Did You Know? Fun Facts about the 2009 Season

Did you know that two San Jose State baseball players had the longest hitting streaks in the Western Athletic Conference for 2009? Or that SJSU leads the conference in batters hit by pitches? Check out these and other fun facts about the 2009 Spartan baseball season.

Courtesy: San Jose State Athletics

Did you know?

• Sophomore Jason Martin is the only Spartan to have started all 61 games for SJSU in 2009
• San Jose State leads the Western Athletic Conference in batters hit-by-pitches, with 106. The school record is 112 set in 2007
• Junior Kyle Bellows led the conference in hits with 93
• SJSU set a team record in 2009 with 135 doubles
• Jason Martin has a team-leading 23 game hitting streak
• Junior Corey Valine has a hitting streak of 21 games, giving the Spartans the two longest current streaks in the conference
• Senior John Shaffer has a career-best four home runs in 2009
• Senior Jacob Bruns and Kyle Bellows share the team lead in doubles with 16
• Anthony Aguilera threw out 20 runners attempting to steal bases
• Jason Martin led the team in runs scored with 68
• San Jose State batters struck out nine times in a game three times in 2009

SJSU will find out later today if their season will be extended. Tune in to ESPN at 9:30 PDT to watch the NCAA Championship Selection Show.

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