Ryne Price

Ryne Price

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Lawrence, Kan.

High School:
Free State

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 190

Position:
C/OF

Birthdate:
05/27/1986

B/T:
L/R

Career Honors & Records

  • 2005 All-Big 12 Second Team
  • Most RBI by a Freshman (40)
  • Most Doubles by a Freshman (12)
  • Hit by Most Pitches as a Freshman (12)
  • 2006 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team
  • Most Times Hit By Pitch (19)
  • 2007 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

    Summer 2007: Hit .261 with five doubles and four home runs in 22 games for the New Bern River Rats of the Coastal Plain League in North Carolina ... Collected 14 RBIs and a .507 slugging percentage ... Walked 12 times for a .386 on-base percentage.

    2007 (Junior): Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention ... Started all 58 games at second base ... Hit .270 with 10 home runs and 31 RBIs ... Set the Kansas single-season record for most times hit by pitch with 19 ... Hit a career-high two home runs against Missouri (4/1) ... Had 15 multiple-hit games ... Stole a career-high two bases in the second game of a double-header against Chicago State (5/12) ... Drove in three runs with a double and a home run in a win over Hawaii-Hilo (2/4) ... Had three home runs and scored six runs in a three-game series against Missouri (3/30-4/1) ... Lead the team with a .535 slugging percentage ... Hit KU's first walk-off homer in two years to defeat Baylor in the first game of a doubleheader on (4/15) ... His 32 walks tied for most on the team with brother Robby.

    Summer 2006: Played in 36 games for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots of the Alaska Baseball League ... Collected six doubles and a triple ... Stole nine bases ... Teammate of current Jayhawk John Allman.

    2006 (Sophomore): Appeared in 28 games, making 22 starts at second base ... Hit .256 with nine home runs and 24 RBIs ... Had an RBI in each of his first five games of the season, including a four-RBI effort at Hawaii-Hilo (2/4) ... In a doubleheader against Hawaii-Hilo, he went 4-for-8 with two home runs, six RBIs and three runs scored (2/4) ... Hit a two-run homer at No. 8 Stanford (2/11) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs against Bradley (5/12) ... Homered in three-straight postseason games ... Missed nearly two months of action with a wrist injury.

    Summer 2005: Played in 46 games for the Duluth Huskies of the Northwoods League ... Led the team with four home runs and tied for the team lead with nine doubles ... Teammate of former Jayhawk Brock Simpson.

    2005 (Freshman): Named All-Big 12 Second Team ... Started 60 games at second base as a true freshman ... His 37 RBIs set a new KU freshman record ... Tallied 10 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games ... Walked a team-high 39 times ... Was hit by a pitch 12 times, tying a KU freshman record ... Had four RBIs against K-State (4/30) ... Slammed a pair of home runs during the Oklahoma series (4/9-4/10) ... Was 9-for-10 in three games against North Dakota State (3/11-3/13) ... Was 3-for-4 with four RBIs against South Dakota State (2/18).

    High School: Earned four varsity letters, three in baseball and one in football ... Named Kansas City All-Metro in 2003 and 2004 ... Named Sunflower League MVP following the 2004 season ... Led the Firebirds to the district championship in 2003 and 2004 ... Led high school to the class 6A state championship game ... Two-time All-Sunflower Conference ... Coached by Mike Hill, Jr. ... Holds school career record of 1.019 slugging percentage ... During the summers, played for the Firestone Rangers, who won the USABF 18-and-under World Series in 2003.

    Personal: Born May 27, 1986 in Palo Alto, Calif. ... Parents are Ritch and Cindy Price ... Older brother, Ritchie, was drafted by the New York Mets ... Younger brother, Robby, is a sophomore infielder for KU ... An American studies major.

    Price's Career Stats
    Year	Avg.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	Slg%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OBA	SF	SH	SB-ATT
    2005	.256	60-60	195	34	50	12	1	5	40	79	.405	41	12	51	3	.409	4	0	7-7
    2006	.256	28-26	86	18	22	1	0	9	24	50	.581	11	7	16	0	.377	2	0	1-3
    2007	.270	58-58	185	47	50	11	4	10	31	99	.535	32	19	62	1	.421	4	0	8-9
    Career	.262	146-144	466	99	122	24	5	24	95	228	.489	84	38	129	4	.408	10	0	16-19

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