2019 National High School Invitational Top Performers

Image credit: Anthony Volpe (Photo by Bill Mitchell)

Throughout the week during USA Baseball’s National High School Invitational, Baseball America took a look at the players who stood out from a tools and skills perspective. However, with the tournament completed, it’s time to point out the players whose performance stood out.

Tools are obviously important for the draft and for projecting players, but when you’re trying to win games, performance tops all. Here is our 2019 NHSI stats leaderboard for both hitters and pitchers:

 

HITTERS

Hits

• Anthony Volpe, SS, Delbarton (Morristown, N.J.) — 8
• Campbell Holt, LHP/1B, Desert Oasis (Las Vegas) — 8
• Dominic Martinez, INF, La Mirada (Calif.) — 8
• Jag Burden, LHP/UTIL, Huntington Beach (Calif.) — 7
• Caden Connor, OF, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran — 7
• Tucker Mitchell, C/1B, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) — 7
• Drew Bowser, SS, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) — 6
• Kaiden Frees, 3B/MIF, Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.) —6
• Parker Schmidt, C/INF, Desert Oasis (Las Vegas) — 6
• Will Bartlett, 1B/C, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) — 6

Extra Base Hits

• Tucker Mitchell, C/1B, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) — 4
• Will Bartlett, 1B/C, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) — 3
• Albert Hernandez, RHP, Monsignore Pace (Miami) — 3
• Jacob Sharp, OF/RHP, La Mirada (Calif.) — 3

Walks

• Caden Connor, OF, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran — 5
• Robert Moya, C/OF, Monsignor Pace (Miami) — 4
• Aaron Roberts, RHP/INF, Desert Oasis (Las Vegas) — 4
• Jag Burden, LHP/UTIL, Huntington Beach (Calif.) — 4
• Sam Biller, OF, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) — 4
• Colton Zobrist, RHP/OF, Desert Oasis (Las Vegas) — 4
• Darius Perry, C, La Mirada (Calif.) — 4
• Jake Vogel, OF, Huntington Beach (Calif.) — 4

Stolen Bases

• Riley Greene, OF, Hagerty (Oviedo, Fla.) — 4
• Tyler Cox, INF, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) — 4
• Elijah Buries, INF, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran — 4
• Jag Burden, LHP/UTIL, Huntington Beach (Calif.) — 3
• Cade Verdusco, OF, Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.) — 3
• Albert Hernandez, RHP, Monsignore Pace (Miami) — 3
• Jasiah Dixon, OF, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran — 3
• C.J. Abrams, SS, Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.) — 3

PITCHERS

Strikeouts

• Chris Sanzone, LHP, Delbarton (Morristown, N.J.) — 13
• Max Rajcic, RHP, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran — 10
• Kendall Williams, RHP, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) — 10
• Michael Deharo, RHP, La Mirada (Calif.) — 8
• Sam Hliboki, RHP, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) — 8
• Brennan Malone, RHP, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) — 8
• Eric Loomis, RHP, Christian Brothers College (St. Louis) — 8
• Jack Leiter, RHP, Delbarton (Morristown, N.J.) — 8

Strike Percentage

• Bryant Reese, LHP, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) — 82.1
• Jacob Sharp, RHP, La Mirada (Calif.) — 81.5
• Kendall Williams, RHP, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) — 74.5
• Nick Karavite, LHP, Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.) — 73.5
• Ryan Hernandez, LHP, La Mirada (Calif.) — 71.2
• Dominic Ventimiglia, RHP, Huntington Beach (Calif.) — 71.1
• Christian Rodriguez, RHP, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran — 71.0
• Jonathan Guzman, RHP, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran — 70.5
• Kobe Carter, RHP, Hendersonville (Tenn.) — 70.4

First-Pitch Strike Percentage

• Jacob Sharp, RHP, La Mirada (Calif.) — 90.0
• Bryant Reese, LHP, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) — 88.9
• Colton Zobrist, RHP, Desert Oasis (Las Vegas) — 83.3
• D.J. Radtke, RHP, Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.) — 82.6
• Gavin Mortenson, RHP, Northwest Guilford (Greensboro, N.C.) — 81.5
• Daniel Murczek, RHP, Marist (Chicago) — 77.8
• Josiah Castillo, RHP, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran — 75.0
• Jonathan Guzman, RHP, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran — 75.0
• Jared Jones, RHP, La Mirada (Calif.) — 73.9
• Jordan Zuger, RHP, Hendersonville (Tenn.) — 73.3

Swings and Misses

• Max Rajcic, RHP, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran — 20
• Sam Hliboki, RHP, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) — 14
• Kendall Williams, RHP, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) — 14
• Michael Deharo, RHP, La Mirada (Calif.) — 14
• Brennan Malone, RHP, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) — 13
• Chris Sanzone, LHP, Delbarton (Morristown, N.J.) — 12
• Josh Hahn, LHP, Huntington Beach (Calif.) — 11
• Eric Moore, LHP, Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.) — 11
• Kieren Collins, RHP, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) — 10
• Eddie Pelc, LHP, Huntington Beach (Calif.) — 10
• Eric Loomis, RHP, Christian Brothers College (St. Louis) — 10
• Shawn Rapp, LHP, Delbarton (Morristown, N.J.) — 10