A Closer Look At Danny Matienzo
June 13, 2002
Coral Gables, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) –
#22 Danny Matienzo, C/DH
Junior, 5-11, 190, R/R
Miami, Florida (Christopher Columbus)
Matienzo in 2002
Drafted in the 23rd round by the Minnesota Twins…batted .364 in the NCAA Columbia Super Regional (4-for-11) with three runs scored, three home runs and five RBI…had a single and a walk in game No. 3 vs. USC…had a three-run home run in game No. 2 vs. the Gamecocks…homered twice in game No. 1 vs. USC, both solo shots…named to the 2002 NCAA Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team….batted .529 during the NCAA Gainesville Regional (9-for-17) with three runs scored, three home runs and 10 RBI…went 1-for-3 with two RBI in the title game vs. Florida…went 4-for-5 with three RBI in game No. 1 vs. Florida on 6/2, including a two-run homer in the first…went 2-for-5 with a home run, one run scored and four RBI in the first meeting with UF on 6/1…went 2-for-4 vs. FIU in the opener with a home run and a walk…earned the team’s 2002 Home Run Trophy after slugging a career-season-high 20 as a junior in 2002…among the school’s all-time top power hitters…fourth all-time at UM with 42 career home runs…also hit 13 as a sophomore in 2001, as well as nine in 2000…also ranks No. 4 with 189 career RBI…was named to the Homestead Challenge All-Tournament Team in 2002 after hitting multiple hits in each of the five games played this season…has four game-winning hits on the season vs. Jacksonville, Long Beach State, Lipscomb and Minnesota…two of the game-winners occurred in the later innings…among the team leaders in batting average (.335, #3), slugging percentage (.630, #1), runs scored (48, #3), hits (77, #3), RBI (67, #1), home runs (20, #1), total bases (145, #2), walks (32, #3), sacrifice flies (5, #1) and nine runners caught stealing (#1)…had 23 multi-hit games, including a four-hit outing in the NCAA regional and four three-hit outings…has a team-high 19 multi-RBI games, including three four-RBI games vs. Florida in the regional, Minnesota and Long Beach State…longest hit streak of the season was a 20-game stretch from 2/15 to 3/25 and ended the year on a eight-game stretch…the 20-game streak tied for the sixth-longest at Miami…has made 31 starts at designated hitter and 29 as the catcher…his 17 putouts at FSU on 4/7 tied for the team-season-high…named a preseason third-team All-American by Louisville Slugger…was a 2001 All-College World Series selection after leading the field with a .588 batting average, 10 hits, 20 total bases and three home runs…has been named to the All-Regional teams in each of his two previous seasons, as well as MVP in 2000…was a 2001 Cape Cod League All-Star…started all nine postseason games in 2001, batting .452 with five home runs and 19 RBI…also started all six postseason games as a freshman in 2000 with two home runs and 10 RBI…drafted out of Christopher Columbus High School in the 24th round by the Minnesota Twins in 1999.
As a Sophomore in 2001
Along with a team-high 64 RBI and 127 total bases, placed second with 13 home runs and a .580 slugging percentage…finished fourth 71 hits…checked in at No. 4 with 13 doubles and two triples…also listed among the top five in at bats (#4, 219), games played (#4, 62) and games started (#4, 58)…while a catcher got 6-of-15 (40%) stolen base attempts…season-long hit streak was seven games… placed third with six game-winning hits…had 22 multiple-hit games and a team-best 19 multiple-RBI games…had 13 home runs on the season and 22 for his career…listed on TeamOne Baseball’s prospects list for the state of Florida…went 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI against Stetson…had hits in all three games at Florida State and had a combined two runs scored, three hits, three RBI, a home run and a walk…batted 3-for-8 in the first two games against FSU in Coral Gables with two run scored, a home run and four RBI…batted 6-for-11 against East Carolina with four runs scored, four RBI, three doubles and two walks…went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI and two doubles in game No. 2 vs. ECU…went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs scored, one RBI and one walk in game No. 1 vs. ECU…had a three-run home run in the Homestead Challenge opener against Florida International. At the 2001 College World Series: Batted a team-best .588 (10-of-17) with seven runs scored, one double, three home runs, nine RBI, 20 total bases, a 1.176 slugging percentage, two walks and a sacrifice fly…went 2-for-2 in the title game against Stanford with three runs scored, one RBI, one double and two walks…went 3-for-6 with two runs scored, two RBI and a home run in game No. 2 vs. Tennessee…went 1-for-4 vs. Southern California…went 4-for-5 with two runs scored, six RBI and two home runs in the CWS opener against the Volunteers…the six RBI tied his career-high and were fifth-most in a CWS game…his two home runs tied for third-most in a single CWS game…both figures are UM CWS records. At the 2001 Coral Gables Super Regional: Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, four RBI, a home run and a walk in game No. 2 vs. Clemson…went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts in game No. 1 vs. Clemson. At the 2001 Coral Gables Regional: Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, one RBI and a double in the regional championship game vs. Stetson …went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts in the regional game vs. Florida…went 2-for-5 with a run scored, five RBI and a home run in the regional opener vs. Bucknell.
As a Freshman in 2000
Started 52-of-57 games with 36 starts at first base…third on the team with a .348 batting average, 72 hits, nine home runs and 110 total bases…second with 58 RBI…led the team with 353 putouts in 380 chances…took part in 26 double-plays…batted .400 in home games…clutch player who batted .563 in a team-high 12 plate appearances with the bases loaded…recorded a team-season-high 20 putouts on April 7 at Florida State…had four game-winning hits on the season…had a season-long 12-game hitting streak (3/1-19)…third on the team with 19 multiple hit games, including a team-season-high five-hit game against C.W. Post… also had a four-hit game at Jacksonville…second on the team with 16 multiple RBI games, including a six-RBI game in the regional championship vs. FIU…went 2-5 against the Florida Marlins with a double off starter Jesus Sanchez and a two-RBI single off Jared Camp…started at DH in his career debut against Lynn in the season-opener, with a hit, two walks and a run scored…had an eighth inning two-run home run vs. Wake Forest that cleared the right field bullpen at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. At the 2000 Coral Gables Regional: Went 3-5 in the regional championship game with a grand slam, a double, two runs scored and six RBI…had one hit vs. FAU, two runs scored and two strikeouts… went 3-6 vs. Wagner with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI and one strikeout. At the 2000 Tallahassee Super Regional: Started all three games as DH…had two two-hit games at FSU, including a triple and a home run in game #1.
Christopher Columbus High School
Coached by Joe Weber…four-year letterman…attended Miami Brito private school, freshman and sophomore seasons where he won Class 1A state tiles each year. Senior year, 1999: Played at first base and catcher…batted .430 with 55 RBI, nine home runs with five stolen bases…team captain…named First Team All-Dade County and First Team All-State…named an Honorable Mention All-American…won his team’s top senior award…broke the school RBI record…guided team to the No. 1 ranking in Dade County all season and was ranked as high as fifth in the nation…team won the GMAC Championship. Junior year, 1998: Played in the outfield…batted .300 with 20 RBI, three home runs with five stolen bases…named Honorable Mention All-Dade County. Sophomore year, 1997: Played in the outfield… named First Team All-Dade County and First Team All-State…batted .507 with three home runs and 53 RBI… broke school RBI record…recorded back-to-back Class 1A State Championships. Freshman, 1996: Batted .425 with three home runs and 25 RBI…played catcher and in the outfield…earned Honorable Mention All-Dade.
Personal
Born September 3, 1980…son of Vivian and Eugenio Matienzo…has one brother, Gino…enrolled in the School of Business.
Career StatisticsYear AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2000.... .348 57-52 207 45 72 9 1 9 58 110 .531 28 4 53 3 .428 4 4 4-5 353 18 9 .9762001.... .324 62-58 219 46 71 13 2 13 64 127 .580 26 3 48 5 .394 6 3 3-3 102 15 4 .9672002.... .335 62-60 230 48 77 8 0 20 67 145 .630 32 6 52 5 .421 5 4 7-8 205 26 3 .987TOTALS.. .335 181-170 656 139 220 30 3 42 189 382 .582 86 13 153 13 .414 15 11 14-16 660 59 16 .978
