2025 Cal Poly Baseball Roster
Garza, Alejandro
Jersey Number 5
Alejandro Garza
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bakersfield, CA
- High School:
- Highland HS
Bio
2024 — Played in 56 games, including 52 starts, as a true freshman en route to Big West Freshman Field Player of the Year and first-team All-Big West awards … 49 starts at third base and three at second base … a .346 hitter with 71 hits, including 11 doubles, and drove in 28 runs … struck out just 10 times in 235 plate appearances, best in the Big West and No. 2 in NCAA Division I … produced 10-game hitting streak early in season after going 4-for-18 (.222) in first nine games of Mustang career … In last 43 games of season went 65-for-179 (.363), adding 126 points to his early average … 20 multiple-hit games, including five three-hit games and a pair of four-hit games … earned team’s Scott Kidd Rookie of the Year award … four multiple-RBI contests … hit .382 against right-handers, reached base safely 20 times in 45 opportunities as a leadoff hitter (.444), was 4-for-6 with the bases loaded, hit .355 in Big West games and led the team with a .402 batting average in day games and a .388 mark on the road … played summer ball for Portland Pickles in West Coast League … hit .297 in nine games … his 11 hits included a double and he knocked in seven runs … singled twice with three RBIs against Bend on July 12 and singled twice and doubled once for two RBIs versus Springfield on July 9.
High School — Under head coach and father Mike Garza, the 2019 BVarsity All-Area Baseball Coach of the Year, at Highland High School in Bakersfield, Garza hit .457 in 74 career varsity games with a .507 on-base percentage, 118 hits and 62 RBIs … as a senior hit .383 with 10 doubles, four triples and 15 RBIs in 29 games en route to first-team Southeast Yosemite League honors and a spot on the All-CIF-Central Section Fantastic 50 All-Star Team … hit a robust .510 in 2022 with 53 hits in 29 games, including 10 doubles, seven triples, five home runs and 30 RBIs with 17 steals … on the mound was 3-2 with a 1.96 ERA and two saves, striking out 41 batters over 46 1/3 innings in 15 appearances … Scots were 19-9-1 overall in 2023, winning the Southeast Yosemite League championship and qualifying for the CIF-Central Section Division 3 playoffs … Garza was named Southeast Yosemite League player of the year and landed on the BVarsity All-Area first team .. also was team MVP … as a sophomore in 2021, hit .483 with 29 hits (eight doubles, three triples) and 17 RBIs in 16 games with six stolen bases … chose to further his athletic and academic careers at Cal Poly because of its “great baseball program, great coaches and great campus.” … played for Portland Pickles in West Coast League in summer of 2024, hitting .323 with three doubles, five RBIs and three steals.
Personal — Son of Michael and Clara Garza … majoring in business administration.
High School — Under head coach and father Mike Garza, the 2019 BVarsity All-Area Baseball Coach of the Year, at Highland High School in Bakersfield, Garza hit .457 in 74 career varsity games with a .507 on-base percentage, 118 hits and 62 RBIs … as a senior hit .383 with 10 doubles, four triples and 15 RBIs in 29 games en route to first-team Southeast Yosemite League honors and a spot on the All-CIF-Central Section Fantastic 50 All-Star Team … hit a robust .510 in 2022 with 53 hits in 29 games, including 10 doubles, seven triples, five home runs and 30 RBIs with 17 steals … on the mound was 3-2 with a 1.96 ERA and two saves, striking out 41 batters over 46 1/3 innings in 15 appearances … Scots were 19-9-1 overall in 2023, winning the Southeast Yosemite League championship and qualifying for the CIF-Central Section Division 3 playoffs … Garza was named Southeast Yosemite League player of the year and landed on the BVarsity All-Area first team .. also was team MVP … as a sophomore in 2021, hit .483 with 29 hits (eight doubles, three triples) and 17 RBIs in 16 games with six stolen bases … chose to further his athletic and academic careers at Cal Poly because of its “great baseball program, great coaches and great campus.” … played for Portland Pickles in West Coast League in summer of 2024, hitting .323 with three doubles, five RBIs and three steals.
Personal — Son of Michael and Clara Garza … majoring in business administration.
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