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18 Eddie Silva

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 200
  • Position INF
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Pembroke Pines, Fla.
  • High School Archbishop McCarthy HS

Biography

Senior (2018): Appeared in 43 games, started 41. . .Hit .321 with 16 HR and 48 RBI. . . Had 51 hits, eight doubles, scored 28 runs, drew eleven walks and had a .686 SLG%. . .Had fifteen multi-hit games. Was 4 for 5 with two doubles, two home runs and six RBI against Marshall (4/28). Was 3 for 4 with a double, home run and two RBIs against Miami (3/7). ABCA/Rawlings NCAA D-1 Central All-Region Team, Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (4/30), First Team All-Conference USA and C-USA Hitter of the Week (4/30). Signed free agent contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. 

Junior (2017): Limited to 13 games played due to injury...Hit .171 with a home run and three RBI...Hit his home run in 12-1 win at Miami (3/7).

Sophomore (2016): Hit .293 with 2 HR and 29 RBI, including a team-leading 18 doubles...Started a team-high 56 games...Second on the team with 65 hits and 89 total bases...Started the season 10 for 23 including going 4 for 4 against Missouri (2/24)...Went 8 for 13 in a three-game series against Marshall (3/24-3/26)...Was 8 for 10 in two games against Bethune-Cookman (3/29 & 4/13), including 5 for 5 with four runs scored in Daytona Beach (3/29)...Went 4 for 13 in a three-game series at UAB (5/13-5/15).

Freshman (2015): Hit .227 with a home run and 11 RBI...Played second base and third base...First college hit was a triple against Tennessee (2/15)...Was 7 for 17 at the Coastal Carolina tournament, including a 4 for 5 game against Georgia Tech (2/21)...Hit first career college home run against North Carolina State (2/21)...Was 3 for 10 against Manhattan (2/27-3/1)...Was 3 for 7 at Florida Atlantic (4/10-12)...Was 3 for 8 at the Coral Gables Regional.

Prior to FIU: Played for Coach Richard Bielski at Archbishop McCarthy High School…Winner of the Gold Glove and Hitter of the Year in 2014 while batting a .506, 5 HR, and 31 RBI…Played in the state championship in 2012 and 2013...Recruited by Arizona State, Virginia Tech.
 
Personal: Son of Eric and Sorianna Silva…currently majoring in sports management at FIU…plans on continuing his baseball career and/or finishing his studies after college…main hobby is fishing.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2015Freshman

    INF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    6
  • 18

    2016Sophomore

    INF
    6'1" 200 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2017Junior

    INF
    6'1" 200 lbs
    18