2021 Merrimack College Baseball Roster

Bruce Preston
Greg Wall
Greg Wall
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Josh Gibney
Josh Gibney
Josh Gibney

9 Thomas Joyce

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Infielder
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 210
  • Hometown Newton, Mass.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Newton North
  • Major Economics

Biography

2020:

  • CoSIDA Academic All-American
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • Appeared and started in 15 games
  • Lead the NEC with 99 putouts, and fielding 14 double plays

2019:

  • NE10 Academic All-Conference
  • CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District
  • Merrimack’s Primary No. 3 hitter and starting first baseman
  • Set career highs in total hits (56), homers (4), RBI (41), doubles (9) and steals (15)
  • Tied for fourth in the NE10 in RBI
  • Posted a career-high .995 fielding percentage, committing just two errors in over 400 chances
  • Ranked second on Merrimack with a .306 batting average, his second straight year hitting above .300
  • Finished third on the team in multi-hit games (17) and second in multi-RBI games (12)
  • Led Merrimack with a .409 on-base percentage
  • Posted a stretch in the middle of the season with 12 multi-hit games across 15 total contests

2018:

  • Northeast-10 Academic All-Conference
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District selection
  • Spent the majority of the season as Merrimack’s starting 1B; Also saw time in LF
  • Established new career highs in average (.325), at-bats (160), hits (52), runs (33), RBI (29), extra-base hits (13), doubles (8) and triples (2)
  • Tied his career high with three home runs, hitting the second most on the team
  • Set a single-game high with five hits vs. Bentley (4/26), knocking in four runs in Merrimack’s 19-14 win
  • Ranked fifth on the team with 16 multi-hit games

2017:

  • Named NE10 Rookie of the Week (2/27)
  • Debuted with a .282/.420/.479 slash line over 23 games and 71 at-bats
  • Clubbed three homers and eight extra-base hits, with nearly half of his total hits (20) going for multiple bases
  • Added five doubles and 13 walks, contributing to his team-high .420 OBP
  • Posted a .965 fielding percentage at first base

Before Merrimack: 

  • Four-year letterwinner at Newton North High School
  • Conference All-Star in hockey and baseball last season
  • Three-sport captain during his senior year
  • Ranked on the Honor Roll in all four years of high school

Personal: 

  • Born June 5, 1998
  • Son of Robert and Tricia
  • Has three siblings, Robby, Alex and Angelina

CAREER HIGHS:

Hits: 5, Bentley, 04/26/18 
Doubles: 2, vs Concordia (N.Y.), 02/25/17 ; Bentley, 04/26/18 
Triples: 1, at Bentley, 04/18/18 ; Bentley, 04/26/18 
Home runs: 2, vs LIU Post, 02/25/17 
Total bases: 9, Bentley, 04/26/18 
RBI: 5, vs LIU Post, 02/25/17 
Runs scored: 4, at Limestone College, 2/9/2018 
Walks: 3, Post, 04/19/17 
Hit by pitch: 2, vs Bloomfield, 03/10/2019 ; at Pace, 3/23/2019 
Struck out: 3, So. New Hampshire, 04/28/18 
Sac flies: 1, 15 times
Sac bunts: 1, vs Dominican, 02/24/2018 
At bats: 7, Franklin Pierce, 04/28/2019 
Stolen bases: 2, 6 times
Caught stealing: 1, 5 times
Field chances: 17, Post, 04/19/17 
Putouts: 17, Post, 04/19/17 
Assists: 2, 5 times

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2017Freshman

    INF
    6'1" 210 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2018Sophomore

    INF
    6'1" 210 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2019Junior

    Infielder
    6'1" 210 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2020Senior

    Infielder
    6'1" 210 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2021Graduate Student

    Infielder
    6'1" 210 lbs
    9