Cade Cavalli

Position:
Right Handed Pitcher/Infield
Class:
Junior
Height:
6-4
Weight:
218
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Bixby, Okla.
Prev School:
Bixby HS

2020 [Junior]: Served as OU’s Friday night starter for the second straight season… made four starts, compiling 37 strikeouts and only five walks in 23.3 innings in the shortened season due to COVID-19… posted a 4.18 ERA… struck out 11 batters with no walks over 5.0 innings vs. Arkansas in the Shriners College Classic (2/28)… tossed 7.0 innings, striking out nine and allowing one run and one walk vs. Illinois State (2/21)… punched out eight over 4.2 frames in the season opener vs. Virginia (2/14)... member of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2019.

2019 [Sophomore]: Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection… earned First Team All-Big 12 honors as a utility player… Started 12 games on the mound on Fridays and appeared in 19 more games as the designated hitter… went 5-3 with a 3.28 ERA… pitched 60.1 innings allowing 53 hits, 22 earned runs and posting 59 strikeouts… at the plate hit .319 with five doubles, two triples, four home runs, 17 RBIs, 16 runs scored, a .611 slugging percentage and a .393 on-base percentage in 72 at bats… had multiple hits in seven of 19 games, including six games in a row in which he batted in mid-March… pitched 4.1 innings and allowed one run in his first collegiate start vs. Cal Poly (2/15)… struck out seven and allowed one run and one walked on four hits in 7.0 innings at San Diego (2/22)… tossed 6.0 shutout innings allowing two hits vs. Columbia (3/1)… struck out seven in 5.1 scoreless innings vs. Missouri State (3/15)… improved to 3-1 with 6.2 scoreless innings in the Big 12 opener vs. Kansas (3/22)… struck out eight and allowed a run on five hits at West Virginia (3/29)… went 2 for 4 with a two-run home run and scored twice at Rice (3/9), then went 2 for 4 with a double, two RBIs and a run the next day (3/10)… homered, drove in three runs and scored three times in a 3-for-5 game vs. Missouri State (3/16)… homered and drove in two runs vs. Missouri State (3/17)… hit three doubles, drove in two runs and scored twice in two games at New Mexico (3/19-20)… hit a solo home run at Baylor (4/13). Summer 2019: Member of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.

2018 [Freshman]: Played in 58 games and made 53 starts… batted .202 with six home runs, seven doubles, 28 RBI, 31 runs and 33 walks at the plate… made 11 appearances and two starts on the mound… struck out 18 batters in 17.1 innings and posted a 3-2 record and 6.75 ERA… tallied multiple hits in nine games and multiple RBI eight times… struck out all three batters in an inning of work and scored a run vs. Valparaiso (2/25)… posted a season-high six strikeouts in 3.0 innings vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (3/10)… notched three hits and drove in a run vs. Baylor (3/30)… tallied two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs vs. Oral Roberts (4/11)… homered, drove in three runs and scored twice at Kansas (5/19). Summer 2018: Pitched in five games and made three starts for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League… posted a 4.15 ERA and struck out 15 batters in 13 innings.

High School: Two-way product and four-year varsity player at Bixby High School… missed the majority of his senior season with a back injury… selected as an Underclass Third Team All-American by Perfect Game in 2016… honored as a Tulsa World All-Metro First Team pick in 2016 as a .416 hitter… ranked No. 5 top-prospect in Oklahoma entering the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Baseball America… drafted in the 29th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves with the 860th overall pick… four-time Academic All-Conference honoree… spent the 2017 summer season with the Pittsfield Suns and was named a Futures League All-Star… participated in the Underclass Area Code Games in 2016… holds the Bixby record for doubles and extra-base hits in a single season… also played basketball in high school.

Personal: Father, Brian, played baseball at OU in 1990 and spent time as a catcher in the Angels farm system… Major: Communication.