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2023 Baseball Roster

Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith

18 Angel Saldivar

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Fullerton, Calif.

Biography

2023 (R-JUNIOR): Played 22 games, starting 21 as the team's primary catcher before going down with a season-ending injury...Compiled 17 hits, 11 runs, and 14 RBI through 71 at-bats...Slashed .239/.333/.366...Went 4-for-5 with an RBI vs. Manhattan on Feb. 26.

2022 (R-SOPHOMORE): One of the team’s primary catchers, playing 35 games including 30 starts…Posted .259 batting average, with 30 hits, 16 RBI, and a .344 OBS…Threw out 16-of-35 attempted stolen bases, with a .975 fielding accuracy and team second-best 240 putouts…Smacked home a team-leading five game-winning RBI…Hit 6-of-12 in opening series against Oakland, with a double, one run, and two RBI…Multi-RBI game against UC Riverside, including game-winner…Nearly perfect 3-of-4 game against Hawai’i…Earned Academic All-Big West honors.

2021 (R-FRESHMAN): Slashed .262/.329/.393 over 21 appearances and 18 starts, hitting three doubles, a triple and a home run...Drove in eight runs and scored eleven times...Was 1-for-3 with first career home run in season opener at Fresno State...Finished 4-for-10 with two RBI and three runs scored in series with the Bulldogs...3-for-4 with a double, a triple and three runs batted in against UC Riverside in series opener...2-for-4 with a double against UC Davis on Apr. 10...Drove in a run and had two hits in a win over Cal Poly on May 7...2-for-4 with a double in a series opening loss to UC Irvine...Threw out 8-of-24 would be base stealers. 

2020 (WAIVER): Appeared in seven games, starting six, and hitting .238...Was 1-for-4 with a run scored in season opener versus Washington State on Feb. 14...Finished 2-for-3 with two RBI against Holy Cross on Mar. 3...Academic All-WAC. 

2019 (REDSHIRT): Made two starts and played in three games before missing the rest of the season due to injury...made career debut against Cal on February 15 and got a hit and scored a run.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended El Dorado High School in Placentia...led the Hawks to a Sunset League title in 2017...won the team's Gold Glove Award and Coach's Award twice...a member of the Honor Roll.  

PERSONAL: Liberal Studies major...Hopes to pursue a career in real estate or run his own business one day.

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2019Freshman

    Catcher
    5'9" 190 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    Catcher
    5'9" 190 lbs
    31
  • 7

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'9" 215 lbs
    7
  • 18

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'9" 215 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Catcher
    5'9" 215 lbs
    18
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