CAREER STATISTICS
ATHLETIC HONORS:
* Louisville Slugger All-American (third team), 2014
* NCBWA All-American (third team), 2014
* All-Sun Belt Conference (first team), 2014
* Preseason All-American, 2014
* Honorable Mention All-American, 2013
* All-Atlantic Region (1st team), 2013 & 2014
* All-CAA (2nd team), 2013
AT GEORGIA STATE: Two-time All-American and one of the top all-around hitters in Georgia State history ... Earned All-America, all-region and all-conference honors in each of his two seasons with the program ... The only two-time All-American in GSU baseball history, and just the third in any sport at Georgia State.
Left-handed hitting outfielder whose career batting average of .368 is the second-best mark in GSU history, while his career slugging percentage of .650 is the school record ... Drove in 110 runs in 108 career games, an average of 1.02 RBI per game that is the best mark in GSU history ... Also finished with 24 homers, 38 doubles, and 86 runs scored ... Career OPS of 1.099.
Two-year letterwinner who joined the program in 2012-13 from Gordon State ... Overcame two serious knee injuries in junior college that cost him nearly two full seasons ... Graduated with bachelor’s degree in politcal science in May 2014 ... Made the Dean’s List in each of his four semesters at GSU (fall 2012, spring 2013, fall 2013 and spring 2014) ... Earned the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award for 2012-13 and the Sun Belt Commissioner's All-Academic list for 2013-14.
Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 37th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
2014: Named to the Louisville Slugger All-America third team by Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) All-America third team ... First-team All-Sun Belt Conference and All-Atlantic Region (ABCA) ... Started every game in right field and hit .356 with 14 homers and 59 RBI in 56 games ... His total of 59 RBI led the Sun Belt Conference for the regular season while his 14 homers were second to teammate Nic Wilson ... Seventh in the NCAA in homers and 11th in RBI for the regular season ... Ranked in the top five in the Sun Belt in batting average, on-base percentage (.442) and slugging (.654) ... Added 19 doubles and 44 runs scored.
2014 Preseason All-American, earning third-team honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) ... One of 30 national candidates for the Senior CLASS Award ... Received Georgia State’s Ron Curry Perseverance Award.
Had more walks/hit by pitch (34) than strikeouts (29) ... Produced 18 multi-hit games, including 10 contests with three hits, and 15-multi-RBI games ... Had a 16-game hitting streak snapped April 26 ... Also had a 13-game streak that covered his final nine games of 2013 and the first four games of 2014 ... Reached base safely in 26 consecutive games through the April 27 Arkansas State game ... Hit two grand slams.
Knocked in six runs on Senior Day against South Alabama (5-4-14) with a sacrifice fly, a three-run homer and two run-scoring singles.
Drove in seven runs, just one shy of the GSU single-game record, in 13-2 win over Northern Kentucky (3-2-14) with two two-run doubles and a three-run homer ... Belted a grand slam, the first of his career, in GSU’s 6-5 win over WKU in the Sun Belt opener (3-14-14) ... Homered at ULL (3-22-14) ... Went 6-for-9 with one homer, one double, seven RBI and four runs scored in three games against Troy, a key factor in the Panthers’ first Sun Belt series victory. In GSU’s 8-6 win Friday night, he had three hits and two RBI, including a run-scoring double that tied the game in the fifth inning. Drove in two more runs in Saturday’s 6-3 win, and had a three-run homer Sunday ... Hit a solo homer and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in GSU’s 3-2 win at UALR (4-5-14).
Hit his second grand slam of the season against Mercer (4-9-14). The fifth-inning blast came after Nic Wilson was intentionally walked in front of him to load the bases and gave GSU a 7-3 lead. Also doubled and scored a run in the Panthers’ 8-7 win.
Followed with three hits and three RBI, including a two-run homer, in 11-10 win over UT Arlington (4-11-14). Added a run-scoring single for a key insurance run in the eighth inning.
2013: Honorable mention All-America by Louisville Slugger/CollegeBaseballInsider.com ... First-team All-Atlantic Region by the ABCA ... Second-team All-CAA selection at designated hitter ... Hit .382 while leading the team with 10 homers, 51 RBI and a .645 slugging percentage ... Finished fifth in the CAA in batting average (25th in NCAA), third in slugging (20th in NCAA) and sixth in RBI ... Tied for the team lead in on-base percentage (.457) ... Smacked a team-leading 19 doubles ... Had more walks/hit by pitch (29) than strikeouts (23) ... Hit .420 with seven homers and 28 RBI in CAA games, including a .761 slugging and .505 on-base against conference foes ... His .420 average in CAA games led the league.
Hit a walk-off, two-run homer to lift GSU to a 12-10 win over Old Dominion (3-16-13) as the Panthers rallied from a 10-1 deficit ... Drove in four runs with a three-run homer and an RBI-single against Butler (2-16-13) ... Knocked in four runs with a double and a three-run homer in win over George Mason (3-9-13) ... Drew a bases loaded hit by pitch for the tying run in the bottom of the eighth inning against George Mason (3-10-13) in a game the Panthers won in the ninth.
Belted his fourth homer of the season at UNCW and his fifth at Delaware ... Had two doubles and two RBI in win over Kennesaw State (4-9-13) ... Homered in both ends of a doubleheader at New Orleans (4-13-13). Hit a solo homer in GSU’s 5-4 victory in game one and then belted a two-run homer and a run-scoring single in the nightcap as the Panthers rallied from a 5-1 deficit to win 6-5 in 11 innings.
Added two homers in the James Madison series ... Drove in four runs with a homer, a double and a sacrifice fly in win at JMU (4-20-13) ... Had three hits and three RBI in win over Savannah State (4-23-13) ... Drove in three runs with a double, single and sacrifice fly in a 6-0 win at Northeastern (4-27-13) ... Reached double-digit homers with No. 10 at William and Mary on the season’s final day.
2010-12 (GORDON COLLEGE): Spent three seasons at Gordon College before transferring to GSU ... Redshirted in 2011 due to a knee injury ... Limited to just 11 games in 2012, when he batted .282 with a .333 OBP and seven RBI .... Played in 61 games with 60 starts in 2010, when he batted .392 with 83 runs, 23 doubles, 14 HR and 67 RBI ... 12-for-17 on stolen base attempts ... Reached base in 57 of 61 games and had 25 multi-hit games ... Finished his freshman year on a 13-game hitting streak ... Career-high four RBI four times, including a walk-off grand slam against Chattanooga State ... Holds single-season school records for games played (61), doubles (23), and runs scored (83) ... 2010 second-team all-region selection ... 2010 Region XVII Tournament MVP.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Bleckley County High School for head coach Rhett Grant ... 2007 Hustle Award ... 2008 and 2009 Offensive Player of the Year ... First-team all-region in 2009 after earning second-team honors in 2008 ... 2009 Georgia Top 96 all-star.
PERSONAL: Christian Chase Raffield was born August 27, 1991 to Danny and Paula Raffield ... Two brothers, Carter and Josh ... Political science major who earned his degree in the May 2014.
