2012 Vanderbilt Baseball Fact Book

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Player Information Anthony Gomez Junior - IF 6’ 0” 185 lbs. Bats-Throws: R-R Nutley, N.J.

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AVG G/GS HR RBI E 2011 .336 66/66 0 48 19 CAREER .354 126/117 2 78 24 QUOTING CORBIN Anthony has been a very important part of our program the last two years. He came in as a freshman and played right away at second base, then moved to shortstop in 2011. The best word that sums him up is gamer. He loves to compete, has a great feel for the game and is fearless. He gives us great leadership on the field and will continue to be one of the better hitters in the SEC. 2011 Had at least one hit in 54 of 66 games... Drove in a run with a sac fly in elimination game win over North Carolina 6/22... Knocked in Vandy’s lone run going 2-for-4 in College World Series loss to Florida 6/20... Drove in a run with a single in College World Series opening win over North Carolina 6/18... Knocked in two runs equaling a career-best four hits against Oregon State in Super Regional clinching win 6/11... Tabbed All-Tournament for Nashville Regional... Fourth two-hit game in his last five with 2-for-5 performance in Regional clinching win over Belmont 6/5... Drove in a pair of runs with two sac flies against Troy 6/4... Scored three runs and drove in a run in win over Belmont 6/3 in NCAA Tournament... Singled twice in loss to Florida 5/29 in SEC Tournament Championship game... Drove in the final run in win over Georgia in SEC Tournament opener 5/25... Back-to-back hitless games for the first time since 2/19-20 with 0-for-4 at Georgia 5/19... 30-game home hitting streak snapped with 0-for-5 against Florida 5/15... Scored three runs and drove in a run in win over Florida 5/14... Scored two runs and went 2-for-3 with a seasonbest two walks at Kentucky 5/8... Fourth four-hit game of the year with two doubles and two runs scored in win over Tennesee 5/1... Drove in a careerbest three runs and enjoyed his second four-hit game of the year against LSU 4/24... Drew his second walk of the year and scored two runs in win against LSU 4/23... 29-game hitting streak snapped with 0-for-4, including two strikeouts for a career-high, at South Carolina 4/15... Streak was the longest of his career and longest in SEC in 2011... Scored the lone run in win at Middle Tennessee State 4/12 extending his hitting streak to 29 games with a single... Collected his seventh straight multi-hit game to move his hitting streak to 28 games in win over Alabama 4/10... Three hits against Alabama 4/8 pushed his hitting streak to 26 games... Moved his hitting streak to 25 games with two hits and one RBI against Middle Tennessee State 4/5... Recorded his 14th multihit game of the year at Auburn 4/3 to move his hitting streak to 24 games... Matched a career-best with four hits going 4-for-6 with two runs scored and two RBI in win at Auburn 4/1... Tripled in his final at-bat against UT-Martin 3/29 to drive in a run and run hitting streak to 21 straight games, stole two bases to set a new career-best... Extended his hitting streak to an even 20 games with a single in win at Arkansas 3/27... Singled in his first at-bat against Tennessee Tech 3/22 to extend his hitting streak to 17 games scoring two runs in the win... Three hits against Mississippi State 3/20 ran his hitting streak to 16 games, also drove in two runs and scored two runs in loss... Collected a season-best four hits against Purdue 3/15 to run his hitting streak to 13 games... Knocked in the winning-run against UIC 3/13 extending his hitting streak to 12 games going 2-for-4... Ran his hitting streak to 11 games going 2-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored, one RBI and drew his first walk of the year in win over UIC 3/12... Extended his hitting streak to nine games going 1-for-5 with two RBI, third straight game with RBI, against Kennesaw State 3/9... Knocked

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Vanderbilt Baseball 2012

2010 Freshman All-American in two runs bringing his total to six in five games going 2-for-5 with two runs scored against Wofford 3/8... Started at shortstop for the first time this year and scored two runs and went 2-for-3 with a RBI extending his hitting streak to seven games in win over Brown 3/6... Knocked in two runs and extended his hit streak to five games going 2-for-4 against Brown 3/4... Went 1-for-5 with run scored and driving in the winning run against Stanford 2/26... Went 2-for-3 with a RBI and run scored on Opening Day at USD 2/18... SUMMER BALL Hit .292 in 24 games with Orleans in the Cape Cod League over the summer, mashing two homers, driving in 10 runs and scoring 13. 2010 Named a Freshman All-American, First Team All-SEC and All-SEC Freshman Team... Hit a team-best .379 with 41 runs scored, 12 extra-base hits and 30 RBI in his freshman campagin... Ranked first among all freshmen in batting average in the SEC... Was one of four Commodores to record multi-hit game (2-for-3) in NCAA Regional Championship game against Louisville 6/7... Went 2-for-5 with a double and run scored against Illinois State at NCAA Regional 6/4... Went 2-for-4 in elimination game against Florida at the SEC Tournament 5/28... Hit second home run of the season in ninth inning of regular season series finale against Arkansas 5/22... Recorded fourth four-hit game of the year with 4-for-6 effort with an RBI and run scored against Mississippi State 5/14... Went 4-for-5 with four runs scored, including first career home run, a two-out home run in the top of ninth off Matty Ott in Friday game with LSU 5/7... Went 4-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored, tying season highs in hits and runs in 17-5 win over Georgia 4/30... Reached base five times against MTSU 4/21, going 2-for-2 with two RBI, three walks and a run scored... Drove in a pair of runs with two-RBI double against South Carolina 4/10... Recorded first four-hit game of his career with 4-for-5 effort while driving in a pair of runs in series finales against Florida 4/4... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored at Western Kentucky 3/17… Drove in season-high three runs on 3-for-6 performance vs. Indiana 3/7… Recorded first hit of collegiate career in second at-bat with double to left-center in seventh inning vs. Niagara 2/21… Scored first run of career in same game against Niagara... SUMMER BALL Hit .261 in 27 games for the Sanford Mainers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League over the summer... Named a NECBL All-Star. High School First-team all-state selection as senior at Don Bosco Prep… First-team all-county selection in 2008 and 2009… High school team finished the 2008 season 33-0 and ranked No. 1 in the country… Was a part of three county championship teams… New Jersey All-Decade Team honoree… Named team MVP as a senior… Led team to high school state championship… Played for the South Florida Bandits in the summer. ACADEMICS Gomez is majoring in Financial Management and made the SEC Academic Honor Roll as a freshman then was named Academic All-SEC and to the Dean’s List in 2011. PERSONAL Anthony Joaquin Gomez… Born 11/26/90… Son of Nancy and Joaquin Gomez… Has one brother, Michael… Favorites include Derek Jeter (athlete), The Sandlot (movie), Basketball (other sport), Chipotlè (restaurant)… Chose Vanderbilt

Career Game Highs

Hits: *4, last 6/11/11 vs. Oregon State Runs: 4, 5/7/10 at LSU RBI: *3, last 5/21/11 at Georgia Walks: 3, 4/21/10 at Middle Tennessee HRs: *1, last 5/22/10 vs. Arkansas Strikeouts: 2, 4/15/11 at South Carolina Stolen Bases: 2, 3/29/11 vs. UT-Martin


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