2024 Baseball Roster

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8 Thomas McCaffrey

  • Position C
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 205
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Santa Monica, Calif.
  • Major Psychology

Biography

2023
  • All-Big West Honorable Mention
  • College Sports Communications Academic All-District VIII
  • Hit .333 in 37 games starting 33 times
  • Nine doubles, one triple, and four home runs among his 43 hits
  • Scored 24 runs and drove in 34
  • A .408 on-base percentage and .512 slugging
  • Became the second player in program history joining Jeff Malinoff with five hits and six or more RBIs in a single game vs. LBSU on April 8
  • Also had three runs in a game three times, a four-RBI game, and three doubles in a win over UC Riverside on May 25
2022
  • Big West Field Player of the Week April 25 from a three-HR weekend at Kansas State driving in eight runs
  • Played in 44 games starting 37 times
  • Hit .229 with 33 hits including 14 extra base hits and five home runs
  • Scored 16 runs and drove in 27
  • Career highs included four runs, two HR, and six RBI at Kansas State April 23
  • Big West Spring All-Academic
  • Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll with honors
  • Named to Dean's List in Fall and Spring quarters
  • UC Irvine Scholar-Athlete
  • Won Alaska Baseball League Championship with the Anchorage Glacier Pilots
2021
  • Played in 34 games in 2021 starting 27 times
  • Hit .353 (36-for-102) with four doubles, one triple, one home run, 22 RBIs, and 21 runs scored
  • Made his debut March 7 at UC Riverside starting and going 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs
  • Reached base in 20 of his first 21 career games
  • Posted streaks of eight straight games with a hit and four straight with an RBI
  • Had nine multi-hit games including three with tree hits
  • Had a four-RBI game vs. Cal State Fullerton May 28
  • Hit first career HR May 8 at UC Santa Barbara
  • Played in all five postseason games recording a hit in each, nine in total, with three RBI, and four runs scored
  • In summer ball, played in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League for Watertown Rapids hitting .221 (17-for-77) in 27 games with three doubles, nine RBIs, and eight runs scored
Prep
  • Attended Harvard-Westlake High School
  • CIF Division I finalist in 2019
  • League champion in 2018
  • Played travel ball with GBG Marucci Navy
Personal 
  • Middle of three siblings, has an older sister that played softball at Southwestern University, and younger brother
  • Aspires to be a sports psychologist or strength trainer
  • Fan of the Dodgers, Patriots, and Celtics
  • Wears #8 to honor his childhood coach
  • Favorite movie is The Imitation Game
  • Enjoys the musical stylings of Don Toliver, JID, Deli Hours, Anderson .Paak, Graham Riley, Thundercat, and KAYTRANADA
  • Lists hobbies as surfing, driving, shooting range, and going to the beach

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2021Freshman

    Catcher
    5'11" 190 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2022Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'11" 190 lbs
    31
  • 8

    2023Junior

    Catcher
    5'11" 195 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    Catcher
    5'11" 205 lbs
    8