Skip To Main Content

Scoreboard

Case Western Reserve University Athletics
Case Western Reserve University Athletics

Scoreboard

2017 Baseball

26 Eric Eldred

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tecumseh, Mich.
  • Highschool Tecumseh

Biography

Senior (2017): Started all 28 games he played in at catcher during his senior year… Batted .263 with two home runs, 18 RBIs and 17 runs scored… Batted .282 (11-for-39) with runners in scoring position… Had an 11-game hitting streak from March 14 through April 7, the longest by a Spartan during the 2017 season… Had five multiple-hit games and four multiple RBI contests… Threw out 12 base stealers on 45 attempts against, with one pickoff… Hit a three-run home run in his final collegiate at bat to help the Spartans defeat Baldwin Wallace University 8-5 in 10 innings on May 7, finishing the game one-for-three with four runs batted in… Named the UAA Hitter of the Week on April 3 after batting .538 with three runs, six RBIs, and a home run over a four-game series sweep against Brandeis… Hit the first home run of his career on April 1 against Brandeis as part of a two-for-three, three RBI game… Notched a season-high three hits against N.C. Wesleyan on March 16… Received UAA Spring All-Academic Recognition… Started 94 games and played in 105 total over his career, batting .276 with two home runs, 48 runs batted in, 13 doubles and five triples.

 

Junior (2016): Played in 34 games during the season, making 32 starts at catcher… Finished the season with a .245 batting average, including a career-high four triples… Scored 16 runs and drove in 12 during the year, whole stealing three bases on four attempts… Drove in three runs in a 13-7 win against Wooster on April 16… Went two-for-six with a double and a triple against Manchester on February 27th… Earned UAA All-Academic honors.

Sophomore (2015): Played in 30 games during his sophomore season, making 28 starts…hit .290 (29-for-100) with seven doubles and a triple…scored 18 runs and drove in 16, while stealing six bases on eight attempts…hit .340 (17-for-50) with the bases empty and notched a .467 on base percentage when leading off an inning…went two-for-three with four RBIs and a pair of doubles against Denison on March 29…picked up a season-high three hits in five at bats against DePauw on April 25…earned UAA All-Academic recognition.

Freshman (2014): Saw action in 13 games and earned six starts at catcher as a freshman…batted .400 in 25 at-bats with two RBI…reached base safely in four straight plate appearances to open career...collected two hits in a game twice…posted season highs of two runs scored and two RBI in game two of a doubleheader versus Westminster on April 5.

Personal: Earned a total of seven varsity letters with three in baseball and two each in football and basketball at Tecumseh High School…two-time All-South Easton Conference selection…also 2012 all-county and 2013 all-district on the diamond…two-year Academic All-Michigan honoree…four-year recipient of Academic Excellence Award…son of Bill and Colleen Eldred.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2014First-Year

    C
    6'1" 180 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2015Sophomore

    C
    6'1" 180 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2016Junior

    C
    6'2" 190 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2017Senior

    C
    6'2" 190 lbs
    26