2012 Baseball Roster
Roster
Josh Ludy
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Portland, Ind.
- High School:
- Jay County
CAREER HONORS
• 2012 MLB Draft Pick (Philadelphia Phillies, 8th round)
• 2012 First-Team All-American (Baseball America)
• 2012 Second-Team All-American (ABCA, NCBWA)
• 2012 Third-Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
• 2012 Waco Regional All-Tournament Team (C)
• 2012 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year (coaches)
• 2012 First-Team All-Big 12 (C)
• 2012 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (C)
• 2012 Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist
• 2012 Johnny Bench Award semifinalist
• 2012 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12
• Big 12 Conference Player of the Week (April 23, 2012)
• Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (April 16, 2012)
• Big 12 Conference Player of the Week (April 16, 2012)
• 2011 Fall Award for Academic Excellence
• Five-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2008, 2009, 2011, Spring 2009, 2012)
2012 (SENIOR)
Earned consensus All-America honors and was named Big 12 Conference Player of the Year after hitting .362 with 16 home runs and 71 RBI in 63 games, all starts ... Led Big 12 in home runs (16), RBI (71), total bases (147) and slugging percentage (.634) ... Had five more home runs and 15 more RBI than any other player in league ... Tied for 15th nationally in home runs, ranked eighth nationally in RBI and 26th nationally in slugging percentage ... First Baylor player to lead a conference in home runs outright since Leonard Woods in 1977 ... Joined Charley Carter (1998) as only Baylor players ever to lead conference outright in RBI ... Ranked third in Big 12 in batting average (.362) and hits (84), fourth in on-base percentage (.455) ... Missed Big 12 Triple Crown by .018 in batting average ... Had 28 multi-hit games, tied for 10th on Baylor’s single-season list ... Ranked 10th in school history with 16 home runs and fourth with 71 RBI and 20 multi-RBI games in a single season ... Started behind plate in 62 of team’s 66 games and caught 527.1 of team’s 583.1 innings pitched ... Caught 72 of 73 innings in NCAA Tournament play, including all 18 innings of doubleheader in Waco Regional ... Named Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week after recording 11 RBI in Kansas State series, most ever by a Baylor player in a Big 12 series ... Recorded seventh three home run game in program history in series finale at K-State (4/15) and had first seven RBI game by a Baylor player since 2004 ... Provided one of most memorable at-bats in program history when he got ahead 3-0, fouled off 10 straight pitches and then hit two-run homer on 14th pitch of at-bat in first inning of series finale vs. No. 2 Texas A&M (4/22) ... Series finale vs. A&M was also final game in 10-game hitting streak that included nine consecutive multi-hit games ... Won Big 12 Player of the Week honors for second straight week (4/23), becoming sixth player in program history to win two such honors in the same season ... Set school records with four home runs and .637 batting average and tied school record with 10 RBI in Big 12 Championship ... Became one of three players in program history with a multi-home run game at Big 12 Championship when he hit two vs. Kansas State (5/23) ... Also broke school record for Big 12 Championship with six RBI vs. K-State ... Homered in first two games of Waco Regional and in first game of Waco Super Regional ... Tied school NCAA Tournament record with four walks in game three of Super Regional vs. Arkansas (6/13) ... Joined Josh Ford as only players in program history to hit three home runs in a NCAA Tournament.
2011 (JUNIOR)
Saw action in 57 games making 53 starts ... Made 33 starts as catcher and 20 as designated hitter, both team-highs at respective spots ... Shared catching duties early in season, but was starting catcher in 12 of final 13 games, including all six postseason games ... One of three players to start all 27 Big 12 games ... Hit .336 (36-for-107) with runners on base and .333 (20-for-60) with runners in scoring position ... Batted third, fourth or fifth in 45 of 53 starts ... Led team with 18 RBI and ranked second in hits (27) in Big 12 play ... Doubled in each of first two at-bats and scored twice in first start of season vs. Oral Roberts (2/19) ... Had game-tying, two-out, two-run single in seventh inning of win vs. ORU (2/20) ... Hit three-run homer and singled in 6-2 win over Louisana Tech (3/13) ... Belted three-run homer, hit walk-off RBI single, drove in career-high five runs and stole a base in 14-13 win vs. Texas Tech (3/19) ... Hit go-ahead two-run double in sixth inning at Kansas (4/2) ... Tied career high with four hits, drove in two and scored twice at UT Arlington (4/12) ... Drove in game-winning run with first career triple in 10th inning at UTA ... Had three straight singles, including RBI single in sixth inning to break scoreless tie in win at No. 19 Oklahoma State (5/14) ... Hit walk-off RBI single in ninth to give Bears series-clinching win vs. No. 13 Oklahoma (5/21) ... Had RBI single in 3-2 win over No. 9 Rice (6/4) in second game of NCAA Houston Regional.
2010 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 29 games, 14 of which were starts ... Made four starts as catcher and 10 as designated hitter ... Started as DH in seven of last 13 team games ... Saw action in 10 games with five starts in Big 12 play ... Hit .322 (19-for59) overall with six doubles, six runs scored and eight RBI ... Drew nine walks to raise on-base percentage to .423 ... Hit .348 (8-for-23) in Big 12 play ... Led team in pinch hits (5) and hit .313 (5-for-16) as pinch hitter ... Delivered pinch-hit two-run double vs. Louisiana Tech (3/9) ... Came off bench and went 2-for-2 with double, RBI and run scored in win over No. 23 Texas A&M (4/10) ... Went 3-for-3 with RBI in win at UT Arlington (4/13) ... Delivered pinch-hit double vs. UT Arlington (4/14), giving him hits in six straight plate appearances ... Had pinch-hit single in win over No. 11 TCU (4/28) ... Went 4-for-5 with double and two RBI in seriesclinching win at Texas Tech (5/16) ... Had pinch-hit RBI double in win over No. 13 Oklahoma (5/28) ... Walked twice and scored run in three plate appearances vs. Lamar (6/5) at Fort Worth Regional.
2009 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in 21 games with two starts ... Both starts came as catcher ... Played in 11 Big 12 games, all off bench ... Hit .280 (7-for-25) with four doubles, two home runs and eight RBI ... Slugged .680, drew four walks and posted .379 on-base percentage ... Made 15 at-bats as pinch hitter, good for second-most on the team ... Came off bench and went 1-for-2 with double and run scored against Houston Baptist (2/25) ... Delivered pinch-hit double vs. South Alabama (3/6) ... Hit pinch-hit, three-run homer in ninth inning against Texas Tech (3/22) ... Doubled, walked and scored run against Prairie View A&M (4/1) in first career start ... Started against Northwestern State (4/7) and went 3-for-4 with home run, double, three runs scored and five RBI ... Put eventual game-winning run on base by drawing leadoff walk as pinch hitter in bottom of 11th inning vs. Missouri (4/11) ... Drew pinch-hit walk in ninth inning against No. 13 Oklahoma (4/24)
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Lea Selvey at Jay County High School in Portland, Ind. ... Led Patriots to 24-6 record in 2007 and 25-3 mark in 2008 ... Team won two conference titles and 2007 sectional title ... Three-time first-team all-conference selection ... 2008 first-team all-state ... 2007 honorable mention all-state ... Established Jay County career records for batting average (.460) and home runs (34) ... Played in 2008 NorthSouth Indiana All-Star Game ... Hit .480 with 12 home runs (school record), 12 doubles and 44 RBI during junior season ... Hit .530 with 11 home runs and nine doubles as senior ... Also lettered in tennis, winning three sectional titles and earning all-conference honors.
PERSONAL
Full name is Joshua Adam Ludy ... Born April 18, 1990, in Fort Wayne, Ind. ... Son of Max and Sheri Ludy ... Psychology major.
CAREER OVERALL STATS
| YEAR | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OBP | SF-SH | SB-A | PO | A | E | FLD |
| 2009 | .280 | 21-2 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | .680 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .379 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .950 |
| 2010 | .322 | 29-14 | 59 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .424 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .423 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
| TOTAL | .310 | 50-16 | 84 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 42 | .500 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 1 | .410 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 46 | 9 | 1 | .982 |
CAREER BIG 12 STATS
| YEAR | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OBP | SF-SH | SB-A | PO | A | E | FLD |
| 2009 | .100 | 11-0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2010 | .348 | 10-5 | 23 | 2 |
