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#22 Adam Ricks

 

Hometown:

San Ramon, Calif.

 

High School:

San Ramon Valley

 

Last College:

Sacramento City Junior College

 

Height / Weight:

5-10 / 199

 

Position:

3B

 

Birthdate:

09/24/1982

 

Experience:

1 Letter

 

Major:

Business Management

 

At Miami

Adam Ricks continues a long line of great junior college players from Sacramento City Junior College who have produced in the green and orange of Miami ... a smart and hard-nosed player, Ricks played in all 63 of Miami's 2003 games, making 62 starts ... made 54 starts at second base seven at designated hitter and one at third base ... finished tied for the second highest batting average on the team at .328 ... third-best RBI total with 55, while collecting 13 doubles and four home runs ... Ricks also proved his unselfish attitude on the field by leading the team in both sacrifice flies (6) and sacrifice bunts (11) ... his 17 total sacrifices are tied for the seventh best season in school history.

 

Junior (2003)

Ricks has started 62 of UM's 63 games, seeing action in all 63 ... started the first seven games of the season at designated hitter before taking over the everyday duties at second base ... made 54 starts at second base and one start at third base ... sported a batting average of .328 with an inside-the-park home run and three conventional home runs ... third on the team with 55 RBIs ... tied for fourth on the team with 13 doubles ... hit in 46 of 63 games ... second on the team lead with 24 multiple-hit games ... led the way at the plate in the season opener against FIU with a career-high five RBIs ... he also collected two hits including an inside the park home run ... collected two hits in the first two games of the Campbell series on Feb. 6 and 7 ... went 3-for-5 at Florida on Feb. 14 with a double and one RBI ... went 2-for-4 in the series opener with San Diego State on Feb. 21 with an RBI and a walk ... picked up two hits in the series finale versus The Citadel on March 2, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored ... singled twice against Tennessee on March 9 ... fell into a 2-for-18 slump starting against South Florida on March 11 and continuing through the St. Peter's game on March 18 ... broke out of the slump against Boston College, going 4-for-6 in the series, while driving in three runs and scoring four runs during the two game set ... went 2-for-4 against Harvard with an RBI and the first triple of his career ... went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored against Georgia Tech on March 30 ... recorded his first four-hit game as a Hurricane against Florida Atlantic on April 2 ... went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored against Oral Roberts on April 6 ... went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and a RBI at Virginia on April 11 ... hit his second home run of the season with a blast to right field in the first inning at FIU ... went 1-for-3 at FSU on April 25 with a walk ... collected two hits on April 26 against the Seminoles with an RBI and three runs scored ... went 1-for-2 in the series finale with FSU ... went 3-for-6 with two RBIs on May 3 versus Pace ... followed with a three RBI double on May 4 against the Setters ... hit his fourth home run and drove in four runs at Jacksonville on May 9 ... with 2-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored against Savannah State on May 16 ... collected two more hits on May 18th against the Tigers ... doubled at Long Beach State on May 22. 2003 NCAA Coral Gables Regional: Went 5-for-16 in the Coral Gables Regional and scored three runs ... went 2-for-4, drove in a run and scored a run against Bethune-Cookman in the opening game of the Regional ... was 2-for-4 against Florida in a loss in the first game of the Championship Round of the Regional on June 1st. 2003 NCAA Coral Gables Super Regional: Hit 4-for-11 in the Super Regional series with North Carolina State ... scored twice in the 10-9 win over NC State in the opener, going 2-for-5 at the plate ... knocked in two runs in a 2-for-6 outing in the clinching victory over the Wolfpack. 2003 College World Series: Ricks collected two hits in his first trip the 2003 College World Series ... opened with a 1-for-4 performance against Texas on June 14 ... had an RBI single and scored a run in UM's 7-5 win over SMS ... went 0-for-4 in UM's second game with Texas, a 5-1 loss that ended the Hurricanes 2003 season.

 

Sacramento City Junior College

Played multiple positions including second base, third base, shortstop, and catcher ... Coached by Andy McKay at Sac City. Sophomore (2002): All-conference selection while playing multiple positions as a sophomore ... team won conference championships in 2002 and went on to a runner-up finish at the California State Championships. Freshman (2001): All-conference selection while playing second base and shortstop as a freshman ... team won conference championships in 2001 and went on to a third-place finish at the California State Championships.

He's starting to show up behnd the plate now.

Adam is still alive and still walking more than he hits. 29 BB and 28 hits.

Still a nice walk total, still a mediocre average.

He hit .304 in July with a .418 on-base, there's hope for him yet.

I'm looking for him to repeat Kanny next year, with some of his bat starting to show.

I'm looking for him to repeat Kanny next year, with some of his bat starting to show.

Maybe, but he's had a decent on-base. He doesn't go from U Miami to not being able to hit low A ball in just a year. Maybe he's struggling with wood bats, but he did play well in Great Falls last year. He's a bit of an anomoly IMO.

Adam Ricks is still alive. That is all.

 

 

OPS took a big nosedive. Still drawing walks with the best of them, but that won't get you to the majors if the bat doesn't improve some.

 

Probably Kanny again next year unless the Sox decide to push him.

Well, I was wrong. Adam is now in Winston-Salem as the backup catcher. Maybe he'll find some power....

Adam was (apparently, no record of it yet) sent down to Kanny, or at least he doesn't appear on anyone's roster right now.

 

Adam was hitting just under .140 for the Hogs.

Adam was (apparently, no record of it yet) sent down to Kanny, or at least he doesn't appear on anyone's roster right now.

 

Adam was hitting just under .140 for the Hogs.

Yep, he's on Kanny.

Adam having a really tough time in Kanny. Hitting .192 in 78 at bats, 14 BB vs. 15 K. IMO, he's played himself way behind Welker.

Adam up to .236 at Kanny. Has 12 errors but apparently is playing third base now as well as anywhere else.

 

18 BB. 29 K. Kind of disappointing for him.

Up to .248 at Kanny; 30 walks vs. 43 K.

Back in Winston-Salem and hitting the ball around some.

Adam is indeed still alive and I expect him to be in Winston-Salem next year.

And he lands there, part of a triumverate of catchers.

Hitting .233 in 9 games with WS. He's fading.

Adam is hitting up near 290 again. His star is still pretty dim.

Adam has only played in 3 games this year for WS.

Ricks hitting .175 in very sporadic action for Winston-Salem.

Hitting .263 for the Dash. Playing sporadically.

Adam has hits in 7 of his last 10 games. 1.042 OPS against lefties in 24 at bats.

Ricks is simply nothing more than organizational catching depth anymore. Just 2-20 batting so far.

Ricks is now on the 7 day DL. 2 for 27 on the year, and seemingly a guy that may be out of baseball sooner rather than later.