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2021 Baseball Roster

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28 JD Roberts

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Bat/Throw L/R
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 170
  • Hometown Meridian, Miss.
  • High School Lamar School
  • Previous School Holmes Community College

Biography

2020: Played in 15 games, starting 11 in year when season was shortened to 20-games due to the COVD-19 pandemic ... All 11 starts were in left field ... Batted .205 with a double and two runs batted in ... .526 OPS ... Was not thrown out in four stolen base attempts ... Batted .250 in six games against GSC opponents ... Hit .211 in eight road games and .188 in six home games ... Hit .216 against right-handed pitching and was 0-for-2 against lefties ... .333 hitter when leading off an inning ... Advanced runners at a .591 clip ... Had one multiple-hit game ... Longest hitting streak was two games ... Ended season with six-game reached base streak, his longestof the season.

2019: Played in 40 games, starting 35 ... Started 18 games in center field, 14 in left field and three as the designated hitter ... Batted .292 with four doubles, a triple and 12 RBI ... Had .723 OPS ...Stole eight bases and was thrown out just twice ... Did not make an error in 54 total fielding chances ... Batted .282 in 25 games against GSC competition with two doubles, a triple and five RBI ... Hit .311 against right-handed pitching and was 2-for-4 with the bases loaded ... A .364 hitter when leading off an inning and batted .333 with runners in scoring position ... Had eight multiple hit games and three multiple RBI games ... Longest hitting streak was six games and longest reached base streak was 19 games ... Comes into 2020 season with two-game hitting streak and three-game reached base streak.

Prior to UWA: Played at the University of Montevallo, hitting .308 in 2017.

Junior College: Holmes (Miss.) Community College, hitting .380 with 28 runs batted in in 2018 ... Stole 26 bases and scored 40 runs ... NJCAA First-Team Academic All-American ... .452 on base and .504 slugging percentage ... Committed just five errors in 72 total fielding chances.

High School: Played for Coach Bill Bauldner at Lamar (Miss.) School ... Wendy's High School Heisman Award winner as a junior ... Three-sport standout in baseball, basketball and football ... Played summer baseball with East Coast Baseball.

Personal: John Davis Roberts ... Born March 6, 1997 ... Son of Amy and Greg Bott ... Has one brother, Will (21) and two sisters, Piper (21) and Truett (15) ... Sports Management major.

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Junior

    OF
    5'10" 170 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2020Senior

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    5'10" 170 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2021Graduate Student

    OF
    5'10" 170 lbs
    28