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Brett Bond #5 C/INF

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-1 / 216
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    St. Louis, Mo.
  • High School:
    Westminster

Summary

Biography

2018

  • Finished his Mizzou career ranked seventh in school history in career at-bats (770) and played in 218 career games over his four-year career, starting 208 of those with most being at catcher.
  • Started 54 of 55 games played, seeing the majority of the time as Mizzou’s starting catcher.
  • Hit .268 with eight doubles and two homers while driving in 28 runs and scoring 24 more.
  • Threw out 47 percent of base stealers on the year and fielded at a .988 clip and was one of the best defensive catchers in the SEC.
  • Handled a Mizzou pitching staff that led the SEC in ERA during league games with a 4.02 clip.
  • Posted 15 multiple hit games on the season, third-most on the team.
  • Drove in multiple runs in five games.
  • Owned the team’s longest hitting streak of the season at 10 games.
  • Tallied three RBI in game two of the season at Florida International (2/17).
  • Matched a career-high with five hits, including a double, while scoring two runs at Iowa (5/1).
  • Drove in four runs and homered at LSU (3/17).
  • Hit his other homer on the year vs. UMBC (3/3).

2017

  • Had a terrific junior season, resetting career-highs in batting (.307), slugging (.507) and on-base percentage (.385) while leading the team in doubles (13) and runs scored (41)
  • Led the team with 66 hits and 23 extra-base hits
  • Second on the team in multi-hit games and led Mizzou with 12 multiple RBI games
  • Drove in 45 runs and slugged 10 homers, both good for second on the team
  • His 45 RBI ranked 13th in the SEC following the SEC Tournament
  • Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List, which honors the nation’s top catcher
  • Went 4-for-5 with a career-high five runs scored with a double and two walks, reaching base in six plate appearances against Eastern Michigan (2/18)
  • Tallied a career-high five hits against Eastern Illinois (3/8) with a double and three runs scored … It was the first five-hit game for a Mizzou player since 2011
  • The five-hit game was part of a stretch during which he reached base in eight straight at-bats, capped by a homer against Western Carolina, a two-run shot in the first inning
  • Hit four homers in the Kentucky series (April 14-16), needing just nine at-bats to hit the four homers … Had a pair of big flies in the middle game against the Wildcats (4/15)
  • Drove in a season-high three runs against Little Rock (3/21)
  • Posted a four-hit game against Murray State (5/2)
  • Hit a pair of doubles in Mizzou’s win over Illinois in the Kleberg Bank College Classic (2/26).

2016

  • Hit .219 with five doubles, a triple and seven homers (second-most on team) while slugging .369 with 28 RBI and 30 runs scored … Also went 4-for-4 in the stolen base department and fielded at a .986 clip on the season
  • Caught 52 of Mizzou’s 56 games on the season and played in 54 of the 56 contests
  • Despite hitting .219 on the year, he showed marked improvement in SEC play, hitting .252 while starting all 30 league games at catcher, belting five of his seven homers and four of his five doubles and his only triple.
  • Finished third on the team with 10 two-out RBI on the year
  • Posted 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games and at one point reached base safely in 10 consecutive games
  • Went 2-for-4 with a season-high three RBI on opening day against Seton Hall (2/19), also scoring a run.
  • Drove in three runs again against UIC (3/6) with a pair of hits, including a homer, and two walks
  • Hit his first homer of the year at FIU (2/24), an opposite field shot, one of two hits on the day
  • Tallied the first triple in his career at Arkansas (4/2) as part of a two-hit game as Mizzou won the final two games of that series on the road thanks to his efforts
  • Tallied a season-high three hits twice on the year, the first coming at Arkansas (April 1), one of which was a homer … The second came at Kentucky (5/19) with a run, a double and RBI
  • Scored at least one run in the first eight games of the season and had at least one RBI in five of the first eight games

2015

  • All-SEC Freshman Team honoree after finished the year second on the team in both batting and homers.
  • Finished second on the team in batting average (.294) as a freshman
  • Switch-hitter finished the year second on the team with five homeruns; four of those came from the right side of the plate
  • Had success against left-handed pitching, batting .333 on the year versus southpaws
  • Led team with an .871 OPS in conference play
  • The team boasted an impressive .667 win-percentage (14-7) with Bond batting in the five-hole
  • Knocked a game-winning, walk-off, two-run shot in Mizzou’s 2-0 win over Sam Houston State
  • Fourth on the team in multi-hit games (14) and third on the team in multi-RBI games (seven)
  • Had a season-long five-game hitting streak and reached base safely in a season-long seven games
  • Named SEC Freshman of the Week on May 4 following a week in which he hit .467 with eight RBI, two doubles and a homer, sparking a series win over Ole Miss

HIGH SCHOOL

  • 2013 First Team All-State - Missouri State High School Baseball Coaches Association
  • Helped high school team win the Class 3 State Championship in2012 & Class 4 State Championship in 2013
  • Sophomore Year, 2012 - .300, 8 R's, 4 2B's, 1 HR, 21 RBI's
  • Junior Year, 2013 - .360, 25 R's, 11 2B's, 4 3B's, 41 RBI's
  • Perfect Game - Ranked in the top 1,000 and No. 168 overall high school catchers in the country, No. 19 HS Recruit & No. 2 HS C in the state of Missouri.
  • 2013 Underclass Honorable Mention
  • Prep Baseball Report - Ranked in the top five high school prospects in the state of Missouri 
  • Brother of Brock Bond who played at Missouri from 2005-2007 and is currently playing in the San Francisco Giants organization
  • Competes for the St. Louis Prospects during the summer

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2013Freshman

    C/INF
    6'1" 210 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2015Freshman

    C/INF
    6'1" 210 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2016Sophomore

    C/INF
    6'1" 212 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2017Junior

    C/INF
    6'1" 216 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2018Senior

    C/INF
    6'1" 216 lbs
    5