Zack Raabe

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Zack Raabe (2), Jordan Kozicky (7), Jack Wassel (30)

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Position:
Infielder
Ht./Wt.:
5-10 / 180
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Forest Lake, Minn.
High School:
Forest Lake

PRONUNCIATION

2021 | MLB DRAFT Zack Raabe was drafted 237th overall in the eighth round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers · Raabe was the highest drafted Minnesota position player since Terrin Vavra went No. 96 overall in the third round to the Colorado Rockies in 2018 · His father, Brian Raabe was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1990 MLB Amateur Draft.

2021 | JUNIOR Preseason Second Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball) · Second Team All-Big Ten · USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List · CoSIDA Academic All-District · In 36 games (35 starts), he led Minnesota in batting average (.315), runs (18), hits (39), slugging percentage (.532), walks (20) and on-base percentage (.407) · Defensively, he held a .992 field percentage with just one error on the year while leading the 'U' with 85 assists · He slashed .307/.407/.532 at the plate · Put together 11 multi-hit games in 2021, which led the team. Game Highlights: Went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and an RBI in a win over Rutgers on March 7 · Collected three hits in five at-bats with a double against Illinois (March 13) ·Went 2-for-2 with a walk against Illinois (March 13) · Went 2-for-3 with two walks in a win at Northwestern (March 22) · Tallied a season high four hits in four at-bats with a walk against Michigan State (April 2) · Totaled two hits with an RBI, a run and a walk in a win vs. MSU (April 3) · Had four hits in five at-bats with two walks in a two-game stretch against Michigan on April 16 and 17 · Went 1-for-4 with a home run and a walk vs. Purdue (April 20) · Hit a home run and went 2-for-3 with a walk in a win at Purdue (May 30).

2020 | SUMMER Competed for the Green Bay Booyah of the Northwoods League · appeared in 10 games and totaled 38 at bats · delivered seven hits across nine starts, registering three runs scored, three RBI, two walks and three stolen bases.

2020 | SOPHOMORE Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 148 overall prospect for the 2021 MLB Draft · named a 2020 All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper · 2020 NCAA Division I hits leader · ranked by D1Baseball as the No. 5 second baseman in the NCAA in their end-of-season positional power rankings · garnered honorable mention status from D1Baseball as the Big Ten's Most Impressive Hitter for the 2020 season · 2020 Academic All-Big Ten · started 17 games for the Gophers and led the team in batting with a .463/.526/.612 slash line · finished the season with one home run, seven doubles, 16 runs and 10 RBI across 67 at bats · paced the entire nation with 31 hits and finished eighth in the NCAA with a .463 batting average while being one of the toughest hitters in the nation to strike out (seven strikeouts in 67 AB) · ended the season first in the Big Ten in batting average and hits, second in total bases (41) and on-base percentage (.523), third in doubles (seven) and sixth in slugging percentage (.612). Game Highlights: went 3-for-5 with one double, three RBI and two runs in the season opener versus Oregon on Feb. 14 · collected a pair of hits while also drawing a walk, driving in one run and scoring one run against TCU on Feb. 23 · drove in three runs while going 2-for-5 at the plate with a pair of doubles against SDSU on Feb. 26 · hit the first home run of his career while going 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored against North Carolina on Feb. 28 · had a perfect 4-for-4 day offensively against No. 14 Duke on Feb. 29 · went 3-for-4 with one double, two RBI and one run scored against Utah on March 6 · ended the season on a 9-for-14 (.643) run at the plate · collected four hits and scored one run against Utah on March 8 · finished 4-for-4 with one double and two runs versus Creighton on March 10.

2019 | SUMMER Competed for the Green Bay Booyah of the Northwoods League · batted .357 with one double, one run, five RBI and one steal.

2019 | FRESHMAN Played in 51 games including 38 starts on the infield · slashed .271/.337/.316 with five doubles, one triple, 18 RBIs, and 15 runs scored · finished 7-for-7 on stolen base attempts. Game Highlights: Walked and stole a base in his collegiate debut against New Mexico on Feb. 16 · collected his first collegiate hit with a single and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in a start vs. Gonzaga on Feb. 18 · drove in a season-high two runs on three occasions, first at Long Beach State on March 18 · collected three hits and stole a base vs. St. Scholastica on April 2 · had a season-high four hits and two doubles at Northwestern on May 17 · enjoyed a 12-game hitting streak from May 5 through May 24 · ended the season reaching base in 15 consecutive games.

BEFORE MINNESOTA A 2018 graduate of Forest Lake High School · a three-year starter for the Rangers and head coach Tal Gravelle · 2018 Minnesota Mr. Baseball finalist · 2018 Star Tribune All-Minneapolis Metro Second Team · earned All-Suburban East Conference and All-section honors during his prep career · landed on the Class AAA State Tournament Team as a junior · played his club baseball for East Metro · earned the Phil Isakson Courage & Honor Award winner at the 2016 Siebert Fall Championship · ranked as the no. 1 infielder and no. 6 overall player in the state of Minnesota by Prep Baseball Report.

PERSONAL Born Zachary Raabe in Forest Lake, Minnesota · son of Valerie and Brian Raabe · father, Brian Raabe, earned All-America honors during his career as a Gophers infielder.