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2019 Baseball Roster

33 Christian Hodge

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 210
  • Hometown Winder, Ga.
  • High School Winder-Barrow

Biography

Career Honors:
- Patriot League Player of the Year (2019)
- First Team All-Patriot League (2018 - 1B, 2019 - C)
- ABCA All-East Region Second Team (2019 - C)
- National Player of the Week (4/1/19)
- Patriot League Player of the Week (4/23/18, 3/19/19, 4/2/19)
 
Career Highs:
Runs: 5, at George Mason (4/24/19)
Hits: 3, 11 times, MR: at George Mason (4/24/19)
RBI: 6, at Lafayette (3/30/19)
Stolen Bases: N/A
Hit Streak: 10 games (3/3/18-3/17/18)
 
2019 (Senior)
- Named the 2019 Patriot League Player of the Year and was a First Team All-Patriot League member
- Selected as the National Player of the Week on April 1 and was named the Patriot League Player of the Week on March 19 and April 2
- Selected to the ABCA All-East Region Second Team
- Tied the program record of home runs in a single season with 12
- Notched 52 RBIs to lead the team and rank fifth all-time in program history for RBIs in a single season
- Hit a career-best .298 and slugged .507 for the season, which was second on the team
- Reached base at .388 clip and had a .992 fielding percentage and threw out 14 runners
- Was second on the team with 61 hits and led the way with 46 runs scored
- He had two multi-home run games on the same day with a pair of home runs in both halves of the doubleheader against Lafayette on March 30
- Hodge also drove in six runs during the first game of the doubleheader on March 30 at Lafayette

2018 (Junior)
- Named First Team All-Patriot League
- Earned first career Patriot League Player of the Week honor on April 23
- Hodge was one of four Mids to start in all 54 games making 13 starts behind the plate and 41 starts at first base
- In his 13 starts at catcher, Navy posted a record of 10-3
- Compiled an average of .251 at the dish posting 52 hits (sixth on the team) and 34 RBIs (third on the team)
- Slugged .406 in the batter’s box and led the team with five home runs in his junior season
- Ended the season the season with 17 doubles, which was second-most for the Mids
- Had four three-hit games for the Midshipmen and he was one of three players for Navy to record four RBIs – which set a new personal best
- His 15 multi-hit games were fifth-most on the team in 2018
- Set a new career-high for longest hitting streak after recording a hit in 10-straight games
- Carried a hot bat toward the end of April with six multi-hit games over a seven-game stretch and went 15-for-27 during the seven games
- Led the team with 420 putouts and chipped in with 28 assists to compile a .996 fielding percentage

2017 (Sophomore)
- Appeared in 50 games with 44 starts
Regular in the middle of Navy's batting order with 34 combined starts in the 5-6-7 hole; held the starting 1B spot in 39 games with four starts at DH and one at catcher
One of three Mids with 25 RBIs (fifth-most on the team)
Began sophomore campaign by reaching base in first six games (5 hits, 1 HBP)
Powered home runs versus N.C. Central (2/18), Maryland Eastern Shore (3/8), Lehigh (4/15), Lehigh (4/16)
Had a season-high three hits at Holy Cross (4/2) and versus George Mason (4/19)
Drove in a season-best 3 runs at Lehigh (4/16); part of a PL series in which he had three hits, all for extra bases, and five total RBIs over four games
In Patriot League play, hit .309 with seven extra-base hits, two home runs and 14 RBIs
From April 15 through May 13 reached base safely in 15 straight games (14 hits, 1 walk); stretched help elevate batting average from .230 to .281
Recorded 13 RBIs with two outs

2016 (Freshman)
- Went 3-4 with three runs scored and an RBI versus Delaware State (3/2) in his collegiate debut
- Posted a five-game hitting streak (3/2-3/20)
- Connected for his first career home run versus Maryland Eastern Shore (3/9) at home
- Caught, played 3B and DH'd over his five starts as a freshman
- Came off the bench for 14 relief appearances and hit 5-for-14 (.357 BA)

High School
- Multi-sport athlete at Winder-Barrow HS, who lettered four years in baseball for Brian Smith, as well as three times as a quarterback on the football team
- Honored on Second Team All-Region 8-AAAAA in 2012 and 2013
- Perfect Game selected Hodge to its 2014 All-Southeast Region honorable mention team
- Spent the 2014-15 school year prepping at NAPS
- Named team MVP for NAPS baseball program in 2015

Personal
- Son of Chris and Natalie
- Both parents were four-year athletes at Augusta State College, his father played baseball and mother was on the tennis team
- Enjoys spending his free time snowboarding, golfing, fishing and at the ocean
- Member of the National and Spanish Honor Societies, FCA and Key Club, while at Winder-Barrow

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2016Freshman

    C
    6'" 210 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2017Sophomore

    1B/C
    6'" 210 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2018Junior

    1B/C
    6'0" 210 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2019Senior

    1B/C
    6'0" 210 lbs
    33