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Chaffee, Evan
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Jersey Number 18
Evan Chaffee
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- LHP
- Hometown:
- Hamburg, N.Y.
- High School:
- Hamburg
- Prev School:
- University of Alabama
Bio
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2025)
Selected for Preseason All-BIG EAST Honors… Pitched in 14 games for the Johnnies… Recorded a 7.92 ERA and led the Johnnies with 50 strikeouts through 61 innings on the mound… Had six strikeouts in four innings of play at Wake Forest (Feb. 21)... Tallied six strikeouts while only allowing one run in the win over Maine (March 14)... Spent five innings on the mound recording a season high eight strikeouts in the victory over Xavier (April 12)... Had eight strikeouts in seven innings during the win at Georgetown (May 2)... Pitched a three inning no-hitter while striking out four batters in the win against Butler (May 17)... Recognized on the BIG EAST All-Academic Team
As a Redshirt Freshman (2024)
Appeared in 15 games, making 13 starts … boasted a 3-1 record with a 4.86 ERA … struck out 55 batters across 70.1 innings of work … made collegiate debut against Houston (Feb. 23)… battled through three frames of action, allowing one earned run and striking out four batters in first career start at Texas (Feb. 27) … picked up first collegiate win against Rider (March 16) following five innings of work and five strikeouts … blanked Fordham (March 24) through 4.1 innings of work to go with three punchouts … emerged victorious after tossing 5.2 innings of scoreless work against Villanova (April 6) … downed Connecticut (April 13) on the road with five frames of action … punched out a season-high eight batters across 5.1 innings of one-hit baseball against Creighton (May 4), earning a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll … tossed a season-best 7.1 innings of work and surrendered just one earned run to take down Seton Hall (May 11) en route to a BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honor … struck out seven batters across six frames to help the Red Storm to its 10th BIG EAST Tournament championship in the title game against Georgetown (May 25).
Before St. John's:
Redshirted for Alabama as a true freshman.
Before College:
Attended Hamburg High School … listed as second-best prospect in the state of New York by Prep Baseball Report … named the No. 31 left-hander nationally by PBR and a top-200 prospect overall … rated as the No. 7 left-hander and No. 24 prospect in New York by Perfect Game … two-time All-WNY First Team Selection (2021, ’22) helped Hamburg to the state championship game in 2022 after going 2-2 with a 3.23 ERA and 33 strikeouts as a senior … batted .450 and led the Bulldogs with 28 runs scored in 2022 … selected to The Buffalo News’ 2021 All-Western New York baseball first team … helped the Bulldogs to the A-1 state semifinals as a junior … finished his 2021 season with a 3-2 record and 41 strikeouts in 22.1 innings of work .. added a .440 average with 14 extra-base hits, 24 RBI and 24 runs scored in 2021 … made seven appearances on the mound as a freshman, posting a 2.28 ERA to go with a 1-0 record and one save … struck out 20 in his 15.1 innings of work during the 2019 campaign … A two-sport athlete who also competed in basketball.
Personal:
Evan James Chaffee … son of Steve and Michelle Chaffee … has one brother, Will … majoring in finance … chose St. John’s for the program being filled with great people and great coaches … avid fan of the Buffalo Bills.
Selected for Preseason All-BIG EAST Honors… Pitched in 14 games for the Johnnies… Recorded a 7.92 ERA and led the Johnnies with 50 strikeouts through 61 innings on the mound… Had six strikeouts in four innings of play at Wake Forest (Feb. 21)... Tallied six strikeouts while only allowing one run in the win over Maine (March 14)... Spent five innings on the mound recording a season high eight strikeouts in the victory over Xavier (April 12)... Had eight strikeouts in seven innings during the win at Georgetown (May 2)... Pitched a three inning no-hitter while striking out four batters in the win against Butler (May 17)... Recognized on the BIG EAST All-Academic Team
As a Redshirt Freshman (2024)
Appeared in 15 games, making 13 starts … boasted a 3-1 record with a 4.86 ERA … struck out 55 batters across 70.1 innings of work … made collegiate debut against Houston (Feb. 23)… battled through three frames of action, allowing one earned run and striking out four batters in first career start at Texas (Feb. 27) … picked up first collegiate win against Rider (March 16) following five innings of work and five strikeouts … blanked Fordham (March 24) through 4.1 innings of work to go with three punchouts … emerged victorious after tossing 5.2 innings of scoreless work against Villanova (April 6) … downed Connecticut (April 13) on the road with five frames of action … punched out a season-high eight batters across 5.1 innings of one-hit baseball against Creighton (May 4), earning a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll … tossed a season-best 7.1 innings of work and surrendered just one earned run to take down Seton Hall (May 11) en route to a BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honor … struck out seven batters across six frames to help the Red Storm to its 10th BIG EAST Tournament championship in the title game against Georgetown (May 25).
Before St. John's:
Redshirted for Alabama as a true freshman.
Before College:
Attended Hamburg High School … listed as second-best prospect in the state of New York by Prep Baseball Report … named the No. 31 left-hander nationally by PBR and a top-200 prospect overall … rated as the No. 7 left-hander and No. 24 prospect in New York by Perfect Game … two-time All-WNY First Team Selection (2021, ’22) helped Hamburg to the state championship game in 2022 after going 2-2 with a 3.23 ERA and 33 strikeouts as a senior … batted .450 and led the Bulldogs with 28 runs scored in 2022 … selected to The Buffalo News’ 2021 All-Western New York baseball first team … helped the Bulldogs to the A-1 state semifinals as a junior … finished his 2021 season with a 3-2 record and 41 strikeouts in 22.1 innings of work .. added a .440 average with 14 extra-base hits, 24 RBI and 24 runs scored in 2021 … made seven appearances on the mound as a freshman, posting a 2.28 ERA to go with a 1-0 record and one save … struck out 20 in his 15.1 innings of work during the 2019 campaign … A two-sport athlete who also competed in basketball.
Personal:
Evan James Chaffee … son of Steve and Michelle Chaffee … has one brother, Will … majoring in finance … chose St. John’s for the program being filled with great people and great coaches … avid fan of the Buffalo Bills.