2016 Baseball Roster
Banuelos, David
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Jersey Number 6
David Banuelos
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Major:
- Undeclared
- Hometown:
- Ontario, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Damien HS
Bio
2017 ABCA/RAWLINGS NCAA DIVISION I GOLD GLOVE TEAM
2017 JOHNNY BENCH AWARD FINALIST
2017 BASEBALL AMERICA FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2017 ABCA SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2017 PERFECT GAME HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICAN
2017 ABCA FIRST-TEAM ALL-REGION
2017 BIG WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2017 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
2016 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
2017 (Junior): Selected in the fifth round of the MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, 153rd overall ... Awarded ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Gold Golve as well as being a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award ... Selected as an All-American by Baseball America (first), the ABCA (second), and Perfect Game (honorable mention) ... Chosen first-team ABCA All-West Region ... Named Big West Defensive Player of the Year as well as first-team All-Conference ... Made 57 starts, with 55 of them coming behind the plate ... Held opposing basestealers to just a 37.5 percent success rate on stolen base attempts, throwing out 20 of the 32 players attempting to run against him with opposing teams only daring to attempt 40 steals (compared to 111 stolen base attempts for the Dirtbags) ... Was a .289 hitter with a .468 slugging percentage ...Second on the team with seven home runs as a junior, driving in 29 runs and scoring 31 .. Had a career-high four RBI in Long Beach State's second game of the season, led by a three-run home run in an 8-3 win at Oklahoma ... Also had a pair of four-hit games this season, one at Arizona State (Mar. 10) and the other at UC Santa Barbara (Apr. 1).
2016 (Sophomore): Named first-team All-Conference as a catcher ... had a breakout sophomore season behind the plate, making 36 starts while appearing in 44 games total ... raised his batting average by over 180 points up to .299 for his sophomore season ... hit three home runs and was tied for fourth on the team with 26 RBIs ... his .404 on-base percentage was good for second-best on the team in 2016 ... committed just one error, resulting in a .997 fielding percentage ... opposing basestealers were just 12-for-31 (38.7%) running against him ... recorded his first RBIs of the season with a three-run home run vs. Columbia on Mar. 18 ... that kicked off a stretch of three multi-RBI games over a four-start stretch, including another three-RBI game at Fresno State (Mar. 29) ... hit home runs in consecutive Big West starts, Apr. 16 vs. UC Irvine and Apr. 22 at UC Riverside ... matched a career best with three hits in a win over Cal Poly (Apr. 29) ... recorded a hit in eight straight games during May ... recorded his first career triple in the final game of the NCAA Regional at Miami.
2015 (Freshman): Appeared in 18 games, making nine starts behind the plate ... hit .118 on the year with five RBI ... caught of 8-of-18 runners trying to steal ... drove in three runs in his second start with a two-run double and sacrifice fly against LMU (3/3) ... hit a two-RBI single against George Washington to cap a six-run eighth inning (3/10) ... went 1-for-2 with a runs scored at San Diego State (4/6) ... singled in his only at bat against UC Riverside (4/18).
High School: A three-time All-Sierra League selection at Damien High School ... he was also selected to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune's All-Area first team ... hit .395 as a senior with 24 runs batted in and four home runs.
Personal: Son of Clemente and Andrea ... major is undecided.
2017 JOHNNY BENCH AWARD FINALIST
2017 BASEBALL AMERICA FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2017 ABCA SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2017 PERFECT GAME HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICAN
2017 ABCA FIRST-TEAM ALL-REGION
2017 BIG WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2017 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
2016 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
2017 (Junior): Selected in the fifth round of the MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, 153rd overall ... Awarded ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Gold Golve as well as being a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award ... Selected as an All-American by Baseball America (first), the ABCA (second), and Perfect Game (honorable mention) ... Chosen first-team ABCA All-West Region ... Named Big West Defensive Player of the Year as well as first-team All-Conference ... Made 57 starts, with 55 of them coming behind the plate ... Held opposing basestealers to just a 37.5 percent success rate on stolen base attempts, throwing out 20 of the 32 players attempting to run against him with opposing teams only daring to attempt 40 steals (compared to 111 stolen base attempts for the Dirtbags) ... Was a .289 hitter with a .468 slugging percentage ...Second on the team with seven home runs as a junior, driving in 29 runs and scoring 31 .. Had a career-high four RBI in Long Beach State's second game of the season, led by a three-run home run in an 8-3 win at Oklahoma ... Also had a pair of four-hit games this season, one at Arizona State (Mar. 10) and the other at UC Santa Barbara (Apr. 1).
2016 (Sophomore): Named first-team All-Conference as a catcher ... had a breakout sophomore season behind the plate, making 36 starts while appearing in 44 games total ... raised his batting average by over 180 points up to .299 for his sophomore season ... hit three home runs and was tied for fourth on the team with 26 RBIs ... his .404 on-base percentage was good for second-best on the team in 2016 ... committed just one error, resulting in a .997 fielding percentage ... opposing basestealers were just 12-for-31 (38.7%) running against him ... recorded his first RBIs of the season with a three-run home run vs. Columbia on Mar. 18 ... that kicked off a stretch of three multi-RBI games over a four-start stretch, including another three-RBI game at Fresno State (Mar. 29) ... hit home runs in consecutive Big West starts, Apr. 16 vs. UC Irvine and Apr. 22 at UC Riverside ... matched a career best with three hits in a win over Cal Poly (Apr. 29) ... recorded a hit in eight straight games during May ... recorded his first career triple in the final game of the NCAA Regional at Miami.
2015 (Freshman): Appeared in 18 games, making nine starts behind the plate ... hit .118 on the year with five RBI ... caught of 8-of-18 runners trying to steal ... drove in three runs in his second start with a two-run double and sacrifice fly against LMU (3/3) ... hit a two-RBI single against George Washington to cap a six-run eighth inning (3/10) ... went 1-for-2 with a runs scored at San Diego State (4/6) ... singled in his only at bat against UC Riverside (4/18).
High School: A three-time All-Sierra League selection at Damien High School ... he was also selected to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune's All-Area first team ... hit .395 as a senior with 24 runs batted in and four home runs.
Personal: Son of Clemente and Andrea ... major is undecided.
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Tuesday, July 02
Dirtbags Baseball Head coach TJ Bruce Welcome Celebration
Thursday, June 27
Dirtbags Baseball: Head coach TJ Bruce Welcome Celebration
Tuesday, June 25
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Saturday, April 20
