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Jersey Number 29
Joseph McCaskill
- Position:
- OF/C
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Jackson, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Jackson Academy
Bio
CAREER:
Fifth-year senior multi-position performer with a .302 career batting average ... Has drawn 44 starts (25 as the designated hitter and 19 as the catcher) in 95 career games played ... Positioned to contribute as an outfielder, as a backup to starting catcher Edward Easley and as a right-handed hitting DH ... One of seven seniors on this year's team.
Played in 52 of MSU's 60 games and drew 35 starts ... Hit .271 with career-best totals for hits (38), doubles (five), home runs (two), RBI (26) and stolen bases (four) ... Opened the season and drew 16 starts as the DH ... Also started 19 games as the catcher (15 of the last 20) ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and his lone game-winning RBI of the season against Arkansas State (Mar. 3), the first of seven multi-hit games ... Lashed a pair of home runs, including a two-run blast at UAB (Mar. 14) and a two-run shot against Memphis (Apr. 18) at AutoZone Park ... Credited with seven multi-RBI games ... Drove in a career-high three runs with a walk, a single and a sacrifice fly against Louisiana-Monroe (Apr. 5) in the first game of a twinbill at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss. ... Turned in three four-game hitting streaks and finished the year with hits in four of his last five games ... Named all-tournament catcher at the NCAA Clemson Regional ... Among a school-record 21 Diamond Dogs named to the 2006 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
Played in 34 games, drawing nine starts as the designated hitter ... Posted a .377 batting average, tops among the 14 Bulldog players that drew starts ... Compiled a .475 slugging percentage (three doubles and one home run) ... Made his first career start at Mississippi (May 1) ... Delivered his first career extra-base hit (double) and multi-hit game (2-for-3) against the Rebels ... Set career-high for hits in 3-for-4 game against LSU (May 20) ... Hit .500 (5-for-10) in series against ninth-ranked LSU ... Compiled a career-best four-game hitting streak in May (.462 - 6-for-13) ... Launched his first career home run on the final weekend of play, the third of five MSU roundtrippers against Florida Atlantic (June 3) ... Error-free on defense in seven relief appearances behind the dish ... Paced MSU with four pinch-hit safeties ... Hit .389 in 18 games (six starts) against SEC foes.
Saw playing time in nine games in his rookie season ... Made his MSU debut in MSU's 12-0 season-opening win against Western Kentucky (Feb. 27) ... Singled in his first collegiate at-bat and scored a run in MSU's 18-4 win over Jackson State (Mar. 2) ... Struck by a pitch with the bases loaded against Tennessee Tech (Mar. 6), collecting his first career RBI and later scoring a run in a 12-1 win ... Also drew a walk and scored a run at then No. 1-ranked LSU (Mar. 27) ... Saw his most extensive duty behind the plate with five innings of relief catching against Birmingham-Southern (Mar. 23) ... Registered a season-high seven putouts against the Panthers ... Made his SEC debut against Tennessee (Mar. 19).
Exercised redshirt options after making the squad as a fall walk-on.
Four-year letter-winner and three-year starter as a catcher at Jackson Academy ... Coached by Trey Pace ... Earned all-state and Jackson Clarion-Ledger "Dandy Dozen" honors after hitting .450 with 30 RBI and 21 extra-base hits ... Also posted a 6-2 pitching record with a 3.47 ERA ... Team captain ... Helped lead the JA Raiders to a 23-9 record and the MPSA 4A state championship ... Three-time all-conference selection ... Hit .421 with 34 RBI en route to the first of two all-metro team selections ... Three-year letter-winner in basketball and football (free safety/quarterback) ... Tabbed as JA football's Offensive MVP as a senior.
Born Joseph Sidney McCaskill on January 6, 1984 in Jackson, Miss. ... Son of Joe and Debbie McCaskill of Jackson, Miss. ... Majoring in general business administration.
Fifth-year senior multi-position performer with a .302 career batting average ... Has drawn 44 starts (25 as the designated hitter and 19 as the catcher) in 95 career games played ... Positioned to contribute as an outfielder, as a backup to starting catcher Edward Easley and as a right-handed hitting DH ... One of seven seniors on this year's team.
2006:
Played in 52 of MSU's 60 games and drew 35 starts ... Hit .271 with career-best totals for hits (38), doubles (five), home runs (two), RBI (26) and stolen bases (four) ... Opened the season and drew 16 starts as the DH ... Also started 19 games as the catcher (15 of the last 20) ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and his lone game-winning RBI of the season against Arkansas State (Mar. 3), the first of seven multi-hit games ... Lashed a pair of home runs, including a two-run blast at UAB (Mar. 14) and a two-run shot against Memphis (Apr. 18) at AutoZone Park ... Credited with seven multi-RBI games ... Drove in a career-high three runs with a walk, a single and a sacrifice fly against Louisiana-Monroe (Apr. 5) in the first game of a twinbill at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss. ... Turned in three four-game hitting streaks and finished the year with hits in four of his last five games ... Named all-tournament catcher at the NCAA Clemson Regional ... Among a school-record 21 Diamond Dogs named to the 2006 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
2005:
Played in 34 games, drawing nine starts as the designated hitter ... Posted a .377 batting average, tops among the 14 Bulldog players that drew starts ... Compiled a .475 slugging percentage (three doubles and one home run) ... Made his first career start at Mississippi (May 1) ... Delivered his first career extra-base hit (double) and multi-hit game (2-for-3) against the Rebels ... Set career-high for hits in 3-for-4 game against LSU (May 20) ... Hit .500 (5-for-10) in series against ninth-ranked LSU ... Compiled a career-best four-game hitting streak in May (.462 - 6-for-13) ... Launched his first career home run on the final weekend of play, the third of five MSU roundtrippers against Florida Atlantic (June 3) ... Error-free on defense in seven relief appearances behind the dish ... Paced MSU with four pinch-hit safeties ... Hit .389 in 18 games (six starts) against SEC foes.
2004:
Saw playing time in nine games in his rookie season ... Made his MSU debut in MSU's 12-0 season-opening win against Western Kentucky (Feb. 27) ... Singled in his first collegiate at-bat and scored a run in MSU's 18-4 win over Jackson State (Mar. 2) ... Struck by a pitch with the bases loaded against Tennessee Tech (Mar. 6), collecting his first career RBI and later scoring a run in a 12-1 win ... Also drew a walk and scored a run at then No. 1-ranked LSU (Mar. 27) ... Saw his most extensive duty behind the plate with five innings of relief catching against Birmingham-Southern (Mar. 23) ... Registered a season-high seven putouts against the Panthers ... Made his SEC debut against Tennessee (Mar. 19).
2003:
Exercised redshirt options after making the squad as a fall walk-on.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year letter-winner and three-year starter as a catcher at Jackson Academy ... Coached by Trey Pace ... Earned all-state and Jackson Clarion-Ledger "Dandy Dozen" honors after hitting .450 with 30 RBI and 21 extra-base hits ... Also posted a 6-2 pitching record with a 3.47 ERA ... Team captain ... Helped lead the JA Raiders to a 23-9 record and the MPSA 4A state championship ... Three-time all-conference selection ... Hit .421 with 34 RBI en route to the first of two all-metro team selections ... Three-year letter-winner in basketball and football (free safety/quarterback) ... Tabbed as JA football's Offensive MVP as a senior.
PERSONAL:
Born Joseph Sidney McCaskill on January 6, 1984 in Jackson, Miss. ... Son of Joe and Debbie McCaskill of Jackson, Miss. ... Majoring in general business administration.
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