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Jacob Tobias Season 2024

#18
PositionInfielder
Weight225 lbs
Height6-1
ClassJunior
HometownBakersfield, Calif.
B/TL/R
JUNIOR (2024)
  • Bat .322 with a team-leading 58 RBIs, 14 doubles and a team-leading 18 homers, the latter of which was good for second in the Pac-12 during the regular season. His .635 slugging percentage was sixth in the league in the regular season...He slugged .626 in Pac-12 games, the ninth-best tally in the conference
  • Earned Pac-12 First Team All-Conference recognition at first base
  • His 14 doubles gave him 33 for his ASU career while the 18 homers bumped his career tally to 35. The 35 homers are the seventh-most for a player in the career at ASU since the 1998 season
  • Needs three homers to move into ASU's top-10 in homers all-time and 22 home runs would set the ASU school record
  • Tobias' 146 career RBIs are the 10th-most for an ASU player since the 1998 season and he needs 54 RBIs to reach 200 for his career and enter the Top-8 in ASU history and the first since Ike Davis (2006-08) to do so
  • His .553 career slugging percentage is also 19th at ASU in that time since 1998
  • Tobias has a 24-game active reached base streak carrying over into the season
  • The junior posted his first career five-hit game in the finale against Arizona and added a four-hit game against Utah. He added another five-hit game in just seven innings against Texas Tech
  • Tobias recorded 21 RBIs in his last six games of the season (six, eight, four, one, two, one) 
  • He joined Spencer Torkelson as the only other Sun Devil in the last decade to record over 50 RBIs and over 10 homers in back-to-back seasons. His 58 RBIs last season were sixth in the Pac-12
SOPHOMORE (2023)
  • Earned Pac-12 Honorable Mention accolades as he took his game to the next level, finishing with a .317 average and starting 54 games - the majority coming at first base
  • Slugged .546 with 10 homers, nine doubles and leading the team with four triples en route to a 59 RBI season - good for ninth in the Pac-12 though the eight players in front of him benefited from postseason action
  • Was deadly the second time through the order with 22 of those RBIs coming in the fourth or fifth innings when he saw a starter for the second or third time
  • Record an RBI in 12 of the last 18 games of the season and 33 games overall
  • Was 7-of-9 on the season when the bases were loaded and brought a runner home from third with less than two outs 75 percent of the time (15-of-20)
FRESHMAN (2022)
  • One of two freshman (Ryan Campos) to be named an All-American. They were the 35th and 36th freshman in program history to earn the honor
  • His 12 bases (two homers, two doubles) against Utah in the series finale are tied for the most by a Pac-12 player in a game this year
  • His seven homers this year were tied for eighth in ASU freshman history
  • His 23 RBIs in Pac-12 games were the second-most on the team, 20th in the Pac-12 and third among Pac-12 freshmen
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Was the No. 3 third baseman in California and No. 28 third basemen nationally according to Perfect Game…A Top-500 recruit nationally and a Top-75 player out of California according to the outlet…A Top-300 overall recruit in the Prep Baseball Report coverage area and No. 15 overall player in California
  • 2020 WWBA World Championship…2019 WWBA Underclass World Championship (All-Tournament Team)…Five other national and regional events
  • Posted a .407 career average in his prep career with 18 homers, 90 RBIs and 100 hits over 80 career games
  • Bat .365 as a senior with 10 homers in just 22 games with 28 RBIs and helped his team to advance to its first-ever Central Section Division I finals with a two-run homer against Clovis
  • Bat .454 as a sophomore where he was named second-team MaxPreps All-State selection in 2019, recording eight homers and driving in 47 runs for the Patriots – tied for third most in the state in 2018…He was an All-Area first team selection and the lone sophomore to garner first or second team state honors from MaxPreps…Slugged .835 on the season…Was batting .423 in the shortened 2019 season
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Senior
2025

Infielder
6-1 / 225 lbs
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Freshman
2022

INFIELDER
6-1 / 210 lbs
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Sophomore
2023

Infielder
6-1 / 225 lbs