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2021 Baseball Roster

8 Michael Cleary

  • Position OF
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Highschool St. Xavier

Biography

2021 (Senior)
• Appeared in 35 games for Dayton, starting 21 contests
• Tied for ninth in the Atlantic 10 with a .449 on-base percentage
• Third in program history with 47 career hit by pitches
• Tied for eighth in the A-10 with five sacrifice bunts this season
• Went a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen bases
• Fifth on the team with 8 hit by pitches
• Hit his fifth career home run and scored 17 runs for Dayton

*2020 (Junior)
• Started all 14 games for the Flyers
• Stole two bases and finished with an on base percentage of .327
• Led the Flyers with 12 runs scored
• Went 1-3 with a double and an RBI on February 16 against UNCW and two runs scored
• Was named to the 2019-20 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2019 (Sophomore)
• Named to University of Dayton Dean's List for Fall 2018
• Recorded only one error the entire season
• Started for the Flyers in all 59 games this season
• Was one of two players to record 18 stolen bases and finished with a stolen base percentage of 90% 
• Finished second on the team in runs scored (41)
• Was named to the 2018-19 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2018 (Freshman)
• Atlantic 10 All-Freshmen Team
• Finished the season hitting .261 with 16 RBIs in 32 starts, mostly coming in right field
• Ranked third on the team in stolen bases (12) and fourth in doubles (7) despite only starting in 32 of 52 games
• Started each of Dayton's final 30 games of the season after getting the starting nod just twice in the team's first 22 games
• Also played multiple games at second base
• Named to 2017-18 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

* 2020 season suspended March 12 due to COVID-19  

High School
• Was a three-year varsity baseball player (2015-17) at St. Xavier High School under head coach Bob Sherlock
• Named First Team All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-City
• Helped lead St. Xavier to the GCL title in 2017

Personal
• Son of current Washington Nationals scout and former University of Cincinnati head coach Brian Cleary and Valerie Cleary
• Siblings are Kevin and Kaelin Cleary

Career Highs
Hits: 4, vs. Bowling Green, 5/8/18
RBI: 4, vs. Bowling Green, 5/8/18
Runs: 4, vs. Bowling Green, 5/8/18
Stolen Bases: 2, three times (last vs. Bowling Green), 5/8/18

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2018Freshman

    Outfielder
    6'0" 175 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2019Sophomore

    OF
    6'0" 175 lbs
    8
  • 8
    C

    2020Junior

    OF
    6'0" 175 lbs
    8
    C
  • 8

    2021Senior

    Outfield
    6'0" 175 lbs
    8