2011 Season – Junior
Started 28 of 31 games in left field. . .batted .284 with 29 hits, including three doubles. . .scored 20 runs (T-4th on team) and drove in 13 (T-5th on team). . .walked 11 times (T-5th on team) and recorded five hit by pitches (T-3rd on team). . .led team with 20 stolen bases.

2010 Season – Sophomore
Started 34 of 34 games in left field. . .led team in batting average (.394) for second straight season. . .collected 50 hits (1st), including four doubles, a triple, and a home run. . .scored 26 runs (3rd on team) and drove in 21 runs (3rd on team).  . .walked four times and collected five hit by pitches (3rd on team). . .finished with a .431 on-base percentage (3rd on team). . .led team with 17 stolen bases (1st on team, 3rd in Commonwealth). . .handled 38 chances without error in left field for 1.000 fielding percentage. . .received Second-Team All-Conference status in left field.

2009 Season – Freshman
Played 21 games in left field, starting 14. . .led team in batting average (.368) as freshman. . .collected 21 hits, including three doubles. . .scored 14 runs and drove in 11 runs. . .walked four times and recorded one hit by pitch. . .struck out just four times in 57 at-bats. . .registered .406 on-base percentage (4th on team). . .stole two bases. . .committed just one error in left field.

High School
Attended Parkland High School in Allentown, PA where he played for Tony Galucy ... two-year letter winner for baseball while also claiming three letters in football ... helped lead team to two conference championships in junior and senior years while advancing to the District Championship in junior season ... named to 1st Team All Lehigh Valley Conference in senior year ...

Personal

Samuel Tajiri was born on January 8, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois ... oldest child of Gordon and Tina Tajiri ... has a younger sister, Mary, and a younger brother, Paul ... Biology major who plans to attend Medical School upon graduation ... decided on Messiah over Penn State University ...

Tajiri By The Numbers