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2013 Baseball Roster
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Blake Bass
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lubbock, Texas
- High School:
- Coronado
Career Stats
Game-by-Game Stats - 2013 | 
Game-by-Game Stats - 2012 | | 
Red Raider Profile - 2012
CAREER-HIGHS
Games Played (Season): 16 (2012)
Games Started (Season): 4 (2012)
At-Bats: 5 2x, vs. Connecticut (2/24/13)*
Runs: 2, vs. Alabama A&M (3/13/12)
Hits: 1 7x, at Rice (4/16/13)*
RBI: 1 4x, vs. Lubbock Christian (4/14/13)*
Doubles: 1 2x, vs. New Mexico (4/17/12)*
Triples: None
Home Runs: None
Walks: 1, at Baylor (3/18/12)
Strikeouts: 2, vs. Northern Illinois (2/25/12)
Stolen Bases: None
Hit Streak: None
* Indicates most recent high
CAREER
Played in 29 games (5 starts) batting .184 (7-for-38) with five runs, two doubles, four RBI, nine total bases, one walk, two hit-by-pitch, two sacrifice flies, .237 slugging percentage, .233 on-base percentage and fielded .972 (34 putouts, 1 assist, 1 error)... DURING BIG 12 PLAY... played in nine games (2 starts) batting .222 (2-for-9) with a run, two total bases, one walk, one hit-by-pitch, .222 slugging percentage, .364 on-base percentage and fielded 1.000 (2 putouts, 0 assists, 0 errors).
2013 (Sophomore)
Perfect Game No. 36 MLB Draft Prospect (Texas)... played in 13 games (1 start) starting one game at first base... batted cleanup during only start... batted .200 (3-for-15) with a run, two RBI, three total bases, one hit-by-pitch, one sacrifice fly, .200 slugging percentage, .235 on-base percentage and fielded 1.000 (23 putouts, 1 assist, 0 errors)... AGAINST NATIONALLY RANKED OPPONENTS... played in two games (0 starts) batted 1.000 (1-for-1) with a single and RBI... DURING BIG 12 CONFERENCE PLAY... played in one game (did not start) was hit-by-pitch in only plate appearance and scored a run... HOME GAMES... played in eight games (0 starts) batted .143 (1-for-7) with a run scored and two RBI... ROAD/NEUTRAL SITE GAMES... played in five games (1 start) batted .250 (2-for-8) with two total bases... SITUATIONAL: batted .250 (2-for-8) as a pinch hitter... led the team in batting as a pinch hitter... was one of three Red Raiders with multiple pinch-hit base hits (Alec Humphreys, Scott LeJeune)... MISCELLANEOUS: one game-tying RBI... SEASON HIGHLIGHTS... made season debut with a pinch-hit single on Opening Day against Northern Illinois (2/15)... made only start of the season at first base with a career high in at-bats going 1-for-5 against Connecticut (2/24) at the UCF Tournament in Orlando, Fla... drove in a run on a sacrifice fly against UT Arlington (3/8) coming into the game off the bench... picked up second pinch-hit base hit going 1-for-1 with a single at No. 22 Rice (4/16)... member of the 2012 Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll... member of the 2013 Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (Dean's List).
SUMMER 2012
Perfect Game No. 2 Far West League Prospect... Perfect Game Far West League 'Top Power Prospect'... Horizon Air Summer Series Far West All-League First Team... Horizon Air Summer Series Far West League 'Top Prospect'... played for the Neptune Beach Pearls in the Far West League... helped team to a 33-20 overall record... played in 46 games (43 starts) while batting .331 (55-for-166) with 33 runs, 15 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 33 RBI, 18 walks, seven-hit-by-pitch, .506 slugging percentage, .417 on-base percentage and fielded .990 (384 putouts, 23 assists, 4 errors)...
2012 (Freshman)
Played in 16 games (4 starts) while starting all four games at designated hitter... batted six-hole once, seven-hole once, eight-hole once and nine-hole once... batted .174 (4-for-23) with four runs, two doubles, two RBI, six total bases, one walk, .261 slugging percentage, .231 on-base percentage and fielded .917 (11 putouts, 1 error)... in three games (1 start) AGAINST NATIONALLY-RANKED OPPONENTS batted .400 (2-for-5) with a .400 slugging percentage and .400 on-base percentage... DURING BIG 12 CONFERENCE PLAY... in eight games (2 starts) batted .222 (2-for-9) with a walk, .222 slugging percentage and .300 on-base percentage... in 10 HOME GAMES batted .167 (3-for-18) with three runs, two doubles and one RBI... in six ROAD/NEUTRAL SITE GAMES batted .200 (1-for-5) with a run and RBI... SITUATIONAL: batted .000 (0-for-14) with runners on base... batted .444 (4-for-9) with the bases empty... batted .143 (1-for-7) as a pinch hitter... batted .000 (0-for-11) with runners in scoring position... batted .143 (1-for-7) with two outs... MISCELLANEOUS: posted one infield base hit... REACHING BASE SAFELY: reached base safely in a season-high three consecutive games (3/13-18)... SEASON HIGHLIGHTS... made career debut going 0-for-3 as the starting designated hitter against Northern Illinois (2/25)... tallied first career base hit going 1-for-5 with two runs and collected first career extra-base hit with a double against Alabama A&M (3/13)... notched first career RBI going 0-for-1 with a hit-by-pitch against Alabama A&M (3/14)... tallied first career walk in first career pinch-hitting situation at Baylor (3/18)... went 1-for-3 against No. 27 Oklahoma (3/24)... hit a double going 1-for-2 with a run against New Mexico (4/17)... recorded first career pinch-hit base hit with a single at No. 9 Texas A&M (5/5)... member of the 2011 Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll... member of the 2012 Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (Dean's List).
HIGH SCHOOL
A two-year varsity letterwinner at Lubbock Coronado High School for head coach Gary Hix (2011) and former Texas Tech director of operations Jimmy Webster during the 2010 season... batted .390 with 22 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 67 RBI and .675 slugging percentage as a senior... earned all-district, all-city, all-region, all-area, state all-tournament team and collected first and second team all-state honors... led team to the state championship finals and to a 33-16 overall record... team finished second in district... won bi-district championship, area championship, regional quarterfinal championship, regional semi-finals championship and regional title while making it to the state championship game... as a junior batted .409 with 36 runs, 21 doubles, 10 home runs, 53 RBI and 20 walks as a junior... 2010 District 2-5A Player of the Year... District 2-5A All-City... Texas Class 5A All-District 2-5A Most Valuable Player... all-region first team... Texas Sports Writers Association Class 5A All-State Second Team... High School Baseball Class 5A All-State... Texas State Writers Association All-Class 5A Baseball Team Second Team... Louisville Slugger High School All-America... highlight of junior season came against Odessa hitting three home runs and going 4-for-4 with six RBI... hit three home runs on three consecutive pitches... also excelled in the classroom earning high honor graduate... Honor Roll... Who's Who Among American High School Graduates... National Honor Society... Most Valuable Senior Nominee... Academic All-State.
PERSONAL
Blake Andrew Bass... born June 3, 1993, in Lubbock, Texas... son of Troy and Barbara Bass... has a younger sister, Kayli... an undeclared major at Texas Tech.
