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Gatorade 2017 - 2018: Player of the Year

Baseball - Texas

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BASEBALL

Brett Baty

Third baseman/right-handed pitcher
LAKE TRAVIS HS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

.435

Batting Average

12

Home Runs

.953

Slugging Percentage

.622

On-Base Percentage
“Brett Baty is up there with the best high school players I’ve seen. He’s the real deal. He’s good, and he’s doing it against really good competition, too. He changes your whole game plan when he is at the plate, and he pitches, too. It’s too bad we have to deal with him for another year.”
Allen McGee
Head Coach at Vandergrift High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound junior third baseman and right-handed pitcher led the Cavaliers (31-7) to the Class 6A regional quarterfinals this past season. Baty hit .435 (37-for-85) with 12 home runs, 27 RBI and 43 runs scored en route to a .953 slugging percentage. He walked 38 times and compiled an on-base percentage of .622. Baty also went 4-0 on the mound with a save and a 1.35 ERA, striking out 38 batters while yielding just 13 walks and 16 hits over 33.1 innings pitched. A two-time District 25-6A Most Valuable Player, he is ranked as the nation’s No. 64 in the Class of 2019 by Prep Baseball Report.

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Academic Achievement

Baty has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. He has made a verbal commitment to play baseball on scholarship at the University of Texas beginning in the fall of 2019.

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Exemplary Character

A Young Life member, Baty has volunteered locally with the Lake Travis Youth Association’s Little Buddies program in addition to donating his time to helping elderly families move seasonal items several times a year.