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18 Blake Griffith

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 216
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Grove City, Ohio
  • Highschool Grove City

Biography

2021:
• Started in 28 of 35 games played at first base and designed hitter
• Recorded 14 hits, nine RBI, two home runs, a double with 11 runs and 21 total bases in 89 at-bats
• Posted .269 on-base percentage with 10 walks and a stolen base    
• Went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run with two runs scored in 9-6 win at NKU (3/12)
• Closed out career going 2-for-3 with a home run, double, RBI, walk with two runs scored in 17-10 win against Purdue Fort Wayne on Senior Day (5/22)

2020 (Remainder of the season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic):
• Started in all 12 games
• Led the team in home runs (2) and total bases (21) and tied for the team lead in RBI (8), ranked second in hits (13) and doubles (2) and third in batting (.310)
• Hit first home run of the season at No. 8 Auburn (2/19)
• Went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a run giving Oakland a 4-3 win at Akron (2/16)
• Hit second home run at Cincinnati (3/1)
• Recorded a hit in 9-of-12 games

2019:
• Played in 46 games with 42 starts at first base and DH
• Tied for the team lead in home runs (6), ranked second in RBI (31), slugging percentage (.457) and total bases (74), third in hits (46) and batting ave. (.284) and fifth in doubles (8)
• Hit a three-run home run and single for five RBI vs EKU (3/10) and blasted a three-run home run posting five total RBI vs Milwaukee (4/6)
• Posted seven multi-RBI games with two 2-RBI and 3-RBI games and one 4-RBI games
• Had an eight-game hit streak and 10 two-hit games with one 3-hit and one 4-hit games

2018:
• Appeared in 17 games with eight starts
• Hit .324 with 12 hits, four doubles, one home run, 13 RBI and nine runs

High School:
• Ranked as the fifth-best first basemen in the state Ohio by Prep Baseball Report
• All-Conference 2015-2016
• District Champions 2014
• Three years on varsity, one year captain for Grove City High School
• National Honor Society

Personal:
Full Name: Robert Blake Griffith
Birthdate: April 2, 1998
Parents: Robert and Jill Griffith
Siblings: Brother, Ben and sister Lauren who plays for the Oakland softball team

Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland:
1. Academics
2. Campus
3. Baseball

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2017Freshman

    INF
    6'4" 200 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2018Sophomore

    INF
    6'4" 210 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    INF
    6'4" 210 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2020Redshirt Junior

    INF
    6'4" 225 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2021Redshirt Senior

    INF
    6'4" 216 lbs
    18