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Jersey Number 26
Dante Baldelli
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 180
- Custom1:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Cumberland, R.I.
- High School:
- Bishop Hendricken
Bio
CAREER GAME HIGHS
At-Bats: 7, Northeastern (3/20/18)
Runs: 3, at Bethune-Cookman (2/24/19)
Hits: 4, at Santa Clara (2/17/18)
RBI: 4, Virginia Tech (3/24/18)
Doubles: 1, 12x (Last: at Clemson, 3/8/20)
Triples: 1, 3x (Last: vs. Fairfield, 2/29/20)
Home Runs: 1, Virginia Tech (3/24/18)
Walks: 2, 3x (Last: Virginia Tech, 3/23/18)
Stolen Bases: 3, 2x (Last: Holy Cross, 3/10/20)
AS A SENIOR (2020)
Started all 15 games in center field… hit .255 (14-for-55) with seven runs scored and nine driven in… picked up three RBI in a 2-for-4 effort with a double vs. Northern Illinois (2/15)… hit a bases-clearing, three-run triple and went 2-for-4 vs. Fairfield (2/29)… added a 2-for-5 day vs. the Stags (3/1) with two runs and two RBI… went 2-for-4 at North Carolina A&T (3/2)… doubled and went 2-for-4 with a RBI at No. 23 Clemson (3/8)… scored twice and went 1-for-2 with a walk vs. Holy Cross (3/10).
AS A JUNIOR (2019)
Appeared in all 48 games while making starts in 43 all in the outfield… hit .221 with a .335 on base percentage, scored 34 runs, drove in 23, four doubles, three triples and nine stolen bases… drove in five, scored three times, tripled, and homered in a 2-for-5 day at Bethune-Cookman (2/24)… went 2-for-4, scored and drove in one at Eastern Kentucky (3/2)… stole two bases, scored once, and drove in one in a 2-for-4 day vs. Siena (3/20)… stole two bases, went 2-for-4, and scored twice vs. Quinnipiac (4/10)… homered, walked twice, scored twice, and drove in two in a 2-for-4 game at North Carolina (4/20)… tripled, scored twice, drove in three and stole a base in a 2-for-4 afternoon vs. Maine (5/14)… scored twice and drove in one in a 2-for-4 day vs. Notre Dame (5/16)… went 2-for-5, scored once, and drove in one vs. Clemson (5/21) at the ACC Tournament.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2018)
Appeared in all 49 games, while making 49 starts, all in the outfield… hit .235 with 29 runs scored, 21 driven in, five doubles and one home run… scored once and drove in three runs off of a career-high 4-for-5 performance at Santa Clara (2/17)… recorded a 2-for-4 game with two RBI at UNC Asheville (3/6)… went 2-for-4 with a RBI, stolen base and a double while also scoring a run at NC State (3/10)… posted a 3-for-4 game with one RBI and a double at Virginia (3/17)… knocked in four runs by way of his first collegiate home run vs. Virginia Tech (3/24)… picked up a RBI in a 2-for-4 game at Clemson (3/31)… posted a 2-for-3 game with two RBI against Quinnipiac (4/11)… had a 2-for-5 performance with two RBI against Florida State (4/21)… scored once and logged a 2-for-4 performance vs. Maine (5/15).
AS A FRESHMAN (2017)
Played in 33 games, making nine starts in left field and eight in center … recorded five hits, seven runs, three RBIs, eight walks and three stolen bases in first-year campaign … was perfect in the field in 51 chances … scored the game-winning run twice … scored a run in both games of the doubleheader against No. 4 North Carolina (4/9) … went 1-for-3 against No. 6 Clemson (3/26) … also logged a hit in the series-opener against the Tigers (3/24) … registered a career day at Northeastern (3/21) with a 1-for-2 outing with two runs scored, a career-high two RBIs, first career double and first career sac fly … logged first career RBI in a 1-for-4 performance with a run scored in the win over Villanova (3/5) … tallied first career hit on a 1-for-2 day with a run against Georgetown (3/4) … logged a stolen base in first career start, the season opener at Bethune-Cookman (2/17).
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BEFORE BC
Selected in the 39th round by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2016 MLB First-Year Players Draft … played on three Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island state championship teams for coach Ed Halloway … captained the team as a senior … named to the 2016 American Baseball Coaches Association(ABCA)/Rawlings High School Gold Glove Team and the All-American Third Team … named all-state first team as a senior and to the second team junior and sophomore seasons  … batted .409 with 35 runs, 16 stolen bases and 22 walks as a senior … garnered league MVP honors in 2016 … collected all-state second-team and first-team all-division 1 honors in 2015 … ranked the top player in the state by MaxPreps.com … member of the 2015 Division I Super Bowl title football team … member of National Honor Society … named to the president’s list and a high honor student.
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PERSONAL
Enrolled as a biology major in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … recipient of the 2019 John L. Harrington Scholar Athlete Scholarship ... Dante is one of Dan and Michelle Baldelli’s four children … has three older brothers, Rocco, Nick and Minh … Rocco played professional baseball (2003-10) for the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox and is now the manager of the Minnesota Twins … Nick played baseball for Trinity College and Minh played baseball at the University of Rhode Island … recipient of the John L. Harrington Scholar-Athlete Fund.
At-Bats: 7, Northeastern (3/20/18)
Runs: 3, at Bethune-Cookman (2/24/19)
Hits: 4, at Santa Clara (2/17/18)
RBI: 4, Virginia Tech (3/24/18)
Doubles: 1, 12x (Last: at Clemson, 3/8/20)
Triples: 1, 3x (Last: vs. Fairfield, 2/29/20)
Home Runs: 1, Virginia Tech (3/24/18)
Walks: 2, 3x (Last: Virginia Tech, 3/23/18)
Stolen Bases: 3, 2x (Last: Holy Cross, 3/10/20)
AS A SENIOR (2020)
Started all 15 games in center field… hit .255 (14-for-55) with seven runs scored and nine driven in… picked up three RBI in a 2-for-4 effort with a double vs. Northern Illinois (2/15)… hit a bases-clearing, three-run triple and went 2-for-4 vs. Fairfield (2/29)… added a 2-for-5 day vs. the Stags (3/1) with two runs and two RBI… went 2-for-4 at North Carolina A&T (3/2)… doubled and went 2-for-4 with a RBI at No. 23 Clemson (3/8)… scored twice and went 1-for-2 with a walk vs. Holy Cross (3/10).
AS A JUNIOR (2019)
Appeared in all 48 games while making starts in 43 all in the outfield… hit .221 with a .335 on base percentage, scored 34 runs, drove in 23, four doubles, three triples and nine stolen bases… drove in five, scored three times, tripled, and homered in a 2-for-5 day at Bethune-Cookman (2/24)… went 2-for-4, scored and drove in one at Eastern Kentucky (3/2)… stole two bases, scored once, and drove in one in a 2-for-4 day vs. Siena (3/20)… stole two bases, went 2-for-4, and scored twice vs. Quinnipiac (4/10)… homered, walked twice, scored twice, and drove in two in a 2-for-4 game at North Carolina (4/20)… tripled, scored twice, drove in three and stole a base in a 2-for-4 afternoon vs. Maine (5/14)… scored twice and drove in one in a 2-for-4 day vs. Notre Dame (5/16)… went 2-for-5, scored once, and drove in one vs. Clemson (5/21) at the ACC Tournament.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2018)
Appeared in all 49 games, while making 49 starts, all in the outfield… hit .235 with 29 runs scored, 21 driven in, five doubles and one home run… scored once and drove in three runs off of a career-high 4-for-5 performance at Santa Clara (2/17)… recorded a 2-for-4 game with two RBI at UNC Asheville (3/6)… went 2-for-4 with a RBI, stolen base and a double while also scoring a run at NC State (3/10)… posted a 3-for-4 game with one RBI and a double at Virginia (3/17)… knocked in four runs by way of his first collegiate home run vs. Virginia Tech (3/24)… picked up a RBI in a 2-for-4 game at Clemson (3/31)… posted a 2-for-3 game with two RBI against Quinnipiac (4/11)… had a 2-for-5 performance with two RBI against Florida State (4/21)… scored once and logged a 2-for-4 performance vs. Maine (5/15).
AS A FRESHMAN (2017)
Played in 33 games, making nine starts in left field and eight in center … recorded five hits, seven runs, three RBIs, eight walks and three stolen bases in first-year campaign … was perfect in the field in 51 chances … scored the game-winning run twice … scored a run in both games of the doubleheader against No. 4 North Carolina (4/9) … went 1-for-3 against No. 6 Clemson (3/26) … also logged a hit in the series-opener against the Tigers (3/24) … registered a career day at Northeastern (3/21) with a 1-for-2 outing with two runs scored, a career-high two RBIs, first career double and first career sac fly … logged first career RBI in a 1-for-4 performance with a run scored in the win over Villanova (3/5) … tallied first career hit on a 1-for-2 day with a run against Georgetown (3/4) … logged a stolen base in first career start, the season opener at Bethune-Cookman (2/17).
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BEFORE BC
Selected in the 39th round by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2016 MLB First-Year Players Draft … played on three Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island state championship teams for coach Ed Halloway … captained the team as a senior … named to the 2016 American Baseball Coaches Association(ABCA)/Rawlings High School Gold Glove Team and the All-American Third Team … named all-state first team as a senior and to the second team junior and sophomore seasons  … batted .409 with 35 runs, 16 stolen bases and 22 walks as a senior … garnered league MVP honors in 2016 … collected all-state second-team and first-team all-division 1 honors in 2015 … ranked the top player in the state by MaxPreps.com … member of the 2015 Division I Super Bowl title football team … member of National Honor Society … named to the president’s list and a high honor student.
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PERSONAL
Enrolled as a biology major in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … recipient of the 2019 John L. Harrington Scholar Athlete Scholarship ... Dante is one of Dan and Michelle Baldelli’s four children … has three older brothers, Rocco, Nick and Minh … Rocco played professional baseball (2003-10) for the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox and is now the manager of the Minnesota Twins … Nick played baseball for Trinity College and Minh played baseball at the University of Rhode Island … recipient of the John L. Harrington Scholar-Athlete Fund.
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