2015 Baseball
Roster
Carter Yagi
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cottonwood
- Prev School:
- College of Southern Idaho
CAREER
Played in 100 games, including 87 starts, and batted .252 (78-for-310) with 10 doubles, 4 triples, 41 RBIs, 68 runs scored and 13 stolen bases ... Played all across the field, logging innings in the outfield, third base and second base throughout his career.
SENIOR (2015)
Hit .246 (48-for-195) with 3 doubles, 4 triples, 25 RBIs and 7 stolen bases in 57 games ... One of 3 Wildcats to play in all 57 games ... Career-highs in hits, runs, triples, RBIs, walks and stolen bases ... Walked 26 times after only drawing 11 walks as a junior in 2014 ... Finished sixth in the Big 12 with a team-best 44 runs scored ... Tied for second on the team with 15 multi-hit games ... Had a multi-hit effort in 5 consecutive games from May 10-20 ... Also had a multi-hit game in 4 straight contests from February 20-28 ... Led the Wildcats with a .375 batting average (21-for-56) with runners in scoring position ... Had 13 two-out RBIs ... Served as the team’s leadoff hitter in 44 of K-State’s 57 games ... Closed out the season hitting .367 (11-for-30) with 7 RBIs and 8 runs scored over his final 7 games ... Career-high 4 RBIs on May 17 at KU, going 2-for-3.
2014 SUMMER BASEBALL
Played for the Peninsula Oilers of the Alaska Baseball League ... Hit .178 (8-for-45) with a double, a triple, 4 RBIs and 3 stolen bases in 13 games ... Also walked 6 times and struck out 3 times.
JUNIOR (2014)
Hit .261 (30-for-115) with 7 doubles, 16 RBIs, 11 walks, and 6 stolen bases in 43 games ... Of his 43 games, he started 32 games ... Started at second base, third base, center field, left field, and designated hitter ... Went 5-for-6 (.833) as a pinch-hitter ... One of the toughest people to strike out in the nation, ranking third-best in Division I by averaging one strikeout every 29.0 at-bats ... Was the highest ranked Big 12 player in the country in strikeouts per at-bat ... Struck out 4 times in 116 at-bats ... After opening the season 4-for-23 in his first 10 games, he batted .283 (26-for-92) with 6 doubles and 13 RBIs in his final 33 games ... Still had a .333 OBP in his first 10 games despite the .174 batting average ... Had a season-high 9-game hitting streak from March 23-April 6 ... Batted .345 (10-for-29) with 2 doubles, 3 RBIs and 4 walks over the stretch ... In his final 4 games of the season, he went 5-for-13 (.385) with a stolen base and 3 RBIs ... Drove in a season-high 2 runs on May 6 at Wichita State ... Went 2-for-2 with a double after the entering the game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning.
COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO (2012-13)
Attended College of Southern Idaho, posting a .356 (142-for-399) batting average with 23 doubles and 38 stolen bases in 116 career games with the Golden Eagles ... In his sophomore season, he was named All-Region 18 First Team shortstop after he hit a team-best .393 (75-for-191) with 10 doubles, 6 triples, 2 home runs and 34 RBI in 58 games ... His 75 hits, 48 runs scored and 6 triples led the team as well ... Also had a .478 OBP and 18 stolen bases ... In freshman season, he was named to the Region 18 Second Team after batting .322 (67-for-208) with 13 doubles, 2 triples, 35 RBI, 20 stolen bases and 52 runs scored in 58 games.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Cottonwood High School in Murray, Utah ... Four-year letterwinner in baseball, playing under the direction of Jon Hoover and Jason Crawford ... Holds the school record for most triples (6 in 2011) and stolen bases (16 in 2011) in a single season ... Batted .402 (33-for-82) with 6 doubles, 6 triples, 26 RBI and 33 runs scored in his senior season in 2011 ... Named Class 5A all-state second team in his senior year and all-state honorable mention in 2010 ... Helped Cottonwood win the state championship as a freshman in 2008 ... Finished state runner-up in 2011.
PERSONAL
Carter Yagi was born on November 11, 1992 ... Parents are Rick Yagi and Ruthann Good ... Has two siblings, Tyler and Lindsay ... Brother, Tyler, played baseball at Utah ... Graduated with a degree in social sciences.
| Season | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | OBP | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | SB-A |
| 2014 | .261 | 43-32 | 115 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .323 | .322 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6-8 |
| 2015 | .246 | 57-55 | 195 | 44 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 25 | .348 | .303 | 26 | 6 | 22 | 7-11 |
| Career | .252 | 100-87 | 310 | 68 | 78 | 10 | 4 |
0 | 41 | .339 | .310 | 37 | 8 | 26 |
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