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31 Ben Richardson

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 215
  • Position P
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Orlando, FL

Biography

2015 SEASON: HONORS - D2ADA Academic Achievement Award ... SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ...  led staff with 48 strikeouts and 88.0 innings pitched …  tied for the team lead with 13 starts and second with 15 appearances … also tied with two complete games … was 5-7 with a 5.42 ERA … struck out a career-high seven batters while holding Flagler to one run in seven innings on 3/4 ... allowed one earned run in 8.0 innings vs. Nova Southeastern with six strikeouts on 3/20 ... struck out four or more batters in seven games ... has a 14-14 career record with 116 strikeouts in 204.0 innings pitched ... has started 33 of his 38 games pitched for the Moccasins ... has five career complete games worked 6.0 or more innings in 10 starts last season ... the Mocs “Friday Night” pitcher ... tossed a complete game in his final outing of the season, a 17-4 win at Lynn on 5/4 ... posted a 4-4 record and a 5.46 ERA in eight starts (two complete games) in conference play.

2014 SEASON: HONORS - D2ADA Academic Achievement Award ... NCBWA South Region Pitcher of the Week (4/9/14) ... SSC Pitcher of the Week (4/7/14; 4/28/14) ... SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... started a team-high 16 games ... the 16 appearances was tied for third-most on team ... led team with three complete games and three shutouts ... the three shutouts are tied for most on the school’s single-season chart ... in addition, the three shutouts puts Richardson in tie for third on the school’s career shutout list ... the three shutouts were the most for a Moccasin pitcher since Brett Tomko tossed three shutouts in 1995 ... on the season, he went 8-6 with a 3.14 ERA ... the eight wins was tops on the team and tied for fifth-most in the SSC ... led team with 97.1 innings ... allowed 93 hits, 39 runs and 34 earned runs ... struck out 55 batters and walked 20 ... was second on the team in strikeouts ... pitched six or more innings in 11 of his starts ... pitched a two-hit complete game shutout against Claflin (2/22), had a four-hit complete game shutout against Nova Southeastern (4/5) and tossed a five-hit complete game shutout against Saint Leo (4/26) ... recorded five of more strikeouts in five games, including a career-high six strikeouts at Catawba (2/8) ... had a 2.8 strikeout to walk ratio and averaged 5.09 strikeouts per nine innings ... opposing batters hit .253 against Richardson ... went 3-4 with a 2.49 ERA in eight SSC starts ... tossed 50.2 innings in SSC play and recorded 26 strikeouts and walked just nine opposing batters ... was 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA in two starts in the NCAA South Regional Tournament ... in 12.1 innings of work, allowed 12 hits and seven runs (five earned), while striking out seven and walking three.  

2013 SEASON: HONORS - SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... appeared in seven games and made four starts ... posted a 1-1 record and a 6.75 ERA ... threw 18.2 innings and recorded 13 strikeouts and walked 13 ...allowed 25 hits ... made his first career start vs. Warner (2/12) and went four innings and allowed five hits and two runs, while walking four and striking out two ... longest outing of season was 5 innings against Flagler (2/20) ... struck out at least two batters in five games, including recording a season-high five strikeouts at Incarnate Word (2/9) ... earned his first career against Flagler (2/20).

HIGH SCHOOL: 2012 graduate of Bishop Moore Catholic High School in Orlando ... played baseball for four years ... as a senior in 2012, earned Player of the Year honors and was an Honorable Mention All-State selection ... played football for two seasons at Bishop Moore.

PERSONAL: major is business administration ... wants to go to business graduate school and start his own business one day ... played during the 2014 summer for the College Park Freedom in the Florida Collegiate League ... on of Charles and Amy Richardson ... has three brothers, Garrett (23), Zach (19) and Brett (19) ... born 8/5/93.


CAREER HIGHS:
    Innings Pitched: 8.1 – vs. Florida Tech (4/12/14)
    Strikeouts: 7 – at Flagler (3/4/15)

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2015Junior

    P
    6'5" 210 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2016Senior

    P
    6'5" 215 lbs
    31

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