Stats

Yes, include your more pertinent stats such as batting average, doubles, home runs and rbi's. I would not overload them with the others. I'd focus on your strengths. Make the package you are sending attractive, but not to gawdy.

I agree with swdawg24. In addition you need to include your 60 yard speed or [if 60 speed is not available] your 40 speed.

Check out the college and the stats of the players on their roster. If they have players that have good strikeout to walk/HBP ratios [and you do too] I would include that figure along with my on base %.

Good luck.

TW344

Am I sensing a a reverse trend here? We were always told, well almost always, by some hardcore HSBBW members that HS stats don't mean a whole lot to college coaches. This is because they don't know how to gauge it. They don't know what to base it on because they wouldn't know what the level of competition was at your high school.

HS stats don't mean much due to the mentioned, college coaches and scouts don't know who you achieved them against and they don't know who put the stats together.

I think it is really funny when you see some player's college profiles stats from HS that don't match up to other published stats by their high schools.

That being said, bad stats will hurt your recruiting process more that good stats will help you...

Some coaches will ask for stats but they really don't mean anything. Also stats are rarly acurate as I am finding out.
We were never asked for stats.

You can include stats if you wish, but most coaches don't put much weight on them for recruiting purposes. For reasons stated above, they don't know who took them and who you played against.

More importantly, include your GPA and test scores.

Don't forget height and weight (if it will help you), as well as 60 yard dash speed, SPARQ test results, and a specific reason you are interested in the school's baseball program - like "I've seen you've had a lot of success with LHP's or "name of local player" is from our area, and I hope to follow in his footsteps, or my Dad, cousin or uncle went to State U. Don't be too schmaltzy though...

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by pptm: Am I sensing a a reverse trend here? We were always told, well almost always, by some hardcore HSBBW members that HS stats don't mean a whole lot to college coaches.

not really a reversal, but if it makes player/parents feel good to send 'em, at least they are communicating w/a school and coach

don't forget the gpa & also let 'em know that the "check is in the mail" to the clearinghouse

Here is a stat for ya.

My sons high school team's field is large 405 in center. He had 7 warning track or at the fence shots that were caught this year. Had he gone to the high school a few miles away (375 CF) those all would have been home runs.
Instead of hitting 300 with 2 home runs on the season, he would have hit 420 with 9 home runs on the other high school field.
That is just one of the hundreds of variables that can effect stats from player to player.
If you are the 6 hitter on a team that went 6-24 and you didn't hit 400+ then you didn't have a very good year.
If you are the 3 hitter on a team that went 27-3 and you hit 350+, then you had a good year. And thats assuming you played big school ball!

As far as sending stats to coaches goes, you can see why it may not be important to them. But if the coach knows your team/school/conference etc. and you have good numbers maybe that's different.

Please, no snide remarks about transfering to the other school(375 CF). It doesn't matter in the end.

Great points, TripleDad.

My friend transferred his son from a larger 3a school to a "B" school with I think there are about 30 boys in the senior class. The left field fence is about 270 feet, and my friend's kid is a RH pull hitter. He hit I think 7 home runs this year and was all-league.

Bad move.

I think college and pro scouts care more about present (and projected) ability than stats. Play against the best competition you can, showcase, go to camps and they will know who you are. Do the right thing.

Yep Bum, very silly to move for that reason.
He'd be better off staying put and working to NOT be a pull hitter.

Try playing on a HS field that has no fence and the outfielders play you 400 feet away

High School stats may open a door but they don't close the deal. If it gets you a second look they are great. If they don't nobody was hurt.

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Originally posted by TRhit:
Try playing on a HS field that has no fence and the outfielders play you 400 feet away

That's come into play quite a bit this year. My son is playing LF for his legion team this summer. He's run down a few balls out there where you could barely see him anymore by the time he made the catch!