vs. IPFW, ending the game with two runs scored and an RBI (March 8)... Earned an RBI in three of four contests from March 7-10... Solid outing at Seton Hall going 2-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases (April 19)... Posted a season-high two RBIs vs. Dayton as part of a 2-for-2 day with one run scored (May 6)... Went 3-for-3 at Georgetown with two runs scored (May 10). 

2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season: Started in 48 games... Led the team with a .309 batting average (50-for-162)... Third on the team with 21 runs scored... Posted a .395 slugging percentage with seven doubles, two triples and a home run... Ended the season with 22 RBIs, the second-highest total on the team... Recorded the second-highest total with 64 total bases... Third on the team with 25 walks... Was hit by pitch five times to push his on-base percentage to .410... Second on the team with eight stolen bases... Held a .941 fielding percentage with 72 putouts and 87 assists... Belted a solo home run at St. John's (April 11)... First triple of the season was recorded vs. Georgetown (May 9)... Came up with a double and a triple at Villanova, ending the game with two RBIs and a run scored (May 15)... Recorded a season-high three RBIs in his first action of the season vs. Illinois State (Feb. 16)... Went 3-for-4 from the plate with two RBIs vs. IPFW (March 8)... Helped BU win the series vs. Seton Hall with a 2-for-4 effort that included a double, two RBIs and one run scored (April 6)... Stole his first base of the season vs. IPFW (March 7)... Hit a double in back-to-back games early in the season (Feb. 28 - March 1). 

Personal: Son of Kirk and Tammy Maranto.

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Historical Player Information

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    2013Freshman

    IF
    5'9" 175 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2014Redshirt

    INF
    5'8" 180 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2015Redshirt

    INF
    5'8" 180 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2016Redshirt Junior

    UTIL
    5'8" 180 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2017Redshirt Senior

    UTIL
    5'8" 180 lbs
    18
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