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27 - Tom Stack-Babich
| Height: | 6-3 |
| Weight: | 210 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Scituate, Mass. |
| High School: | Xaverian Brothers |
| Position: | Outfielder |
| Bats/Throws: | R/R |
| House Affiliation: | Mather |
Senior (2009):
Named All-Ivy League Honorable Mention ... Batted .303 in
40 starts in right field ... Had eight homers and 10 doubles and
tied for the team lead with 33 RBI ... Also made nine pitching
appearances, posting a 1-0 record with two saves and a 3.68 ERA and
nine strikeouts in 14.2 innings ... Batted .342 against lefties and
.340 with runners in scoring position ... Had two hits and two RBI
in the first game of a doubleheader at Jacksonville State (3/07)
... Was 2-for-3 with two RBI in the nightcap ...Hit a three-run
homer at JSU (3/08) ... Had a home run in the second game of a
doubleheader against UAB (3/14) ... Had a pair of hits at Centenary
(3/21) ... Had two hits at #2 LSU on 3/25 ... Had two hits and hit
a solo homer in the first game of a doubleheader at Columbia on
3/28 ... Had two hits including a two-run homer, threw out a runner
at home plate from right field and also struck out two batters in
one inning on the mound against Holy Cross on 4/1 ... Named COOP
Athlete of the Week on 4/6 ... Named Ivy League Co-Player of the
Week on 4/7 ... Hit a pair of two-run home runs including a
walk-off two-run shot in the ninth inning to beat Cornell, 7-5, on
4/4 ... Hit a bases loaded walk-off single to the wall in the 17th
inning to beat Princeton, 13-12, on 4/5, finishing the game 6-for-9
with four RBI. He also hit a two-run homer with two outs in the
bottom of the 13th inning to keep the game going after Princeton
had taken a 10-8 lead in the top of the inning ... Named to the
Collegiate Baseball Foundation's National All-Star Lineup for the
week of April 7 ... Had two hits including a two-run double against
Northeastern on 4/7 ... Had a 1-2-3 inning of relief with a
strikeout against Boston College in a Beanpot game at Fenway Park
... Threw an inning of scoreless relief to earn a save in a win
over Yale on 4/14 ... Earned a pitching victory by allowing one hit
in 2.1 innings of relief in a win at Dartmouth on 4/25 ... Had
three hits and two RBI against the Big Green the following day ...
Had two hits and two RBI in a win against Northeastern on 4/28, and
earned a save in the game by striking out the side in the ninth
inning.
Junior (2008):
Named to Great Britain's 28-Man Roster for the European
Baseball Championships, an Olympic Qualifying tournament in
Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 6-19 ... Was tearing up opposing pitching
before hurting his wrist on a stolen base in the seventh game of
the season ... wound up missing 25 games ... Had eight extra base
hits in the first seven games before being injured and batted .538
against left-handed pitching ... Was 2-for-4 with a triple in the
season opener at then-16th-ranked Wichita State on 3/08 ... Named
Ivy League Player of the Week on 3/19 after batting .750 with five
extra base hits in four games ... Had seven hits in a split
doubleheader on 3/16 against Northern Iowa and Ohio State. He
was 4-for-4 with an RBI double against UNI before going 3-for-5
with a home run and a two-run double against the Buckeyes ... Had
five hits in a twinbill against Lafayette on 3/16 with three hits
including a double and a two-run homer in the first game ... Made
his pitching debut on 3/27 against then-14th-ranked San Diego and
did not allow an earned run in his inning of
work.
Sophomore (2007):
Named Honorable Mention All-Ivy League in the outfield ...
Batted .313 and tied for the team lead with 15 extra base hits
including a team-best 14 doubles ... Batted .339 with nine extra
base hits in 17 league games ... Scored 24 runs ... Named to the
Ivy League Honor Roll on 3/13 ... Was 2-for-5 with a double and a
game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a 4-3 victory over
Quinnipiac on 3/10 ... Was 3-for-5 with two runs, a double and
two RBI at Florida Atlantic on 3/27 ... Was 2-for-4 with a double
and a RBI at Florida International on 3/28 ... Was 2-for-5 with a
walk in a win at Barry on 3/29 ... Was 2-for-4 with a stolen
base and three runs scored in the first game of a doubleheader
at Columbia on 4/1 ... Had a solo home run in the nightcap against
the Lions ... Was a combined 5-for-8 with two doubles and an RBI in
a sweep of Cornell on 4/8 ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on
4/10 ... Was 7-for-12 with two runs, four RBI and three doubles,
while also making a spectacular catch to rob a home run in right
field during a four-game series with Dartmouth
4/28-29.
Freshman (2006):
Had 23 appearances including 16 starts in his first year with the
Crimson ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on 3/21 after he hit
.545 (6-for-11) in three games against NYIT over the weekend of
3/18-19, with two hits in each of the three games and a pair of
doubles overall ... Was 2-for-4 with a double at Jacksonville on
3/26 ... Was 2-for-2 with a double and a homer against Rhode Island
on 4/26.
Background:
Hails from Scituate, Mass. and attended Xaverian Bros. HS ... Is a
transfer from Wake Forest University ... Was a three-year starter
in the outfield at Xaverian Bros. HS ... As a senior, led Xaverian
to a state title and a 24th ranking nationally by USA
Today with a 22-4 overall record ... Batted 14-for-27 with
three homers and 17 RBI during the 6-0 playoff run, culminating in
his being named as the District 1 MVP, the Metrowest Daily
News First Team and the USA Today Player of the Week
.. Also named the Most Outstanding Player in the Brockton
Invitational earlier that year.
Personal:
In 2005 he played his summer baseball for the Pittsfield Dukes of
the New England Collegiate Baseball League ... He started 20 of the
22 games he played in and collected four extra base hits.









