Rutgers-Camden Athletics

At some point during his senior season in 2016, Kyle Gaff should become the all-time saves leader in Rutgers-Camden baseball history. Gaff, who didn’t even start pitching at Rutgers-Camden until his sophomore season, has blossomed into one of the top closers in the New Jersey Athletic Conference and brings 11 career saves into his senior season. The career mark of 13 was set by Matt Novella (2001-2005).
 
Gaff has worked 47.2 innings in 28 relief appearances during his Scarlet Raptor career, posting a 1-4 record with 11 saves, while holding opponents to a .226 batting average. Including his time as a position player, he has played in 40 games at Rutgers-Camden.
 
A fine student as well, Gaff was a member of Rutgers-Camden’s inaugural Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during the Fall 2015 semester.
 
Baseball 2015: Compiled a 1.64 ERA, the best of any Raptor pitcher with more than 10 innings, and a 0-2 record in 12 relief appearances…Worked 11 innings and collected six saves, the second-highest single-season total in program history behind Novella’s nine saves in 2005…Served as one of the Scarlet Raptors’ captains…Led the NJAC in saves …Got his season off to a terrific start by saving both ends of a doubleheader against No. 23-ranked Amherst College in the Scarlet Raptors’ first two games, March 15…Worked 0.1 inning to save a 5-4 victory in the opener and 0.2 innings in a 3-2 win in the nightcap…Named the NJAC Pitcher of the Week on March 16…Earned honors as the NJCBA Div. II/III Pitcher of the Week two days later…Also was named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on March 16…Worked a scoreless inning, allowing only one walk, in the Raptors’ 5-1 win at William Paterson University (March 29, Game Two)…Nailed down his third save of the season, working 0.1 innings in a 4-2 win over Rowan University (April 2)…Had back-to-back scoreless, hitless innings against Stockton University (April 10), and Ramapo College (April 11, Game Two), with only one batter reaching on an error as he earned his fourth save of the season against the Roadrunners during a 4-2 win…Suffered his first loss of the season, allowing an unearned run in the ninth inning of a 9-8 loss at New Jersey City University (April 18, Game One) as his defense made three errors behind him…Recorded his longest stint of the year and took the loss in a 3-2 game against Montclair State University (April 24), working three innings of seven-hit ball, striking out two and allowing one earned run…Collected his fifth save in one scoreless inning of work against Stevens Institute of Technology (May 4), allowing two hits in a 6-5 win and striking out one…In his final game of the year, closed out a 9-6 victory with one perfect inning at York College (Pennsylvania) on May 7 to earn his sixth save of the season…All three outs came on ground balls.
 
Baseball 2014: Appeared in 18 games, with 16 of them coming as a relief pitcher…Posted a 1-2 record, a 1.96 ERA and five saves…The five saves are tied for third on the single-season Rutgers-Camden charts and they tied for the lead in the NJAC…Worked 36-2/3 innings, allowing 28 hits and 17 runs, only eight of them earned…Walked 10, struck out 22 and held opponents to a .211 batting average…Posted the top ERA on the Scarlet Raptors’ staff for anyone pitching over five innings…Also went 0-for-1 (.000) at the plate with one HBP to post a .500 on-base percentage…Defensively, had six putouts, eight assists and one error for a .933 fielding percentage…Named New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Div. II/III Third Team All-State…Started the season allowing four earned runs and six hits in two innings, taking the loss against Anderson (March 17) to leave his ERA at 18.00…Sliced ERA down to 1.96 over his last 15 relief appearances, aided by nine shutout outings and two others where he didn’t allow an earned run…Took the loss in a 7-5 game against Bowdoin (March 21, Game One) by allowing four hits and three runs (only one earned) in four innings…Allowed only three earned runs in 30-2/3 innings (0.88 ERA) the rest of the season while going 1-0 with five saves…Notched first save with four innings of three-hit shutout ball against Montclair State University (April 5, Game One), walking one and striking out two…Earned another save at York (PA) College (April 13) with four innings of three-hit ball, allowing two run s(one earned) and two walks, while striking out three…Earned the decision in a 6-4 victory at Richard Stockton College (April 17), working three innings of three-hit ball, allowing two unearned runs and striking out one…Saved a 6-3 win over The College of New Jersey (April 19, Game Two), hurling three shutout innings and allowing two hits and three walks…Had another save on April 25 in a 5-3 victory over Rutgers-Newark, working two hitless innings with one strikeout…Final save came when he struck out the side in a one-inning stint during a 5-3 victory over Kean University (May 3) in the NJAC playoffs.
 
Baseball 2013: Appeared in 10 games, starting two, as a freshman infielder…Hit .143 (2-for-14) with one run, one walk and one strikeout…Had a .250 on-base percentage…Added one sacrifice…Defensively, had 12 putouts, 14 assists and three errors for an .897 fielding percentage…Turned five double plays…Started his first collegiate game, Feb. 24 against New Paltz, and went 0-for-4 while adding two putouts and two assists…Collected his first collegiate hit in his next game, a start against Oswego State (March 2), going 1-for-2 with one run and a sacrifice, while adding two putouts and three assists defensively…Went 1-for-1 against City College of New York (March 9)…Had one putout and a season-high four assists while going 0-for-1 against Western New England (March 17)…Had a season-high three putouts, while adding an assist and going 0-for-1, in his last game of the season against Ramapo College (April 27).
 
High School: Two-year varsity baseball letterman for Coaches Kevin Fahy and John Oehler at Gloucester High School…Second Team All-Gloucester County Times in 2011 after hitting .438 with four doubles, three home runs, 33 RBIs and 24 runs, while also posting four wins on the mound…All-Group 1 Honorable Mention from the Courier-Post newspaper…Earned First and Second Team Tri-County Conference honors in his two seasons…Also earned two cross country letters for the Lions…National Honor Society member.
 
Personal: Born July 27, 1994…Business major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to own his own business…Kyle is the son of Bob and Wendy Gaff of Gloucester.