2017 Baseball Roster
Rutschman, Adley
Jersey Number 35
Adley Rutschman
- Position:
- Catcher/Infield
- B/T:
- S/R
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 208
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sherwood, Ore.
- High School:
- Sherwood
Bio
2019
• Golden Spikes Award Winner
• Dick Howser Trophy Winner
• Buster Posey Award Winner
• ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner
• Baseball America National Player of the Year
• D1Baseball.com National Player of the Year
• Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year
• ABCA National Player of the Year
• Perfect Game National Player of the Year
• Baseball America First-Team All-American
• Collegiate Baseball First-Team All-American
• Perfect Game First-Team All-American
• NCBWA First-Team All-American
• College Baseball Foundation First-Team All-American
• ABCA All-Region First Team
• Pac-12 Player of the Year
• Pac-12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year
• All-Pac-12 Defensive First Team
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
• Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
• Buster Posey Award Semifinalist
• NCBWA National Player of the Month - April (May 6)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 8)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (March 19)
• Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (April 29)
• USA Baseball Richard “Dick” W. Case Player of the Year Award (2018)
• Played in and started all 57 games. Batted a Pac-12 best .411 with 10 doubles, one triple, 17 home runs and 58 RBI. Set an Oregon State single-season record with 76 walks.
• Pac-12 play: Started all 30 games and batted .419 with five doubles, eight home runs and 31 RBI. Drew 38 walks.
• Homered and finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI versus USC (5/24).
• Walked four times, including three intentionally, against Oregon in game two of the series (5/11).
• Extended his hit streak to nine games by going 2-for-4 with his 15th home run of the season, versus Gonzaga (4/30).
• Hit a seventh-inning grand slam and finished 2-for-3 with two runs and five RBI, tying a career-high, in the opener versus Washington State (4/26).
• Stretched his hit streak to five games, 3-for-5, vs. Nevada (4/23).
• Hit an inside-the-park home run - the second of his career - and finished 2-for-3 with two walks versus Arizona (4/18).
• Drove home four runs, hit a three-run home run in the fourth and finished 2-for-4 with a walk versus Oregon (4/9).
• Homered on both ends of a doubleheader and finished 5-for-9 with four runs and three RBI in the DH sweep of Utah (4/6).
• Hit a bases-clearing double in the seventh and finished 1-for-2 with three walks in the win over Washington (3/30).
• Hit two home runs and tied a career-best with four hits, while driving in four, in the finale versus UCLA (3/17).
• Drove in three runs and finished 2-for-3 with two walks against UCLA (3/16).
• Crushed a two-run home run in the sixth innings versus Minnesota. Walked twice and went 2-for-3 (3/8).
• Hit a solo home run in the sixth in the second game of the series versus West Virginia (3/2).
• Doubled and finished 3-for-4 with a walk in the finale versus Nebraska (2/24).
• Snapped a 3-3 tie with an eighth-inning home run in the second game of a DH versus Nebraska (2/22).
• Hit a grand slam, scored four runs and was 2-for-3 with two walks in the win over Minnesota (2/17).
• Hit a solo home run and scored three runs in the win over Gonzaga (2/16).
2018
• College World Series Most Outstanding Player
• D1Baseball.com First-Team All-America
• ABCA First-Team All-America
• Baseball America Second-Team All-America
• Perfect Game Second-Team All-America
• NCBWA Third-Team All-America
• Collegiate Baseball Third-Team All-America
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
• Johnny Bench Award Semifinalist
• Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team
• Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
• Perfect Game Midseason All-American
• D1Baseball.com Midseason All-American
• Batted .408 with 22 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 83 RBI in 67 games, all starts.
• Set the Oregon State single-season record with 102 hits and 83 RBI. His .408 batting average ranks as the third-best single-season mark in school history.
• Broke the College World Series record with 17 hits. Finished with three doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI in eight games.
• Tallied three hits and two RBI in the national title clinching win over Arkansas (6/28).
• Homered and finished 3-for-5 in the win over Arkansas (6/27).
• Doubled twice - including driving in three to tie the game in the eighth - along with a home run for four RBI versus North Carolina (6/20).
• Doubled and finished 2-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and two walks in the CWS opener versus North Carolina (6/16).
• Drove home the game-winning runs with a single in the ninth in the super regional finale versus Minnesota (6/9).
• Homered and finished 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI versus Minnesota (6/8).
• Doubled twice and finished with three RBI and three hits versus LSU (6/2).
• Homered and drove in five on the strength of a 3-for-4 day versus San Diego (5/15).
• Drove in three and finished 3-for-4 in the finale versus Stanford (5/13).
• Finished with three hits, including a double, with four RBI versus Washington State (5/4).
• Tripled, walked three times and finished 3-for-3 in a midweek game versus Portland in Hillsboro (4/24).
• Drove in four on the strength of a 3-for-5 day in the finale versus Oregon, doubling twice (4/21).
• Hit a walkoff inside-the-park home run in the 10th inning and ended the night against Nevada 4-for-4 with two walks (4/3).
• Extended his hit streak to eight games by going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in the finale at Utah (3/31).
• Doubled, tripled and finished 3-for-4 in the second game of a doubleheader versus Washington (3/24).
• Tied a career-high with three hits, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs in the first game of the DH against Washington (3/24).
• Doubled, hit a two-run home run, scored two runs and walked once in the win over California (3/17).
• Hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot, in the opener versus Cal State Fullerton (3/9).
• Drove home the game-winning runs on a double to right in the seventh against Portland (3/6).
• Doubled home two on a double to right in the second game of the DH versus Hartford (3/3).
• Drove in two runs - the game winners - in the seventh in the opener versus Hartford (3/2).
• Went 2-for-2 with two RBI, a double and a run scored in the win over Ohio State (2/23).
• Finished 2-for-3 with a career-best three runs in the win over Cal Poly (2/18).
• Tied a career best with three hits, in four at bats, versus Gonzaga (2/17).
2017
• All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention.
• Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team.
• Batted .234 with seven doubles, one triple, two home runs and 33 RBI. Played in 61 games, starting 56.
• Drove home the game-winning run with a single in the eighth against Cal State Fullerton (6/17).
• Tallied a 2-for-4 night against Holy Cross, adding a double and RBI (6/2).
• Equaled a season-high with three hits, adding a run and RBI, against Washington State (5/20).
• Homered in the fourth, and tied a season-best with three hits, driving in two, in the series opener at Oregon (5/11).
• Drove in two runs via a sac fly and then a single in the series finale against California (5/7).
• Tied a career-best with three RBI in the opener against Cal, going 2-for-4 with a double (5/5).
• Tallied a 2-for-4 effort against Oregon, driving in one (5/2).
• Drove home two with an eighth-inning single in the series finale against USC (4/30).
• Tallied his second career three-hit game, doubling and driving in a run against Washington (4/14).
• Hit a sac fly in the 16th inning to drive in the game-winning run against Utah (4/8).
• Drove a pinch-hit single into left in the sixth inning at Portland, driving in two, including the game-winning run (4/4).
• Hit his first career home run and drove in a season-best three runs in the series finale at Stanford (4/2).
• Tallied a 2-for-5 effort against Stanford, scoring two runs (4/1).
• Hit his first career triple, driving in a run, in the series finale versus Ball State (3/11).
• Doubled twice, scored two runs, drove in one run and went 3-for-5 in the second game of a DH against UC Davis (3/4).
• Posted his first career multi-hit game, against Nebraska, going 2-for-4 with a run in the win (2/23).
• Recorded his first career hit, RBI and two runs scored in the win over Duke (2/19).
Oregon State Football
• Played for the Oregon State football team his freshman year. Served placekicker on kickoffs, averaging 59.5 yards per kick. Totaled 20 touchbacks.
Sherwood High School
• Three-year letterwinner, two for head coach Jon Strohmeirer.
• As of his senior year, rated as the No. 2 high school player in the state of Oregon by Baseball Northwest.
• Ranked as the No. 427 high school player in the nation by Perfect Game.
• Named First-Team All-League and First-Team All-State after his junior year in which he batted .444 with seven doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI.
• During the summer, batted .482 with seven home runs, 29 RBI and seven stolen bases.
• As a sophomore, was named First-Team All-League and Second-Team All-State after batting .383 with six doubles, 23 RBI and seven stolen bases. On the mound, posted a 1.17 earned run average in six innings of work.
• Has also lettered four years in football, and earned All-League honors at kicker and linebacker and second-team All-State as a kicker.
• Booted a state-record 63-yard field goal as a senior in 2015.
Personal
• Majoring in finance.
• Born Feb. 6, 1998 in Portland, Ore.
• Son of Carol and Randy Rutschman.
• Has one sister, Josie.
• Father, Randy, played collegiately at Linfield. Grandfather, Ad, was head football coach at Linfield until 1991.
• Enjoys golf and fishing in his spare time.
• Member of the National Honor Society in high school.
• Chose Oregon State because of “great coaching, the town and the school.”
Rutschman’s Career Single-Game Highs
Hits: 4, Nevada, Apr 03, 2018 ; at UCLA, Mar 17, 2019
Doubles: 2, 4 times
Triples: 1, 5 times
Home runs: 2, at UCLA, Mar 17, 2019
Total bases: 10, at UCLA, Mar 17, 2019
RBI: 5, Washington State, Apr 26, 2019 ; San Diego, May 15, 2018
Runs scored: 4, vs Minnesota, Feb 17, 2019
Walks: 4, at Arizona State, Apr 14, 2019 ; at Oregon, May 11, 2019
Hit by pitch: 1, 4 times
Struck out: 4, at Nevada, Apr 22, 2019
Sac flies: 1, 14 times
Sac bunts: 1, at Stanford, Apr 02, 2017 ; at Washington, Apr 13, 2017 ; at California, Mar 16, 2018
At bats: 6, 4 times
Stolen bases: 1, 6 times
Caught stealing: 1, 4 times
Field chances: 23, Washington State, Apr 27, 2019
Putouts: 22, Washington State, Apr 27, 2019
Assists: 4, vs Arkansas, Jun 26, 2018 ; CSF, Mar 09, 2018 ; Ball State, Mar 11, 2017
Runners CS: 2, 4 times
• Golden Spikes Award Winner
• Dick Howser Trophy Winner
• Buster Posey Award Winner
• ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner
• Baseball America National Player of the Year
• D1Baseball.com National Player of the Year
• Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year
• ABCA National Player of the Year
• Perfect Game National Player of the Year
• Baseball America First-Team All-American
• Collegiate Baseball First-Team All-American
• Perfect Game First-Team All-American
• NCBWA First-Team All-American
• College Baseball Foundation First-Team All-American
• ABCA All-Region First Team
• Pac-12 Player of the Year
• Pac-12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year
• All-Pac-12 Defensive First Team
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
• Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
• Buster Posey Award Semifinalist
• NCBWA National Player of the Month - April (May 6)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 8)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (March 19)
• Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (April 29)
• USA Baseball Richard “Dick” W. Case Player of the Year Award (2018)
• Played in and started all 57 games. Batted a Pac-12 best .411 with 10 doubles, one triple, 17 home runs and 58 RBI. Set an Oregon State single-season record with 76 walks.
• Pac-12 play: Started all 30 games and batted .419 with five doubles, eight home runs and 31 RBI. Drew 38 walks.
• Homered and finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI versus USC (5/24).
• Walked four times, including three intentionally, against Oregon in game two of the series (5/11).
• Extended his hit streak to nine games by going 2-for-4 with his 15th home run of the season, versus Gonzaga (4/30).
• Hit a seventh-inning grand slam and finished 2-for-3 with two runs and five RBI, tying a career-high, in the opener versus Washington State (4/26).
• Stretched his hit streak to five games, 3-for-5, vs. Nevada (4/23).
• Hit an inside-the-park home run - the second of his career - and finished 2-for-3 with two walks versus Arizona (4/18).
• Drove home four runs, hit a three-run home run in the fourth and finished 2-for-4 with a walk versus Oregon (4/9).
• Homered on both ends of a doubleheader and finished 5-for-9 with four runs and three RBI in the DH sweep of Utah (4/6).
• Hit a bases-clearing double in the seventh and finished 1-for-2 with three walks in the win over Washington (3/30).
• Hit two home runs and tied a career-best with four hits, while driving in four, in the finale versus UCLA (3/17).
• Drove in three runs and finished 2-for-3 with two walks against UCLA (3/16).
• Crushed a two-run home run in the sixth innings versus Minnesota. Walked twice and went 2-for-3 (3/8).
• Hit a solo home run in the sixth in the second game of the series versus West Virginia (3/2).
• Doubled and finished 3-for-4 with a walk in the finale versus Nebraska (2/24).
• Snapped a 3-3 tie with an eighth-inning home run in the second game of a DH versus Nebraska (2/22).
• Hit a grand slam, scored four runs and was 2-for-3 with two walks in the win over Minnesota (2/17).
• Hit a solo home run and scored three runs in the win over Gonzaga (2/16).
2018
• College World Series Most Outstanding Player
• D1Baseball.com First-Team All-America
• ABCA First-Team All-America
• Baseball America Second-Team All-America
• Perfect Game Second-Team All-America
• NCBWA Third-Team All-America
• Collegiate Baseball Third-Team All-America
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
• Johnny Bench Award Semifinalist
• Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team
• Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
• Perfect Game Midseason All-American
• D1Baseball.com Midseason All-American
• Batted .408 with 22 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 83 RBI in 67 games, all starts.
• Set the Oregon State single-season record with 102 hits and 83 RBI. His .408 batting average ranks as the third-best single-season mark in school history.
• Broke the College World Series record with 17 hits. Finished with three doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI in eight games.
• Tallied three hits and two RBI in the national title clinching win over Arkansas (6/28).
• Homered and finished 3-for-5 in the win over Arkansas (6/27).
• Doubled twice - including driving in three to tie the game in the eighth - along with a home run for four RBI versus North Carolina (6/20).
• Doubled and finished 2-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and two walks in the CWS opener versus North Carolina (6/16).
• Drove home the game-winning runs with a single in the ninth in the super regional finale versus Minnesota (6/9).
• Homered and finished 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI versus Minnesota (6/8).
• Doubled twice and finished with three RBI and three hits versus LSU (6/2).
• Homered and drove in five on the strength of a 3-for-4 day versus San Diego (5/15).
• Drove in three and finished 3-for-4 in the finale versus Stanford (5/13).
• Finished with three hits, including a double, with four RBI versus Washington State (5/4).
• Tripled, walked three times and finished 3-for-3 in a midweek game versus Portland in Hillsboro (4/24).
• Drove in four on the strength of a 3-for-5 day in the finale versus Oregon, doubling twice (4/21).
• Hit a walkoff inside-the-park home run in the 10th inning and ended the night against Nevada 4-for-4 with two walks (4/3).
• Extended his hit streak to eight games by going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in the finale at Utah (3/31).
• Doubled, tripled and finished 3-for-4 in the second game of a doubleheader versus Washington (3/24).
• Tied a career-high with three hits, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs in the first game of the DH against Washington (3/24).
• Doubled, hit a two-run home run, scored two runs and walked once in the win over California (3/17).
• Hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot, in the opener versus Cal State Fullerton (3/9).
• Drove home the game-winning runs on a double to right in the seventh against Portland (3/6).
• Doubled home two on a double to right in the second game of the DH versus Hartford (3/3).
• Drove in two runs - the game winners - in the seventh in the opener versus Hartford (3/2).
• Went 2-for-2 with two RBI, a double and a run scored in the win over Ohio State (2/23).
• Finished 2-for-3 with a career-best three runs in the win over Cal Poly (2/18).
• Tied a career best with three hits, in four at bats, versus Gonzaga (2/17).
2017
• All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention.
• Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team.
• Batted .234 with seven doubles, one triple, two home runs and 33 RBI. Played in 61 games, starting 56.
• Drove home the game-winning run with a single in the eighth against Cal State Fullerton (6/17).
• Tallied a 2-for-4 night against Holy Cross, adding a double and RBI (6/2).
• Equaled a season-high with three hits, adding a run and RBI, against Washington State (5/20).
• Homered in the fourth, and tied a season-best with three hits, driving in two, in the series opener at Oregon (5/11).
• Drove in two runs via a sac fly and then a single in the series finale against California (5/7).
• Tied a career-best with three RBI in the opener against Cal, going 2-for-4 with a double (5/5).
• Tallied a 2-for-4 effort against Oregon, driving in one (5/2).
• Drove home two with an eighth-inning single in the series finale against USC (4/30).
• Tallied his second career three-hit game, doubling and driving in a run against Washington (4/14).
• Hit a sac fly in the 16th inning to drive in the game-winning run against Utah (4/8).
• Drove a pinch-hit single into left in the sixth inning at Portland, driving in two, including the game-winning run (4/4).
• Hit his first career home run and drove in a season-best three runs in the series finale at Stanford (4/2).
• Tallied a 2-for-5 effort against Stanford, scoring two runs (4/1).
• Hit his first career triple, driving in a run, in the series finale versus Ball State (3/11).
• Doubled twice, scored two runs, drove in one run and went 3-for-5 in the second game of a DH against UC Davis (3/4).
• Posted his first career multi-hit game, against Nebraska, going 2-for-4 with a run in the win (2/23).
• Recorded his first career hit, RBI and two runs scored in the win over Duke (2/19).
Oregon State Football
• Played for the Oregon State football team his freshman year. Served placekicker on kickoffs, averaging 59.5 yards per kick. Totaled 20 touchbacks.
Sherwood High School
• Three-year letterwinner, two for head coach Jon Strohmeirer.
• As of his senior year, rated as the No. 2 high school player in the state of Oregon by Baseball Northwest.
• Ranked as the No. 427 high school player in the nation by Perfect Game.
• Named First-Team All-League and First-Team All-State after his junior year in which he batted .444 with seven doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI.
• During the summer, batted .482 with seven home runs, 29 RBI and seven stolen bases.
• As a sophomore, was named First-Team All-League and Second-Team All-State after batting .383 with six doubles, 23 RBI and seven stolen bases. On the mound, posted a 1.17 earned run average in six innings of work.
• Has also lettered four years in football, and earned All-League honors at kicker and linebacker and second-team All-State as a kicker.
• Booted a state-record 63-yard field goal as a senior in 2015.
Personal
• Majoring in finance.
• Born Feb. 6, 1998 in Portland, Ore.
• Son of Carol and Randy Rutschman.
• Has one sister, Josie.
• Father, Randy, played collegiately at Linfield. Grandfather, Ad, was head football coach at Linfield until 1991.
• Enjoys golf and fishing in his spare time.
• Member of the National Honor Society in high school.
• Chose Oregon State because of “great coaching, the town and the school.”
Rutschman’s Career Single-Game Highs
Hits: 4, Nevada, Apr 03, 2018 ; at UCLA, Mar 17, 2019
Doubles: 2, 4 times
Triples: 1, 5 times
Home runs: 2, at UCLA, Mar 17, 2019
Total bases: 10, at UCLA, Mar 17, 2019
RBI: 5, Washington State, Apr 26, 2019 ; San Diego, May 15, 2018
Runs scored: 4, vs Minnesota, Feb 17, 2019
Walks: 4, at Arizona State, Apr 14, 2019 ; at Oregon, May 11, 2019
Hit by pitch: 1, 4 times
Struck out: 4, at Nevada, Apr 22, 2019
Sac flies: 1, 14 times
Sac bunts: 1, at Stanford, Apr 02, 2017 ; at Washington, Apr 13, 2017 ; at California, Mar 16, 2018
At bats: 6, 4 times
Stolen bases: 1, 6 times
Caught stealing: 1, 4 times
Field chances: 23, Washington State, Apr 27, 2019
Putouts: 22, Washington State, Apr 27, 2019
Assists: 4, vs Arkansas, Jun 26, 2018 ; CSF, Mar 09, 2018 ; Ball State, Mar 11, 2017
Runners CS: 2, 4 times
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