HS BA for Players Hoping To Play College

I am a Sophmore myself, and on JV, but from what ive got from this forum, is your batting average doesn't matter as much as scouts seeing you live. You know very well you could hit 20 shots and go 0-20, or hit 20 bloopers and go 20-20. In this way stats are very, very deceiving. I know i didn't answer your real question, and im sorry but i was just putting in my $.02.

As suggested by plp556, high school stats are virtually meaningless. When you stop and consider how uneven high school schedules are...and how notoriously bad high school scorekeepers can be...you begin to understand why college recruiters and professional scouts want to see a batter in person...preferably in game situations against quality pitching.

Agent- I will echo the other's sentiments. We were very deligent in sending Michael's stats out to anyone who contacted him. I sincerely believe not one coach looked at them. A college coach or scout can tell by watching if a kid can hit or not - doesn't need numbers. They are something for a player or parent to be proud of, but don't do anything for college coaches IMO.

the coach or asst. coach from the college team
you are interested in needs to see you in per
son or be told by a scout or associate about
your abilities. stats can initially catch the
eye but eventually you will have to perform
live and the truth will be told.

All of the above is correct.

Also remember, GPA and SAT beat out BA and ERA everytime!

i will give an example of how much BA doesnt matter. two kids on my team are going D1 (georgia tech and Gardner Webb) and their batting average is around .350. but they have the mechanics and everything else you need to be a good hitter.

It is not so much the batting average but the fact that the BA improves each year thru the senior year.

Sorry to disagree TigerPawMom, but I have witnessed first hand, 2 players sign to major D-1 schools who probably cound not tell you what GPA and SAT mean. IT happens all the time!

I had a teamate that played close to 10 years in the majors and had a .250 BA his senior year.

I'll agree BA stats will not get you recruited, but good hiiting mechanics viewed live can

as an example I can remember some area hs players who put up "monster" BA's hittng against pitchers who would never play past hs, and "micro" BA's vs good pitching - with their season ave still .400 - yet they were still done after hs

Fan15, that's nice that they're signed, but actually being/staying academicly eligible is yet to be seen - wish em luck, sounds like they'll need it

D1 recruits in Texas typically have a high school BA well over .400 earned against the top competition in the state. D1 JUCO recruits tend to have the same.

If you want to find out what type of player a college tends to recruit, just check out the roster bios on their web site. They often include a player's high school batting average along with their high school awards, honors, and other information.

I have never been asked one time by a college coach what a kid is hitting when they are recruiting them. Not once. They see them swing it and they like the mechanics , bat speed , power etc. They ask me if the kid can hit. They ask me how he hits the good pitching we see. In a 24 game season a kid can light up the clown pitching and go 0 for against the quality pitchers and hit .400. It depends on the calibre of the competition you play against and the quality of the league you play in. Usually they see a kid at a showcase event or a camp and then follow up on them. Or they get a call from a coach or scout about the kid. Ive had kids that were 400 plus hitters in HS that were overmatched against upper 80's velocity. Ive had kids that hit .300 for the year and lit up quality pitching. You show me a college coach that is going to put his career at risk based upon stats that someone else has compiled with the wide range of competition at the HS level, and Ill show you a coach that will be looking for a job real soon.