University of Massachusets Athletics
2019 Baseball Roster
Anthony Videtto
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kingston, Mass.
- High School:
- Silver Lake Regional
2020 – Redshirt Junior: Started all nine games, splitting time between the outfield and first base ... Hit a team-leading .375, also leading the Minutemen with six extra-base hits, six RBI and four runs scored ... Had four multi-hit games ... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a two-run homer, scored twice and had three RBI in the season opener at Delaware State (2/22) ... Went 2-for-2 and walked twice at Delaware State (2/23), logging a double and an RBI ... Hit safely in the final four games ... Was 3-for-5 with a two-run double and scored twice at Navy (3/1) ... Tripled as part of a 2-for-4 afternoon at No. 4 Georgia (3/8) ... Remainder of season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 – Redshirt Sophomore: NEIBA All-Star ... Appeared in all 45 games in the season, starting 43 at first base and one at DH ... Hit .296 and had a .421 OBP out of the cleanup spot, both second on the team only to Collin Shapiro ... Led the team with a .420 slugging percentage and 29 RBI ... Finished with 11 doubles and three homers, both second among the ballclub ... Had just two errors all year ... Contributed 14 multi-hit games and seven contests with at least two RBI ... Singled twice and walked vs. Central Connecticut (3/2) ... Was 2-for-4 with three RBI, two walks and two runs scored at UT Rio Grande Valley (3/10) ... Doubled in a 3-for-4 night at Holy Cross (3/19) ... Closed the Dayton series (3/31) with a 3-for-3 performance, including a double, an RBI and two runs scored in the win ... Hit 3-for-3, drive in three and scored three times with a double in the win over George Washington (4/13) ... Was instrumental in a back-and-forth ballgame at Maine (4/19), going 3-for-4 with five RBI, a double and stolen base ... Swiped 6-of-7 bags attempted on the year.
2018 – Redshirt Freshman: Made four starts and went 1-0 with a 4.12 ERA over 19.2 innings ... Started against Northeastern (4/3) and went 6.2 innings but received a no-decision ... Received a no-decision against Bucknell (3/13), throwing five innings ... Picked up the win in his collegiate debut against Saint Peter’s (3/3), tossing six innings of one-run ball while scattering four hits and striking out six.
2017 – Freshman: Did not see action.
Before UMass: Played varsity baseball for four years at Silver Lake Regional High School in Kingston, Mass. … Lead team to win Patriot League Title for four consecutive years (2013-2016)… Team won South Sectional Championships in 2016… Named a Patriot League All-Star and Boston Globe All-Scholastic over three consecutive years (2014-2016)… Named Patriot League MVP in 2015 and 2016… As a senior in 2016 won Gatorade Player of the Year for baseball in Mass., was named the Boston Globe Player of the Year, and was named to the ESPN All-State team… Holds personal record of 62 strikeouts, 1.5 ERA, .437 batting average, 5 home runs and 17 RBIs in a season (2016)… Also played basketball… Part of the National Honors Society and was an honor roll student for four consecutive years (2013-2016).
Personal: Born Anthony Jacob Videtto in Weymouth, Mass. … Son of Tony and Joanne, brother of Caroline… Majoring in Biology on the Pre-Med track.
