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2015 Baseball Roster

8 Tyler Eager

  • Position Outfielder / 1st Baseman
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fort Worth
  • Highschool FW Christian HS

Biography

Enters his senior season as the starter in centerfield. … Has played in all 161 Wildcat games since his freshman campaign in 2012. … Started in 160 of those games, including the last 69 straight. …The only game he didn't start in his career was an April 13, 2012, game against Cameron in a Lone Star Conference game. … With another good season, Eager – a career .312 hitter – will break into the top 10 in several career categories, including runs scored, hits, doubles and total bases. He's already tied for seventh with 10  triples. … Carries a six-game hitting streak into the 2015 season.

2014 (Junior): Finished fifth on the team in batting average at .294 and tied for second in doubles (8) and second in total bases (71). … Committed just one error in the field and had a fielding percentage of .994 on 162 chances in the field. … Recorded five outfield assists, which was second on the club.… Finished the season on a six-game hitting streak as he raised his batting average seven points over the final six games of the season. … Had a career-best five-hit game on May 2 in a loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, finishing the day 5 for 6 with one run scored. … Recorded 13 multi-hit games during the season, giving him 48 for his career (17 as a freshman, 18 as a sophomore and 13 as a junior).

2013 (Sophomore): Lone Star Conference honorable mention … Started all 53 games split between center field and first base … Batted .313 (61-for-195) with 27 runs, 32 RBI and eight extra-base hits (six doubles and two triples) … Drew 17 walks and stole nine bases … Ranked among the national leaders with 10 sacrifice bunts … Produced a team-best 18 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-4 performance at Texas A&M-Kingsville … Recorded four three-hit games, two of which came during the final two games of the Eastern New Mexico series … Hit .500 against the Greyhounds with two runs and a RBI … Started year with 6-for-18 (.333) weekend at Houston’s Minute Maid Park … Drove in a season-high three runs in games vs. New Mexico Highlands and Cameron … Performance vs. Cameron was part of a 6-for-12 weekend at ACU’s Whitten Inn Classic … Matched season-best seven-game hitting streak close of the season, going 12-for-27 (.444) with six RBI between four-game series vs. Angelo State and three games at the Lone Star Conference Championships … First seven-game hitting streak took place from March 13 to 23 … Completed Kingsville series with seven hits and four runs.
 
2012 (Freshman): Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year … All-Lone Star Conference second team honoree … Started 53 of 54 games … Hit .329 with a team-best 52 runs scored and 69 hits … Led team with 18 doubles and six triples … Ranked among the conference and national leaders in runs, hits, doubles, triples and total bases with 102 … Named Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week on Feb. 7 after hitting .500 (9-of-18) for the Wildcats in his first weekend as a collegiate baseball player … Scored nine runs and drove in seven RBI in a four-game series against Arkansas Tech … Plated a career high four RBI in fourth game vs. Wonderboys on four hits … Scored a career high four runs in third game vs. Arkansas Tech … Finished year with 18 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … Tied career high in hits during 4-for-6 outing at Cameron … Completed series against Aggies 5-for-14 with two doubles, two runs and six RBI … Registered at least one base hit in 22 of first 25 collegiate games, spanning Feb. 3 to March 18 … Stretch included a nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 10 to 25 and season-high 10-game streak from March 2 to 18 … Destroyed Eastern New Mexico pitching during four-game series, going 8-for-16 with nine runs, four RBI and five extra-base hits … Ripped a bases-clearing, three-RBI double in series finale vs. West Texas A&M … Clubbed three doubles among six base hits vs. Tarleton State … Batted .412 (7-for-17) through four Lone Star Conference Championship games … Scored twice in an elimination-game victory over Incarnate Word.
 
High School: 2011 graduate of Fort Worth Christian High School … Four-year letterman … First team TAPPS Class 4A all-state performer as a senior, hitting .541 with 47 runs scored and 59 RBI … First team all-state, all-district and district Offensive MVP as a junior after batting.422 with six home runs and 42 RBI, while as a sophomore he hit .528 with nine home runs and 30 RBI ... First team all-state selection as a sophomore ... Hit .432 with 12 home runs and 45 RBI and was named the district Freshman of the Year.
 
Personal: Given name is Tyler Seth Eager … Born 02 Sept 1992 in Fort Worth, Texas … Son of Richard and Tracy Eager … Resides in North Richland Hills, Texas … Led his select summer team to the 2009 Perfect Game National Championship in Fort Myers, Fla. … Business major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2012Freshman

    First base / Outfield
    5'11" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2013Sophomore

    First base / Outfield
    5'11" 175 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2014Junior

    First base / Outfield
    5'10" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2015Senior

    Outfielder / 1st Baseman
    5'10" 190 lbs
    8