2024 Cal Poly Baseball Roster
Yorke, Joe
Jersey Number 55
Joe Yorke
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 270
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Campbell, CA
- High School:
- Archbishop Mitty HS (Boise State)
Bio
2023-- Had a batting average of .282... played in 50 games, starting in all of them... had 61 hits, 46 RBIs and 21 runs scored... on base percentage of .316... committed only three errors throughout the season... season high four hits against UC Riverside... season highs two home runs and 6 RBIs against Fresno State on March 28th...
2022 -- Cal Poly's second-leading hitter as a sophomore with a .353 average ... 79 hits included 13 doubles, four home runs and 51 RBIs (also second on the team) en route to first-team All-Big West Conference honors ... started all 58 games at first base ... committed just two errors in 475 fielding chances ... earned two team awards — Monty Waltz Big Stick and Dick Morrow Coaches ... starting with the final game of Cal Poly's series at UC Irvine in mid-April, Yorke launched a 20-game hitting streak, the team's longest of the year, to send his average northward 105 points to .357 ... went 45-for-92 (.489) with eight doubles, three home runs and 24 RBIs during the streak ... Yorke's run included a pair of five-hit games in a four-game span, becoming the first Mustang in 28 Division I seasons to produce two five-hit games in a career, and a four-hit contest ... went 11-for-19 (.579), including pair of five-hit games and a five-RBI contest, at the plate with four doubles, one home run, two walks and 11 RBIs against Pepperdine and in the Cal State Fullerton series to earn Big West Field Player of the Week honors May 16 ... finished the year with 20 multiple-hit games and 12 multi-RBI contests, both third on the team ... led the team with a streak of 32 games reaching base safely ... home runs were against UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis and Cal State Fullerton ... drove in five of Cal Poly's six runs in 6-2 win over Cal State Fullerton with a two-run home run, RBI single, run-scoring double and bases-loaded walk ... four-hit game at Pepperdine ... a .383 hitter in night games ... played summer ball for Eau Claire Express in Northwoods League, hitting .296 with 47 hits in 44 games, including seven doubles ... drove in 41 runs ... hit a grand slam against Rochester and hit safely in 10 of 11 games before going 0-for-3 in season finale ... 16-for-41 (.390) during late-season run with two doubles, a pair of home runs and 15 RBIs.
2021 -- Played in 55 game with 54 starts, all at first base, as a redshirt freshman in first season at Cal Poly after transferring from Boise State ... a .227 hitter with 39 hits, including eight doubles and one home run, a two-run shot in the series opener at CSUN ... drove in 31 runs ... was among the Big West leaders in walks, drawing 21 walks in the first six weeks and finishing with 37, No. 2 in the Big West ... compiled .369 on-base percentage ... seven multiple-hit games, including a 3-for-5 performance with two RBIs versus Cal State Fullerton, and nine multiple-RBI contests, driving in four with a groundout, two-run single and RBI single against Hawai'i ... enters 2022 season with 15-game reached-base streak ... 4-for-9 in USC series and 5-for-15 versus both UC San Diego and Cal State Fullerton ... went 13-for-30 (.433) over final 10 games of season to lift average 44 points ... did not play summer ball.
Boise State -- Yorke played in 12 of Boise State's 14 games in 2020 before pandemic ended season ... all 14 appearances were starts at first base ... hit .275 with 11 hits, all singles, and eight RBIs ... struck out just four times in 54 plate appearances, was hit by pitches four times and drew 10 walks ... recorded Boise State's first hit in 40 years, a second-inning single at No. 22 Texas ... Broncos resurrected baseball program in 2020 after a 40-year hiatus ... played summer baseball in Salt Lake City ... chose to transfer to Cal Poly after Boise State dropped baseball again because "Cal Poly is an awesome school as well as the area and the baseball program."
High School -- A 2019 graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., Yorke earned one letter in football and four in baseball ... earned first-team All West Catholic Athletic League honors in both his junior and senior baseball seasons with the Monarchs ... batted .375 as a junior with an on-base percentage of .506 and an OPS of 1.115, then posted a .377 batting average as a senior ... was a student of the month at Mitty during senior year and a member of the school's Honor Roll ... member of Campus Ministry.
Personal -- Son of David Specht and Robyn Yorke ... two brothers, Nick and Zach ... Nick, an Arizona commit, was a first-round selection of the Boston Red Sox in June 2020 and is playing in the minors while Zach is playing at Grand Canyon ... father, David Specht, was a swimmer at Air Force Academy while mother, Robyn, was an All-American softball player at Fresno State ... wants to be a sports broadcaster ... hobbies include golfing and playing the guitar, which he has played since age 6 ... born in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... majoring in sociology.
2022 -- Cal Poly's second-leading hitter as a sophomore with a .353 average ... 79 hits included 13 doubles, four home runs and 51 RBIs (also second on the team) en route to first-team All-Big West Conference honors ... started all 58 games at first base ... committed just two errors in 475 fielding chances ... earned two team awards — Monty Waltz Big Stick and Dick Morrow Coaches ... starting with the final game of Cal Poly's series at UC Irvine in mid-April, Yorke launched a 20-game hitting streak, the team's longest of the year, to send his average northward 105 points to .357 ... went 45-for-92 (.489) with eight doubles, three home runs and 24 RBIs during the streak ... Yorke's run included a pair of five-hit games in a four-game span, becoming the first Mustang in 28 Division I seasons to produce two five-hit games in a career, and a four-hit contest ... went 11-for-19 (.579), including pair of five-hit games and a five-RBI contest, at the plate with four doubles, one home run, two walks and 11 RBIs against Pepperdine and in the Cal State Fullerton series to earn Big West Field Player of the Week honors May 16 ... finished the year with 20 multiple-hit games and 12 multi-RBI contests, both third on the team ... led the team with a streak of 32 games reaching base safely ... home runs were against UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis and Cal State Fullerton ... drove in five of Cal Poly's six runs in 6-2 win over Cal State Fullerton with a two-run home run, RBI single, run-scoring double and bases-loaded walk ... four-hit game at Pepperdine ... a .383 hitter in night games ... played summer ball for Eau Claire Express in Northwoods League, hitting .296 with 47 hits in 44 games, including seven doubles ... drove in 41 runs ... hit a grand slam against Rochester and hit safely in 10 of 11 games before going 0-for-3 in season finale ... 16-for-41 (.390) during late-season run with two doubles, a pair of home runs and 15 RBIs.
2021 -- Played in 55 game with 54 starts, all at first base, as a redshirt freshman in first season at Cal Poly after transferring from Boise State ... a .227 hitter with 39 hits, including eight doubles and one home run, a two-run shot in the series opener at CSUN ... drove in 31 runs ... was among the Big West leaders in walks, drawing 21 walks in the first six weeks and finishing with 37, No. 2 in the Big West ... compiled .369 on-base percentage ... seven multiple-hit games, including a 3-for-5 performance with two RBIs versus Cal State Fullerton, and nine multiple-RBI contests, driving in four with a groundout, two-run single and RBI single against Hawai'i ... enters 2022 season with 15-game reached-base streak ... 4-for-9 in USC series and 5-for-15 versus both UC San Diego and Cal State Fullerton ... went 13-for-30 (.433) over final 10 games of season to lift average 44 points ... did not play summer ball.
Boise State -- Yorke played in 12 of Boise State's 14 games in 2020 before pandemic ended season ... all 14 appearances were starts at first base ... hit .275 with 11 hits, all singles, and eight RBIs ... struck out just four times in 54 plate appearances, was hit by pitches four times and drew 10 walks ... recorded Boise State's first hit in 40 years, a second-inning single at No. 22 Texas ... Broncos resurrected baseball program in 2020 after a 40-year hiatus ... played summer baseball in Salt Lake City ... chose to transfer to Cal Poly after Boise State dropped baseball again because "Cal Poly is an awesome school as well as the area and the baseball program."
High School -- A 2019 graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., Yorke earned one letter in football and four in baseball ... earned first-team All West Catholic Athletic League honors in both his junior and senior baseball seasons with the Monarchs ... batted .375 as a junior with an on-base percentage of .506 and an OPS of 1.115, then posted a .377 batting average as a senior ... was a student of the month at Mitty during senior year and a member of the school's Honor Roll ... member of Campus Ministry.
Personal -- Son of David Specht and Robyn Yorke ... two brothers, Nick and Zach ... Nick, an Arizona commit, was a first-round selection of the Boston Red Sox in June 2020 and is playing in the minors while Zach is playing at Grand Canyon ... father, David Specht, was a swimmer at Air Force Academy while mother, Robyn, was an All-American softball player at Fresno State ... wants to be a sports broadcaster ... hobbies include golfing and playing the guitar, which he has played since age 6 ... born in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... majoring in sociology.
Cal Poly vs. UCR, Baseball Highlights -- May 17th, 2025
Sunday, May 18
Cal Poly vs. UCR, Baseball Highlights -- May 16th, 2025
Saturday, May 17
Cal Poly vs. UCR, Baseball Highlights -- May 15th, 2025
Friday, May 16
Cal Poly vs. Pepperdine, Baseball Highlights -- May 6th, 2025
Wednesday, May 07
