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2019 Baseball Roster

31 Casey Dodge

  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 190
  • Position 1B/DH
  • Hometown Barrington, Ill.
  • High School Barrington

Biography

Career Highs

  • Hits: 3, at Milwaukee, Feb 18, 2017
  • Doubles: 1, 8 times
  • Home runs: 1, Indiana State, Apr 02, 2017 ; Indiana, May 05, 2019 
  • Total bases: 5, Indiana State, Apr 02, 2017
  • RBI: 2, 5 times
  • Runs scored: 2, 4 times
  • Walks: 3, Northwestern, Apr 16, 2017
  • Hit by pitch: 1, at Purdue, Apr 21, 2017 ; Illinois State, Mar 22, 2019 
  • Sac flies: 1, Indiana State, Apr 02, 2017 ; at Rutgers, May 14, 2017
  • Sac bunts: 1, at Nebraska, Apr 27, 2019 ; at Northwestern, Mar 25, 2018 ; Indiana State, Mar 31, 2017
  • At bats: 5, 6 times

Senior - 2019

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in 15 games, primarily as a pinch hitter
  • .167 (2-12), HR
  • Home run against Indiana 5/5/19
  • Accepted into Michigan's business program for grad school
  • .333, 5-15, 2B, SAC, RBI during six-game foreign trip to Curaçao and Aruba

Junior - 2018

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Appeared in 12 games with two starts at DH
  • .154 (2-13), 2 BB
  • .333 (1-3), BB in Big Ten games

Sophomore - 2017

  • All-Big Ten Freshman Team designated hitter
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Started 46 of 51 games at designated hitter
  • .280 (46-164), 18 R, 8 2B, HR, 18 RBIs
  • Tied for third on the team with 23 walks
  • Fourth on the team with a .368 on-base percentage
  • Fifth on the team with 11 multi-hit games
  • Fifth on the team with nine two-out RBIs
  • Four multi-RBI games
  • .400 (2-5) with the bases loaded
  • Three hits in first career start vs. Milwaukee 2/17/17
  • First career home run vs. Indiana State 4/2/17

Freshman - 2016

  • Did not see game action
  • Bullpen catcher

High School

  • Lettered three years in baseball and two years in hockey
  • Captained the hockey team at Barrington
  • Batted .430 during varsity prep career
  • Hit .477 as a senior
  • Led the Mid Suburban League in hitting (.514) during conference games as a senior
  • Missed most of his junior season with injuries
  • Stopped playing hockey after his freshman year to focus on baseball before returning to score 17 goals in 23 conference games as a senior
  • 2013 Perfect Game Midwest Underclass Showcase
  • 2013 and 2014 Ohio Valley Perfect Game Super 25 All-Tournament 
  • 2014 and 2015 All-Mid Suburban League, all-area and team MVP
  • Two-time AAA hockey state champion
  • Hockey all-conference and team MVP as a senior 

Personal

  • Born January 19, 1997
  • Parents are Karen and Charles Dodge
  • Full name is Charles H. Dodge IV
  • Majoring in agriculture and consumer economics (consumer economics and finance)
  • Father, Charles Dodge III, played baseball at Michigan
  • Grandfather, Charles Dodge II, played baseball at Western Michigan and in the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers organizations
  • Uncle, Tommy Dodge, played baseball at Northwestern and in the California Angels and Milwaukee Brewers organizations
  • Sister, Kristen Dodge, was a two-time captain of the tennis team at Michigan
  • Aunt, Susan Tatigian, ran track at Michigan State
  • Majoring in agriculture and consumer economics (consumer economics and finance)
  • Chose Illinois because of the "great academics and opportunities in superior athletics"

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2016Freshman

    Catcher/Infield
    6'0" 180 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    Catcher/Infield
    6'0" 185 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    1B/DH
    6'0" 185 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2019Senior

    1B/DH
    6'0" 190 lbs
    31