Tony Caldwell, C

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[emkayseven]

goes by Tony
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5'10" 195
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2010 - JUNIOR YEAR
Hit .349 with eight doubles and a career-high 10 home runs, driving in 41 RBI, which was fifth on the team ... Made 49 starts between right field (25), catcher (17), designated hitter (six) and left field (one) ... Scored 42 runs ... Hit safely in 10 of the final 12 games he played in, including a career-best eight-game hitting streak from May 18-June 6 (13-for-26, .500) ... Drove in seven RBI and scored five runs during the streak ... 13 multi-RBI games was fourth on the team and 22 multi-hit games was tied for fourth ... Tied for the SEC lead with seven sacrifice flies ... Hit .321 in SEC play ... Led the team with a .571 average (4-for-7) at the SEC Tournament ... Hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third of the loss to Ole Miss (5/28) that tied the game at 3-3 ... Had the game-winning hit with a two-run single in the eighth against Jackvonville State (5/18) that snapped a 7-7 tie ... Homered and drove in five runs in the series win over Kentucky (4/23-25) ... Home run with one out in the seventh on Friday nigth was the first of back-to-back homers with Kevin Patterson ... Homered and drove in four runs in the series win over No. 3 LSU (4/9-11) ... Homered and scored twice out of the cleanup spot in the 22-7 win over Georgia State (4/6) ... Made his first starts of the year behind the plate in the final two games of the Alabama (4/3-4) series after playing the first half of the season in right field due to injuries ... Had a home run and two RBI in the Capital City Classic (3/24) ... Second-inning home run staked Auburn to a 1-0 lead ... Hit . 500 (5-for-10) with a home run and four RBI during the sweep of Georgia (3/19-21) ... Also had two sac flys and a sac bunt in the series ... Went 6-for-12 (.500) with a double, home run, three RBI and four runs scored in the series sweep of Miami (Ohio) (3/5-7) ... Had a five-game hitting streak (10-for-19, .526) from March 3-7 and scored a team-best seven runs during the streak ... Was 4-for-7 (.571) with a double and RBI in the doubleheader sweep of Davidson (3/3) ... Started the season on the Coleman Company Johnny Bench Award Watch List which honors the top collegiate catcher ... Starting right fielder in games 2-26 after injuries to Trent Mummey, Justin Fradejas and Brian Fletcher.

2009 - SOPHOMORE YEAR
Auburn's starting catcher in 51 games ... Was on the Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award Watch List ... Was one of seven (out of 53) sophomores on the list ... Threw out 40 percent (25-of-63) of attempted stolen bases from behind the plate ... Had three multi-homer games ... Had back-to-back games with multipe home runs: at Mississippi State (4/5) and at home against Georgia State (4/7), hitting three solo homers and a two-run shot over the span of seven plate appearances ... More than doubled his freshman year RBI total with 24 after collecting 10 in 2008 ... Raised his batting average 141 points from March 13 at Tennessee (.186) to .327 following the April 7 game vs. Georgia State ... During the 17-game stretch, he hit .426 (26-for-61) with four doubles, six home runs, 17 runs scored and 17 RBI ... Hit a leadoff home run in the fifth in the final regular season game of the year (5/16), his ninth ... Had a pair of two-out RBI in the 3-2, 10-inning series-opening win over Alabama (5/14) ... Was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and an RBI at Troy (4/29) a night after taking his first night off from behind the plate since the season-opener ... Hit a pair of solo home runs in Auburn's 4-2 win over Georgia State (4/7) ... Had a big weekend at Mississippi State (4/3-5), hitting .417 with two home runs in Sunday's 12-10, comeback win, while also throwing out three base runners attempting steals, including MSU leadoff man Grant Hogue twice, who had entered the weekend a perfect 17-of-17 and was caught just three other times during the season in 34 attempts ... Led the team against Vanderbilt (3/27-29), hitting .400 (4-for-10) with a double and two RBI ... His eighth-inning single scored Trent Mummey for Auburn's 11th run of the game in Sunday's 11-10 win ... Also threw out two base runners attempting steals ... Had a monster day at the plate in Auburn's 18-7 win at Samford (3/24), finishing the night 4-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored and three RBI ... Was 4-for-10 with a RBI against Arkansas (3/20-22), starting all three games behind the plate ... Had Auburn's only home run in the 7-6, 13-inning win over Charleston Southern (3/17) ... Had a pair of two-hit games against Charleston Southern ...Had the first multi-homer game of his career against Lipscomb (2/24), going 2-for-5 with two home runs.

2008 - FRESHMAN YEAR
Hit .270 in 63 at bats with nine doubles, the most of any reserve ... Raised his batting average to .318 in SEC play (7-for-22, four doubles) ... Threw out 24 percent (6-of-25) of stolen base attempts ... Hit .429 (3-for-7) in three games in May, knocking two doubles ... Had the first multi-double game of his career at Mercer (5/13) ... Hit .346 (9-for-26) in 11 games in April, collecting four doubles and a RBI, scoring seven runs ... Had a ninth-inning pinch-hit double at Alabama (4/27) ... Hit .500 (6-for-12) from April 8-20 with three doubles and five runs scored ... Hit .409 (9-for-22) from March 15 - April 9 to raise his batting average from .059 to .256 ... Had a career night vs. Mississippi Valley State (4/9), going 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored ... Had a string of six games where he was 4-for-13 (.308) with four walks and four runs scored (3/15-30) ... Had a ninth-inning, game-tying double as Auburn rallied from 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 vs. Tennessee (3/30) ... Drove in two runs in the ninth at Florida (3/15) after entering as a defensive replacement in the sixth ... Drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth to give Auburn an 8-7 win over Davidson (3/5) ... Hit .167 (4-for-24) in 12 games in February with two doubles, four RBI and four runs scored ... Made first career start on 2/25 vs. East Tennessee State ... Drove in three runs with a bases-clearing double in the first vs. ETSU ... Enrolled at Auburn in January and joined the team immediately.

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Senior catcher and Second Team All-SEC selection Tony Caldwell was the 24th-round pick of the Florida Marlins in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday. It marked the first time in his career that he was drafted.

Auburn's everyday backstop, Caldwell hit .332 with 13 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 44 RBI, scoring 37 runs in 2011. He led the team and finished the regular season seventh in the SEC with a .445 on base percentage, having drawn 30 walks and been hit by a pitch nine times.

One of 13 semifinalists for the Johnny Bench Award as the nation's top collegiate catcher, he threw out 23 of 49 (47 percent) base stealers and picked a man off first this season. His 23 caught stealing by led the SEC and at the end of the regular season was the second-most of the 13 Bench Award semifinalists.

For his career, he hit .316 with 40 doubles, two triples and 26 home runs, driving in 119 RBI and scoring 128 runs. Defensively he threw out 59 base stealers, an Auburn record, and also had a .983 fielding percentage.

Caldwell was the fifth current player from Auburn to be drafted in 2011, joining Dan Gamache (sixth round, Pittsburgh), Casey McElroy (11th round, San Diego), Derek Varnadore (17th round, Florida) and Bradley Hendrix (22nd round, Tampa Bay).

Auburn has had at least one player selected in the draft in each of the past 37 drafts, dating to the 1975 season. It is tied with Arkansas for the second-longest streak in the SEC behind Georgia's 39-year run.

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Tony Caldwell, senior in sociology from Winter Springs, Fla., is getting closer with every achievement to making his childhood dream of playing baseball in the Major League a reality.

Caldwell has earned many achievements during his 18-year baseball career, but on May 24 it was announced that he had been voted second team All-SEC right before the Auburn Tigers took on the SEC Tournament.

“It was an honor, and I was very excited to achieve a goal that I set in the beginning of the year,” he said. “It will definitely be something I will look back on and be proud of for many years to come.”

When his mother and father got him started in sports, no one could have predicted he would have a career piled full of highlights.

Caldwelll began his journey to success at an early age. Throughout his high school career, he was named Seminole County player of the year, MVP for baseball his senior year and best male athlete at Winter Springs High School.

Along with being a gifted baseball player, he was also voted MVP for football his senior year.

After receiving a scholarship to play baseball at Auburn in January 2008, Caldwell was quick to make his mark in Samford Stadium.

In 2009, he became one of seven sophomores on a list of 53 to be named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List, recognition he would find himself being given again in 2010.

During this season he also had a multi-homer game, a first for his career, going 2-for-5 with two home runs against Lipscomb.

“Tony plays the game with a lot of passion and enthusiasm,” said Link Jarrett, Director of Player Development. “He shows up every day to do whatever he can to help us win."

Then in early 2011, the accolades kept on rolling for Caldwell. In May it was announced for the first time that he was one of 13 semi-finalists for the same Coleman Company Johnny Bench Award he had found his name on many times before.

Caldwell said he draws inspiration from his heart.

“Always play and work hard no matter what by playing with passion and having fun,” he said.

Throughout 2011, Caldwell has started behind the plate in 45 games. Overall, he is sixth in the SEC with a .442 base percentage and is tied with former All-American and Auburn graduate Casey Dunn for his ability to throw out 57 base stealers.

With all Caldwell has accomplished at Auburn, he is still finding time to plan for the future and figure out a way he can give back some of what he has learned.

“(I plan) to graduate from Auburn with a sociology degree, get drafted and eventually play in the big leagues,” he said. “I also want to pass on my knowledge of baseball to be a baseball coach.”

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[Basehit26]

TC

TC is a steal. He is a hardnose no nonsense player. Blue Collar worker! Orginally signed letter of intent to University of Miami but opted out when Grandel decided to play at Miami instead of playing Pro. Played in SEC which is best baseball conference in country.

Can play any position but his arm and defensive skills kept him behind plate. SEC teams stopped running on him this past year.

Was All Star in the Cape Cod league last summer and made MLB Highlight Video of Game played at Fenway. Threw out one of fastest runners in Cape and hit a triple in All Star game.

[emkayseven]

Thanks for the info. How do you know Tony?

[Basehit26]

Coached him for years and have followed his carreer. Not Biased though! He has developed his game greatly in college.

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Signed and assigned to GCL Marlins.