2023 Baseball Roster

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11 Alberto Rios

  • Position
    Catcher
  • Class
    Junior
  • Height
    6-0
  • Weight
    203
  • Hometown
    Bellflower, Calif.
  • High School
    St. John Bosco
  • Major
    Management Science & Engineering

Biography

Career Accolades

  • Two-time Pac-12 team champion (2022-23)
  • Drafted in the third round (No. 79) of the 2023 MLB Draft (Los Angeles Angels)
  • D1Baseball All-America first team (2023)
  • Baseball America All-America first team (2023)
  • Collegiate Baseball All-America first team (2023)
  • ABCA All-America first team (2023)
  • NCBWA All-America first team (2023)
  • Perfect Game All-America second team (2023)
  • College Baseball Foundation All-America second team (2023)
  • NCBWA District 9 Player of the Year (2023)
  • ABCA All-Region first team (2023)
  • Pac-12 Player of the Year (2023)
  • Pac-12 All-Conference (2023)
  • Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist (2023)
  • NCBWA Player of the Month (May 2023)
  • Pac-12 All-Tournament (2023)
  • Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week (May 15, 2023)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (May 8, 2023, May 15, 2023)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021)

As a Junior (2023) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Drafted in the third round (No. 79) of the 2023 MLB Draft (Los Angeles Angels)
  • D1Baseball All-America first team
  • Baseball America All-America first team
  • Collegiate Baseball All-America first team
  • ABCA All-America first team
  • NCBWA All-America first team
  • Perfect Game All-America second team
  • College Baseball Foundation All-America second team
  • NCBWA District 9 Player of the Year
  • ABCA All-Region first team
  • Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • Pac-12 All-Conference
  • Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
  • NCBWA Player of the Month (May)
  • Pac-12 All-Tournament
  • Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week (May 15)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (May 8, May 15)
  • Appeared in 63 games, starting 62, while batting .384 with 69 runs scored, a team-high 24 doubles and a team-best 18 home runs to accompany 73 RBIs
  • Doubles were third-best in Stanford history for a single season at the close of the 2023 season
  • Slugged .707 with a .485 on-base percentage while drawing 38 walks and finishing with five stolen bases in six attempts
  • Set a Stanford record with 11 RBIs vs. CSU Bakersfield on March 5 ... went 5-for-7 with a pair of three-run homers in the game
  • Second in the Pac-12 in doubles (24), hits (93) and total bases (171), third in home runs (18), and fourth in RBIs (73) and slugging percentage (.707)
  • Compiled 26 multi-hit games and totaled a team-best 18 multi-RBI games while hitting safely in 54 of his 63 games played
  • Scored at least one run in all but 17 games played
  • NCBWA Player of the Month for May after hitting .481 (26-for-54) with 19 runs scored, eight doubles, eight homers and 25 RBIs over 13 games played (1.074 SLG & .576 OB%)
  • Pac-12 All-Tournament after hitting .455 with five runs scored, three doubles, a homer and three RBIs
  • 17-game hit streak from April 23-May 25, batting .544 (37-for-68) with 25 runs scored, 10 doubles, 10 homers and 31 RBIs over the span
  • Multiple hits in 13 of his last 25 games and managed an extra-base hit in 15 of the last 25
  • Pac-12 Player of the Week and earned a spot on Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week on May 15 after batting .556 (10-for-18) with seven runs scored, two doubles, four homers and 11 RBIs as Stanford went 3-1 over a midweek at Santa Clara and three games vs. Arizona
  • Batted .615 (8-for-13) with five runs scored, two doubles, three homers and nine RBIs - including a 5-for-6 with four runs scored, a double, three homers and nine RBIs on May 14 - in the series vs. Arizona (May 12-14)
  • Launched 12 homers, scored 34 runs and drove in 38 while batting .434 (49-for-113) with 10 doubles in Pac-12 play (.841 slugging)
  • 3-for-3 with two runs scored vs. Oregon State (March 18)
  • Drove in four runs at Oklahoma (March 30)
  • Hit .500 (7-for-14) with four runs scored, two doubles, three homers and eight RBIs in the series sweep at No. 20 Arizona State (May 5-7) to earn Pac-12 Player of the Week
  • 4-for-5 with three runs scored, two doubles, two homers and five RBIs at Arizona State (May 5)
  • Batted .667 (8-for-12) with four runs scored, a double, a homer and five RBIs in the series vs. UCLA, including launching a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning as part of a 3-for-3 day (April 30)
  • 3-for-5 with four runs scored, a double, a homer and two RBIs vs. California (May 24)

As a Sophomore (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Appeared in seven games as a pinch hitter
  • Reached via a walk against California (May 7)

As a Freshman (2021)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Made collegiate debut as a pinch hitter at Washington State (April 1)
International Competition
  • Competed for Team USA U-12 (2014)
  • Won silver at the 2014 COPABE 12U Pan American Championships
Prior to Stanford 
  • 2020 graduate of St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, Calif.
  • Helped team to the 2017 Trinity League title
  • All-Trinity League (2019)
  • Perfect Game Preseason All-Region (2020)
  • Two-time Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American (2018-19)
Personal
  • Son of Alma and Alberto Rios
  • Has two sisters, Brianna and Cassandra
  • Cousin, Frankie Rios, played baseball at USC before being selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 17th round of the 2017 MLB Draft

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2021Freshman

    Catcher
    5'10" 191 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2022Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'0" 197 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2023Junior

    Catcher
    6'0" 203 lbs
    11