2018 Baseball Roster
Michael Gretler
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bonney Lake, Wash.
- High School:
- Bonney Lake
MLB First-Year Player Draft
• Selected in the 39th round of the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Boston but did not sign.
• Selected in the 39th round of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Pittsburgh.
2017
• All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention.
• Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.
• Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team.
• Batted .301 with 13 doubles, four triples, five home runs and 33 RBI. Played in 62 games, starting 57 - one of just two players to appear in all 62 games.
• Concluded the College World Series with a home run against LSU (6/24).
• Hit a three-run home run in the third and tallied a 2-for-5 night against Yale (6/4).
• Homered in the Corvallis Regional opener against Holy Cross (6/2).
• Set a career-high with three RBI and went 3-for-4 in the finale against Washington State (5/21).
• Doubled, tripled and scored a run with an RBI in a 2-for-4 effort against Portland (5/16).
• Homered in the fourth, and finished 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in the series opener at Oregon (5/11).
• Tied a career-high with three hits in the series opener against California (5/5).
• Homered and finished 2-for-4 against USC (4/29).
• Drove home the game-winning run with a single up the middle in the ninth inning in the series finale at UCLA (4/23).
• Drove in the game-winning run in the 10th and went 2-for-5 in the series opener at UCLA (4/21).
• Drove in a run and finished 2-for-5 with a run scored against Washington (4/14).
• Doubled twice, drove in two runs and went 3-for-5 in the win over Stanford (4/1).
• Tripled for the second consecutive game, and went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the series finale against Ball State (3/11).
• Pushed his hit streak to five games in 2-for-4 effort against UC Davis, driving in two (3/4).
• Posted his second straight 2-for-4 game in the win over Ohio State, adding a double with an RBI and a run scored (2/26).
• Drove home a run with a seventh-inning double, finishing 1-for-3, against Ohio State (2/24).
2016
• Played in 31 games, making 21 starts, and batted .339 with three doubles, one home run and four RBI.
• Finished with five multi-hit games and one multi-RBI effort.
• Set a career-high with three hits in four at bats, and scored a run, in the series finale at USC (5/22).
• Tallied a 2-for-3 effort against Oregon in the series opener (5/13).
• Hit his first career home run and went 2-for-5 with two runs driven against Utah in the series finale (4/22).
• Drove in a run via a sixth-inning pinch hit single in the series finale against Washington (4/3).
• Went 2-for-3, scored two runs and drove in a run in the win over Kansas State (2/26).
2015
• Played in 41 games, starting 32, and batted .171 with one double and 12 RBI.
• Doubled home two runs and went 2-for-3 with a run scored in the second game of the series against California (5/23).
• Singled home two runs in the series opener at Stanford (5/15).
• Rapped out two hits in four at bats in the opener against Oregon (4/10).
• Drove in the game-winner with a single to right in the fifth against Cal Poly (3/29).
• Tallied two hits in three at bats in the series-opening win over San Jose State (3/24).
• Went 1-for-3 with an RBI in the win over Washington State (3/21).
• Drove in two runs and went 2-for-3 against Oklahoma State (2/19).
• Pinch hit and singled for his first career hit, against New Mexico (2/15).
Bonney Lake High School
• Four-year letterwinner for head coach Mike Olson.
• Batted .500 his senior season, finishing with nine doubles, six home runs, 24 RBI and 13 stolen bases.
• Posted an OPS Of 1.597.
• Named all-state as a senior, and was the league MVP.
• Named First-Team All-News Tribune.
• As a junior, named first-team all-league and second-team all-state after batting .395 with 11 doubles, three home runs, 27 RBI and 23 stolen bases in 26 games.
• Also named First-Team All-News Tribune.
• As a sophomore, batted .403 with three doubles, three triples, two home runs, 17 RBI and 10 stolen bases to be named first-team all-league.
• Named all-league honorable mention as a freshman, batting .305 with five doubles, 14 RBI and seven stolen bases.
• Competed for the Royals team at the 2013 Area Code Baseball Games.
• Named as the fifth-best prospect in the state of Washington by Baseball Northwest and ninth in the Northwest.
Personal
• Majoring in finance.
• Born January 1, 1996.
• Son of Nancy and Jim Gretler.
• Has one brother, Mathew.
• Was on National Honor Society during his high school tenure.
• Favorite professional athletes are Derek Jeter and Russell Wilson.
• Chose Oregon State because of “the coaching staff.”
Gretler’s Career Single-Game Highs
Hits: 3, 4 times
Doubles: 2, at Stanford, Apr 01, 2017
Triples: 1, 4 times
Home runs: 1, 6 times
Total bases: 5, 6 times
RBI: 3, Yale, Jun 04, 2017 ; Washington State, May 21, 2017
Runs scored: 3, vs LSU, Jun 19, 2017
Walks: 2, 5 times
Hit by pitch: 1, 4 times
Struck out: 3, 4 times
Sac flies: 1, 4 times
Sac bunts: 1, 13 times
At bats: 6, Utah, Apr 08, 2017 ; vs Portland, May 13, 2015
Stolen bases: 2, vs Kansas State, Feb 26, 2016
Caught stealing: 1, Utah, May 10, 2015 ; Abilene Christian, May 25, 2017
Field chances: 13, Abilene Christian, May 25, 2017 ; UCLA, May 27, 2016
Putouts: 13, Abilene Christian, May 25, 2017
Assists: 5, Grambling State, Feb 28, 2015 ; Utah, May 10, 2015 ; Abilene Christian, May 26, 2017
