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2009 Sixth-Round Pick by the New York Yankees in Amateur Draft (6/10/09) All-Time Niners Career Slugging Percentage Leader(.713)
At Charlotte -2009: --Second-Team Preseason All-America Selection-- First-Team All-Atlantic 10, Academic All-Atlantic 10, Second-Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III and 2009 NCCSIA All-State Infielder Finished third on all-time career batting average list (min. 200 at-bats) with a .380 career batting average... Eighth player to hit .400 or more for a single season (.401), leading team in batting average, doubles (18), slugging (.725) and on-base percentage (.493). Earned 2009 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team... Missed 12 games due to injury and finished second in RBI and third in hits... Had a hit in last 25 games (career-long hit streak) of season (active), including a double in seven of last 11... Was named A-10 Co-Player of the Week on April 6, after hitting three home runs in a 10-for-17 week in five games... Played first, second and third base due to injuries on the team, committing only two errors in 364 total chances... Depite playing just two seasons, was one home run away from career Top 10 home runs list at Charlotte.
2008: First Team All-Atlantic 10, Most Outstanding Player of 2008 Conference Tournament
Led the Atlantic 10 in slugging (.705), doubles (26), RBI (76) and sacrifice flies (a school-record nine)... Led the conference in league games only in doubles (14), RBI (35) and total bases (81), while second in slugging percentage (.743) and home runs (9), two shy of teammate Chris Taylor in that category... RBI total was third-most, doubles total tied for third-most and slugging percentage was fifth-best in a season in program history... One of three Niners to hit a home run in the Raleigh, N.C. Regional, blasting a solo shot versus South Carolina in the opening game for Charlotte in that Regional on May 30... Broke or tied four school records with a 6-for-6 (tied), three-homer (tied), 19-total bases (broke) performance on April 19 at Massachusetts... With two straight hits to end the previous game, he tied the then-school record with hits in eight consecutive at-bats... Started the season as the designated hitter for 24 games, but moved to first base in relief of injured teammate Alex Burt and split time between first and dh for the rest of the season, appearing in 56 contests... In 16 games as the first baseman, he batted .478 and slugged .942 while committing just one error for the season in 162 chances... Led team with 23 multi-RBI games and finished third on team with 25 multi-hit games... Finished the season with a 14-game hitting streak... Put together a season-long 17-game hitting streak from April 5 to April 29, raising his average 83 points from .289 to .365... During streak, he batted .465 with six home runs and 25 RBI, slugging .901 and putting together an on-base percentage of .494...
Five of his 15 home runs gave Charlotte a lead or tied the game... More than half of his 80 hits (43) were for extra bases... Was held hitless in only five of 30 games against conference opponents (including three tournament contests), while generating multiple-RBI totals in 13 of those contests... Had 14 multi-hit games in 30 games versus A-10 foes... Mid-year transfer... Dean's List (fall and spring).
'08 Summer League: North Woods League batting champion (.342), All-Star and Home Run Derby participant while a member of the Madison Mallards... Was second in league while setting team records for doubles (19) and RBI (48)... Led team with .474 slugging percentage and was rated number-five prospect by Baseball America out of that league playing in the outfield.
At Campbell University -2007: Batted .178 in 34 games (with 27 starts) for Camels with one home run and three doubles, seven runs and nine RBI... Played summer ball for the Asheboro Copperheads in the Coastal Plain League... Was ranked eighth in top-10 prospects in that league by Baseball America... Started at third base in CPL All-Star Game. .. Finished third in league in doubles and total bases, fourth in RBI.
At Piedmont HS: All-Conference as junior and senior... Team won conference championships and qualified for State Playoffs in both his junior and senior seasons... Participated in State Games.
Personal - Parents are Sandy and Robert Lyerly... Father played collegiate baseball at Pfeiffer University... Major is pre-business... Born July 23, 1987.
Lyerly, R.
Year
avg
gp-gs
ab
r
h
2b
3b
hr
rbi
tb
slg%
bb
hbp
so
gdp
ob%
sf
sh
sb-att
po
a
e
fld%
2008....
.364
57-56
220
52
80
26
2
15
76
155
.705
26
0
38
2
.416
9
0
1-1
154
7
1
.994
2009....
.401
43-43
167
42
67
18
0
12
49
121
.725
30
3
30
2
.493
3
0
0-0
319
43
2
.995
TOTAL...
.380
100-99
387
94
147
44
2
27
125
276
.713
56
3
68
4
.450
12
0
1-1
473
50
3
.994
