2022 Merrimack College Baseball Roster

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24 Vin Zappulla

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 175
  • Hometown Staten Island, N.Y.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Monsignor Farrell
  • Major Physical Therapy

Biography

2020:

  • Appeared in four games, starting all four
  • Pitched 21 innings, registering 17 strikeouts
  • Set a season of five strikeouts against Wofford (3/1)

2019:

  • Tied for the team lead with 12 starts, emerging as one of the staff’s top arms
  • Registered a 7-1 record with a 2.34 ERA over 77.0 innings of work
  • Led the staff with 64 strikeouts
  • Set a career high with two 10-strikeout games against Saint Michael’s (4/19) and Southern Connecticut (5/9)
  • Totaled nine quality starts, the third most among Merrimack’s starters
  • Set career bests in ERA, wins, appearances, innings pitched and strikeouts
  • Held opposing hitters to a .223 average
  • Tied for the second most wins in a single season in school history

2018:

  • NE10 All-Rookie Team
  • Two-time NE10 Rookie of the Week (2/12, 3/26)
  • Ranked third on Merrimack with 54.1 innings pitched
  • Posted a 4-4 record with a 4.80 ERA, striking out 44 batters compared to just 26 walks
  • Threw his first-ever complete game in a win vs. Saint Rose (4/7)
  • Handed nationally ranked New Haven just its second loss of the year in a seven-inning one-run effort (3/25)
  • Two of his three quality starts came against future NCAA Tournament programs (New Haven, SNHU)

Before Merrimack:

  • Four-year letterwinner at Monsignor Farrell on Staten Island in New York
  • His team finished second in the CHSAA as a junior
  • Won the CHSAA Championship as a senior
  • Won the CHSAA City Championship as a sophomore, during which Zappulla pitched the championship game
  • Staten Island Advance All-Star and two-time Cy Young winner 

Personal:

  • Born June 9, 1999
  • Son of Bart Zappulla and Maria Cucuzza
  • Has two siblings, Giovanna and Angelo
  • Plans to be a physical therapy major at Merrimack

CAREER HIGHS: 

Innings pitched: 9.0, Saint Rose, 04/07/2018 
Walks allowed: 7, vs New Haven, 05/11/18 
Strikeouts: 10, Saint Michael's, 04/19/2019 ; vs Southern Connecticut, 05/09/19 
Batters faced: 34, vs Southern Connecticut, 05/09/19 
Field chances: 5, at So. New Hampshire, 04/27/18 
Putouts: 2, at So. New Hampshire, 04/27/18 ; at New Haven, Mar 25, 2018 
Assists: 3, at Saint Michael's, 04/22/18 
Runners CS: 1, 10 time

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    RHP
    6'1" 175 lbs
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    2019Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 175 lbs
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    2020Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 175 lbs
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    2021Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 175 lbs
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    2022Graduate Student

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 175 lbs
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