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Jersey Number 10
Colton Ledbetter
- Position:
- Outfield
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 205
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hoover, Ala.
- High School/Previous School:
- Spain Park HS / Samford
Bio
Honors / Awards
2023 ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region Second Team2023 Preseason All-SEC Second Team
2023 Perfect Game Preseason All-American Third Team
2022 SoCon Sports Media Association Baseball All-Conference First Team
2022 SoCon Baseball Coaches All-Conference Second Team
2022 SoCon All-Tournament Team
2022 Set New SoCon Regular Season Single RBI Record
2022 Set New SoCon Tournament RBI Record
2021 Selected Top SoCon Freshman Perfect Game
2021 Ranked #1 SoCon Preseason Freshman D1 Baseball
Career Notes & Records
Draft: Picked by the Tampa Bay Rays with the 55th overall pick in the Second Round of the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft... Mississippi State's 11th second-round pick.
2023 (Junior Season)
Season: Started and played all 53 games of the season … Made 48 starts in center field, four in left field and one as the DH … Led the team with a .320 batting average on 63 hits … He also accumulated 52 RBIs, 12 doubles and 12 home runs on the season … Ranked first on the team in walks (47) and ranked second on the team in stolen bases (17) … Had an on-base percentage of .452 … Finished second on the team with his 12 homers … The 52 RBIs were the second most on the team … Had 17 multi-hit games on the season and had 14 games with multiple RBIs.
VMI (2/17-19): Went four-for-five with a season-high six RBIs in game two of the series ... Accumulated two doubles, drove in a home run and also drew a walk. ULM (2/21-22): Went two-for-five with four RBIs and a home run in the second game of the midweek matchup. Arizona State (2/24-26): He went four-for-nine for the series with six RBIs, four walks, a home run and stole five bases on five attempts. Southern Miss (2/28): Recorded his first and only triple on the season while going one-for-three with three RBIs and two walks against the Golden Eagles. Valparaiso (3/7): Went one-for-three in the midweek matchup while also recording two RBIs and drawing a walk. Lipscomb (3/10-11): Went 4-for-10, drawing four walks and stealing two bases on two attempts. Nicholls & Louisiana (3/14-15): Was all over the stat sheet in the Hancock Whitney Classic, going two-for-five with two RBIs, a double, a home run, five walks and a stolen base ... He also crossed home three times in the process. Arkansas State (3/21): Went a perfect three-for-three from the plate with four RBIs, scored four runs and drove in a home run in the midweek matchup against the Red Wolves. Vanderbilt (3/24-26): Recorded at least one hit in every game in the series while also accumulating one RBI and one stolen base. Samford (3/28): Went one-for-four with two RBIs, one walk and two stolen bases on two attempts against his former team. South Carolina (3/30-31): Batted .500 through both games and scored five runs in the process. Also recorded two RBIs, a home run, two walks and a stolen base against the Gamecocks. Grambling (4/4): Went perfect from the plate, two-for-two, while recording two RBIs, one double and one walk. Alabama (4/6-8): Went two-for-five and scored two runs in game one, while also tallying one RBI, one double and one walk. UAB (4/11): Went two-for-five with two RBIs, one walk and a stolen base against the Blazers. Ole Miss (4/14-16): Batted .500 in game two with three RBIs, two home runs and a walk. Drew three more walks in the series against the Rebels. Auburn (4/21-23): Scored three runs in the series while also tallying two RBIs, three doubles and three walks. Tennessee (4/27-29): Batted .300 for the series and scored four runs while accumulating two RBIs, two home runs, one walk and a stolen base. LSU (5/12-14): Recorded three hits with four RBIs and scored three runs in the series against the Tigers ... Also drove in one home run and drew two walks. Texas A&M (5/18-20): Recorded five hits on 11 at bats in the final series of the season.
2022 (Sophomore Season – Samford)
Season: Started all 57 games... Batted .318, lead team with 67 hits, 16 home runs, 57 RBIs, 51 runs scored, OBP .407, slugging percentage .640, and OPS 1.047... Had 14 SBs, 30 BBs, 16 doubles, and two triples... Had 22 multi-hit games, had 22 RBI games... Went 3-for-4 against WCU as he hit two back-to-back 3-Run home runs and had 9 RBIs breaking the Samford University RBI record in a single game... Set a new SoCon record for most RBIs in a single game during regular season... In the 2022 SoCon Tournament, he went 5-for-5 against WCU to include hitting two back-to-back 3-Run home runs, one double and 9 RBIs setting a New SoCon Tournament RBI Record... Selected by one of the nationally top ranked summer collegiate leagues in the nation, the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) and played CF on Team Newport Gulls, located in Newport, Rhode Island… Selected First Team CF by NECBLAII Stars… Lead the entire NECBL in RBIs (47) and runs (51), and tied for most home runs (11)... In the NECBL All Star Game at Martha's Vineyard, RI, went 4-for-4 with a 3-run home run, 5 RBIs, one double, and one stolen base... Selected All NECBL First Team CF... At the end of 2022 season was a "Double" Selection by NECBL as the 2022 MVP and Top Draft Prospect in the league.
2021 (Freshman Season – Samford)
Season: Saw action in 31 games, including 12 starts... Batted .271 with eight doubles, a triple and five RBI… Tallied two multi-hit games on the season… Went 2-for-4 with a double in game three against VMI… Turned in a 4-for-5 performance, with a double, a triple and two RBI at ETSU… Selected and played for the 2021 Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (GLSCL), Team Lima Locomotives (Lima Locos) in Lima, Ohio ... Had team highest season bat average .415 ... Lead the team season with eight home runs, 33 RBIs and 24 runs ... Selected and played outfield in the 2021 GLSCL All Stars Game... Selected as TOP 2021 Draft Player Prospect (OF position player) by the GLSCL.
High School
Starred at nearby Spain Park High School in Hoover… Hit .414 with four home runs as a senior... Named All-State as a junior and senior… Earned All-County and All-Over the Mountain honors as a sophomore, junior and senior… Holds the school record for stolen bases... Perfect Game named him preseason All-American, and rated him as the No. 3 outfielder in Alabama and the No. 59 outfielder in the nation for his senior season...Named to the All-South Metro team, and he was named to the All-State Baseball Terrific 20 by AL.com as a senior... As a junior, hit .388 with seven homers... Played in the WWBA Championship in Jupiter, Florida as a junior and in the Perfect Game WWBA Championship as a sophomore... Was a member of the PBR Alabama Dream Team outfield in 2019.
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