Kansas State University Athletics
2021 Baseball Roster
Littlejim, Caleb
Jersey Number 13
Caleb Littlejim
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Little Axe, Okla.
- High School:
- Christian Heritage Academy
Bio
HONORS
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2019)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2020)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2019)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2018)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2019)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2019)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2020)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2021)
SENIOR (2021)
Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Played in 34 games with 30 starts in the field and made 13 appearances on the mount with three starts ... Posted a slash line of .228/.307/337 with two doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI ... Five multi-hit games, with a season-high three hits coming against Oklahoma on April 18 ... Homered against Texas Southern on May 1 and hit a three-run home run against Baylor at the Big 12 Championship on May 27 ... Put together two three-game hitting streaks: April 14-18 and May 22-27 ... Drew eight walks, stole five bases and scored 19 runs ... In Big 12 play, hit .250 (10-for-40) with a double and an RBI ... On the mound, went 2-2 with a save and a 4.65 ERA (16 ER, 31 IP) ... Struck out 39 and walked 14 ... Earned the win in his first start o the season against South Dakota State on March 10, striking out a season-high eight over four innings with one hit and no runs allowed ... Picked up the save in his season debut on the hill, throwing two scoreless innings with one hit against Western Michigan on February 28 ... Punched out seven over three innings vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff on April 6 ... Season-long five innings of work in his second start of the year against Northern Colorado on April 13, striking out five with two earned runs allowed ... Started against TCU at the Big 12 Championship, logging 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and one earned run in a 5-2 win over the Horned Frogs ... During league play, went 0-1 with a 9.82 ERA (8 ER, 7.1 IP) and six strikeouts.
2020 SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for D-BAT Stanton of the D-BAT Collegiate League in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ... D-BAT Stanton was 9-10-1 and were the six seed in the postseason tournament.
SENIOR (2020)
Earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors ... Voted one of three team captains prior to 2020 season ... Started 12 games in the outfield with three appearances on the mound (one start) in 2020 ... Posted a slash line of .167/.286/.262 with a double, home run and three RBI ... Collected two base hits at Stanford on March 6 ... Homered and drove in two at UTRGV on February 15 ... Doubled and drove in a run on February 28 against Fairleigh Dickinson ... Drew six walks, stole two bases and scored three runs ... In two relief outings, totaled two hitless innings with two strikeouts ... In one start, logged four innings with three earned runs allowed on four hits in taking a loss against South Dakota State on March 10 ... Struck out a season-high four batters against SDSU ... Finished with an 0-1 record and an ERA of 4.50 (3 ER, 6.0 IP) with six strikeouts.
2019 SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for the Waterloo (Iowa) Bucks of the Northwoods League ... In 15 games, had a slash line of .244/.346/.444 with a double, triple and two homers ... Drove in 12 and scored 11 runs ... Homered in back-to-back games on June 3-4 against Mankato ... Waterloo finished the season 34-35.
JUNIOR (2019)
Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Played in 50 games (all starts) at second base, shortstop, third base, designated hitter and pitcher ... At the plate, posted a slash line of .249/.327/.428 in his first season as a two-way player ... Hit six home runs with 34 RBI (second on team) to go with nine doubles and two triples ... Led K-State with 12 multi-RBI games along with 10 multi-hit games ... Hit first career home run in season opener at CSUN on February 15 ... Twice produced a season-best three RBI (April 10 vs. TCU, May 4 at Baylor) ... Season-high three hits at CSUN on February 18 and again at Kansas on May 19 ... On the mound, made 17 appearances with seven starts, going 5-4 with a 5.26 ERA (29 ER, 49.2 IP) and 23 strikeouts ... Made seven straight starts from April 10-May 19 (four weekend starts) ... Turned in two quality starts and won four straight decisions in first four starts of season, allowing a total of two earned runs over 20 1/3 innings in that span ... Season-long 6 2/3 innings against West Virginia on May 10 ... Twice struck out a season-high four (March 15 vs. UTRGV, April 10 vs. Omaha) ... As a starter, went 4-2 with a 4.01 ERA (15 ER, 33.2 IP) with 12 strikeouts with opponents hitting .210 against him ... In 10 relief outings, posted a 1-2 record with an ERA of 7.88 (14 ER, 16.0 IP) with 11 strikeouts and opponents hitting .319 against him ... Went 1-3 with a 6.26 ERA (16 ER, 23.0 IP) with seven strikeouts and 13 walks during Big 12 play ... As a hitter during conference games, produced a slash line of .222/.288/.352 with four doubles, a triple, home run and 14 RBI.
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2020)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2019)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2018)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2019)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2019)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2020)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2021)
SENIOR (2021)
Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Played in 34 games with 30 starts in the field and made 13 appearances on the mount with three starts ... Posted a slash line of .228/.307/337 with two doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI ... Five multi-hit games, with a season-high three hits coming against Oklahoma on April 18 ... Homered against Texas Southern on May 1 and hit a three-run home run against Baylor at the Big 12 Championship on May 27 ... Put together two three-game hitting streaks: April 14-18 and May 22-27 ... Drew eight walks, stole five bases and scored 19 runs ... In Big 12 play, hit .250 (10-for-40) with a double and an RBI ... On the mound, went 2-2 with a save and a 4.65 ERA (16 ER, 31 IP) ... Struck out 39 and walked 14 ... Earned the win in his first start o the season against South Dakota State on March 10, striking out a season-high eight over four innings with one hit and no runs allowed ... Picked up the save in his season debut on the hill, throwing two scoreless innings with one hit against Western Michigan on February 28 ... Punched out seven over three innings vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff on April 6 ... Season-long five innings of work in his second start of the year against Northern Colorado on April 13, striking out five with two earned runs allowed ... Started against TCU at the Big 12 Championship, logging 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and one earned run in a 5-2 win over the Horned Frogs ... During league play, went 0-1 with a 9.82 ERA (8 ER, 7.1 IP) and six strikeouts.
2020 SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for D-BAT Stanton of the D-BAT Collegiate League in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ... D-BAT Stanton was 9-10-1 and were the six seed in the postseason tournament.
SENIOR (2020)
Earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors ... Voted one of three team captains prior to 2020 season ... Started 12 games in the outfield with three appearances on the mound (one start) in 2020 ... Posted a slash line of .167/.286/.262 with a double, home run and three RBI ... Collected two base hits at Stanford on March 6 ... Homered and drove in two at UTRGV on February 15 ... Doubled and drove in a run on February 28 against Fairleigh Dickinson ... Drew six walks, stole two bases and scored three runs ... In two relief outings, totaled two hitless innings with two strikeouts ... In one start, logged four innings with three earned runs allowed on four hits in taking a loss against South Dakota State on March 10 ... Struck out a season-high four batters against SDSU ... Finished with an 0-1 record and an ERA of 4.50 (3 ER, 6.0 IP) with six strikeouts.
2019 SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for the Waterloo (Iowa) Bucks of the Northwoods League ... In 15 games, had a slash line of .244/.346/.444 with a double, triple and two homers ... Drove in 12 and scored 11 runs ... Homered in back-to-back games on June 3-4 against Mankato ... Waterloo finished the season 34-35.
JUNIOR (2019)
Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Played in 50 games (all starts) at second base, shortstop, third base, designated hitter and pitcher ... At the plate, posted a slash line of .249/.327/.428 in his first season as a two-way player ... Hit six home runs with 34 RBI (second on team) to go with nine doubles and two triples ... Led K-State with 12 multi-RBI games along with 10 multi-hit games ... Hit first career home run in season opener at CSUN on February 15 ... Twice produced a season-best three RBI (April 10 vs. TCU, May 4 at Baylor) ... Season-high three hits at CSUN on February 18 and again at Kansas on May 19 ... On the mound, made 17 appearances with seven starts, going 5-4 with a 5.26 ERA (29 ER, 49.2 IP) and 23 strikeouts ... Made seven straight starts from April 10-May 19 (four weekend starts) ... Turned in two quality starts and won four straight decisions in first four starts of season, allowing a total of two earned runs over 20 1/3 innings in that span ... Season-long 6 2/3 innings against West Virginia on May 10 ... Twice struck out a season-high four (March 15 vs. UTRGV, April 10 vs. Omaha) ... As a starter, went 4-2 with a 4.01 ERA (15 ER, 33.2 IP) with 12 strikeouts with opponents hitting .210 against him ... In 10 relief outings, posted a 1-2 record with an ERA of 7.88 (14 ER, 16.0 IP) with 11 strikeouts and opponents hitting .319 against him ... Went 1-3 with a 6.26 ERA (16 ER, 23.0 IP) with seven strikeouts and 13 walks during Big 12 play ... As a hitter during conference games, produced a slash line of .222/.288/.352 with four doubles, a triple, home run and 14 RBI.
SOPHOMORE (2018)
Made 12 appearances (seven starts) in his sophomore campaign, going 2-2 with a 7.25 ERA (29 ER, 36.0 IP) ... Moved from spot midweek starter into weekend rotation by the end of the season, as his final five outings were all weekend starts, including four Big 12 starts ... Struck out 24 hitters against 13 walks ... Twice matched a career-long 5 1/3 innings pitched, first on February 21 in a start at Elon and again on April 9 against Oklahoma State ... Allowed just two earned runs on three hits in picking up a victory at Elon ... Yielded two earned runs on two hits vs. OSU with a career-high five strikeouts ... Threw four innings of relief in a win 14-3 win over Incarnate Word on March 7, allowing three earned runs with three strikeouts ... Suffered losses in his final two starts of the year, at Texas Tech (April 14) and at West Virginia (April 21) ... In Big 12 games, went 0-2 with a 8.47 ERA (16 ER, 17.0 IP) over five outings (four starts) ... Struck out 13 and walked nine in conference play ... Scored two runs as a pinch runner.
FRESHMAN (2017)
Made nine appearances (three starts) during his freshman season ... Had a 1-1 record and 10.12 ERA (13 ER, 10.2 IP) with six strikeouts and 11 walks ... Earned first career win in start vs. Omaha on March 32, going three innings and allowing one earned run on three hits with a season-high four strikeouts ... Appeared in two Big 12 games, allowing just one hit over 1 1/3 innings without a walk or strikeout ... Came on as a pinch runner twice, both in Big 12 games, scoring one run against West Virginia on April 21.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Christian Heritage Academy in Del City, Oklahoma … Named All-State in baseball and basketball in Oklahoma ... 2A Oklahoma Baseball Player of the Year ... All-City Baseball Player of the Year.
PERSONAL
Born on November 18, 1997 in Norman, Oklahoma … Parents are Clint and Lisa Littlejim … Has three siblings, Lindsay, Gabe and Gracey ... Kinesiology major.
K-State BSB | Postgame Press Conference vs Texas
Sunday, June 01
K-State Baseball | Game Highlights vs Houston Christian (Austin Regional)
Sunday, June 01
K-State BSB | Game Highlights vs Houston Christian (Austin Regional)
Saturday, May 31
K-State BSB | Postgame Press Conference vs Houston Christian
Saturday, May 31
