2020 Baseball Roster
Leonard Jones
- Position:
- 1B/OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Major:
- Criminology
- Hometown:
- Chula Vista, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Eastlake HS
2020 (Sophomore): Selected in the fifth round of the MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, 152nd overall ... Third on the team in hitting at a .327 clip ... started all 14 games in which he appeared ... Second on the club in slugging percentage (.509) ... Charted a .377 on-base percentage ... Hit a team-leading two home runs and drove in a team-leading nine RBI ... Scored seven runs .. Stole two bases in two attempts.
2019 (Redshirt): Appeared in two games as a pinch hitter, Feb. 15 and Feb. 17 at Florida .. Was hit in the hand by a pitch against the Gators, missing the remainder of the season due to injury.
2018 (Freshman): Appeared in 42 games as a freshman while starting 32, making 26 starts at first base, five at designated hitter and one in left field … Led the Dirtbags with a .312 batting average and a .408 slugging percentage, collecting nine doubles, one home run and 22 RBIs in 125 at-bats … Named Big West Player of the Week on May 7 after a productive series at UC Riverside … Started his final 14 games of the season at first base before missing the final series of the year due to injury … During a 12-game stretch from Apr. 24-May 18, recorded 10 multi-hit games, going 23-for-51 (.451) with seven runs scored, 15 RBIs, seven doubles, a home run, and a stolen base … Recorded his first hit on Mar. 3 against Ole Miss, entering the game as a pinch-hitter and going 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored … Had his first three-hit game at USC on Apr. 24, adding an RBI double and a walk … In the series at UC Riverside (May 4-6), had three multi-hit efforts, going a combined 8-for-14 (.571) with three runs and eight RBIs in the Dirtbags sweep … Hit his first career home run against the Highlanders on May 6, a three-run shot in the first inning.
High School: Spent two years at Rancho Bernardo High School before transferring to Eastlake for his final two seasons ... In 2017, his Eastlake team won the CIF San Diego Section Open Division championship, ending the season with a No. 3 rank nationally and a No. 1 state ranking from USA Today ... Also won a CIF SDS Open Division title as a sophomore and finished runner-up as a junior ... His sophomore season at Rancho Bernardo, hit .275 with three home runs and committed no errors defensively ... Hit .345 as a junior for Eastlake with eight home runs ... Named first-team All-Mesa League as a senior after hitting .320 with nine home runs in 2017.
Personal: Parents are LJ and Julie ... Hobbies include fishing, basketball and football ... Majoring in criminology.
