James Varela - 2018 - LIU Post

2018: Named a consensus All-American … ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team … D2CCA Baseball All-America Second Team … NCBWA All-America Third Team … ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First Team … D2CCA Baseball All-East Region First Team … NCBWA All-East Region First Team … ECC Pitcher of the Year … ECC All-Conference First Team … Appeared in 13 games (13 starts) and finished with an 11-1 record and seven complete games … Set new single-season program records with 11 victories and 116 strikeouts, while matching the program record with 13 starts and 101.1 innings pitched … Tossed six consecutive complete games … Notched a season-high 13 strikeouts and let up just three hits in a complete-game victory against Southern Connecticut State (Apr. 13) … Tallied 12 strikeouts and let up zero earned runs in eight innings pitched and picked up the win against Merrimack College (Feb. 22) … Added 12 strikeouts and only allowed four hits during a complete-game victory against Franklin Pierce (Mar. 10)

2017: Appeared in 13 games in 2017 (12 starts) with a 5-5 record … Finished second on the team in strikeouts with 61 and third on the team innings pitched with 76.0 … Also recorded two complete games … Tallied a season-high 10 strikeouts in 7.1 innings pitched against Dominican (May 20) … Had eight strikeouts and gave up one hit in seven innings pitched against Queens (Apr. 13)

2016: Made nine appearances with five starts ... went 2-1 with a 7.80 ERA ... allowed 39 hits and 28 runs (26 earned) in 30 innings ... struck out 17 batters ... threw 7.2 innings of one-run ball at No. 6 St. Edward's to pick up his first collegiate win (Feb. 28) ... tossed 3.1 innings and allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out four to pick up the win at New Haven (Mar. 18).

Prior to LIU Post: Two-year varsity player at Division High School ... went 9-2 with 1.68 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, and 101 strikeouts in 75 innnings as a senior ... named Third-Team All-State ... earned All-Metro and All-District honors ... won conference, county and Long Island championships in 2015 ... won conference and county championships in 2014 ... named All-Conference in 2014.

Personal: Son of Eric and Kerri ... has a younger sister and two younger brothers ... mother, Kerri, played collegiate softball from 1992-96 ... lists Bryce Harper as his favorite athlete ... lists his grandfather as the person he most admires ... major is undecided.
SEASON ERA W L App GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAvg WP HBP BK SFA SHA
2016 7.80 2 1 9 5 0 0 0 30.0 39 28 26 8 17 14 0 2 145 .307 5 9 0 0 1
2017 4.14 5 5 13 12 2 1 0 76.0 77 40 35 41 61 10 1 1 353 .266 3 11 0 4 7
2018 2.40 11 1 13 13 7 3 0 101.1 69 28 27 29 116 13 3 6 414 .185 2 9 0 1 3
2019 2.01 10 3 14 14 4 2 0 107.1 88 30 24 26 139 17 1 4 443 .221 3 9 0 4 5
Total 3.20 28 10 49 44 13 6 0 314.2 273 126 112 104 333 54 5 13 1355 .230 13 38 0 9 16


SEASON Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB PO A E FLD%
2016 NaN 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 6 0 1.000
2017 NaN 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 8 15 1 .958
2018 NaN 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 5 17 1 .957
2019 NaN 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4 16 0 1.000
Total .000 49 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 19 54 2 .973
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