2020 Baseball Roster
Crotty, Alex
Jersey Number 17
Alex Crotty
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Letters:
- 3
- Hometown:
- Windermere, Fla.
- High School:
- Windermere Prep HS
Bio
Awards/Accolades
- 2020 Buster Posey Award Watch List
- 2019 Spring Academic All-SoCon Team
- 2019 SoCon All-Tournament Team
- 2017 SoCon All-Freshman Team
Season-by-Season
2020 (Sr.)
- Appeared in eight games while making four starts
- Batted .333 (5-for-15) on the season
- Drove in three runs
- Had one extra base hit on the season
- Recorded 26 putouts on the year
2019 (Jr.)
- Played in 54 games with 45 starts, primarily at catcher
- Battled for & earned starting catcher role by mid-March
- Started final 25 games of the season behind the dish, helping mentor a young pitching staff
- Batted .268 (42-for-157) with four home runs, 22 RBI & 21 runs scored
- Totaled 10 doubles & posted a .408 slugging percentage
- Had a .992 fielding percentage with 320 putouts & caught 12 runners stealing
- Earned SoCon All-Tournament Team honors after hitting three home runs & tallying nine RBI
- Went 4-for-4 vs. ETSU (April 28)
- Tallied two hits & one run scored in NCAA Athens Regional action (May 31-June 1)
2018 (So.)
- Played in 40 games with 18 starts as a sophomore
- Made bulk of 18 starts at third base late in season & added five starts at catcher
- Batted .243 with 13 runs & 16 RBI
- Tallied eight extra-base hits, including five doubles & three home runs
- Hit pair of home runs, including a grand slam, with career-high five RBI in 2-for-4 performance vs. The Citadel (May 19)
- Notched a four-RBI effort vs. Alcorn State (May 12)
- Ended the season on a seven-game hit streak, including one hit in each of Mercer's five SoCon Tournament games
2017 (Fr.)
- Emerged as the team’s starting third baseman during a promising freshman season
- Started 21 games over 38 appearances
- Ranked fourth on the team with a .315 batting average (29-for-92)
- Tallied 13 RBIs and 10 runs scored
- Hit his first career home run vs. Georgia Tech (3/28)
- Notched eight multi-hit efforts, including a 3-for-4 game at VMI (4/15)
Before Mercer
High School
- Graduated from Windermere Prep in spring of 2016
- Played two years for Lakers’ varsity baseball team under head coach Scott Horvath
- Named to Florida State All-Star Team as a catcher
Personal
- Born Oct. 11, 1997 to parents Sandee and Ed Crotty
- Has three older siblings, Tristan, Chelsea and Chevon
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