2020 Baseball Roster
Kaplan, Leo
Jersey Number 27
Leo Kaplan
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Position:
- OF
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Santa Monica, Calif.
- High School:
- Harvard Westlake
Bio
2021: Hit 2-for-4 while driving in a run in win over Penn State (3/6) ... Smashed first homer of the season against Maryland (4/3) ... Launched a two-run homer against Rutgers (4/10) ... Had two hits in back-to-back games against Indiana (4/16-4/17) ... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored against Maryland (4/25).
2020: Went 2-for-3 and scored a run in a win over South Carolina (2/23) … Hit .545 (6-for-11) on the weekend against South Florida to go along with two RBI and two stolen bases (2/28-3/1) ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored against USC Upstate (3/7).
2019: Appeared in 39 games, starting 21 in the outfield ... Had a pair of RBIs in opening game against BYU (2/15) ... Hit an RBI triple and scored in his sole at bat against Duke (2/24) ... Crushed a grand slam, his first home run of the season, versus Purdue (3/24) ... Doubled and scored in a win over Chicago State (4/2) ... Went 1-4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI vs. Maryland (4/12) ... Picked up another hit with 2 RBI and a run scored against Maryland (4/13) ... Recorded two hits, a run and an RBI vs. Notre Dame (5/14) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018: Appeared in 46 games, starting 45 in the outfield … … Posted a team-high .988 fielding percentage… Hit .333 with four RBI in the series against Kansas (2/23-25) … Batted 3-for-5 with a double, single, and 3 RBI against Texas (3/3) … Launched his first home run of the season in the 4-2 win against Central Michigan (3/16) … Recorded a career-high six game hitting streak from 3/25 – 4/7, hitting .391 during that span … Tied a career-high with three stolen bases and batted 2-for-4 in a win against Notre Dame (4/11) … Hit the game-tying three-run homer in the seventh inning of the 9-7 win over Chicago State (5/1) … Batted 2-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI, and a run scored against Western Michigan (5/2) … Scored the winning run in the 10th inning of the 7-6 walk-off win over Iowa (5/11)…Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Appeared in 37 games with 22 starts … Posted a .287 batting average, which was the third highest clip on the team … His .491 slugging percentage was the second-best on the team … 13 of his 31 hits went for extra bases, including eight doubles, one triple, and four home runs … Went 3-for-5 with three RBI in Northwestern’s win at Santa Clara (March 5) … Had a two-hit, three-run, three-RBI performance with a double and a home run vs. Western Michigan on April 11 … Collected his third three-hit game of the season on May 5 at Purdue … Stole a season-high three bases against Maryland in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament.
High School: Drafted in the 37th round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox ... Offensive player of the Year at Harvard Westlake from 2014-16, where he helped the team to a No. 12 ranking in 2016 and No. 10 ranking in the state of California … Hit for an average of .345 with a .398 on-base percentage and a .464 slugging percentage during his varsity career … Selected and played in the 2015 Area Code Games … Played for Pacific Baseball Academy and the SoCal Giants in the summer months … Named to the 2015 Perfect Game Louisville Slugger Classic All-Tournament Team.
Personal: Born Leo Moran Kaplan … Son of Jean and Stephen Kaplan … Majoring in industrial engineering.
2020: Went 2-for-3 and scored a run in a win over South Carolina (2/23) … Hit .545 (6-for-11) on the weekend against South Florida to go along with two RBI and two stolen bases (2/28-3/1) ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored against USC Upstate (3/7).
2019: Appeared in 39 games, starting 21 in the outfield ... Had a pair of RBIs in opening game against BYU (2/15) ... Hit an RBI triple and scored in his sole at bat against Duke (2/24) ... Crushed a grand slam, his first home run of the season, versus Purdue (3/24) ... Doubled and scored in a win over Chicago State (4/2) ... Went 1-4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI vs. Maryland (4/12) ... Picked up another hit with 2 RBI and a run scored against Maryland (4/13) ... Recorded two hits, a run and an RBI vs. Notre Dame (5/14) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018: Appeared in 46 games, starting 45 in the outfield … … Posted a team-high .988 fielding percentage… Hit .333 with four RBI in the series against Kansas (2/23-25) … Batted 3-for-5 with a double, single, and 3 RBI against Texas (3/3) … Launched his first home run of the season in the 4-2 win against Central Michigan (3/16) … Recorded a career-high six game hitting streak from 3/25 – 4/7, hitting .391 during that span … Tied a career-high with three stolen bases and batted 2-for-4 in a win against Notre Dame (4/11) … Hit the game-tying three-run homer in the seventh inning of the 9-7 win over Chicago State (5/1) … Batted 2-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI, and a run scored against Western Michigan (5/2) … Scored the winning run in the 10th inning of the 7-6 walk-off win over Iowa (5/11)…Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Appeared in 37 games with 22 starts … Posted a .287 batting average, which was the third highest clip on the team … His .491 slugging percentage was the second-best on the team … 13 of his 31 hits went for extra bases, including eight doubles, one triple, and four home runs … Went 3-for-5 with three RBI in Northwestern’s win at Santa Clara (March 5) … Had a two-hit, three-run, three-RBI performance with a double and a home run vs. Western Michigan on April 11 … Collected his third three-hit game of the season on May 5 at Purdue … Stole a season-high three bases against Maryland in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament.
High School: Drafted in the 37th round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox ... Offensive player of the Year at Harvard Westlake from 2014-16, where he helped the team to a No. 12 ranking in 2016 and No. 10 ranking in the state of California … Hit for an average of .345 with a .398 on-base percentage and a .464 slugging percentage during his varsity career … Selected and played in the 2015 Area Code Games … Played for Pacific Baseball Academy and the SoCal Giants in the summer months … Named to the 2015 Perfect Game Louisville Slugger Classic All-Tournament Team.
Personal: Born Leo Moran Kaplan … Son of Jean and Stephen Kaplan … Majoring in industrial engineering.
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