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2019 Baseball Roster

18 Ben Porter

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 170
  • Hometown Newton, Mass.
  • Previous School Newton North
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Earth Institute

Biography

2019: Honorable Mention All-Ivy League … Hit .272 with eight doubles, 22 RBI and 19 runs … Posted team-high 17-game hitting streak from 3/16-4/14) … Was 2-for-3 with four RBI at Army … Went 2-for-5 with two RBI, including game-winning knock in 10th inning at Yale (4/13 – Game 2) … Posted two doubles, drove in three runs and scored four times at Dartmouth (3/30 – Game 1).
 
2018: Second Team All-Ivy League … Batted .346 with six doubles and two triples in 28 games (missed 12 due to injury) … Led the team in stolen bases with seven … Registered a base-hit against FAU at NCAA Gainesville Regional … Scored game-winning run in the 15th inning and was 3-for-6 with a double and a stolen base in ILCS clinching game at Yale … Was 2-for-4 with an RBI in game one of ILCS … Reached base four times, going 3-for-3 with a walk at Cornell (5/13) … Knocked in two runs in victory over the Big Red (5/12 – Game 2) … Went 3-for-3 with two walks, three runs, a pair of RBI, and three stolen bases in a win against Penn (4/29) … Knocked in three runs and scored two more in a 2-for-4 performance against the Quakers (4/28 – Game 2) … Was 2-for-2 with two RBI and two walks against Princeton (4/21 – Game 1) … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored at UNLV (2/24 – Game 1).
 
2017: Saw action in all 41 games, making 40 starts … Hit .280 with 35 runs scored and 25 RBI … Swiped eight bases … Belted a grand slam home run and drove in five runs in win at Penn (4/29 – Game 1) … Recorded first career dinger, a three-run shot against Penn (4/28 – Game 1) … Was 2-for-4 with four RBI in series finale at Princeton (4/23) … 3-for-4 with two runs at Cornell (4/16 – Game 2) … Hit two doubles, went 4-for-6 and scored twice at Mississippi State … 2-for-3 at No. 3 Florida (3/4).
 
2016: Appeared in 20 games and made 13 starts… First career hit came at San Diego (3/15)… Went 3-for-4 with a double at San Diego (3/16)… Finished season with 2-for-4 performance with two RBI and a run scored against Penn (4/30 – Game 2).
 
At Newton North: Played four years with Newton North, earning All-Bay State Conference All-Star honors from 2013-15… Won state championship in 2014… Named Perfect game All-Northeast Region first team… Selected 2015 Hamil Award winner for Newton baseball players… Hit .357 as a senior with 25 runs, 19 RBI and 10 stolen bases… Batted .481 as sophomore… Also lettered in track for three years, where he earned New Balance All-America honors in 2013… Honor roll student all four years.
 
Personal: Plays piano and oboe… Parents are Lisa and Evan Porter… Born February 26, 1997.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2016First Year

    Outfielder
    5'10" 170 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2017Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'10" 170 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2018Junior

    Outfielder
    5'10" 170 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2019Senior

    Outfielder
    5'10" 170 lbs
    18