Jimmy Crooks

Photo by: Ty Russell

Photo by: Joshua R. Gateley

Position:
Catcher
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Height:
6-0
Weight:
218
Bats/Throws:
L/R
Hometown:
Euless, Texas
Prev School:
McLennan College

2022: Played in all 69 games and made 68 starts ... started 63 games at catcher and five games as DH ... batted .305 with 21 doubles, nine home runs, 51 RBIs, 10 steals and 49 runs scored this season ... also tallied 43 walks and a .430 OBP and caught 20 of 65 runners stealing ... notched 19 multiple hit games and 12 multiple RBI contests (six games with three or more RBIs) ... after the end of the regular season, registered five home runs, six doubles and a team-high 20 RBIs while batting .323 in 16 games ... hit a three-run home run in OU's Big 12 Championship game win over Texas (5/29) ... hit two home runs in the NCAA Gainesville Regional vs. Florida (6/4) ... hit two three-run homers vs. Texas A&M in the College World Series ... homered in the CWS opener (6/17) and in the CWS semfinals win over the Aggies (6/22) that sent OU to the Championship Series.

2021: Played in 54 games and made 53 starts … started 34 games at catcher and 19 as designated hitter … batted .287 with 39 RBIs, 53 runs scored, 10 home runs, 18 doubles, 31 walks and three steals … registered a .502 slugging percentage and a .385 OBP … caught 10 of 40 runners stealing … had 20 multiple hit games and 12 multiple RBI contests … homered and drove in three runs vs. Texas Tech (5/14) … went 3 for 5 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs vs. Georgia Southern (4/25) … went 3 for 3 with a double and two runs vs. Kansas (4/11) and homered twice with three RBIs vs. Kansas (4/10) … notched six hits (3 for 4 twice) with three doubles a home run and six runs in a two-game span vs. Houston (3/20-21) … went 2 for 3 with a home run, a double and three RBIs vs. Stephen F. Austin at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas (3/23). Summer 2021: played for the Wareham Gatemen in the Cape Cod League … batted .260 with two home runs, three doubles, 10 RBIs, nine walks and nine runs scored in 30 games.

Before OU: Spent one year at McLennan College… played in 23 games in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, and batted .319 with four doubles, three triples, 16 RBIs and 21 runs scored… also drew 18 walks and stole two bases, compiling a .462 on-base percentage… threw out six of 18 runners attempting to steal.

High School: Attended Trinity High School in Euless, Texas … earned 2019 Connie Mack World Series Big Stick Award and was a first-team all-tournament selection … led his team to the 2019 Connie Mack World Series title… named Texas District 3-6A MVP by the Dallas Morning News… earned first-team all-district honors in 2018 … second-team all-area selection in 2019 … batted .423 and slugged .707 with six home runs and 30 RBIs as a senior at Trinity in 2019.

Personal: Major: health and exercise science.