2013 Baseball Roster
Roster
Alex Detz
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 177
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Luis Obispo, CA
- High School/Previous School:
- Mission Prep HS
2013: Ranked ninth nationally and second in the SEC with 53 walks • Hit .350 in 11 NCAA Tournament starts, going 14-for-40 with nine runs, six walks, two doubles and an RBI • MVP of the 2013 NCAA Starkville Regional and member of its All-Tournament Team after hitting .615 with eight hits and four runs in the tourney • Ended the season having reached base safely in 23-straight games • Finished fourth in the SEC in on-base percentage (.449) and 12th in hits (76) • On defense, recorded a .980 fielding percentage, the best by a third baseman in the history of the program • Part of an infield that turned a school-record 80 double plays (second nationally) • Recorded the most putouts (198) and chances (250) in school history by a third baseman • Hit .318 in 69 games played (66 starts), tallying 43 runs, 31 RBIs, 14 doubles, one triple and a home run • Notched hits in 43 of 71 games, including 20 multi-hit games • Drove in a run in 22 contests, including seven multiple-RBI games • Collected 12 RBIs in a six-game stretch from Feb. 24-March 3, including a career-best three RBIs Feb. 24 vs. Samford and two days later vs. Rhode Island • Had the game-winning RBI twice: Feb. 24 vs. Samford and Feb. 27 vs. Rhode Island • Cranked out his only triple of the season March 5 vs. Mississippi Valley State • Scored a career-high three runs March 12 vs. Southern Miss • Stole his only base of the season April 7 vs. Florida • Finished the home series against the Gators 4-for-11 (.364) with a double and three runs scored • Hit his only home run of the season April 13 at Texas A&M • Earned a career-best three walks April 28 at Vanderbilt, matching the feat originally done March 19 vs. Alcorn State • Tallied a career-high four base hits May 11 at Ole Miss and again May 17 vs. South Carolina • Hit .500 (5-for-10) in the South Carolina series • Registered a hit in all four games MSU played in at the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala., going 5-for-16 (.313) • Went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and a run scored in MSU’s final game in Hoover vs. Vanderbilt May 25 • Finished game one of the NCAA College World Series with a single, walk and a run scored vs. Oregon State June 15 • Collected two hits, including a double, and tapped the dish once as the Bulldogs advanced to the championship series with a win against the Beavers June 21 • Singled in both games of the CWS Championship Series vs. UCLA to close out the season • Member of the 2013 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Two-time all-conference middle infielder at Cuesta (Calif.) College in 2011 and 2012 • Coached by Bob Miller • Recovered from a 2010 shoulder injury to rank among the top junior college middle infielders • Batted .324 with a .451 on-base percentage in 2012 to help the Cougars post a 23-15 record and claim the Western State Conference crown • Lashed eight doubles and two triples, driving in 32 runs and drawing 32 walks in 38 games • Swiped eight sacks and fielded at a flashy .976 clip, having a hand in 19 double plays • Hit .331 with a .462 on-base percentage en route to First-Team All-Western State Conference honors as a junior • Teamed with former Bulldogs Nick Flair, Chad Girodo and Trey Porter on the California Collegiate League co-champion San Luis Opisbo Blues summer league team in 2012.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year All-San Luis Obispo County second baseman/shortstop at Mission Prep High School • Four-year starter and letter winner with the Royals • Coached by his father, Gerry Detz • Also lettered three years as a receiver with the MPHS football team and in basketball his senior season • Four-year Honor Roll student at MPHS in San Luis Obispo.
PERSONAL: Born Alex James Detz on Dec. 14, 1990 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. • Son of Toni and Gerry Detz of San Luis Obispo, Calif. • Majoring in communication.
ALEX DETZ’S CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF SH SB-SA SLG OBP E FLD
2013 .318 69-66 239 43 76 14 1 1 31 53 7 45 4 1 1-5 .397 .449 5 .980
2014 .236 61-55 220 26 52 5 0 3 40 36 1 38 4 2 5-8 .300 .341 3 .981
Career .279 130-121 459 69 128 19 1 4 71 89 8 83 8 3 6-13 .351 .399 8 .981
YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA SLG OBP E FLD
2013 .257 29-28 109 11 28 4 0 1 10 20 0 22 2 0 1-1 .321 .366 3 .936
2014 .263 29-28 114 12 30 4 0 1 21 16 1 21 2 1 3-5 .325 .353 1 .990
Career .260 58-56 223 23 58 8 0 2 31 36 1 43 4 1 4-6 .323 .360 4 .963
Career Highs
AB: 6, 2x, last vs. Tennessee, 5/11/14
R: 3, 2x, last vs. Vanderbilt, 3/21/14
H: 4, 2x, last vs. South Carolina, 5/17/13
RBI: 5 at Alabama, 5/15/14
2B: 1, 18x, last at Auburn, 5/4/14
3B: 1 vs. Mississippi Valley State, 3/5/13
HR: 1, 4x, last vs. Jacksonville State, 4/30/14
BB: 3, 3x, last vs. Western Carolina, 2/16/14
SB: 1, 6x, last at Alabama, 5/16/14, 4/11/10
