2014 Baseball

8 Jacob Hunter

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tucson, Ariz.
  • Highschool Salpointe

Biography

2013: Made 36 appearances with 33 starts,including 29 starts at first base and four as the designated hitter… Finished with a .336 batting average (41-for-122) with sixdoubles, a home run, 17 runs scored and eight RBIs …Recorded a .996 fielding percentage with team-highs in putouts(251) and chances (257) with five assists and just one error… Led Yale in batting average (.336), slugging (.410),on-base percentage (.391), hits (41), total bases (50), stolenbases (7), and was second on the team in runs scored (17), doubles(6), and home runs (1) … Recorded a team-high 12 multi-hitgames, reaching base in a team-best 12 straight games and matched ateam-best eight-game hitting streak.

2012: Primarily a second baseman, made 42appearances with 42 starts (33 starts at second base), batting .234(34 hits in 145 at-bats) with 10 doubles, a triple, two home runs,18 RBIs and 20 runs scored. … Finish second on the team indoubles (10), home runs (2), RBIs (18), and stolen bases (6),fourth in slugging (.359), total bases (52), runs scored (20) andsacrifice bunts (4), and fifth in batting average (.234). …Defensively, recorded a .957 fielding percentage (101 assists, 78putouts, 187 chances) with 27 double plays. … Went 2-for-3with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored in a 7-4 win overSacred Heart on April 17. … Belted the game-winning double,going 3-for-5 with two doubles, a triple and two RBIs in a 5-4 winin 12 innings over Holy Cross on April 24. … Belted hissecond career home run, a three-run homer, in the ninth inning torally Yale to a 10-8 win at Brown in the second game of adoubleheader, going a stellar 4-for-6 with a home run, two doubles,six RBIs and two runs scored in the victory. … Closed theseason strong with a .354 average (23-for-65) over the final 18games with two home runs, a triple, eight doubles and six of hisnine multi-hit games.

2011: Appeared in 35 games with 34 starts,batting .300 (36 hits, 120 at-bats) with a .351 on-base percentageand .375 slugging percentage. … Belted nine doubles with 24RBIs … Finished third on the team in RBIs (24), fourth intotal hits (36), doubles (9), and sac bunts (3), and fifth in totalbases (45). … Also made one relief appearance, allowing onehit and no runs.

Before Yale: Four-year letterman at SalpointeCatholic High School in Tucson, Az.  … As a junior, wasvoted the 5A Southern Arizona Player of the Year … Earned 5AFirst Team All-State and Junior Sunbelt All-Tournament Team honorsas a shortstop and pitcher as a junior …  As a senior,was again selected to the 5A Southern Arizona First Team whilegarnering Second Team 5A All-State honors.

At Yale: Resident of Calhoun College.Political Science major.

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Historical Player Information

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    2011First Year

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    6'1" 175 lbs
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    2012Sophomore

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    6'2" 190 lbs
    8
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    2013Junior

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    6'2" 190 lbs
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    2014Senior

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    6'2" 190 lbs
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