Player Bio: Donny Lucy

  Donny Lucy
Donny Lucy
Player Profile
Hometown:
Fallbrook, CA
High School:
Fallbrook HS
Height / Weight:
6-3 / 210
Position:
C
Experience:
3V
Bats/Throws:
R/R

Seasons At Stanford: 2002-04 2004 All-American Candidate 2004 All-Pac-10 Complete Updated Career Stats 2/20/04 Feature: Worth The Wait 3/1/02 Feature: Finding Himself Right At Home

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General - An extremely talented and athletic catcher Has great arm strength and is an excellent receiver defensively, as well as a potent bat offensively Handles pitchers well Has an excellent attitude Became Stanford's everyday catcher for the first time in 2004 Performed well when he had a chance during his first two years (2002-03) but was forced to play a lot of either first base or designated hitter while behind First Team All-American Ryan Garko at the catcher position Has increased the rate of his improvement while he gets a chance to play behind the plate consistently One of the team's fastest players and top baserunners Selected by the Chicago White Sox in the second as the 59th pick overall in the 2004 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

Cardinal Career - All-Pac-10 selection in 2004 Has a career .298 batting average with 17 homers and 94 RBI, while stealing 17 bases in 21 attempts Has added 100 runs scored, 137 hits, 25 doubles and one triple in 141 games and 115 starts Has 25 career multiple-hit games, including eight with three hits and one with four Has 22 career multiple-RBI contests, including eight with thee Has a .345 career average in postseason action with 10 hits in 29 at bats Opened his collegiate career strong with at least one RBI in each of the first 12 starts (2/8/02-3/2/02) during his freshman season Helped the Cardinal to one of the most memorable wins in school history when he led off the bottom of the 13th inning with a double and scored the game-winning run in a 3-2 win over Cal State Fullerton in the 2002 NCAA Regional opener (5/31/02) Also had a memorable moment when he hit a walkoff homer to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning to beat UCLA 9-8 and clinch the outright 2003 Pac-10 title for the Cardinal (5/18/03) Named an honorable mention Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball in 2002.

2004 Season Notes (Junior) - Earned All-Pac-10 honors for the first time in his career Had a .313 batting average with 12 homers, 47 RBI and five stolen bases Added 65 hits, 53 runs scored, 10 doubles, 17 walks and a team-high 11 hit-by-pitches to go with a .534 slugging percentage and a .381 on-base mark Started 56 of Stanford's 60 games at catcher Posted a career-high 15-game hit streak (3/28 - 4/30; .458, 27-59, 6 HR, 19 RBI, 1 SB) that tied for the second longest run by a Cardinal player in 2004.

2004 Individual Game Highlights/Notes (Junior)
6/6: Long Beach State - 2-4, 2B
6/4: UNLV - HR, 3 RBI
5/2: Washington State - 3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 runs ... career-high-tying RBI
5/16: at Arizona - HR, 3 RBI
5/2: Washington State - 3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 runs ... career-high-tying RBI
5/1: Washington State - 4 runs ... career-high runs
4/30: Washington State - 2-4, HR, 3 RBI ... career-high-tying RBI
4/27: at Santa Clara - 2-7, 2B
4/23: Sacramento State - 4-4, HR, 2 RBI, 3 runs scored ... first career four-hit game
4/18: California - 2-4, 2B
4/17: California - 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI ... first career two-homer game
4/10: at Oregon State - 3-4, HR, 2 RBI
4/8: at Oregon State - 2-5, 2 RBI ... two-RBI single in 9th brings home winning runs
4/4: at UCLA - 2-4, HR, RBI
4/2: at UCLA - 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI
3/26: Cal Poly - 2B, 2 RBI
3/24: at Santa Clara - 3 runs scored
3/5: at USC - 3-5, SB, 3 runs scored, SB
2/29: at California - 2-4, HR, RBI
2/27: at California - 2-5, HR, RBI
2/20: Texas - 2 RBI
2/15: Kansas - 2-5, RBI
2/13: Kansas - 3-4, HR, RBI ... career-high 15 putouts
2/8: at Fresno State - 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
1/31: Cal State Fullerton - 2-4, RBI

2003 Season Notes (Sophomore) - Hit .291 with a pair of homers, 18 RBI and six stolen bases Added nine doubles Used primarily as the team's designated hitter against left-handed pitching and as the first pinch-hitter off the bench, leading the team with seven pinch-hits and going 7-for-11 (.636) in the role Put up great defensive numbers, tossing out 6-of-10 (60.0%) runners trying to steal on him Hit .357 (5-14) in the postseason and was also successful offensively in Pac-10 action, hitting .345 with a pair of homers, seven RBI and five stolen bases in 19 games and 12 starts Provided arguably the most dramatic moment of Stanford's regular season with a walkoff homer to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning, clinching the outright Pac-10 title and giving the Cardinal a 9-8, 10-inning victory over UCLA (5/18) to cap a game in which he equaled a career-high with three hits as he was 3-for-5 as the team's catcher filling in for injured starter Ryan Garko Played in 49 games with 34 starts, including 19 at designated hitter, as well as seven each at catcher and first base, and one in right field Posted a career-high-tying seven-game hit streak (4/7-4/19) Was 2-for-3 in the NCAA Super Regional opener versus Long Beach State (6/6) Was 2-for-3 with a career-high-tying three runs scored and a pair of RBI versus Cal Poly (5/23) Was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI at USC (5/3), adding a career-high-tying three runs scored Had a key pinch-hit RBI single in Stanford's four-run eighth inning of a 10-9 comeback win over Arizona (4/26) Had a career-high-tying three hits (3-4) with his first homer of the season, a double and an RBI versus Oregon State (4/17) Scored the game-winning run in the top of the 10th inning at Arizona State (3/23), stealing second base and scoring on Sam Fuld's RBI single after pinch-running for Jed Lowrie Had a key RBI double in an 8-7 win at Texas (2/22 - Game 2) Snapped out of an 0-for-15 skid with a double versus Nevada (2/17) Had a double in the season-opener at Santa Clara (1/25).

2002 Season Notes (Freshman) - Spent most of the first half of the season as a starter, primarily at first base Named an honorable mention Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Finished the season with 36 games played and 25 starts (17 at first base, four at catcher, four at designated hitter) Hit .282 with three homers, 29 RBI and was a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen bases Tossed out three-of-eight runners attempting to steal (37.5%) Had nine multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI contests, including four games of three RBI Had at least one RBI in each of his first 12 collegiate starts (2/8-3/2), picking up three RBI in four of the contests and totaling 22 runs driven in during the stretch Also hit safely in 12 of his first 13 starts (18-54, .333) Played in just one postseason game but hit a key double to lead off the bottom of the 13th inning before scoring the game-winning run in a 3-2 victory over Cal State Fullerton in the first game of the NCAA Regional (5/31) Was 3-for-6 with two doubles and three RBI at Arizona (4/6) Had the first triple of his career versus Cal Poly (3/2) as part of a 2-for-4, two-RBI game Posted a career-high-tying seven-game hit streak (2/18-3/3) in which he was 10-for-29 (.345) with a triple, two homers, 10 RBI and three stolen bases Homered versus Santa Clara (2/24) after his first two collegiate homers the previous week versus Brigham Young (2/12) and at Fresno State (2/18), picking up three RBI in both games Had two huge games to begin the Florida State series, going 2-for-4 with a double, three RBI and a stolen base in the series opener (2/8) and then 3-for-6 with a double, a stolen base and three RBI in the middle game (2/9).

High School - A 2001 graduate of Fallbrook High School Named a 2001 Preseason Second Team All-American by Baseball America 2001 San Diego County Male Athlete of the Year A two-sport standout as a catcher and utility player in baseball, and as a running back and linebacker in football Was a four-time All-Avocado League selection and a three-time All-CIF choice Selected All-State and was named Avocado League Player of the Year in his senior campaign Batted .415 with 10 homers and 46 RBI in his junior year prior to hitting .380 with 10 homers and 35 RBI in his senior season Led his team to two Avocado League championships (1999, 2001) Was selected twice to the All-Avocado League Team in football Named All-CIF and All-State on the gridiron as a senior while also earning Avocado League and CIF Defensive Player of the Year honors Football team won league and CIF championships in his senior season Four-year member of the Principal's Honor Roll Coached in baseball by Jay Craven.

Amateur Summer Baseball - Had a productive summer season in 2003 with Hyannis of the Cape Cod League, helping to the lead the Mets to a playoff spot by hitting .262 with a homer, 12 RBI and five stolen bases Also spent the summer of 2002 with Hyannis, hitting .159 with a homer, six RBI and five stolen bases Played with the Encinitas Reds in the Connie Mack Orange County League in 2001 Participated with the nation's top high school prospects on the 2000 USA Junior National Team that finished second at the World Championships in Canada.

Personal - Political Science major Son of Robert and Susan Lucy Father was drafted by the Montreal Expos but did not sign Enjoys fishing, surfing and golfing Favorite sports team is the San Diego Padres, while favorite athlete is New York Yankees' slugger Jason Giambi Wears a lucky undershirt Earliest baseball memory is playing whiffle ball with his brother in the front yard.

Career Game Highs
AB - 7, at Santa Clara (4/27/04)
R - 4, vs. Washington State (5/1/04)
H - 4, vs. Sacramento State (4/23/04)
HR - 2, vs. California (4/17/04)
RBI - 3, eight times, last vs. UNLV (6/4/04)
SB - 1, 17 times, last at Washington (5/7/04)
Hit Streak - 15 games (3/28/04 - 4/30/04)

2004 Season Highs
AB - 7, at Santa Clara (4/27/04)
R - 4, vs. Washington State (5/1/04)
H - 4, vs. Sacramento State (4/23/04)
HR - 2, vs. California (4/17/04)
RBI - 3, four times, last vs. UNLV (6/4/04)
SB - 1, five times, last at Washington (5/7/04)
Hit Streak - 15 games (3/28/04 - 4/30/04)

Last Updated: 9/30/04