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2020 Baseball

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12 Chris Adams

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Boalsburg, Pa.
  • Highschool State College Area HS

Biography

2020: Team captain … Started all eight games in a season shortened by the COVID-19 outbreak … Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage at third base … Went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored in the season opener against Kennesaw State (2/28) … Hit his second collegiate home run in that season opener against Kennesaw State … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI in a 16-1 win against FIU (3/7).

2019: Second-Team All-Ivy Selection (2B) ... Appeared in 25 of Penn’s 41 games, starting 24 games at second base and missing a portion of the season due to injury … One of four team captains … Third on the team with a .371 batting average (39-for-105) … Finished the season with a 12-game hitting streak … Had 11 multi-hit games … Went 3-for-5 with three runs and a career-high four RBI in his return from injury against Saint Joseph’s (April 2).
 
2018: All-Big 5 selection ... Started 40 of 42 games in the middle of the infield ... Primarily acted as the team's leadoff hitter, posting a .292 (50-of-171) batting average with 13 doubles and 14 RBIs ... Notched 12 multi-hit games on the year, and tied his career high (four hits) twice in wins over Fairleigh Dickinson (3/18) and La Salle (4/17) ... Stole a career-high and team-best nine bases, including two at Villanova (5/9) and vs. La Salle (4/17) ... Major contributor on defense as well, racking up just seven errors in 104 fielding opportunities ... Earned Big Five Player of the Week honors following a strong eight-game road trip to South Carolina (3/12).
 
2017: Took over the second base job early in his freshman season, playing in 44 games with 43 starts ... Also started one game at shortstop (Marist, 3/19) ... Batted .292 (50-171) with nine doubles and 20 RBIs primarily out of the leadoff spot ... Made his first collegiate start in the series finale at North Florida, going 3-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base ... Had 12 multi-hit games on year, including a career-high four against Fairfield (3/11) ... Hit his first career home run in game three of the series against Fairfield (3/12) ... Posted a season-high two doubles in the game two win over Dartmouth (4/3), part of a 3-for-4 day at the plate with two runs driven in ... Recorded four three-hit games in Ivy contests, contributing to a .276 average in conference play ... Made just three errors in 184 chances during the season
 
Personal: Son of Elizabeth and Kenneth Adams ... Enrolled the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Career Highs
Hitting
Hits: 4, four times (Last - at Dartmouth 4/6/19)
Doubles: 2, two times (Last - at Columbia 4/29/18)
Home Runs: 1, vs Fairfield (3/12/17)
RBI: 4, vs. Saint Joseph's (4/2/19)
Runs Scored: 3, five times (Last - vs. Saint Joseph's 4/2/19)
Steals: 2, two times (Last - at Villanova 5/9/18)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2017Freshman

    INF
    5'11" 185 lbs
    17
  • 12

    2018Sophomore

    INF
    5'11" 185 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2019Junior

    INF
    5'11" 185 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2020Senior

    INF
    5'11" 185 lbs
    12