Eduardo Malinowski Season 2023

Awards Honors
• 2022:  All-ACC Academic Team (June 27) ... Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player(s) of the Week (March 7).
• 2019:  All-Ivy League Honorable Mention (May 23).
• 2018:  Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American (June 6) ... Big 5 Rookie of the Year, All-Big 5 Baseball Team (June 6) ... All-ECAC Second Team (May 31) ... Ivy League Rookie of the Year (May 25) ... All-Ivy League First Team (May 25).

Player Rankings
• 2023:  No. 39 preseason second baseman by D1Baseball (Feb. 2).

2022 at Virginia Tech
• Season Notes:  Played in 56 games, making 54 starts (52 at second base) … Batted .252 while recording 210 at-bats … Registered 53 hits, including 13 doubles, three triples and 12 home runs, slugging .514 … Tied for the 14th most doubles hit during ACC conference games (eight) … Scored 47 runs and totaled 48 RBIs … Drew 24 walks and was seven times a hit batsman, achieving a .341 on-base percentage … Ranked in a tie for seventh among ACC players in sacrifice flies (five) … Stole six bases on seven attempts … Sported a .985 fielding percentage and helped turn 25 double plays.

2021 at Penn
• Season Notes:  Started each of Penn’s 14 games after the Ivy League granted the resumption of athletics amidst the COVID-19 pandemic … Hit .300 across 60 at-bats, totaling five doubles and two home runs … Slugged .483 and sported a .344 on-base percentage … Ranked second on the Quakers with four stolen bases.
• Closed his Penn carer by batting 4-for-9 with two doubles, four runs scored and three stolen bases during the Quakers’ doubleheader sweep at La Salle (May 1).
• Hit two doubles and stole a base during Penn’s 7-6 win at La Salle (May 1).
• Extended his hitting streak to seven straight games with a double at La Salle (April 30).
• Doubled and hit during both games of a doubleheader against Delaware (April 10).
• Delivered a solo home run during Penn’s 5-4 win against La Salle (April 3).
• Opened the series with a 2-for-5 day against La Salle (April 1).
• Debuted to the tune of a 3-for-8 performance, homering during Penn’s doubleheader against Villanova (March 27).

2020 at Penn
• Season Notes:  Started each of Penn’s eight games prior to the Ivy League’s cancellation of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Led Penn in batting average (.471), slugging percentage (.735), on-base percentage (.526), triples (one), home runs (two) and RBIs (10) … Tied for the team lead in hits (16) ... Hit safely during all eight games, ending the season with a nine-game hitting streak dating back to the 2019 season.
• Charted his sixth multi-hit game of the season, going 2-for-4 at Florida Atlantic (March 10).
• Closed the weekend with a 3-for-5 effort at FIU (March 8).
• Went 3-for-7, totaled five RBIs, doubled and tripled during the Quakers’ doubleheader split at FIU (March 7).
• Strung two hits together during Penn’s 4-1 win at FIU (March 6).
• Batted 3-for-5, scored two runs and hit a two-run home run at Kennesaw State (March 1).
• Went 2-for-4 on Opening Day, notching an RBI double during Penn’s win at Kennesaw State (Feb. 28).

2019 at Penn
• Season notes:  Started each of his 32 appearances … Batted .354, slugged .585 and held a .419 on-base percentage … Accumulated eight doubles, five triples and four home runs … Earned 27 RBIs. 
• Reached base three times, going 2-for-4 during the finale of the Quakers’ doubleheader split against Columbia (May 4).
• Hit a two-run home run during the first inning during Penn’s 13-1 win against Columbia (May 3).
• Batted 3-for-5, scored two runs, doubled and hit a three-run home run at Cornell (April 28).
• Combined to hit 3-for-6 with a double and two RBIs during a doubleheader against Yale (April 21).
• Opened the series with his 3-for-4 day that featured a double against Yale (April 20).
• Registered multiple hits for the fourth consecutive game during Penn’s 15-9 victory against Princeton (April 12).
• Tallied a double and a triple and scored two runs at Villanova (March 27).
• Smacked a two-run homer against Harvard (March 24).
• Hit his first home run of the season, batting 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs during Penn’s 13-2 win at Lehigh (March 20).
• Combined to swing 4-for-7 with three runs and five RBIs during Penn’s doubleheader sweep at Fairleigh Dickinson (March 17).
• Tallied two hits, walked twice and scored three runs during the Quakers’ doubleheader sweep of Fairleigh Dickinson (March 16).
• Broke out for a 5-for-6 afternoon, scoring four runs and finishing a home run short of hitting for the cycle during Penn’s 19-3 win against Lafayette (March 12).
• Cracked a two-RBI triple, scoring two runs and batting 2-for-4 during Penn’s 13-4 win at Winthrop (March 9).
• Knocked the game-tying, two-RBI double as part of his three-RBI day at UNCG (March 4).
• Debuted to the tune of a 2-for-6 afternoon at UNCG (March 2).

2018 at Penn
• Season notes:  Started all but one of his 41 appearances … Led the Ivy League in batting average (.347) … Recorded an 11-game hitting streak between April 17 and May 13 … Paced Penn with 59 hits … Sported a .424 slugging percentage and a .389 on-base percentage.
• Opened the series with a 3-for-5 performance at Yale (May 11).
• Finished with multiple hits for the third straight game, batting 2-for-3 and scoring two runs during Penn’s 7-1 win at Villanova (May 9).
• Ended the weekend with a 3-for-5 game, doubling at Columbia (April 29).
• Went 3-for-8 and scored two runs during Penn’s doubleheader split at Columbia (April 28).
• Homered twice as part of his 3-for-4 day against Cornell (April 22).
• Combined for a 5-for-10 effort in the batter’s box and a 2-for-2 day on the base paths during Penn’s doubleheader split against Cornell (April 21).
• Plated runs during two plate appearances, batting 2-for-4 during the Quakers’ 17-7 victory against La Salle (April 17).
• Set a season high for hits (five), scoring two runs during Penn’s 6-5 win at Harvard (April 8).
• Broke out for a 5-for-11 day during the Quakers’ win-and-tie against Dartmouth (April 1).
• Went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base at Saint Joseph’s (March 27).
• Capped his weekend with a 2-for-5 performance during Penn’s 9-8 win at Brown (March 25).
• Batted 3-for-9, stole a base and recorded his first career triple during Penn’s doubleheader split against Fairleigh Dickinson (March 17).
• Combined to hit 4-for-9, hitting a two-RBI double during Penn’s doubleheader split at USC Upstate (March 10).
• Hit a two-RBI double and went 2-for-5 during Penn’s 7-5 win at USC Upstate (March 10).
• Went 2-for-5 with a double, a run scored and a stolen base at Furman (March 6).
• Notched his second consecutive multi-hit performance, going 2-for-3 at Woford (March 3)/
• Recorded his first career hit and first career stolen base during his 2-for-5 day at Wofford (March 2).
• Made his collegiate debut at shortstop during the ninth inning of at Northwestern State (Feb. 23).

High School
• Class of 2017 graduate from Klein Oak High School (Spring, Texas).
• Three-year baseball letterwinner at Klein Oak … Captained the Panthers for two seasons.
• Two-time all-district shortstop … Gold Glove recipient during his senior year.
• National Honor Society member … Recipient of the Scholastic Achievement Award.
 
Club
• Competed at shortstop for Premier Baseball under coaches David Evans and Brett Guillory.
 
Profile
• Born July 19, 1999, in Houston, Texas … Son to Chris Malinowski and Maricarmen Tejada … Has an older brother, Roberto … Heritage is half Polish and half Puerto Rican.
• Interested in studying agricultural and life sciences with an agribusiness concentration at Virginia Tech … Aspires to run his own business or work in the front office of an MLB franchise.