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# Connor Dykstra
Position : Catcher |
Date of Birth : |
Height : 6'1" |
Weight : 230 |
College : George Mason |
Bats : Right |
Throws : Right |
Resides : Chilliwack, BC |
School Year : Sophomore |
2022: Selected to the 2022 Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team after hitting .500 (5-for-10) with one RBI and two runs scored in three games at the A-10 Baseball Championship. … Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for week ending Feb. 22, 2022… Played in 51 games with 50 starts in his first year with the Patriots… Batted .298 (48-for-161) with seven doubles, two triples, six home runs, 33 RBI, 40 runs scored, 23 walks, 21 hit by pitch and two sacrifice flies… Started 46 games behind the plate and four games as the designated hitter, and was a pinch hitter one time (0-1 vs. Georgetown 4/16)… Started the 21 games he played during the regular season against Atlantic 10 opponents and batted .296 (21-for-71) with two doubles, one triple, one home run, 16 RBI, 16 runs scored, 11 walks, six hit by pitch and two sacrifice flies… He led the club in home runs (6), runs scored (40) and hit by pitch (21), ranked second in walks (23), was third in RBI (33), fourth on the team in batting average (.298) and finished the season sixth in at-bats (161) and hits (48)… Finished the season 4-4 in stolen base attempts… Among A-10 leaders, ranked third in hit by pitch (21), 13th in on-base percentage (.444), 25th in OPS (.992), 26th in runs scored (40), 27th in home runs (6), 30th in slugging percentage (.478), 35th in RBI (33), 36th in games played (51), 37th in walks (23), 38th in batting average (.298), 41st in total bases (77) and 49th in hits (48)… Had an 11-game on-base streak (Apr. 8-Apr. 30), seventh-longest on the team during the season and a six-game hitting streak (Apr. 22-Apr. 30)… Had 11 multi-hit games, fifth-most on the club (2H 7x, 3H 3x, 4H 1x) and tied for second on the team with 10 multi-RBI games (2 RBI 8x, 3 RBI 1x, 4 RBI 1x)… At home, played 24 games with 23 starts, and batted .329 (24-for-73) with four doubles, one triple, two home runs, 18 RBI, 20 runs scored, 18 walks and six hit by pitch… On the road, started all 23 games played, and batted .257 (19-for-74) with three doubles, one triple, four home runs, 14 RBI, 18 runs scored, five walks and 13 hit by pitch… Hit .284 (21-for-74) with runners on base, .333 (2-for-6) with the bases loaded, .277 (13-for-47) with runners in scoring position and .317 (19-for-60) with two outs… Hit .289 (11-for-38) vs. lefthanders and .301 (37-for-123) vs. righthanders…
PRIOR TO MASON: Played two years (catcher) at Galveston Community College in Galveston, Texas… Played in 38 games for the Whitecaps in 2021 with a .244 batting average (22-for-120), 22 hits, three doubles, eight RBI, 20 runs scored, 16 walks, 10 hit by pitch and three stolen bases (3-of-5)… Played in 25 games for the Whitecaps in 2020 with a .265 batting average (18-for-81), 18 hits, four doubles, one triple, one home run, eight RBI, eight runs scored, 10 walks, three hit by pitch and three stolen bases (3-of-4)… Over two years at Galveston CC, played in 63 games with a .253 batting average, 40 hits, seven doubles, one triple, one home run, 16 RBI, 26 walks and six stolen bases.