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Catcher who has played in 125 games over three seasons...has a .231 career batting average and has committed just five errors...has 15 career sacrifice bunts...puts ball in play and does not strike out, has only struck out 25 times in 294 career at-bats.
2002: Clemson's best defensive catcher; he threw out 15 of 39 potential base stealers...hit .169 with seven doubles and 11 RBIs in 118 at-bats, but his value was as a receiver...started 36 games at catcher (most on the team) and appeared in 11 other games...hit .270 in 14 games played in March...was 7-for-16 (.438) in fifth innings...went 2-for-5 with an RBI at College of Charleston on Mar. 1...had a hit and two RBIs against Georgia Southern on Mar. 12...had two hits in three at-bats against South Alabama on Mar. 15...had a pinch-hit double against Maine on Mar. 23...hit two doubles in three at-bats against Coastal Carolina on Mar. 26...had a hit and a bases-loaded walk at #13 North Carolina on Apr. 13...had two hits against #2 Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament on May 25...had a hit and an RBI against #22 East Carolina in the Clemson Regional on June 1...had a run-scoring single against #18 Arkansas in the Clemson Super Regional on June 8.
2001: Showed great bunting ability for a catcher and led the team with 11 sacrifice bunts, the second most in a season at Clemson...drove in two runs on a squeeze play and another run on a single to center field against Georgia Southern...batted .423 on the team's eight-game road trip over spring break...went 2-for-5 with an RBI in an 8-6 win over Maryland...went 3-for-4 with an RBI in a win against Old Dominion...reached base and drove in a run on a perfectly executed squeeze play during a 3-0 win over Georgia Tech...drove in the winning run with a base hit in the 10th inning against North Carolina...went 4-for-4 with two RBIs in a 10-2 win over N.C. State...sprained his left thumb in the first game against Virginia, catching it in the jersey of the Cavalier third baseman while he rounded third base; missed the final two games of the regular season with the injury but returned and played two games in the ACC Tournament...started two of the three games in the Clemson Regional...went 3-for-4 with one RBI in game one of the Super Regional at Miami (FL).
2000: Started nine games (all at catcher) and appeared in 17 others...hit .265 with a double, six runs scored, and five RBIs...was 6-for-13 (.462) against lefties...was 3-for-10 (.300) with runners in scoring position...was 2-for-2 in a pinch-hitting role...only struck out four times in 33 at bats...hit a pinch-hit single to drive home what turned to be the winning run in the second game of a doubleheader against #11 Wake Forest on Apr. 15...had a pinch-hit single to bring in a run against Elon on Apr. 18...had a hit and scored a run in his only at bat against #1 Stanford in the College World Series on June 11.
Pyzik Career Stats Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SF OB% SB 2000 .265 26-9 34 6 9 1 0 0 5 10 3 2 1 .350 0-0 2001 .275 52-41 142 14 39 6 0 0 26 45 10 0 0 .322 1-3 2002 .169 47-36 118 21 20 7 0 0 11 27 13 3 1 .267 1-1 Total .231 125-86 294 41 68 14 0 0 42 82 26 5 2 .303 2-4
