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2021 Baseball

19 Ben Somorjai

  • Height 5-11
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Hillsborough, Calif.
  • High School Menlo School
  • Position C
  • Major Economics

Biography

Career Honors:
Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team (2019)
Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2019, 20, 21)

2021: Team captain … Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Started at catcher and went 1-for-3 with two walks in the win against Muhlenberg (May 2) … Drove in two runs and also scored a run during the team’s lone contest while also recording nine putouts on defense.

2020: Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Started all eight games he played behind the plate … Reached base in every contest he played … Posted a .370 batting average, .481 slugging percentage, and .514 on-base percentage … Collected 10 hits in 27 at-bats, with one double and one triple, to go along seven runs scored and seven RBI … Recorded a hit in each of the first seven games he played, including multi-hit outings against Wittenberg (Mar. 8), Hiram (Mar. 10), and Defiance (Mar. 13) … Drove in runs during five of his eight starts, including a season-high three RBI versus Hiram … Also scored a run during six of his games played … Threw out three attempted base stealers in eight chances … Committed just one error in 54 defensive chances, a .981 fielding percentage.

2019: Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Did not see any playing time due to injury.

2018: Appeared in 24 contests, logging 21 starts … Had a 3-for-4 outing with a double and a home run against Amherst (Mar. 15) … Homered and drove in a pair of runs against Gwynedd Mercy (Mar. 19) … Had a 3-for-5 outing with a pair of doubles in the first of two games against McDaniel (Mar. 31) … Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a pair of walks against Washington College (Apr. 13) … Singled and scored two runs against Gettysburg (Apr. 28).

Prep: Team captain ... 2017 First-team All-PAL ... Central Coast Section Champions (2017, 16) ... 2017 PAL League Champions ... 2015 USA National Team Championships Champion ... Student Athletic Advisory Board ... Founder of the Menlo School Broadcasting Club.

Personal: Son of Hilary Caplan Somorjai and John Somorjai ... Has a younger sister, Diana. 

 

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att
2018.... .260 24-21 73 8 19 6 0 2 16 12 16 0-1
2020.... .370 8-8 27 7 10 1 1 0 7 4 6 0-0
2021.... .333 1-1 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0-0
TOTAL... .291 33-30 103 16 30 7 1 2 25 18 23 0-1

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking at time of graduation]:
Hits: 3, vs Amherst College, Mar 15, 2018
Doubles: 2 [t-8th], at McDaniel, Mar 31, 2018
Triples: 1 [t-5th], at Scranton, Mar 4, 2020
Home runs: 1, vs Amherst College, Mar 15, 2018 ; Gwynedd Mercy, Mar 19, 2018
Total bases: 7, vs Amherst College, Mar 15, 2018
RBI: 3, 4 times
Runs scored: 2, Gettysburg, Apr 28, 2018 ; vs Carroll, Mar 12, 2020 ; Gwynedd Mercy, Mar 19, 2018
Walks: 2, 4 times
Hit by pitch: 2 [t-4th], vs Carroll, Mar 12, 2020
Struck out: 3 [t-7th], at TCNJ, Mar 28, 2018
Sac flies: 1 [t-9th], at Washington College, Apr 13, 2018
At bats: 5, Johns Hopkins, Apr 14, 2018 ; at McDaniel, Mar 31, 2018
Caught stealing: 1 [t-7th], at Ursinus, Apr 05, 2018
Field chances: 15, Gwynedd Mercy, Mar 19, 2018
Putouts: 12, vs Wooster, Mar 17, 2018 ; Gwynedd Mercy, Mar 19, 2018
Assists: 4, Rowan, Mar 27, 2018
Runners CS: 2 [t-6th], Gwynedd Mercy, Mar 19, 2018 ; Rowan, Mar 27, 2018
 
CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS (at time of graduation):
Lowest stolen base against pct.: 4th (.686)
Highest fielding pct.: 6th (.986)
Most caught stealing by: t-14th (11)

SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS (at time of graduation):
Lowest stolen base against pct.: 5th (.704 in 2018)
Most caught stealing by: t-9th (8 in 2018)

Statistics

Season:
2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2018First-Year

    C
    5'11"
    19
  • 19

    2019Sophomore

    C
    5'11"
    19
  • 19

    2020Junior

    C
    5'11"
    19
  • 19
    C

    2021Senior

    C
    5'11"
    19
    C
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