USD Baseball 2004

THE 2004 TOREROS

TomCa le Senior Pitcher/ Outfielder 6'0" - 185 lbs R/ R San Diego, CA UofTexas RanchoBernardo HS

FIRST TEAM Au-wee PlAYER IN 2001 & 2002 NAMED THE wee PITCHER OF THE W EEK 3 TIMES IN 2002 OWNS A .313 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE SET A THEN-SCHOOL RECORD WITH 9 SAVES IN 2001

Caple's Collegiate Pitching Stats Year G I GS

W-L sv IP E R

K

H

BB ERA

18.00 2431'

4

4

1

2.0

0

2000# 2001 2002 2003' Career

2/0

0

0-0 5-3 9-5

85.1 23

23 35

!Y'

251\/6 20/ 13

T7

72

4.05

49

119 95"

109

3

NA

14-8 12 1961 76

195 173

47/19

78

3.48

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Tom Caple has proven to be one of the best two-way players in college baseball.

Capie's Collegiate Batting Stats Year G-GS AB R H

2B 3B HR RBI SB-A BA

1

.000

0

0 0

0 3 0 0 3

2000# 3-1

3 1

0-0

195 53" 61 217 54" 69

14 11

11-15 313

2001 2002

2 1 0 3

53-53 54-54

Cajiecant...

33 30

6-10

.318 290 .313

Sophomore in 2001: First Team All-West Coast Conference player asa sophomore ... Posted a team-high 53 runs in 53 games in 2001. .. Hit .313 playing and starting in all 53 games... Hit two homers drove in three runs at Gonzaga (4-7-01) ... Posted a .438 on-base percentage .. . Hit 14 doubles and three triples ... As the Torero's closing pitcher, Caple posted a 5-3 record and 2.43 ERA... Struck out 77 batters in 85 innings of work while walking just 23 ... Led the conference and set a USD school record with 9 saves ... Finished third in the WCC with a 2.43 ERA and was tied for fifth in the conference with 25 appearances. Freshman in 2000 (Texas): Played freshman year wid1 Texas Longhorns.. Appeared in 5 games, two in relief pitching outings.... Registered three at– bats over three games and one start ... Scored a run and posted an RBI. Prep: Played at Rancho Bernardo HS where senior year helped lead Bron– cos to CIF championship ... Selected All-State and 2nd Team All-American (BaseballAmerica). .. Junior year earned All-State honors with team placing 2nd in CIF championships... A two-time California State Player of the Year and three-time All-San Diego County selection... Named to the Team USA Junior National Team in 1998... Senior year batted .375, and was 10-2 on mound with 151 Ks. Personal; Communications Studies major ... Also recruited by USC, Florida, Arizona and Pepperdine ... Parents are Jo & Brian Caple of San Diego, CA ... Born on August 20, 1980 in Denver, Colorado.

4

2003'

31

2-2

5

9-8

9

1

Career 116-115 443 113 139 26

67

19-27

Te

2003: Drafted in the 44th round of the 2003 MLB First Year Player Draft by Boston despite taking a medical redshi.rt -appearing in just nine games at the beginning of the season ... Did not pitch ... Registered 31 at-bats and hit for a .290 average... Stole a pair of bases and went 2-for-4 with an RBI against his former team, Texas (2-2-03)... Put up back-to-back 2-hit games against both UC Riverside (2-21-03) and Oregon State (3-1-03)... Knocked in four RBI in just nine games and eight starts, all as a DH. Junior in 2002: Caple did it all for the Toreros during USD's champion– ship season of 2002 ... He was honored as an All-West Coast Conference First Team player for the second consecutive season ... As San Diego's everyday centerfielder, he hit .318 in 2002, helping USD amass a school record 39 wins... Enjoyed a 12-game hitting streak in which he went 4- for-6 and drove in five runs at San Francisco (3-8-02) ... Scored 54 times, hit 11 doubles and drove in 30 nms ... As a pitcher, Caple earned WCC Pitcher of the Week honors three times... Allowed San Diego the school's first ever NCAA Tournament win, beating New Mexico State (6-1-02) 2- 1 in Regional action, working seven scoreless innings, allowing just five hits and striking out four. .. Began the season 6-0 as USD's Saturday starter.. Posted a USD single-game best 11 K's in just four innings against UC Irvine (1-25-02)... Fanned 95 batters on the year, second only to teammate Ricky Barrett in d1e WCC. .. BaseballAmerica tabbed Caple's breaking ball as the best in the league entering the 2003 season... On four different occasions Caple fanned 10 or more batters, including doing so in back-to-back starts against division rivals Portland (3-23-02) and Loyola Marymount (3-30- 02).

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