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2021 Baseball Roster

Dakota Gilbert
Gabe Dickens
Gabe Dickens
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Gabe Dickens
Gabe Dickens
Gabe Dickens
Gabe Dickens
Gabe Dickens
Gabe Dickens

21 Erik Matz

  • Position Outfield
  • Bat/Throw R/R
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 172
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Medford, N.Y.
  • High School Patchogue-Medford
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

2021 (Senior): Team Captain... Batted .188 with a .263 on-base percentage, 13 hits, five doubles, one home run, six walks, eights runs scored, two stolen bases and 11 RBI in 20 games played.

2020 (Junior): Recorded a team-leading .313 batting average with a .389 on-base percentage, five hits, two doubles, one runs scored, one RBI, one walk and one stolen base... Tallied a three-game hitting streak that began with two hits in game one of a doubleheader at Maritime College on March 1, and culminated with one hit in the first game of a twin bill at Farmingdale State College on March 8... Season ended on March 12, due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Sophomore): Appeared in 29 games, started 25...  Recorded a .247 batting average with 21 hits, 21 runs, three double and 11 RBI... Went 9-for-13 in stolen bases.

2018 (First-Year): Appeared in 22 games, started 18...  Recorded a .190 batting average with eight hits, seven runs, one double and seven RBIs. 

High School: Graduated from Patchogue-Medford High School…Two year member of the baseball team… Recorded the most outfield assists in school history…Also lettered in football…Named team Rookie of the Year in 2015

Personal: Son of Erik Matz and Judy Karazim-Matz…Other family members are: Nikolas (brother), Vyktoria (sister) and Klaudia (sister)... Enjoys fishing, skiing and golf.
 
Plattsburgh State Career Statistics
Year Avg. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SF SB-SBA
2018 .227 23-18 44 8 10 1 0 0 10 1 3-5
2019 .247 29-25 85 21 21 3 0 0 11 2 9-13
2020 .312 5-5 16 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 1-1
2021 .188 20-20 69 8 13 5 0 1 11 0 2-3
Totals .229 77-68 214 38 49 11 0 1 33 3 15-22

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2018First-Year Student

    Outfield
    6'0" 180 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2019Sophomore

    Outfield
    6'1" 175 lbs
    27
  • 21

    2020Junior

    Outfield
    6'1" 170 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2021Senior

    Outfield
    6'0" 172 lbs
    21