2019 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 3
Jack Yalowitz
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 180
- Position:
- OF
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Loyola Academy
MLB Draft
- 2019 MLB Draft - 10th Round - Colorado Rockies
Career Highs
- Hits: 4, 4 times
- Doubles: 3, at Illinois State, Apr 09, 2019
- Triples: 1, 4 times
- Home runs: 2, at Florida Atlantic, Mar 04, 2017 ; at Grand Canyon, Mar 08, 2019
- Total bases: 11, at Grand Canyon, Mar 08, 2019
- RBI: 5, at Minnesota, Apr 29, 2017 ; at Grand Canyon, Mar 08, 2019 ; Toledo, Mar 17, 2017
- Runs scored: 4, CSUN, Mar 21, 2018
- Walks: 3, at Florida Atlantic, 03/03/17 ; at Rutgers, May 14, 2017
- Hit by pitch: 2, CSUN, Mar 21, 2018
- Sac flies: 2, Illinois State, Mar 21, 2017
- Sac bunts: 1, 11 times
- At bats: 7, Ohio State, Apr 22, 2016
- Stolen bases: 2, at Illinois State, 03-22-16 ; at Florida Atlantic, 03/03/17 ; at Southern Illinois, May 02, 2017
- Caught stealing: 1, 13 times
- Field chances: 7, Illinois State, Apr 10, 2018 ; Southern Illinois, Mar 18, 2017
- Putouts: 7, Illinois State, Apr 10, 2018 ; Southern Illinois, Mar 18, 2017
- Assists: 2, Northeastern, Mar 02, 2019 ; Iowa, May 19, 2017
Senior - 2019
- All-Big Ten third team outfielder
- Played and started 56 games in the outfield
- .295 (62-210), 15 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 31 RBIs
- 10th in the Big Ten in doubles (15)
- Did not commit an error with six assists and 105 putouts in right field
- Team-best 15 doubles
- Second on the team with five home runs
- Second on the team with 31 RBIs
- Second on the team with 33 runs
- Second on the team with 11 steals
- Second on the team with 23 walks
- Third on the team with 62 hits
- Third on the team with 94 total bases
- Fourth on the team with a .295 batting average
- Second career two-homer game at Grand Canyon 3/8/19, while tying career highs in hits (4) and RBIs (5)
- Ranked No. 29 senior in the nation by Perfect Game
- Ranked No. 40 MLB Draft prospect in the Big Ten by D1Baseball.com
- Big Ten Player of the Week 3/11/19
Junior - 2018
- Started all 53 games in the outfield
- .216 (43-199), 9 2B, 4 HR, 30 RBI, 19 BB
- .215 (20-93), 4 2B, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 6 BB in Big Ten games
- Ninth in the Big Ten in RBIs during conference games (19)
- Second on the team with four sacrifice flies
- Second on the team with eight hit by pitches
- Nine multi-RBI games
- Nine multi-hit games
- Perfect Game Preseason All-Big Ten
- Ten Innings Preseason All-Big Ten first team
Sophomore - 2017
- All-Big Ten first team outfielder
- ABCA/Rawlings All-Region second team outfielder
- Started 49 of 51 games (missed two with an injury)
- .335 (67-200), 42 R, 9 2B, 3 3B, 12 HR, 44 RBIs, 10-15 SB
- .292 (28-96), 18 R, 3 2B, 3B, 7 HR in Big Ten games
- Top 10 in the Big Ten in seven major offensive categories (batting average, slugging, runs, hits, RBIs, triples, home runs)
- Second in home runs in Big Ten games among outfielders (7)
- Fourth in the Big Ten in home runs (12)
- Eighth in the Big Ten in RBIs (44)
- Ninth in the Big Ten in batting average (.353)
- Team-best seven home runs in Big Ten games
- Tied for eighth-most home runs by an Illini in a Big Ten season (7)
- Team-best 118 total bases
- Team-best five outfield assists
- Team-best .420 (21-50) with runners in scoring position
- Tied for team-best .409 (9-22) with runners in scoring position during Big Ten games
- Tied for team-best 19 multiple hit games
- Tied for team-best 44 RBIs
- Tied for team-best 42 runs
- Tied for team-best 18 runs in Big Ten games
- Second on the team with a .409 on-base percentage
- Second on the team with a .590 slugging percentage
- Tied for second on the team with 11 multi-RBI games
- Tied for third on the team with 23 walks
- Third on the team with 12 two-out RBIs
- .421 (40-95), 27 R, 8 HR, 31 RBIs in Illinois wins
- .403 (31-77) with runners on
- .400 (2-5) with the bases loaded
- Two nine-game hitting streaks (Feb. 18-March 10 and April 28-May 12)
- Two home runs at Florida Atlantic 3/4/17
- 46 starts at leadoff
Freshman - 2016
- 43 games played, 41 starts
- 35 starts in right field, six starts in left field
- .227 (32-141), 20 R, 4 2B, 3B, HR, 22 RBI, 23 BB, 25 SO
- Seven multi-hit games
- Season best three hits at Iowa April 9 and vs. Michigan May 20
- Homered vs. Mizzou May 3 at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois
- Illinois was 13-5 when Yalowitz led off
- .293 (12-41) with runners in scoring position
- Tied for second on the team with 10 two-out RBIs
- Tied for the team lead in runs in Big Ten games (12)
High School
- Three-time letterwinner in high school
- Also wrestled as a freshman
- Captained the baseball team for two years
- Two-time all-conference
- Two-time all-area
- 2015 North Shore Player of the Year
- Second Honors for eight semesters
- Volunteered at camp for the mentally disabled
- Volunteered at Centro Romero, an establishment for immigrants, where he taught English
- Played with fellow Illini Bren Spillane and Cole Bellair for Gravel Baseball
Personal
- Born October 19, 1996
- Parents are Rich and Harriet Yalowitz
- Majoring in recreation, sport and tourism (sports management)
- Started considering Illinois at the beginning of the recruiting process and was always one of his top choices
- Chose Illinois because, "the academic excellence and the success of the baseball program. I felt right at home the second I stepped foot on campus."
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