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Jersey Number 1
Danny Gleaves
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-null
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Homer Glen, Ill.
- High School:
- St. Rita
Bio
CAREER NOTES: A three-time Academic All-Big Ten award recipient and one-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree.
2020 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Collected Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition ... Team captain ... Saw action in first five games, making two starts, before missing remainder of shortened season with injury ... Posted a .333 average, drawing four walks for a .636 on-base percentage, and swiped three stolen bases ... Tallied two stolen bases to go with a hit and a walk in season-opener vs. Morehead State (Feb. 14) ... added another swiped base and two walks next day vs. Morehead State (Feb. 15).
2019 (JUNIOR): Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... had an injury-shortened season, playing in only nine games before suffering a season-ending injury at Arizona on March 5 ... Posted four hits with one double and an RBI in his nine games, also drawing two walks and swiping two bases ... A speedy outfielder, he made 22 putouts, with the last coming while crashing into the wall in the game at Arizona on a spectacular catch.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Played in 41 games, making 31 starts, missing time with an injury ... Was second on team with a .272 average, notching 31 hits with three doubles and one triple, knocking in eight RBI ... Was 25-of-28 on stolen bases, ranking third in the B1G and 34th in the NCAA ... The 25 stolen bases ranked No. 5 on MSU single-season stolen base list ... Snagged 11 stolen bases in B1G only action, ranking tied for second ... Posted a .990 fielding percentage with 93 putouts and two assists ... Logged a season-long seven-game hitting streak from April 18-April 29 ... Recorded seven multi-hit outings, highlighted by career-best 4-for-4 outing at Penn State (May 5), including two doubles, and adding career-high three runs as part of career-best tying six total bases, along with swiping season-best three stolen bases, one of five games with multi stolen bases ... Had streak of five-straight games with one stolen base ... Ended year with a season-long 10-game reached base streak.
2017 (FRESHMAN): Played in 23 games with 18 starts, missing time due to injury ... fifth on team with .291 average, posting 23 hits with six doubles and one HR, scoring 22 runs and logging 15 RBI ... sixth on team with seven stolen bases ... logged a .938 fielding percentage ... tied for ninth on team with seven multiple hit games, including two three-hit outings and a season-best four hit game, going 4-for-7 with three runs scored, two RBI and two doubles at Abilene Christian (Feb. 18) ... made a smashing Spartan debut with a six-game hitting streak to open the season (Feb. 17-25) and had at least one hit in eight of first 10 games and 10 of first 12 games ... had four multi-RBI outings, led by four RBI vs. Presbyterian (March 4) along with three RBI vs. Eastern Michigan (May 10) ... first HR of Spartan career came vs. Furman (March 3) at Greenville, and he was the first player to hit a home run into the seats atop the mini Green Monster at historic Fluor Field.
2020 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Collected Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition ... Team captain ... Saw action in first five games, making two starts, before missing remainder of shortened season with injury ... Posted a .333 average, drawing four walks for a .636 on-base percentage, and swiped three stolen bases ... Tallied two stolen bases to go with a hit and a walk in season-opener vs. Morehead State (Feb. 14) ... added another swiped base and two walks next day vs. Morehead State (Feb. 15).
2019 (JUNIOR): Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... had an injury-shortened season, playing in only nine games before suffering a season-ending injury at Arizona on March 5 ... Posted four hits with one double and an RBI in his nine games, also drawing two walks and swiping two bases ... A speedy outfielder, he made 22 putouts, with the last coming while crashing into the wall in the game at Arizona on a spectacular catch.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Played in 41 games, making 31 starts, missing time with an injury ... Was second on team with a .272 average, notching 31 hits with three doubles and one triple, knocking in eight RBI ... Was 25-of-28 on stolen bases, ranking third in the B1G and 34th in the NCAA ... The 25 stolen bases ranked No. 5 on MSU single-season stolen base list ... Snagged 11 stolen bases in B1G only action, ranking tied for second ... Posted a .990 fielding percentage with 93 putouts and two assists ... Logged a season-long seven-game hitting streak from April 18-April 29 ... Recorded seven multi-hit outings, highlighted by career-best 4-for-4 outing at Penn State (May 5), including two doubles, and adding career-high three runs as part of career-best tying six total bases, along with swiping season-best three stolen bases, one of five games with multi stolen bases ... Had streak of five-straight games with one stolen base ... Ended year with a season-long 10-game reached base streak.
2017 (FRESHMAN): Played in 23 games with 18 starts, missing time due to injury ... fifth on team with .291 average, posting 23 hits with six doubles and one HR, scoring 22 runs and logging 15 RBI ... sixth on team with seven stolen bases ... logged a .938 fielding percentage ... tied for ninth on team with seven multiple hit games, including two three-hit outings and a season-best four hit game, going 4-for-7 with three runs scored, two RBI and two doubles at Abilene Christian (Feb. 18) ... made a smashing Spartan debut with a six-game hitting streak to open the season (Feb. 17-25) and had at least one hit in eight of first 10 games and 10 of first 12 games ... had four multi-RBI outings, led by four RBI vs. Presbyterian (March 4) along with three RBI vs. Eastern Michigan (May 10) ... first HR of Spartan career came vs. Furman (March 3) at Greenville, and he was the first player to hit a home run into the seats atop the mini Green Monster at historic Fluor Field.
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