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PAT OSBORN
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STORYLINE: Osborn, a former USA Baseball player and top prospect out high school, has played in 94 career games at Florida with 77 starts. A career .270 hitter with 13 doubles and five home runs, Osborn started 56 games last season at third base as a sophomore.
2001: Played in 59 games and started 58 games on season (56 at 3B, 1 at 2B, 1 at DH)...18 multi-hit games on season...Ranked fifth among SEC third basemen in fielding percentage at .924 (57 putouts, 126 assists, 15 errors)...Had back-to-back home run games vs. Georgia...Hit game-tying home run and drove in two runs vs. Georgia, 4/15...Finished Georgia series hitting .417 (5-12) with two home runs, 4 RBI...Concluded eight game hit streak vs. Vanderbilt 3/31...Hit home run, went 2-5 with two runs, two RBI vs. Florida Atlantic, 3/28...Drove in two runs on key fifth inning single vs. Arkansas, 3/23...Went 5-7 with four RBI and run in two-game series vs. Maine...Tied career highs with hits and runs scored with three each vs. Maine 3/20/01...Had career-high 10-game hit streak from 2/3-2/24...Went 2-4 with two runs, two RBI vs. Jacksonville, 2/28...Hit home run, went 2-5 with two RBI vs. Winthrop, 2/20...Went career-high 3-3 with two runs, two RBI and career-high two bases on balls vs. Charleston Southern, 2/13...Hit first career home run in season opener vs. Miami, 2/3...Selected by Baseball America as No. 3 prospect in SEC for 2002 MLB draft...Named to preseason Rotary Smith Award watch list.
2000: Saw action in 35 games with 19 starts (12 at 3B, 7 at SS)...Hit .237 with 11 RBI...Hit .222 with one RBI in conference play...Hit safely in 18 of 35 games played...Had a season-high three RBI against Hawaii, 2/21...Named Preseason SEC Freshman of the Year (3B) by Baseball America...Selected second-best prospect in the 2000 freshman class by Baseball America.
USA BASEBALL: Played for the 1999 USA Junior National Pan Am Team in the IMA World Championships in Caracas, Venezuela...Team earned the bronze medal...Hit team-best .500 (15-for-30) with 11 RBI...Had string of nine consecutive singles in nine at-bats over three games.
PREP: A 1999 graduate of Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield, Calif. where he was coached by Rob Amble...Rated as the 52nd-best prospect according to Baseball America prior to the draft and eighth-best high school prospect in its preseason edition...Three-year letterman...Hit .555 as a senior with five HR and 30 RBI...Earned All-America honors from USA Today, Collegiate Baseball and Student Sports...As a junior, named the California Junior Player of the Year and Area MVP with .608 average with seven HR and 46 RBI...Selected all-league and all-area all three seasons...Also lettered twice in both basketball and football.
| OSBORN'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
| Overall Season Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB-A |
| 2000 | .237 | 35-19 | 76 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 0-0 |
| 2001 | .282 | 59-58 | 220 | 45 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 36 | 10-10 |
| Career | .270 | 94-77 | 296 | 59 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 39 | 48 | 10-10 |
| SEC Regular Season Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB-A |
| 2000 | .222 | 11-2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 |
| 2001 | .218 | 28-27 | 101 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 2-2 |
| Career | .218 | 39-29 | 110 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 2-2 |
| SEC Tournament Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB-A |
| 2000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | .182 | 3-3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 |
| Career | .182 | 3-3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 |
| NCAA Postseason Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB-A |
| 2000 | .000 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| 2001 | .111 | 3-3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1-1 |
| Career | .111 | 4-4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1-1 |
| Career vs. Opponents | ||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB-A |
| Alabama | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arkansas | .364 | 3-3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1-1 |
| Auburn | .167 | 5-3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Florida St. | .217 | 8-6 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1-1 |
| Georgia | .417 | 4-3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 |
| Kentucky | .158 | 5-4 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0-0 |
| LSU | .143 | 4-4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0-0 |
| Miami | .294 | 4-4 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 |
| Mississippi | .182 | 6-6 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0-0 |
| Mississippi St. | .250 | 5-3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0-0 |
| So. Carolina | .167 | 4-3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0-0 |
| Tennessee | .214 | 4-4 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1-1 |
| Vanderbilt | .100 | 5-3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
OSBORN'S CAREER HIGHS
At Bats: 6 two times, last vs. Florida State, 2/25/01;
Runs Scored: 3 two times, last vs. Maine 3/20//01;
Hits: 3 two times, last vs. Maine 3/20/01;
RBI: 3 two times, last vs. Savannah State, 2/7/01;
Bases on Balls: 2 three times, last vs. Maine, 3/21/01;
Multi-hit games: 21;
Multi-RBI games: 11;
Hit Streak: 10 games.
OSBORN UP CLOSE
Nickname: Oz
Thing I like most about UF baseball: practice
I chose Florida because: great school, great program
If I could describe myself in one word, it would be: calm
If I won a million dollars, I would: buy a range rover
Person in history I would most like to meet: Nostradamus
Favorite TV show: Baseball Tonight
Favorite all-time sporting event: Central California Football championship
Favorite home-cooked meal: barbecue ribs
When I was a kid, I pretended to be: Jerry Rice
