Jake Friederich
Jake Friederich
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Belleville, Ill.

High School:
Althoff

Last College:
Forest Park C.C.

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 165

Position:
IF

Birthdate:
08/02/1981

Bats/Throws:
R/R

IN 2003 – Ended season with a .254 average to go with 17 RBI … ranks ninth in school history with 258 career assists … hit a team-high .413 with runners in scoring position … was part of 37 double plays to rank ninth in C-USA at the end of the regular season … posted 70 assists against C-USA opponents to rank 10th in the league … singled and scored in the season finale at UAB ... went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the series finale against Cincinnati … came on as a pinch runner and scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth in the second game against UC … picked up a single, scored a run and matched his career high with six putouts in the first game of the Cincinnati series … picked up a single in each of the first two games at Memphis … doubled and scored a run at Eastern Illinois … singled and drove in a run in the second game against No. 22 Tulane … was 2-for-5 with an RBI in the first game against Green Wave … picked up a hit and scored a run in each of the first two games at Houston … had a single and an RBI against SMS … was 2-for-4 with a double in the series finale against South Florida … picked up a single and scored in the first game of the USF series … drove in two runs on a pair of singles and set a career high with seven assists at SMS … picked up a hit in the first and last games at Louisville … drove in a run and scored twice in the series finale at UofL … was 2-for-5 and scored twice against Missouri … reached base in every plate appearance against UT-Martin, going recording three hits, drawing a walk and reaching on an error … was outstanding on defense in the Charlotte series … matched his career highs with six assists in each of the last two Charlotte games after matching his career high with six putouts in the first game of the series … saw a career-best six-game hit streak come to an end in the series finale against Charlotte … went 2-for-3 with a two-RBI double in the series finale against TCU … picked up an RBI single in the ninth inning of the second game against the Horned Frogs ... matched his career highs with three hits and three RBI against Harris-Stowe … saw a career-best six game hit streak end at SEMO … matched his career highs with three hits and two stolen bases in the first game against UIC … smacked a pair of doubles and a triple at UT-Martin.

IN 2002 – Posted a .277 average with 15 RBI … led the team with 132 assists, the 13th-best figure in school history … finished the season ranked second on the team with 12 stolen bases, nine of which came in C-USA action to rank 10th in the league … six of his 11 multiple-hit games came against league opponents … one of two players to see action in all 52 games … drove in the game-tying run in the top of the ninth against Tulane in the C-USA Tournament, his second RBI on a 2-for-4 day at the plate … recorded the Bills’ only hit in the series finale at Cincinnati … was 2-for-5 and scored twice in the series opener … scored a career-high three runs in the series finale against Memphis after drawing a pair of walks, getting hit by a pitch and recording an RBI single in his only official at-bat of the game … picked up a walk in each of the first two games against Memphis and swiped two bases in the series opener … opened the ECU series with a pair of hits and an RBI … went 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored twice against SEMO … recorded two hits and scored a run in the series finale against Houston … held hitless against Southern Miss, but drew an intentional walk to load the bases in the pivotal ninth inning of game two … plated two runs with a single in the fifth at Bradley … matched his career high with two doubles in the series opener at TCU … posted two hits and scored a run in the series finale against UAB … opened the Arkansas game with a double and later scored to give Bills an early lead … went 3-for-4 with two doubles in the series finale at South Florida after being held hitless in game two of the series … matched his career high with three hits to go along with several great defensive plays in the first game of the Northwestern doubleheader … went 2-for-4 with the game-tying RBI against Bradley ... had hit safely in each of the team’s first five games before being blanked at Indiana State … went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI at Belmont … hit a double to drive in the game-winning run in the fifth inning at Lipscomb … picked up three RBI in the second game of the WIU doubleheader.

AT FOREST PARK C.C. – Helped Coach Darrin Henderickson’s Highlanders to a pair of region titles … won districts and advanced to the Junior College World Series his sophomore year … hit .395 with 42 RBI and 19 stolen bases.

AT ALTHOFF – Earned two varsity letters for Coach Brett Isaacs’ Crusaders … was a second-team All-Area selection as a senior when he hit .440.

FRIEDERICH'S CAREER STATS
Year G/GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-A BB PO A
2002 52/51 .277 177 34 49 11 1 0 15 13-17 15 83 132
2003 49/47 .254 193 33 49 9 1 0 17 13-19 8 102 126
Totals 101/98 .265 370 67 98 20 2 0 32 26-36 33 185 258

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