Ben Kalbaugh
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- Height:
- 6-4
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- Weight:
- 220
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- Hometown:
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
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- Position:
- C
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- Year:
- JR
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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- High School:
- Westminster Academy
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- Years Coached (at Taylor):
- Westminster Academy
Bio
2021 at Taylor: Started 47 of 55 games behind the plate … Recorded career-bests with 177 at-bats, 47 hits, six runs, 12 doubles, four home runs, 28 RBI’s and 16 walks, while also posting career-bests behind the plate with 484 total chances, 443 putouts, and 35 assists … Earned a career-high eight total bases against Bethel (Tenn.) on February 5th … Posted a 0.988 fielding percentage, while retiring eight potential base-stealers … Ranked second in the nation with 443 total putouts, third with 484 total chances, fourth with 8.06 putouts per game, and fifth with 8.80 chances per game … Led the Crossroads League in total chances and putouts … Ranked third on the team in doubles.
2020 at Taylor: Started 15 games, while making 17 appearances … Posted career-bests with a 0.379 batting average, 0.478 on-base percentage and a 0.500 slugging percentage … Recorded 22 hits, two home runs and 21 RBI’s … Ranked third in the nation with 8.82 chances per game … Led the league in chances per game, while ranking eighth in on-base percentage and 10th in batting average … Led the team in RBI’s and on-base percentage, while ranking second on the team in batting average … Boasted a .973 fielding percentage from behind the plate, while throwing out seven attempted base-stealers.
2019 at Taylor: Started 47 games, while making 52 appearances throughout his freshman season … Posted a career-best fielding percentage of 0.989 … Hit 0.240 with nine doubles and a pair of homers for a 0.340 slugging percentage … Posted a 0.989 fielding percentage and caught eight potential base-stealers in the act.
Prep: Lettered three years under head coach Nick James at Westminster … Also played club ball for Florida Travel Baseball.
Personal: Son of Chris and Lisa Kalbaugh … Majoring in finance.
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