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24 Matthew Ritchie

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-7
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ashburn, VA
  • Highschool Broad Run

Biography

Career Summary
- Appeared in 82 career games, making 77 starts
- .284/.438/.410 - 77 Hits - 74 Runs - 62 BB - 50 RBI - 14 2B - 13 SB - 4 HR
- 2021 All-Centennial Second Team Second Baseman
- 2021 Centennial Academic Honor Roll
2021
- Started all 18 games in which he appeared
- Hit .338 with an OBP of .440
- Totaled 24 hits and 7 2B, driving in 7 runs
- Had six multi-hit games
- Went 3-5 w/ a 2B, 2 RBI and a SB at Gettysburg on 4/17
- Went 3-4 w/ a 2B & an RBI at Muhlenberg on 5/1
- Had 10 hits & 3 2B in a four-game span from 5/1-6/4, raising his avg from .271 to .354
- Reached base in 17 of 18 games
2020
- Started all 12 games at 2B, picking up a hit in 10 out of 12
- Hit .341 in 44 at-bats, homering four times 
- Led team in runs scored (15), RBI (16), SLG% (.659) & HBP (3)
- Homered in the season-opener vs. St. John Fisher on 02/22
- Racked up two hits, two RBI and a stolen base vs. Arcadia on 02/23
- Had five multi-hit games, including a career-best three hits vs. SUNY Cortland
- Homered in three of four games from 03/04-03/09
- Drove in a career-high six runs vs. Messiah, hitting a grand slam in the contest
2019
- Played in 48 games on the season with 47 starts, all coming at third base
- Hit .242 in 153 at-bats, driving in 27 runs
- Worked 40 walks on the year which is the second most in a single season in JHU history
- Reached base in 19-straight games during the season
- Recorded a walk-off single on 3/9 against Elmira
- Hit his first career home run on 3/10 against Salisbury
- Scored a career-high four runs vs. Muhlenberg on 05/02
- Homered, doubled and scored three runs vs. TCNJ on 05/19
2018
- Appeared in four games on the season
- Registered his first career hit on 2/24 against St. John Fisher
- Scored first career run on 2/27 against Gwynedd-Mercy
High School
- 2x Second Team All-Conference, First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-Region senior year
- Junior year hit .373 with 24 runs scored and 14 SB
- Senior year hit .390 with 9 runs and 10 RBIs

Personal
- Son of Janice & Dorian Ritchie
- Has a younger brother, Jeremy
- Mother, Janice ('00) graduated from JHU
- Father, Dorian wrestled at Morgan State
- Started a non-profit called Bat2Basics where he collects baseball gear and donates it to underprivileged baseball players
- Traveled to the Dominican Republic with the Boston Red Sox to build houses and play baseball
- Has a music website called NC Views and also writes for the Johns Hopkins News-Letter
- Majoring in English & Psychological and Brain Sciences with a minor in Communications

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

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    5'7" 184 lbs
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    2019Sophomore

    Infield
    5'7" 195 lbs
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    2020Junior

    Infield
    5'7" 195 lbs
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    2021Senior

    Infield
    5'7" 195 lbs
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