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Jersey Number 31
Finley Bates
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Ht/Wt:
- 5-10 / 180
- Hometown:
- Castle Rock, Colo.
- High School:
- Douglas County HS
- Previous Schools:
- San Diego State
CAREER HIGHS
- Runs Scored: 3 (4x) // last vs. Washington St., 5/16/25 (with San Diego State)
- Hits: 4 (3x) // last at Air Force, 4/6/25 (with San Diego State)
- Doubles: 2 (3x) // last at Nevada, 5/9/25 (with San Diego State)
- Triples: 1 // vs. Washington St., 5/16/25 (with San Diego State)
- Home Runs: 1 (4x) // last vs. Pepperdine, 2/23/25 (with San Diego State)
- Total Bases: 5 (6x) // last vs. Washington St., 5/16/25 (with San Diego State)
- RBI: 2 (7x) // last vs. Washington St., 5/17/25 (with San Diego State)
- Walks: 3 (2x) // last vs. New Mexico, 5/2/25 (with San Diego State)
- Stolen Bases: 1 (8x) // last at UNLV, 5/21/25 (with San Diego State)
- At-Bats: 6 (2x) // last at UC San Diego, 2/18/25 (with San Diego State)
- Sac Bunts: 1 (3x) // last vs. Northeastern, 3/9/25 (with San Diego State)
- Sac Flies: 1 (4x) // last vs. CSUN, 5/6/25 (with San Diego State)
- Putouts: 5 // vs. Grand Canyon, 2/15/25 (with San Diego State)
- Assists: 6 (2x) // last at Nevada, 5/17/24 (with San Diego State)
CAREER HONORS
- 2025 Mountain West Preseason All-Conference Team (INF)
- 2024 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
- 2024 Mountain West All-Academic Selection
2025 - San Diego State
- Started in 56 games out of 57 games played
- Posted a .300 batting average for the year and hit .321 in conference play
- Led the Mountain West in walks (40)
2024 - San Diego State
- Started 52 of 53 games (28 at shortstop and 24 at second base)
- Tied for the team lead with 14 doubles
- Led the team in batting average (.375), hits (48), total bases (67) and on-base percentage (.438) in conference games
- Ranked second in runs scored (23), slugging percentage (.523) and walks (13) during conference play
- Collected four hits against Fresno State (3/1) and Nevada (5/18)
High School
- Rated as the No. 2 shortstop in Colorado and the No. 5 player overall in the state by Perfect Game
- Ranked No. 56 nationally among shortstops and No. 265 among Perfect Game’s Top 500 Recruits
- Named on First-Team All-State in 2023
- Garnered first-team preseason all-West Region honors prior to the 2023 season
- Earned first-team all-Continental League honors during his sophomore and senior campaigns
- As a senior, led the team in batting average (.433), OPS (1.344), hits (26), RBIs (24), runs (21) and triples (3)
- Hit .430 in 48 games over his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons with eight home runs, 16 doubles and 41 RBIs
- Played four years of varsity baseball at Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, Colorado and for the Colorado Rockies scout team from 2019-2022
Personal
- Born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
- Majoring in Management
- Son of Jason and Lisa Bates
- Has one brother, Mailey Bates
- Father, Jason, played at the University of Arizona before being selected in the seventh round of the 1992 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies, who he spent four seasons with in the Big Leagues from 1995-98
- Enjoys playing video games, golfing, fishing and watching movies in his free time
- Favorite baseball player is Nolan Arenado
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