Joey Loperfido

Joey Loperfido takes an at bat for the Black team during Friday's scrimmage

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Duke Baseball takes on Headshots in Kennedy Tower in Durham, NC on September 17, 2019.

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
6-4
Weight:
195
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Haddonfield, N.J.
High School:
Haddonfield Memorial

Selected in the seventh round (208th overall) of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros.

Career: Swiss army knife during his time at Duke, playing in the infield as a freshman and sophomore before moving to the outfield as a junior and senior … member of the first Duke team to reach three consecutive NCAA postseasons (2018, 2019, 2021) … reached an NCAA Super Regional (2018, 2019) for the first time in program history … named Freshman All-America in 2018 after leading the team batting .315 … tabbed Second Team All-ACC outfielder … named the ACC Baseball Championship Tournament MVP while leading the Blue Devils to win the 2021 ACC Baseball Championship, the first league tournament title in program history … slashed ..317/.419/.488 in his Duke career, appearing and starting in 170 games … graduated from Duke ranking 20th all-time in batting average (.317) and tied for 10th in on-base percentage (.419) … scored 142 runs in his career, ranking tied for 17th in Duke history … blasted 18 home runs in his career to rank in the top 20 in program history … totaled 41 stolen bases to place 14th in program lore … ended his career 10th in school history in hit by pitch (31).

2021: Elected a team captain, serving as a member of the team’s leadership council for a fourth consecutive season … started 53 games all in center field … Second Team All-ACC outfielder … ACC Baseball Championship Tournament MVP … led the program in batting average (.374), on-base percentage (.473), hits (77), doubles (19), runs scored (56) and hit by pitch (15) … finished the year second in the ACC in batting average, hits and runs scored and third in on-base percentage, doubles and hit by pitch … also tallied three triples to tie for sixth in the league … his batting average of .374 was the seventh highest by a Blue Devil in a single season in Duke history while his on-base percentage of .473 and hit by pitch of 15 ranked fourth and sixth all-time, respectively … led the team with 24 multi-hit games … named to the 2021 ACC Championship All-Tournament Team and Tournament MVP after leading Duke to the 2021 ACC Baseball Championship title, winning the tournament for the first time in Duke history … assisted the Blue Devils to win 12 straight heading into NCAA postseason play, the longest winning streak by a Duke team since 1998 … reached base in 26 consecutive games from 3/2 – 4/24, including a 13-game hitting streak … named ACC Player of the Week after going 8-for-11 with two doubles and two walks in the series at No. 11 Louisville … opened the season 2-for-5 with four runs at Coastal Carolina (2/20) … hit a grand slam at Miami (4/3) while going 2-for-4 and matching his career high of five RBIs … was a home run shy of the cycle against Davidson, finishing 3-for-4 with three runs scored (3/2) … went 4-for-5 and matched his career high of five RBIs with a double and a triple in the series-clinching win against Wake Forest (4/17) … finished 4-for-5 with two solo opposite field home runs and a double against Virginia (5/29) in the ACC Baseball Championship semifinals … put together a 3-for-4 outing with two RBIs against Liberty at the Knoxville Regional (6/6).

2020: Served as a member of the team’s leadership council for a third consecutive season, representing the junior class … started 15 of Duke’s 16 contests at center field across the season that was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic … led the team in stolen bases, going 5-for-6 in attempts … posted his first multi-hit contest of the season in the series finale with Army (2/16), finishing 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI, one walk and two runs scored … went a perfect 2-for-2 in the midweek matchup with Air Force (2/24), adding one triple, one RBI, and two runs scored … notched a season-high three RBI in the second game of the CambriaCollegeClassic with Minnesota (2/29), going 2-for-5 with one run scored, while driving in the game-winning run … posted a three-hit effort in the final game of the CambriaCollegeClassic with Iowa (3/1), closing out the contest 3-for-5 with one triple and two runs scored … posted a multi-hit effort in the midweek matchup at Davidson (3/10), going 2-for-4 with one RBI, one walk and one run scored.

2019: Elected to the team’s leadership council for a second consecutive year, serving as the sophomore class representative … makes the shift to second base after being the team’s primary first baseman a season ago … posted 12 multi-hit outings in 2019 … suffered an injury in the series opener against Northwestern (2/23), missing 23 games of action before returning to the lineup April 3 at East Carolina … the Blue Devils posted a 26-13 record with Loperfido in the lineup … notched a career-high tying four hits in game two against Pittsburgh (4/6), closing out the contest 4-for-5 with one home run and two RBI, including the game-winning hit to walk it off for the Blue Devils … scored a career-high tying three runs in the opening game of the ACC Baseball Championship against Notre Dame (5/21), closing out the contest 1-for-3 with a career-high three walks … went 3-for-5 in the opening game of the Nashville Super Regional against Vanderbilt (6/7), adding a double, two RBI and three runs scored.

2018: Tabbed to the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America Team ... Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team ... Came to Duke as a leftside infielder/outfielder before transitioning to first base ... Started all 63 games at first base in 2018, making his debut at the position in the season opener February 16 against Vanderbilt ... Led the team with a .315 batting average ... Slugged .475 and posted a .408 on-base percentage ... Totaled 11 doubles, three triples and six home runs ... Homered against Longwood (March 7), Pittsburgh (March 24 and March 25), Richmond (April 3), Wake Forest (April 6) and Virginia Tech (April 28) ... Totaled 43 RBI and 45 runs ... Ranked second on the team with 16 stolen bases ... Drew 28 walks and was hit by a pitch 10 times ... Commited four errors in 557 chances, good for a .993 fielding percentage ... Played for the Kalamazoo Growlers of the Northwoods League over the summer.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Haddonfield Memorial High School ... 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-America and first team Northeast All-Region selection ... Hit above .400 as a sophomore, junior and senior ... 2016 Perfect Game Underclass High Honorable Mention pick ... Hit .431 junior season, leading south Jersey in triples (6) while totaling 28 RBI and 26 runs scored ... All-Colonial Conference and All-South Jersey honoree ... Named to the Tri-State Arsenal Perfect Game All-Tournament team in 2014, 2015 and 2016 ... Rated among the top 500 overall prospects and the No. 84 shortstop nationally in the 2017 recruiting class by Perfect Game ... Listed as the organization's No. 14 overall prospect and No. 2 shortstop in the state of New Jersey ... Also lettered in soccer.

Personal: Born Mario Joseph Loperfido May 11, 1999 in Philadelphia ... Son of Joseph and Amy Loperfido ... Has one older sister (Olivia) ... Mother played volleyball at Villanova ... Father was a member of the Muhlenberg football team.