Tyler McCarty

Height:
5-11
Weight:
0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Griffin, Ga.
High School:
Spalding County

2009Statistics

2009 (Junior): Appeared in 46 games for Mercer,making 45 starts … served primarily as a designated hitterfor Coach Gibson but also logged three starts at second base andone start at third base last season … hit at a .335 cliplast season and is one of five returning players who batted over.300 in the 2009 campaign … finished fourth on the team witha .514 slugging percentage and third on the squad with a .415on-base percentage … showed a good eye at the plate with a23-to-20 walk to strikeout ratio … ranked second on the teamwith 14 doubles and hit six home runs amongst his 60 hits …added 32 RBI and 28 runs scored … hit a blistering .350(21-60) with two outs … went 3-for-5 with a double two RBIand a run scored in a Bears 10-9 win over Bryant (Feb. 28) …set a new career-high with four hits against USC Upstate (March 21)… put together a 12-game hitting streak from April 3 toApril 18, batting at a .367 clip (18-49) during that span …clubbed his only mutli-homerun of the season to go along with threeRBI and two runs scored against A-Sun Champion Jacksonville (May10).

2008 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in 50 gamesfor the Bears, starting 44 … Served as Mercer's primarysecond baseman, but earned five starts at third base in the finalmonth of the season … Tied teammate Joe Winker for theteam-high in doubles with 14 … Second on the team with 114assists … Was a part of 28 double plays, the most of anyreturner in 2008 … Went a perfect 2-for-2 with a stolen baseand two runs scored against Savannah State (2/27) … Chippedin the first of seven three-hit performances including a double andtwo runs scored against FGCU (3/22) … Legged out a double,drove in three and scored two runs as part of a 3-for-5 performanceagainst Stetson (3/28) …Scored three runs and added a doubleand an RBI against Jacksonville (4/5) … Came away with acareer-high four RBI on 3-for-4 hitting against Savannah State(4/16) … Recorded three hits in Mercer's A-Sun Championshipfinale against Campbell (5/22).

2007 (Sophomore): Started in all five games heappeared … Posted a .312 batting average … Went2-for-4 with one double and one run scored at Bethune-Cookman(2/10) … Tallied season-high four assists in three separategames ... Redshirted after breaking collar bone in second series ofthe season.

2006 (Freshman): Finished fifth on the team inbatting average (.309) and on-base percentage (.387) ... Collectedhis first-career hit at Mercer in a 3-for-4 showing with two RBIversus Florida A&M (2/4) ... Went 2-for-5 with a career-highthree RBI and scored two runs against VMI (2/10) ... Was a perfect3-for-3 with one RBI at UAB (3/5) ... Picked up three hits inback-to-back games versus Rider, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, tworuns and one double in game one, and 3-for-5 with one run in thesecond game (3/14-3/15) ... Registered three hits in a career-highsix at-bats and recorded two RBI at ETSU (4/15) ... Finished theseason strong, going 2-for-2 with two RBI and one run scored versusBelmont (5/19).

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner atSpalding County High School ... Helped the Jaguars to a regionchampionship.

Personal: Son of Chuck and Becki McCarty ... Hasone sister, Morgan, 16 ... Majoring in marketing ... Born on Dec.25, 1986, in Griffin, Ga.