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Butler University Athletics

2021 Baseball Roster

Blake Osting
Blake Osting
Zach Bolinger
Zach Bolinger
Zach Bolinger
Zach Bolinger
Zach Bolinger
Zach Bolinger
Jimmy Lafakis

9 Duncan Hewitt

  • Position C
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Highschool Lawrence North

Biography

2021 – Graduate: Played in 23 games, making 19 starts… Owned a .164 batting average by recording 12 hits in 72 at-bats… Scored seven runs… Hit one home run and added four doubles to post a .260 slugging percentage… Scored seven runs… Recorded six RBI… Walked eight times and was hit by a pitch to raise his on-base percentage to .256… Stole one base… Great behind the dish with a .990 fielding percentage… Hit a three-run home run at Ball State (4/3)… First double of the year came at Seton Hall (4/10)… Scored three runs vs. Villanova (4/25)… First multi-hit game came vs. Creighton (5/8)… Gave BU an extra base hit vs. St. John’s (5/14)… Ended the year with a bang by going 2-for-4 at Georgetown with a double, two RBI and a run scored.

2020 – Senior Season: Started in 14 games… Held a .271 batting average with 13 hits in 48 at-bats… Scored 10 runs… Recorded five RBI and 17 total bases… Registered one double and a home run to move his slugging percentage to .354… Walked seven times and was hit by a pitch three times to raise his on-base percentage to .397… 2-for-2 in stolen bases… Made 95 put-outs behind the plate to go along with 10 assists… Delivered an RBI single in the first game of the season vs. North Carolina A&T (2/14)… Opened the year on a five-game hitting streak… Hit a two-run home run vs. Saint Francis (3/3)… Went 3-for-5 from the plate with a double and a run scored vs. Baldwin Wallace (3/10)… Recorded two hits and scored two runs vs. Saint Joseph’s (3/11)… Went 2-for-3 from the plate with a walk and RBI vs. Western Illinois (2/23).

2019 – Junior Season: Limited to 15 games due to injury… Hit .333 with three doubles and two home runs… Scored eight runs… Ended the year with 18 RBI and 24 total bases… Great behind the plate with 123 put-outs, five assists and zero errors… stole three bases… Recorded a .434 on-base percentage… Walked seven times… Recorded four RBI over his first two games of the season vs. Rider (Feb. 15-16)… Went 3-for-5 from the plate vs. Hofstra with a double, a home run, three RBI and three runs scored (March 3)… Went 4-for-4 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne with a double, a home run, a season-high six RBI and two runs scored (March 10).

2018 – Sophomore Season: Played in 42 games, making 30 starts… Held a .255 batting average… Recorded 26 hits in 102 at-bats… Ended the year with nine doubles and a triple… Scored 14 runs… Tallied eight RBI… Recorded 37 total bases… Walked 10 times to raise his on-base percentage to .339… Held a .363 slugging percentage… Solid behind the plate, committing just one error for a .996 fielding percentage… Made 235 putouts and 19 assists… Went error-free in BIG EAST Conference games… Raised his batting average to .325 in conference play; the third-highest on the team… Pinch hit in his season debut vs. Lehigh (Feb. 16)… First start ended in a 3-for-5 day with a double, one RBI and two runs scored (Feb. 17)… Walked twice at Western Michigan and came around to score two runs (March 18)… Went 3-for-3 vs. Saint Francis with two doubles, one triple, two RBI and a season-high three runs scored (March 22)… Came up with two hits and two RBI vs. Xavier (May 6)… Recorded two more RBI vs. Toledo (May 9)… Supplied Butler with two hits in all three games of the Georgetown series (May 11-13)… Hit a double in each of the first two games at St. John’s (May 17-18)… Hit .438 during the month of May with four doubles.

2017 – Freshman Season: Played in 29 games, making 21 starts… Recorded 12 hits in 75 at-bats to post a .160 batting average… Ended the year with three home runs and one double… Tallied seven RBI… Scored nine runs… Walked 12 times… Perfect behind the plate with 127 putouts, 16 assists and zero errors… Made his BU debut vs. La Salle as the designated hitter (Feb. 17)… Walked twice in his first game… Hit a home run in his first pinch hit appearance vs. La Salle (Feb. 19)… First multi-hit contest came at Presbyterian (March 7)… Went 3-for-4 at Ohio with one double, one home run and two runs scored (March 25)… Came up with a career-high three RBI in game two of the doubleheader at Ohio… Picked up two hits and two RBI at Georgetown (May 14).

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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2017Freshman

    C
    6'2" 200 lbs
    32
  • 24

    2018Sophomore

    C
    6'2" 200 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2019Junior

    C
    6'2" 215 lbs
    24
  • 9

    2020Redshirt Junior

    C
    6'2" 215 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2021Redshirt Senior

    C
    6'2" 215 lbs
    9
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