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2016 Baseball Roster

24 Ben McGrath

  • Class Sophomore
  • Weight 185
  • Hometown Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
  • High School Oxbridge Academy

Biography

Career Statistics | Game-by-Game Statistics: 2015 | 2016

Career Highs:
Runs: 2, four times, MR: vs. Lafayette (5/9/15)
Hits: 3, two times, MR: vs. Lehigh (5/16/15)
RBI: 3, three times, MR: vs. Lafayette (5/9/15)
Stolen Bases: N/A
Hit Streak: 6 games (5/3 - 5/16/15)

Freshman (2015):
- Opening Day starter for Navy at first base and started the first eight games of the season before rotating reps and eventually taking over the job full-time beginning with April 1 contest versus Coppin State
- Appeared in 44 games with 39 total starts
- Ranked third in the Patriot League with four triples
- Earned a spot on the Patriot League All-Tournament team with a postseason line of .360 (9-25), three runs scored, nine RBIs and three doubles over six games; drove in three runs in each game of Lafayette semifinal series
- Had multiple hits in seven different games, including two games in the postseason with three hits: versus Lafayette (5/9) and Lehigh (5/16)
- Recorded six multi-RBI games with three games of two and three games of three
- Drove in 14 of his RBIs with two outs to rank second on the team
- Batting average was toiling at .171 as of April 18 before collecting hits in 11 of the next 13 games to raise average to .230; hits included six doubles and two triples

High School
- Multi-sport athlete at Oxbridge Academy, who lettered in baseball for Juan Bustabad, as well as in golf
- Selected to the All-County team as a senior
- Named to Palm Beach Post First Team for small schools in 2014
- Recognized on the Perfect Game All-Florida Region honorable mention team in 2014
- Member of the 17U East USA Baseball Championship team in 2012, Palm Beach PAL

Personal
- Son of Matthew and Madeleine
- Born in Manhattan, N.Y.
- Enjoys spending his free time being outdoors, golfing and being with friends
- Teammate of Clemson University golfer Peter Mathison '18

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2015Freshman

    1B/OF
    6'" 185 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2016Sophomore

    1B
    6'" 185 lbs
    24