For starters: Lone returning offensive starter, will serve as team co-captain in 2005…One of three returning letter-winners from 2004, along with Paul Geiger and Rob Motacki…Opens season with a seven-game hitting streak…A career .320 hitter (78-244), with 51 runs, 42 RBIs, 14 doubles, four triples, and six homeruns…Has 10 career steals and 23 walks with 46 strikeouts…Has a career .484 slugging and .385 on-base percentage…Played in 86 games with 70 starts, including 34 in a row…Enters 2005 ranking eighth in school history in homers, 13 in slugging, 19th in batting average, 25th in starts, and 27th in on-base rate.
2004: Emerged as an offensive star as a junior, becoming NJCU’s everyday shortstop…Started all 34 games played by NJCU…Had a 16-game hitting streak during the season…Batted .375 (45-120) with 27 runs, 19 RBIs, eight doubles, two triples, and three homeruns, tallying 66 total bases…Was 6-for-8 in steals with six walks…Had two sacrifice flies and on sac but…On defense, provided 101 assists and 46 putouts, with 27 errors…On the single-season lists with his 2004 results, is tied for 13th in homers, 21st in hits, 22nd in total bags, 26th in average, and is one of 30 players to start 34 games…Was hitting as high as. 400 on April 16…Led NJCU in homeruns, and slugging percentage, and tied for first in doubles…Was second on the club in total bases and average, third in hits and runs, and fifth in at bats, RBIs, and on-base percentage…Notched 11 multiple hit games, including five with three or more hits…also had five multi-RBI efforts…Ended year on a seven-game hitting streak…Hit .367 against lefties (11-30), and .378 versus righties (34-90)…Hit .556 when leading off an inning (15-27) and .431 with the bases empty (22-51), but .333 with runners on (23-69)…Was .327 (16-49) with runners in scoring position, and .615 (8-13) with a runner on third and less than two outs…Successful .521 of the time in advancing runners (38-73)…(03/06, vs. Thiel): Went 2-for-4 with two runs, a RBI and double in 9-8 loss)…(03/07, vs. Haverford): Went 2-for-2…(03/08), vs. Beloit): Finished 2-for-4 with two runs, one RBI, a double and solo homerun in 10-1 victory…(03/10, vs. Minnesota-Morris): In 14-12 win, went 3-for-5 with two runs…(03/12, vs. Carroll): Belted his second homerun of the spring in a 1-for-3, one-run showing in a 5-4 victory…(03/15, USMMA): Finished 3-for-4 and extended his hit streak to 10 games with two RBIs, a double and triple in 7-3 victory...Was a homer shy of the cycle in upping his early-season average to .556…(03/23, Baruch): Knocked in two RBIs, going 2-for-5 with one run in 14-6 decision, as he batted .531 after nine games…(03/24, at Lehman): Scored and walked twice, going 1-for-3 with a RBI in 19-2 triumph…(03/27, Polytechnic): Combined to go 5-for-6 with six runs and three RBIs in doubleheader sweep, 19-10 and 7-6…Posted career highs of five runs and four hits and reached base all five times in a 4-for-4, one RBI showing in game one…Was 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a run in the nightcap…Tied the second game at 6-6 in the sixth inning, and before darkness crept in, crossed the plate with the winning run…(04/02, at Kean): Extended hitting streak to 16 games, going 1-for-4 in 6-4 loss…(04/03, Rowan): Had his hitting streak snapped in a 5-0 loss to the #8 ranked Profs…(04/08, at Montclair State): In 10-8 NJCU upset win, was 2-for-5 with a run…(04/10, at TCNJ): Plated both NJCU runs with his third homerun of the season, and two-run shot, while going 1-for-2…(04/16, Kean): Went 2-for-4 with one run and a double…(04/20, Baruch): In NJCU’s record-setting, 33-1 lop-sided win over the Bearcats, notched a career-high four RBIs, while going 3-for-4 with three runs, a triple and a walk…(05/04, at William Paterson): After collecting single hits in the six games leading up to the season finale, Caivano was 3-for-4 with a double and steal.
2003: After a stellar fall season, earned the starting third baseman position…Played in 29 of 32 games as a sophomore with 24 starts…Batted .250 (18-72) with 13 runs, 13 RBIs, four doubles, and three homeruns…Walked 10 times with one steal…Had 50 assists and 13 putouts in the field with 11 errors…Was successful .459 of the time (17-37) when having the chance to advance runners…(03/07, vs. Clarke College): In 6-4 win in game two of a twinbill, went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and one run…His RBI single in the first inning was an important part of a four-run spurt as the Knights pulled ahead, 4-0…In the seventh inning, his two-run single gave NJCU a 6-2 edge and proved to the difference in the game…(03/09, vs. Haverford): Scored twice in a 1-for-2 outing, with a double…(03/11, vs. Mount St. Joseph): His first career homerun in the fifth inning provided the game-tying run as NJCU went on to win, 14-10…Was 1-for-4…(03/29, at Rowan): In a stunning, 6-5 win for NJCU over first-place and 38th ranked Rowan, Caivano had the best game of his young career, going 2-for-2 with two homeruns and three RBIs…His solo blast to left in the third inning shaved the Profs’ lead to 4-2…Then, a part of a three-run fourth inning during which NJCU tied the game, 5-5, he launched a two-run homer to left…Walked twice in an 8-4 loss in the opener of the doubleheader…(04/14, at William Paterson): Knocked in two RBIs in a 1-for-4 showing…His two-run single shaved a 7-2 deficit to 7-4, before the Knights fell…(04/15, Centenary): Drove in two RBIs for the second straight game, going 2-for-5 with two RBIs, one run, and a double, as NJCU prevailed, 14-11…(04/16, at Kean): Went 2-for-4 with a double and run scored…(04/19, at Rutgers-Camden): Finished 1-for-3 with a double and run…(04/28, William Paterson): Went 2-for-5 as part of a combined 46-hit outburst between the two schools.
2002: One of NJCU’s most-used reserves as a true freshman in 2002…Played in 23 games with 12 starts at second and third base, and shortstop…batted .288 with two doubles, two triples, and 15 hits, and added 10 RBIs and 11 runs in 52 at bats…stole three bases…walked seven times…had a .393 on-base percentage and .910 fielding percentage…11 games as a reserve led the team…hit .333 as a pinch hitter…(03/09, Westfield State): Made first career start in game two of doubleheader …Went 3-for-3 with two RBIs in 6-4 win...His two-run, fifth inning single drove in the eventual game-winning runs…(03/14, Calvin): Was 1-for-3, with one run, two RBIs…Had game-tying, two-run single in third inning…NJCU lost game, 5-3…(04/07, Polytechnic): Started both games of the doubleheader, going 2-for-3 with one RBI, a triple and two runs in game one…scored twice in a 1-for-3 showing in the nightcap…NJCU swept twinbill, 16-5 and 13-5…(04/20, TCNJ): Went 2-for-4.
High School: A June 2001 honors graduate of Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington, NJ with a 3.1 GPA…Played four seasons of baseball, including three on the varsity level for coaches Bob Kearns, Ralph Borgess, and Ed Abromaitis…Also played four seasons of football, including three years of varsity for coach Bob Kearns…Was a captain in each sport for the Golden Griffins…Earned Honorable Mention All-Bergen County Scholastic League American distinction in both sports…Hit .325 at Queen of Peace, and .340 on his American Legion summer league team…Played in the American Legion Summer League all-star game.
Personal: Born July 25, 1983 in Passaic, NJ…Full name is Anthony M. Caivano…Nickname is ‘Cavs’…Name pronounced Kye-vahn-o…Mother is Diane Marie Caivano…An only child…lists his father, Anthony, who passed away in 2002, as his hero…Major at NJCU is Criminal Justice…Has completed 76 credits towards his degree as of the start of the academic year…Career objective is the field of law enforcement…Bats and throws right-handed…Interests include baseball…Favorite sports team is the New York Yankees…A fan of Eminem…Lists “Varsity Blues,” “8 Mile,” and “Scarface” as his favorite movies…Enjoys Italian food.
Favorites:
Hobbies/interest: Baseball
Hero/Idol: His father, Anthony Caivano
Sports Team: New York Yankees
Song: “Superman” by Eminem
Music Artist: Eminem
Movie: Varsity Blues, 8 Mile, Scarface
Food: Italian
What do you like most about Coach Heaton? He’s a bulldog.
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT
2002.... .288 23-12 52 11 15 2 2 0 10 7 9 3-4
2003.... .250 29-24 72 13 18 4 0 3 13 10 19 1-3
2004.... .375 34-34 120 27 45 8 2 3 19 6 18 6-8
TOTAL... .320 86-70 244 51 78 14 4 6 42 23 46 10-15
