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2016 Baseball Roster

Larry Levanti
Larry Levanti
Justin Lafleur

9 John Giakas

  • Position First Base
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Staten Island, N.Y.
  • High School Tottenville

Biography


2015:  Saw action in 45 games, making 44 starts as the Knights’ primary first baseman…Collected 32 hits in 140 at bats for a .229 batting average…Recorded a team-high 340 putouts and posted a .984 fielding percentage…Smacked eight doubles and connected on two home runs…Reached base at a .303 clip and slugged .329 for the season…Drove in 15 runs and scored 16 times…Had a season-high three hits on two occasions, against St. Peter’s on March 17 and against LIU Brooklyn on May 2…Had two games with two RBI…Hit home runs at Bryant on May 9 and against Mount St. Mary’s on May 16.

2014: Started all 47 games for the Knights as both a designated hitter and catcher… Hit .294 (47-for-160) on the year with a team-leading 47 hits, an on-base percentage of .341, a slugging percentage of .344, and tallied 19 RBI... Had 12 multi-hit games in 2014… In the team’s first win, over Lehigh (2/23) went 3-for-3 with two RBI and one run scored… In the series finale at Morehead State (3/01) collected two hits along with two RBI and one run scored… Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against Big East opponent St. John's (3/12)... Helped complete the weekend sweep in a win over Lehigh (3/16) where he was 2-for-3 with three runs scored… Went 2-for-4 with a double which later resulted in a run scored in the Knights first NEC victory, over Wagner (4/12)...  Had a monster day at the plate in a win over Central Connecticut (4/18) where he was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and four RBI... The following day in another victory over CCSU, went 4-for-4 with one RBI.

2013: Saw action in 37 games including 35 starts behind the plate… Hit 35-129 (.271) with 12 RBIs five doubles, eight walks and 15 runs scored… Behind the plate he had eight errors and 188 catches while boasting a fielding percentage of 95.7%... Collected 10 multi-hit games throughout the season… Went 2-3 against Campbell (3/9) with two RBIs, a walk and one run scored… In a win over Wagner (4/7) he went 3-8 with one walk and one run scored… In a win over Mount St. Mary’s (4/28) he went 3-5 with two RBI’s and three runs scored. Against Sacred Heart (5/4) he went 3-4 with one run scored.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2013Freshman

    Catcher
    6'0" 185 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2014Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'0" 200 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2015Junior

    Catcher
    6'0" 200 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2016Senior

    First Base
    6'0" 200 lbs
    9
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