Army West Point Athletics
2016 Baseball Roster
Roster
John McCarthy
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- OF/1B
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Jupiter, Fla.
- High School:
- Jupiter (USMAPS)
- 2017 All-Patriot League Second Team
- 2016 Patriot League Player of the Week nod 1x
2017: Saw action in 55 of Army’s 56 games, making 53 starts … Finished second on the team with a .308 batting average … Compiled 64 hits (second on team), 40 runs (second on team), nine doubles, one triple and five home runs (second on team) in his 208 at bats … Reeled in 39 RBI (second on team) and reached base 90 times, which was a team-best… Earned 10 walks and was hit by six pitches throughout the year … Notched a .433 slugging and a .351 on-base percentage … Recorded a team-high four sacrifice fly balls and one sacrifice hit … Converted on 17-of-21 stolen base opportunities to finish second on the team in stolen bases … Playing as mostly Army’s right fielder, McCarthy tallied 83 putouts, four assists and six errors for a .935 fielding percentage … In Patriot League play, batted .342 with 26 hits, 17 runs, seven doubles, one triple and two home runs … Also compiled a team-best 19 RBI and three walks … Earned a .539 slugging and a .388 on-base percentage during conference action … Was second on the team with 17 multi-hit games, including a career-best performance at Bucknell on April 9 in which he finished 6-for-7 with five RBI, four runs and four doubles … His four doubles set a program record … Also registered three hits at Duke and High Point … Tallied four RBI against Hartford on May 6 when he finished 2-for-5 with a home run … Compiled three RBI in victories over High Point and Lafayette … Used a team-best 10-game hitting streak from April 16-29 … Also notched a six-game hitting streak from April 8-15 and a six-game on-base streak from March 18-26 … Registered a season-high two walks in a contest at Presbyterian on March 19 … Drilled home runs against High Point, Harvard, Holy Cross, Navy and Hartford … His lone triple of the year came against Lafayette on April 1 … Went 3-for-3 on the base path versus LIU Brooklyn on May 3 … Swiped two bases in contests with Holy Cross and High Point … Named to the All-Patriot League Second Team.
2016: Started 43 of 48 games for the Black Knights in left field … Came off the bench once … Hit .296 (48-for-162) with four doubles and three homers … Led Army in RBI (31) and multi-RBI games (7) … Finished second on the team with 28 runs scored … Walked 13 times and was 10-of-11 on stolen base attempts … Recorded 18 hits in 66 at bats (.273) during Patriot League play … Opened the season on a 14-game hit streak … Went 21-for-56 (.375) in that stretch from Feb. 26 at Middle Tennessee to March 18 against Harvard … Recorded five multi-hit games during that time … Was named the Patriot League Player of the Week on Feb. 29 after a 6-for-9 effort with three doubles, a homer, four runs and 10 RBI in a three-game weekend in Tennessee … Documented two doubles, two runs, three RBI and two stolen bases in his collegiate debut at Middle Tennessee (2/26) … Posted a three hit, two RBI game at Lipscomb (2/27) … Smashed his first-career homerun at Belmont (2/28) … Recorded a team single-game high five RBI opposite the Bruins … Also homered against UNC Greensboro (3/5) and UMass (3/12) … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader against UMass … Added a 3-for-4 outing with a pair of walks, two runs scored and three RBI against Harvard (3/17) … Reached base on hits in three at-bats and stole two bases against Siena (3/29).
2015: Did not see any game action.
Background: Three-year letterwinner at Jupiter High School … Former coaches include MLB veterans Brook Fordyce and Rick Sofield … 2013 Palm Beach Post Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference selection … 2013 Sun Sentinel Player of the Year and First Team All-County honoree … 2013 PalmBeachHighSchoolBaseball.com First Team All-County and All-District choice … 2013 Selective Recruiting All-Tournament Team … Palm Beach County Dick Howser All-Star Game MVP … 2013 FACA District 20 Player of the Year and All-State selection … 2013 Jupiter Warrior Wall of Fame inductee … Named team MVP and was the team's best hitter as a senior … Helped team win a regional championship and advanced to the 8A State Final Four … 2012-2013 Order of the Arrow recipient … Spent 2013-14 at U.S. Military Academy Prep School.
