Troy University Athletics
2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Caleb Bartolero
- Position:
- C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 205
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Woodstock, Ga.
- High School:
- Woodstock HS
Junior (2022)
Played in 39 games, making 38 starts after missing 15 games due to injury… Hit .302 on the year with 468 at-bats, 45 hits, 10 doubles, six home runs, 28 runs batted in, and scored 30 runs… Spent time as both catcher and as an outfielder… Saw eight games behind the plate, a game at first base, two at third, 10 in left field, eight in right field, and nine games as the designated hitter… Hit three home runs in a single game against Jacksonville State to go along with four RBIs… One of the three Trojans to have a double-digit hitting streak with a season-long of 10 straight games.
Sophomore (2021)
Appearing in 50 games, starting in all but one Bartolero played 24 games at catcher and 24 games at first base... Finished the season with a .279 batting average, scoring 34 runs and recording 53 hits with 10 doubles and a triple, and a home run... His .421 slugging percentage was fourth on the team to go along with his 35 RBIs which was second on the team... Bartolero had a total of 16 multi hit games with 13 recording at least two hits, two games with three hits, and one four hit game coming against Tulane... Bartolero had a .995 fielding percentage which ranked 10th in the Sun Belt Conference, and 383 putouts which were fourth in the league and led Troy. In addition, he totaled 34 assists, caught seven base runners stealing, and turned 12 double plays... His 11-game hitting streak was the second-longest on the team... Recorded three RBIs in a game three separate times against Tulane, Georgia State and Arkansas State
Sophomore (2020)
Assumed the starting catcher role and earned Collegiate Baseball Third-Team All-America Honors … Ended the year with a 17-game hit streak after hitting safely in every game during the season … Posted a slash line of .394/.423/.634 to go along with nine doubles, the sixth-most in the nation and most in the Sun Belt … Recorded a league-best 28 hits which also ranked 12th nationally … Hit a triple and two home runs, including a grand slam against Northern Kentucky on Opening Weekend … Drove in a team-best 18 runs, including a season-high six against Northern Kentucky … Registered 45 total bases, the 23rd-most in the country … Doubled twice in a game on two separate occasions (Northern Kentucky, Jackson State) … Finished the season ranked in the top 10 of the Sun Belt in batting average, slugging percentage, hits, RBIs, doubles and at-bats
*Had season cut short after 17 games due to COVID-19
Freshman (2019)
Made 14 starts and 26 total appearances for the Trojans … Batted .207 with a .294 on base percentage and seven RBIs … Recorded a .986 fielding percentage … Tallied two hits against in-state foe UAB
High School
Helped lead Woodstock HS to a pair of deep runs in the GHSA 7A state playoffs his junior and senior seasons, including a trip to the state championship runner-up finish in 2017 … Named to the Georgia Dugout All-State First Team following a senior season where he batted at a .400 clip and drove in 40 runs … Chosen to the Atlanta Braves Metro-Atlanta All-Star team and was an all-district selection … Also was an all-county football player for the Wolverines his senior year
Personal
Full name is Caleb Hunter Bartolero … Born Nov. 4, 1999 … Son of Stephanie and Jason Bartolero … Has three younger siblings; Andrew, Bennie and Lily Belle … Majoring in social science
