2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Kasevich, Josh

Jersey Number 4
Josh Kasevich
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Palo Alto, Calif.
- High School:
- Palo Alto HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
2022
Second-Team ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Pac-12 Conference All-Defensive Team
Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021
Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 Conference
Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020
Dean's List (Spring, Fall)
2022
Second-Team ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Pac-12 Conference All-Defensive Team
Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021
Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 Conference
Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020
Dean's List (Spring, Fall)
MLB DRAFT
Selected in the second round (pick 60) by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2022 MLB Draft … At time of draft, the second highest MLB Draft pick of an Oregon player in the modern era and the fifth-highest overall pick during that time … First Oregon player ever drafted by the Blue Jays.
CAREER
A second-team ABCA-Rawlings All-West Region pick in 2022 … A two-time All-Pac-12 Conference selection earning first-team accolades in 2022 and honor mention honors in 2021 … Named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team following final season at Oregon … Finished career ranked seventh all-time at Oregon in RBI (96), tied for fifth in multiple-RBI games (29) and tied for ninth in multiple-hit games (46) … Started final 116 games of career, the fifth-longest consecutive start streak in Oregon modern era history … Wrapped up career ranking in the top 10 in Oregon’s single-season record book in six separate categories and seven times overall … Tied for third all-time in runs (53) in 2022, while ranking in a tie for third in multiple-RBI games (16) in 2021 … Ranked sixth in at-bats (245) and tied for seventh in hits (76) in 2022 … Tied for ninth in multiple-hit games (22) in both 2021 and 2022 … Batted .303 (151-for-498) with 11 home runs, 96 RBI and 87 runs scored during three seasons at Oregon … Finished career with 35 extra-base hits … In addition to hitting 11 home runs, doubled 21 times and tripled three times … Had a .798 OPS while reaching base at a .374 clip and slugging .424 … Struck out just 48 times in 498 at-bats (1 K every 10.4 ABs) … Had 13 stolen bases … Totaled 46 multi-hit games with 29 multiple-RBI games.
2022 SEASON
Named a second-team ABCA-Rawlings All-West Region pick, while earning first-team All-Pac-12 honors … A member of the Pac-12 Conference All-Defensive Team … Started all 61 games at shortstop for the Ducks … Batted .310 (76-for-245) with seven home runs, 44 RBI and 53 runs scored … Had a .828 OPS while reaching base at a .383 clip and slugging .445 … Doubled 10 times while tripling once … Stole six bases … Ranked 10th in the nation while leading the Pac-12 in toughest to strike out (1 K every 15.3 at-bats) … Fanned just 16 times in 277 plate appearances while walking 24 times and reaching base on a HBP six times … Finished with 22 multiple-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games … Tied for third all-time at Oregon in runs scored, while ranking sixth in at-bats, seventh in hits and ninth in multiple-hit games … In Pac-12 games, batted .399 (38-for-127) with three home runs, 15 RBI and 21 RBI while doubling three times and stealing one base … Fanned just once every 15.9 at-bats with just eight Ks in 138 plate appearances with 11 base on balls … Reached base at a .355 clip while slugging .394 … at San Diego (Feb. 18-21): Batted .500 (7-for-14) with a home run, double, four RBI and four runs scored in season-opening series … Had a pair of multi-hit games against the Toreros, while reaching base in all four games including three games multiple times … Reached base twice (1-for-3, BB) with a double in the season opener … Had first two-hit game of the year in game two going 2-for-4 with a run scored … Reached on a HBP while driving in a run on a sacrifice fly in game three … Reached base five times (4-for-5, BB) with a home run, three RBI and three runs scored in a 21-11 win in the series finale … Drove in the tying run with a fourth-inning single … Cut a 10-6 USD lead to two with a two-run home run in the top of the seventh … Added a single in the top of the eighth and scored on a Josiah Cromwick grand slam that put the Ducks on top for good … Walked, stole a base and scored later in Oregon’s 12-run eighth inning … vs. St. John’s (Feb. 25-28): Batted .556 (10-for-18) with nine RBI, five runs scored and three stolen bases in a four-game series sweep … Had multiple hits in all four games while driving in at least one run in each game and scoring runs in all four games … Reached four times (3-for-4, BB) with two RBI and a run scored in a 23-5 game-one win … Drove in runs with an single and a HBP in Oregon’s 13-run eighth inning … Went 2-for-5 with a RBI and two runs scored in a 16-3 game-two win … Gave Oregon an 8-0 lead with a second-inning RBI single … Drove in four runs in a series-clinching 16-3 win in game three while going 3-for-5 with a runs scored and stolen base … Put the Ducks on top in the bottom of the first with a two-run single before making it 3-0 in the third with another RBI base hit … Added a run-scoring single in the bottom of the seventh … Stole a career-high two bases in the series finale while going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored … Delivered a two-run single in the fifth to put the Ducks ahead 5-0 … vs. Portland (March 8): Reached base three times (1-for-2, BB, HBP) with a double and two RBI in an 18-2 win … Drove in a pair of runs with a first-inning double to give the Ducks a 3-0 lead … Reached on a third-inning HBP before scoring on Jack Scanlon’s three-run homer … at #2 Stanford (March 11-13): Reached base three times (2-for-5, BB) with a RBI and three runs scored in Oregon’s 16-13 game-two series-clinching win … Broke a 9-9 tie with an eighth-inning RBI single … vs. Utah (March 18-22): Batted .273 (3-for-11) with three runs scored and two walks in a series sweep of the Utes … Reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) with two runs scored in an 11-4 series-opening win … With Oregon trailing 3-0, sparked a two-run rally in the second inning with a leadoff single before coming around to score … Walked to lead off the fifth before scoring … Singled in a game-two win while walking and scoring a run in a game-three victory … at #19 Gonzaga (March 22): Reached base twice (1-for-4, BB) and drove in a run in a 9-5 win … Drew a bases-loaded walk in the top of the first to put the Ducks on top 1-0 … vs. USC (March 25-27): Batted .308 (4-for-13) with a home run, four RBI and three runs scored in a series win … Matched a season-high with four RBI in a 9-7 game-one win … Blasted a three-run home run in the bottom of the first to give Oregon an early lead … Drove in a fourth-inning run on a ground out … In the series finale, went 3-for-4 with a run scored in a series-clinching 7-6 win … Trailing 6-3 in the eighth, sparked a four-run rally with a leadoff single … Scored on a three-run Josiah Cromwick home run that tied the game … vs. San Francisco (March 29-30): Led Oregon batting .444 (4-for-9) with a home run, double, three RBI and four runs scored in a two-game series sweep … Reached base twice (1-for-4, BB) with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in a 15-5 game-one win … Hit a two-run home run to give Oregon a 12-4 third-inning lead … Went 3-for-5 with a double, RBI and two runs scored in a 4-3, 11-inning, win … Tied the game in the third inning with a RBI single … Scored the tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning to force extra innings after leading off the frame with a base hit … Scored the winning run in the 11th after doubling to lead off the inning … at UCLA (April 1-3): Led Oregon batting .333 (4-for-12) with a home run, double, RBI and three runs scored … Had a hit in all three games … Doubled in the series opener … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in game two … Homered in the series finale … vs. Ball State (April 8-10): Reached base four times (1-for-2, 3 BB) with a RBI and two runs scored in a 13-7 game-one win … Three walks matched a career high … Final walk drove in a run … Doubled and scored a run in a 10-4 game-three win … Reached twice (1-for-4, BB) with a RBI and run scored in series-clinching 7-6 win … Tied the game in the fifth with a RBI ground out … Singled and scored in the seventh to give Oregon a two-run lead … at Washington (April 14-16): Reached base multiple times in games one and two of a series sweep … Walked twice and scored a run in a 7-5 game-one win … Went 2-for-5 in an 8-6 game-two win … Went 1-for-5 with a run scored in a 6-5, 11-inning, win in the series finale … vs. Washington State (April 22-24): Batted .357 (5-for-14) with a RBI and two runs scored in the series … Had a hit in all three games, including a pair of two-hit games … Went 2-for-4 with a RBI in an 8-7, 10-inning, win in the series opener … Helped Oregon rally from a 7-2 ninth-inning deficit with a five-run inning forcing extra innings in the win … Singled and drove in a run to cut the lead to 7-5 (eventual tying run pinch ran for Kasevich in the inning) … Went 2-for-4 and scored two runs in game two … Added a hit in the series finale … vs. #2 Oregon State (April 26): Went 1-for-4 with a run scored … vs. California (April 29-May 1): Batted .364 (4-for-11) with a home run, double, two RBI, three runs scored and three walks … Finished series with a .500 OBP … Had hits and walked in all three games … Doubled and walked while driving in a run and scoring twice in a 7-2 series-opening win … Doubled and drove in a run to cut a Cal lead to 2-1 lead in the sixth inning … Later scored on a two-run double in the inning for an Oregon 3-2 lead … Walked in the eighth and came around to score on a three-run triple … Singled and walked in a series-clinching 8-3 win in game two … Reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) with a home run in the series finale … Hit a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth to push lead to 4-1 … at #2 Oregon State (May 6-8): Led Oregon batting .364 (4-for-11) with a RBI, run scored, walk and stolen base in the series … Reached base twice in the opener (1-for-3, BB) … Had a three-hit game in game two while swiping a bag … Scored a run in the second inning and drove in a run in the fifth … vs. UC San Diego (May 10-11): Homered and drove in a pair of runs in the series finale … Hit a solo shot in the bottom of the second to tie the game … Added an RBI ground out in the fourth in a 15-6 win … at Arizona State (May 13-15): One of two Ducks to bat .467 (7-of-15) in the series … Homered, doubled twice, drove in four and scored twice while reaching on an HBP as well … Had multiple hits in all three games, while driving in multiple runs twice in the series … Reached base three times (2-for-5, BB) with three RBI and a run scored in an 11-3 win in the series opener … Gave Oregon a 2-0 lead with a first-inning RBI single … Pushed the lead to 6-1 with a two-RBI base hit in the second … Went 2-for-4 in game two … Wrapped up the series going 3-for-6 with a double and two RBI in a 15-5 series-clinching win … Singled and drove in a run in the third for a 4-1 lead … Doubled and drove in a run in the fourth to make it 9-1 … at NCAA Louisville Regional (June 3-5): Batted .455 (5-for-11) with two doubles, a triple, four RBI and a team-best six runs scored … Hit by three pitches, finishing with a .571 OBP and .818 slugging percentage in the regional … Had hits and scored runs in all three games … Had a pair of multiple-hit games, two multiple-runs scored games and a three-RBI game … vs. Michigan (June 3): Reached base four times (2-for-2, 2 HBP) with a double and three runs scored … Reached in the third inning on a HBP and came around to score … Singled and scored in the sixth … Doubled and scored to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh … vs. Southeast Missouri State (June 4): Doubled, tripled and reached on a HBP while going 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored … Also swiped a bag … Doubled, drove in a run and came around to score in the fourth … Tripled, drove in a pair of runs and scored in the eighth … at #7 Louisville (June 5): Went 1-for-4 with a RBI and run scored … Singled, drove in a run and scored in Oregon’s three-run eighth inning.
2021 SEASON
Earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference recognition … Batted .324 (70-for-216) with four home runs, 50 RBI, 32 runs scored, 10 doubles, two triples and seven stolen bases … Reached base at a .397 clip, while slugging .444 … Finished second on the team in batting average, RBI and multiple-RBI games (16), while ranking third in multi-hit games (22), hits and stolen bases … Ranked fourth all-time in single-season RBI at Oregon, as well as tied for second in multi-RBI games and tied for seventh in multi-hit games … Strung together a 15-game hitting streak from May 2 to June 4, tied for the second longest streak in Oregon baseball modern era … Had hits in 17 or Oregon’s last 18 games … Reached base multiple times in 29 games, while getting aboard three-or-more times on 13 occasions, four-plus times three times and five times twice … Set Oregon freshman records for hits (tied), RBI and slugging percentage … Ranked 10th in the Pac-12 in RBI … Fourth toughest hitter to strike out in the Pac-12 with one K every 9.0 at-bats (24 Ks in 216 at-bats) … Started the season with a 15-game errorless streak, while also putting together 11-game and eight-game errorless streaks … Batted .305 with a home run, 26 RBI, 16 runs scored, six doubles and a triple in conference games … Led the Ducks in RBI in league games, while ranking in a tie for seventh in the Pac-12 … Had a .390 OBP and a .398 slugging percentage in league games, while being successful on four of five stolen base attempts … Over Oregon’s last 40 games, batted .359 with two home runs, 40 RBI, eight doubles and a triple … Reached base at a .434 clip and slugged .462 … From April 1 to the end of the season, hit .361 with two home runs and 37 RBI, while posting a .435 OBP and .465 slugging percentage … Even better over the final two months of the regular season, batting .378 with two home runs, 35 RBI and 22 runs scored … Had a .453 OBP and a .488 slugging percentage … Led the team in batting in May, finishing the month batting .433 with a home run, 20 RBI and 10 runs scored while reaching base at a .500 clip and slugging .567 … Fourth on the team in April batting .328, while also finishing the month with a home run, 15 RBI and 12 runs scored as Oregon had a 15-3 record during the month … vs. Seattle (Feb. 25-28): Made debut at shortstop in the season opener after playing third base as a true freshman … Batted .313 (5-for-16) with two home runs, four RBI, two runs scored and a double in the four games … Had a .353 OBP and a team-high .750 slugging percentage … Had two 2-RBI games … Had hits in all four games, including a 2-hit game in game two … Doubled in first at-bat of the season in a 4-3 come-from-behind win in the opener … Went 2-for-4 with first career home run, a 2-run shot in Oregon’s 6-run third inning, and two RBI in a 6-0 win … Reached base twice (1-for-3, 1 BB) in game three of the series … Hit second 2-run homer of the series in game four … at #15 UC Santa Barbara (March 5-7): Batted .278 (5-for-18) with three RBI, 2 runs scored and a double in a four-game sweep … Reached base in three of the four games, including getting on three times in the last two games of the series … Went 2-for-5 with a RBI, run scored and base on balls in a 17-2 win in game two of a doubleheader and game three of the series … 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in the series finale … Doubled and drove in a run in the top of the first to put Oregon on top 2-0 … Drove in a run and scored a run in Oregon’s five-run 10th inning in a 9-4 win … at #17 Oregon State (March 12-14): Drove in three of Oregon’s 11 runs in the non-league series win … Gave Oregon a 1-0 lead with a second-inning RBI single in a 7-0 game-one win … In game two, broke a scoreless tie with a 2-run triple in the top of the sixth in a 3-0 Oregon win … vs. Portland (March 23): Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in a 10-1 win … Singled to lead off the third inning and came around to score, before singling in the sixth … at #21 Arizona (March 26-28): Batted .333 (4-for-12) with a double, three RBI and two runs scored while reaching base in all three games … Walked twice in game one … Had a RBI double in game two … Set a then-career high with three hits and scored multiple runs (2) for the first time during career in an 18-13 win in series finale … vs. New Mexico State (April 1-3): Batted .357 (5-for-14) with a RBI and two runs scored in the series sweep … Reached base in all four games, including a pair of 2-hit games … Walked and scored a run in a 5-0 game-one win … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in an 8-2 win in game two … Had three hits (3-for-7) in a Sunday doubleheader with a RBI … Went 1-for-3 in the first game of the doubleheader, a 2-1 win in game three of the series … 2-for-4 with a RBI in a 6-1 win in the nightcap and series finale … vs. Portland (April 6): Reached base three times (2-for-3, 1 BB) with a RBI and stolen base in a 6-4 loss … Gave Oregon a 2-1 lead in the second with a RBI single … vs. #21 Oregon State (April 9-11): Reached base in the first two games in Oregon’s first series sweep of Beavers since 2011 … Drew a bases loaded walk in Oregon’s 3-run eighth inning in a 4-1 game-one win … Went 1-for-4 with a double and run scored in a 5-1 game-two win … Doubled to lead off the fourth and came around to score to put the Ducks up 2-1 … at Portland (April 14): Set career highs in hits (5), run scored (4) and RBI (6) in an 18-1 win … Went 5-for-6 with a home run and a double in the win … Doubled and drove in a run in the top of the second to put Oregon up 2-0, before coming around to score to make it a 3-run lead … Singled and drove in two runs in the third and then scored to give Oregon an 8-0 lead … Hit a 3-run home run in the top of the fifth for a 16-0 lead … at USC (April 16-18): Reached base seven times batting .385 (5-for-13) with two walks and two 2-hit games in a 2-1 series win … Reached three times (2-for-4) with a walk and a RBI in game one … Gave Oregon a 2-0 lead with a first-inning, two-out RBI single … In a 13-4 game-two win, went 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored … Helped clinch the series in the finale going 2-for-5 with a run scored in a 7-5 win … Helped put the Ducks in front for good scoring on a Gabe Matthews’ 2-RBI single giving Oregon a 5-4 lead … vs. San Jose State (April 27-28): Batted .250 (.500 OBP) in the two-game series sweep, walking three times, driving in two runs and scoring once … Had two RBI on sacrifice flies in an 11-7 game-one win … Reached base three times (1-for-4, 2 BB) and scored a run in a 13-1 series-finale win … at Washington State (April 30-May 1): Batted .333 (4-for-12) with a team-high five RBI and two runs scored in the series … Reached base three times in both the opener and the finale … Went 2-for-5 with a walk, three RBI and a run scored in a 13-0 game-one win … Opened the scoring with a 2-RBI double in the third inning before coming around to score … Picked up a fourth-inning RBI base hit and a 6-0 lead … Had two hits and two RBI in the series finale, going 2-for-4 with a walk, stolen base and run scored … vs. Washington (May 7-9): Led Oregon to a series sweep batting .333 (4-for-12) with a team-high five RBI, a double, a triple and a run scored … Ripped a bases loaded, 3-run double in the top of the fifth in game one … Went 1-for-4 in the 8-0 win … Reached base twice (1-for-3, 1 BB) with a RBI and run scored in game two … Tripled, drove in a run and scored in Oregon’s 2-run eighth inning … at Utah (May 14-16): Batted .462 (6-for-13) with two RBI, four runs scored, a double and three walks in a series sweep of the Utes … Reached base four times (1-for-2, season-high 3 BB) with a run scored in 7-3 win in the series opener … Went 2-for-6 with two RBI and a run scored in a 16-3 game-two win … Had a third inning 2-RBI single to give Oregon a 4-0 lead … Had three hits and scored two runs in the 9-2 series-finale win … Scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning to put Oregon up for good … Also scored a ninth-inning run … vs. #25 Gonzaga (May 18): Went 3-for-4 with two RBI, a run scored and a stolen base in a win over the eventual West Coast Conference champions … Drove in the tying run in the bottom of the third with a rocket off the pitcher’s leg … Stole home as part of a double steal in the fifth for a 5-3 Oregon lead … Pushed the Oregon lead to 9-3 with a sixth-inning RBI single … vs. #17 Stanford (May 21-23): Led Oregon batting .455 (5-for-11) with a home run, four RBI, a run scored and a HBP … Reached base at a .462 clip, while slugging a team-best .727 … Reached base in all three games, while putting together multi-hit and multi-RBI games in each of the last two games of the series … Gave Oregon a 1-0 lead in the top of the first in game two with a RBI single ... Added a go-ahead, third-inning sac fly for a 4-3 lead … Put Oregon on top of the second straight day in the first inning, this time with a RBI groundout … Added a solo homer in the third for a 4-0 Oregon lead … at California (May 27-29): Batted .462 (5-for-13) with a double, a team-high five RBI and two runs scored in the series win … Also reached on a base on balls and HBP, to finish with a .533 OBP and a .538 slugging percentage … Had a hit in all three games, including a pair of multi-hit games … Had multiple RBI in the first two games … Reached base five times (3-for-4, 1 BB, 1 HBP) while driving in three runs and scoring once in a 11-5 Oregon win … Drove in first run with a bases loaded walk in the sixth inning … Doubled to lead off the seventh and came around to score on an Anthony Hall homer … Added RBI singles in the top of the eighth and ninth innings … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI in game two of the series … Gave Oregon a 2-0 lead in the top of the first with a 2-RBI single … Went 1-for-5 and scored a run in a 6-5 win in the series-clinching finale … Singled to lead off the top of the fourth and scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at three … NCAA Eugene Regional (June 4-7): Had hits in three of the four games, including a 2-hit effort in the opener … Drove in runs in two of the games … vs. Central Connecticut State (June 4): Went 2-for-5 and scored a run in a 13-10 win … Singled and scored on an Anthony Hall homer in the bottom of the fifth … vs. Gonzaga (June 5): Drove in a first-inning run to give the Ducks a 2-0 lead in a 7-3 win … vs. LSU (June 6-7): Went 2-for-8 with a RBI, walk and stolen base in the two championship games … Was 1-for-3 with a double, walk and stolen base in the first game … Drove in a run in the top of the ninth in the final game, cutting LSU’s lead to 9-8 with one out.
2020 SEASON
Played in 14 games, starting nine at third base in a season shortened by COVID-19 … Batted .135 (5-for-37) with two RBI, two runs scored and a double … Perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on 31 attempts (22 assists, 9 putouts) … Finished with two multi-hit and one multi-RBI games … at Angels College Classic (Feb. 14-16): Played in all three games making one start … vs. Minnesota (Feb. 14): One of two true freshman to start the season opener … vs. Nevada (Feb. 21-23): Batted .273 (3-for-11) while starting all three games … In game one of the series, had first career hit and first multi-hit game going 2-for-4 … Added a hit in game two of the series … at Hawaii (March 5-8): Had second multi-hit game in a 13-2 win in the series finale … Went 2-for-5 with first two career RBI … Ripped a two-out, two-RBI double down the left-field line for first career extra-bit hit extending Oregon’s lead to 4-0 in the top of the third inning ... Also scored second career run in the win.
SUMMER BALL
Played for the Waterloo Bucks in the Northwoods League in 2021.
HIGH SCHOOL
A two-year letterwinner at Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, Calif. … Ranked 33rd in the nation among third basemen and fourth in California by Perfect Game ... Named first-team All-Santa Clara Valley Athletic League as a senior ... Named to The Chronicle’s All-Metro first team as a utility player… Selected to the All-Bay Area News Group’s second team as a utility player ... Hit .407 his senior year with two home runs, 10 doubles, 20 RBI and 11 stolen bases … Went 5-1 on the mound with a 0.52 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 40 innings … Named first-team All-Santa Clara Valley Athletic League in his junior season … Hit .398 with seven doubles and 18 RBI while scoring 18 runs in 2018 ... Went a perfect 10-for-10 in stolen base attempts and had a .471 on-base percentage ... Pitched in 10 games and had a 3-2 record with a 2.10 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 13.1 innings … Drove in 14 runs as a sophomore in 2017 while committing just two errors in 200 chances ... High school coach was Pete Fukuhara.
MAJOR
Economics
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