University of Minnesota Athletics
McCallum Named to All-Ping Second-Team
6/5/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Junior second baseman Derek McCallum was named to the Second-Team All Ping! Baseball Team on Friday, June 5. McCallum was named as one of the top three second baseman in the nation according to Ping!Baseball.com, the first two teams were composed of three second baseman.
On the season, McCallum batted .409 with 57 runs, 95 hits, 17 doubles, 18 home runs, 86 RBI, a .741 slugging percentage and a .484 on-base percentage. He led the Big Ten in home runs, slugging percentage, RBI, hits and total bases, and was second in batting average, sixth in runs, second in on-base percentage and fourth in doubles.
McCallum is currently second in the nation in RBI, fifth in the RBI per game (1.46), 29th in slugging percentage and tied for 19th in hits. He is first in the nation among second baseman in RBI.
This year, McCallum broke the Minnesota single-season record in RBI (previously held by Robb Quinlan at 84 in 1999) with 86. He also finished sixth on the Golden Gopher single-season list in batting average, fourth in hits, tied for third in home runs, was third in total bases and sixth in slugging percentage. His batting average was the highest in a single-season by a Minnesota player since 1994 and the home run total was the most since 1998.
McCallum was one of three players to be a unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten selection. He was also one of two players to be named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team and an NCAA Regional All-Tournament team. In postseason play (five Big Ten Tournament games and four NCAA Regional games), McCallum batted .457 (16-for-35) with 11 runs, five doubles, three home runs, 14 RBI, an .857 slugging percentage and a .545 on-base percentage.
On the season, McCallum batted .409 with 57 runs, 95 hits, 17 doubles, 18 home runs, 86 RBI, a .741 slugging percentage and a .484 on-base percentage. He led the Big Ten in home runs, slugging percentage, RBI, hits and total bases, and was second in batting average, sixth in runs, second in on-base percentage and fourth in doubles.
McCallum is currently second in the nation in RBI, fifth in the RBI per game (1.46), 29th in slugging percentage and tied for 19th in hits. He is first in the nation among second baseman in RBI.
This year, McCallum broke the Minnesota single-season record in RBI (previously held by Robb Quinlan at 84 in 1999) with 86. He also finished sixth on the Golden Gopher single-season list in batting average, fourth in hits, tied for third in home runs, was third in total bases and sixth in slugging percentage. His batting average was the highest in a single-season by a Minnesota player since 1994 and the home run total was the most since 1998.
McCallum was one of three players to be a unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten selection. He was also one of two players to be named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team and an NCAA Regional All-Tournament team. In postseason play (five Big Ten Tournament games and four NCAA Regional games), McCallum batted .457 (16-for-35) with 11 runs, five doubles, three home runs, 14 RBI, an .857 slugging percentage and a .545 on-base percentage.
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