
- #
- 1
- Name
- Giovanny Alfonzo
- Nationality
Venezuela
- Position
- Infield
- Opening Day Age
- 29
- Birthplace
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Birthdate
- 12/19/92
- Draft
- 21
- B/T
- R/R
- Ht
- 5-11
- Wt
- 185
- Current Team
- Rockers
COLLEGE: Florida State, University of Tampa
HIGH SCHOOL: Lincoln Park Academy, Fort Pierce, Fla.
DRAFT: 21st round (626 overall), 2015, Miami Marlins
CAREER sOTES
- Has played six seasons of professional baseball.
- Starting shortstop for University of Tampa’s NCAA Division II national championship team in 2015.
- Returns to the ROCKERS in 2022, his third season in the Atlantic League.
2021
- Hit .273 with 2 HR, a career-high 49 RBI and 10 steals…On 8/26 vs. Gastonia, hit first HR since 6/3/18 with Columbia…13 game hitting streak from 7/9 to 7/28…
2020
- Season canceled due to Covid-19.
2019
- Played in 112 games with the ROCKERS.
- Hit .248 with 13 stolen bases and 30 RBI.
2018
- Played for A Columbia, SC (South Atlantic) and hit .215 in 75 games.
- Hit two home runs and drove in 26 runs while scoring 26 runs.
2017
- Played with Long Island of the Atlantic League, appearing in 106 games while hitting .309 with four home runs and 45 RBI.
2016
- Spent the entire season at A Greensboro (South Atlantic) where hit hit .222 with two home runs in 66 games.
- Pitched in two games and recorded one save for the Grasshoppers.
2015 (Tampa/Miami Marlins)
- Selected in the 21st round of the MLB Draft by the Miami Marlins.
- Played in 60 games with A- Batavia (New York-Penn) and hit .245 with eight stolen bases and 20 RBI.
- Earned third team All-America honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association.
- Named to the NCAA South Regional All-Tournament team.
- Member of the NCAA Division II Championship Series All-Tournament team.
- Led Tampa to the NCAA Division II National Championship.
- Hit .300 across his four collegiate seasons with 11 home runs, 109 RBI and 16 stolen bases.
2014 (Tampa)
- Transferred to the University of Tampa and hit .317 with 31 RBI in 55 games.
- Named to the NCAA South Regional All-Tournament team.
- Named first team All-Sunshine State Conference.
- Helped Tampa to the NCAA Division II semifinals.
2013 (Florida State)
- Appeared in 62 games (59 starts) at Florida State, hitting .263 with 26 RBI and 27 walks.
2012 (Florida State)
- Appeared in 29 games for Florida State, hitting .107 with two stolen bases.
- Helped the Seminoles to a 50-17 overall record and 24-6 ACC mark.
- FSU won the Tallahassee Regional and Super Regional and advanced to the College World Series.
2011 (Lincoln Park Academy)
- Hit .417 as a senior at Lincoln Park Academy in Fort Pierce, Fla.
- Was an Under Armour Honorable Mention All-American.
PERSONAL
- Giovanny Anil Alfonzo
- Son of Edgar Alfonzo who played 14 years of minor league baseball
- Uncle is Edgardo Alfonzo who spent 11 years in MLB and is the manager of the Staten Island FerryHawks.
- Played baseball with Jameis Winston at Florida State in 2013.
- Involved with “Meet-A-Prospect,” a baseball networking organization.