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2020 Baseball Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

22 Ben Wereski

  • Position Left-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 200
  • Hometown Orchard Park, N.Y.
  • Previous School Orchard Park
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Psychology

Biography

2020: Did not see action (injury).

2019: Honorable Mention All-Ivy League … Went 4-3 with 4.18 ERA in 51.2 innings … Pitched 7.2 innings of one-run ball with five strikeouts to earn win at Yale (4/14) … Fanned seven over 5.2 innings at Princeton (4/7) … Registered career-high 10 strikeouts and allowed four over six innings against Dartmouth (3/31) … Struck out seven in 4.2 innings at Cal Poly (3/9 – Game 1).
 
2018: Started 12 of the 13 games he appeared and worked 61.0 innings … Struck out a team-high 52 and also posted three wins … Threw 4.2 innings in his only relief outing against FAU at NCAA Gainesville Regional … Worked five innings pitched with five hits and one run (unearned) in a win against Cornell (5/13) … Fanned seven in 7.1 innings, allowing one earned run on seven hits in a win against Harvard (3/31) … Struck out six batters at USF over five innings (3/3).
 
2017: Made nine appearances with four starts … Went 2-1 with 18 strikeouts in 18 innings … Worked scoreless frame to earn win at Rutgers … Fanned three batters in three shutout innings at No. 4 St. John’s to earn the decision … Struck out career-high six batters in four innings in collegiate debut at No. 3 Florida.
 
High School: Second team all-state, first team All-Western New York, first team all-section in 2016… Perfect Game Northeast Regional All-High School Senior Honorable Mention member after senior year… Reached state semifinals in 2015… Posted career record of 11-4 with a 1.12 WHIP and 145 strikeouts.


Personal: Psychology major. 

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Historical Player Information

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    2017First Year

    Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 190 lbs
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    2018Sophomore

    Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 190 lbs
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    2019Junior

    Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 200 lbs
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    2020Senior

    Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 200 lbs
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