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Jersey Number 8
Deacon Liput
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Oviedo, Fla.
- High School:
- Oviedo
2018 Brooks Wallace Award (Best Shortstop) β 1 of 5 Finalists
2017 SEC All-Defensive Team
2016 Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshman All-America Second Team
2016 SEC All-Freshman Team
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AS A JUNIOR (2018): Played in 56 games, all starts at shortstopβ¦Finished fourth on the team with a career-best .285 batting averageβ¦ Posted a .478 slugging percentage and .375 on-base percentage, fourth and fifth on the team respectivelyβ¦Had 15 doubles, fourth on the teamβ¦One of three players on the team with double digit stolen bases, finishing with 11β¦Had nine home runs and 38 RBIβ¦Notched 15 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games on the year, including five games with three RBIβ¦Batted .367 with runners in scoring position, second best among regulars; was successful advancing runners 56% of the time, the highest percentage on the teamβ¦Hit .291 in SEC play with six homers and 25 RBIβ¦In SEC games, ranked fourth in the league in runs scored (30) and sixth in RBI (25)β¦Went 5-for-14 (.357) in the Super Regional against Auburnβ¦Went 4-for-4 against Jacksonville on March 21 with a double, RBI and two runs scoredβ¦Had a 4-for-5 game against Arkansas on March 24 with three RBI and three runs scoredβ¦Drafted in the 10th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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AS A SOPHOMORE (2017): Played in 70 games, most on the team, and started 68 times at second baseβ¦Hit .227 on the year but ranked second on the team with 37 RBIsβ¦Had nine doubles, two triples and three home runs on the season to go with 12 stolen basesβ¦Had 21 RBIs in 31 games against ranked opponents, most on the teamβ¦Recorded 15 multi-hit games and was second on the team with nine multi-RBI gamesβ¦Did not make an error in the first 50 games of the season and recorded only three all yearβ¦Led the team with 204 assists and had a .990 fielding percentage playing in the middle infield all seasonβ¦Hit .262 in SEC play with 13 RBIsβ¦In the 2017 NCAA Tournament, he led the team with 12 RBIs and was second with a .260 average (13-for-50)β¦Season long hit streak of seven games came in the NCAA Tournamentβ¦Had a team-best seven RBIs at the College World Series and tied for the team lead with six hits in the CWSβ¦Went 2-for-5 with three RBIs in the CWS Finals clinching game against LSUβ¦Also had a three-RBI game against Louisville in the CWS with a three-run home runβ¦Went 5-for-12 (.417) in the Super Regional against Wake Forest and had a home run and three RBIsβ¦ Set a career high with three stolen bases against LSU on March 25β¦Had a team-best six hits with the bases loaded (6-for-13, .462)β¦Selected in the 29th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers (880 overall) but elected to return for his junior season.
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AS A FRESHMAN (2016): Played in all 68 games and started 67, with the primary position of 2nd baseβ¦Hit .270 (65-241) with 36 RBI and 39 runs scoredβ¦21 of his 65 hits went for extra bases, including 3 home runs, 4 triples, and 14 doubles, good for a slugging percentage of .398β¦His 4 triples ranked second on the team behind speedster Buddy Reedβ¦Walked 34 times to go along with 44 strikeoutsβ¦Went 13 for 17 on stolen basesβ¦His 13 stolen bases ranked second on the team, tied with Jonathan Indiaβ¦Hit .232 in SEC playβ¦Recorded his first career hit, a single, in his first career at-bat as a Gatorβ¦Hit his first career home run to open the scoring against Missouri on March 19β¦Had a team high 21-game on-base streak to begin the seasonβ¦This streak was the longest by any Gator on the seasonβ¦Only committed 5 errors on the season, for a .982 fielding percentageβ¦Named to the SEC All-Freshman teamβ¦NamedΒ to the Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshman All-American Second-Team.
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SUMMER (2016): Played for the Falmouth Commodores in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League...The Commodores finished second in the Collegiate Summer Baseball Rankings...Heated up late in the summer with a 12-game hit streak and finished with a .305 average (32-for-105) with four doubles, three home runs and 18 RBI...Hit .406 (13-for-32) in eight playoff games...Helped Falmouth advance to the Championship Series of the playoffs.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Infielder from Oviedo High School who played for head coach Jason Fossβ¦Was chosen in the 39th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Yankees at No. 1,173 overallβ¦Was the Class 7A Player of the Year, the Orlando Sentinel Player of the Year and the Class 7A Florida Dairy Farmers Player of the Yearβ¦Member of the First-Team All-USA Today Florida Baseball Teamβ¦Ranked as the No. 11 shortstop in the state of Florida by Perfect Gameβ¦Batted .473 with 33 runs, 16 RBI, 13 doubles, four homers and two triples in his final prep season as the Lions captured their first state titleβ¦Went 4-for-7 with a walk, two steals and two runs in the Final Four as Oviedo (25-5) won the Class 7A state championship with a 7-0 run through the playoffsβ¦Liput was an Honorable Mention Preseason All-American and was named to the Florida All-Region Second Team by Rawlings/Perfect Game prior to his senior yearβ¦Participated in the 2015 Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Gameβ¦Was a 2014 Perfect Game Underclass Third-Team All-American and a 2013 Perfect Game Underclass High Honorable Mention All-American.
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SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 4, Harvard, Mar 11, 2016 ; Jacksonville, Mar 21, 2018 ; Arkansas, Mar 24, 2018
Doubles: 2, at Kentucky, Apr 19, 2018 ; Florida Gulf Coast, Feb 21, 2016
Triples: 1, 7 times
Home runs: 1, 15 times
Total bases: 7, at Mississippi State, May 19, 2018
RBI: 4, 4 times
Runs scored: 3, 5 times
Walks: 3, LSU, Mar 25, 2017
Hit by pitch: 2, USF, May 10, 2016
Struck out: 3, 8 times
Sac flies: 2, Kentucky, May 19, 2017
Sac bunts: 1, 9 times
At bats: 7, at Vanderbilt, Apr 15, 2017
Stolen bases: 3, LSU, Mar 25, 2017
Caught stealing: 2, vs LSU, May 25, 2016
Field chances: 12, vs LSU, May 25, 2016 ; vs Texas A&M, May 29, 2016
Putouts: 5, UCF, Feb 28, 2017 ; at Auburn, Mar 19, 2017 ; at Alabama, May 14, 2017
Assists: 9, Mississippi State, Apr 09, 2016 ; vs Texas A&M, May 29, 2016
2017 SEC All-Defensive Team
2016 Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshman All-America Second Team
2016 SEC All-Freshman Team
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AS A JUNIOR (2018): Played in 56 games, all starts at shortstopβ¦Finished fourth on the team with a career-best .285 batting averageβ¦ Posted a .478 slugging percentage and .375 on-base percentage, fourth and fifth on the team respectivelyβ¦Had 15 doubles, fourth on the teamβ¦One of three players on the team with double digit stolen bases, finishing with 11β¦Had nine home runs and 38 RBIβ¦Notched 15 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games on the year, including five games with three RBIβ¦Batted .367 with runners in scoring position, second best among regulars; was successful advancing runners 56% of the time, the highest percentage on the teamβ¦Hit .291 in SEC play with six homers and 25 RBIβ¦In SEC games, ranked fourth in the league in runs scored (30) and sixth in RBI (25)β¦Went 5-for-14 (.357) in the Super Regional against Auburnβ¦Went 4-for-4 against Jacksonville on March 21 with a double, RBI and two runs scoredβ¦Had a 4-for-5 game against Arkansas on March 24 with three RBI and three runs scoredβ¦Drafted in the 10th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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AS A SOPHOMORE (2017): Played in 70 games, most on the team, and started 68 times at second baseβ¦Hit .227 on the year but ranked second on the team with 37 RBIsβ¦Had nine doubles, two triples and three home runs on the season to go with 12 stolen basesβ¦Had 21 RBIs in 31 games against ranked opponents, most on the teamβ¦Recorded 15 multi-hit games and was second on the team with nine multi-RBI gamesβ¦Did not make an error in the first 50 games of the season and recorded only three all yearβ¦Led the team with 204 assists and had a .990 fielding percentage playing in the middle infield all seasonβ¦Hit .262 in SEC play with 13 RBIsβ¦In the 2017 NCAA Tournament, he led the team with 12 RBIs and was second with a .260 average (13-for-50)β¦Season long hit streak of seven games came in the NCAA Tournamentβ¦Had a team-best seven RBIs at the College World Series and tied for the team lead with six hits in the CWSβ¦Went 2-for-5 with three RBIs in the CWS Finals clinching game against LSUβ¦Also had a three-RBI game against Louisville in the CWS with a three-run home runβ¦Went 5-for-12 (.417) in the Super Regional against Wake Forest and had a home run and three RBIsβ¦ Set a career high with three stolen bases against LSU on March 25β¦Had a team-best six hits with the bases loaded (6-for-13, .462)β¦Selected in the 29th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers (880 overall) but elected to return for his junior season.
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AS A FRESHMAN (2016): Played in all 68 games and started 67, with the primary position of 2nd baseβ¦Hit .270 (65-241) with 36 RBI and 39 runs scoredβ¦21 of his 65 hits went for extra bases, including 3 home runs, 4 triples, and 14 doubles, good for a slugging percentage of .398β¦His 4 triples ranked second on the team behind speedster Buddy Reedβ¦Walked 34 times to go along with 44 strikeoutsβ¦Went 13 for 17 on stolen basesβ¦His 13 stolen bases ranked second on the team, tied with Jonathan Indiaβ¦Hit .232 in SEC playβ¦Recorded his first career hit, a single, in his first career at-bat as a Gatorβ¦Hit his first career home run to open the scoring against Missouri on March 19β¦Had a team high 21-game on-base streak to begin the seasonβ¦This streak was the longest by any Gator on the seasonβ¦Only committed 5 errors on the season, for a .982 fielding percentageβ¦Named to the SEC All-Freshman teamβ¦NamedΒ to the Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshman All-American Second-Team.
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SUMMER (2016): Played for the Falmouth Commodores in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League...The Commodores finished second in the Collegiate Summer Baseball Rankings...Heated up late in the summer with a 12-game hit streak and finished with a .305 average (32-for-105) with four doubles, three home runs and 18 RBI...Hit .406 (13-for-32) in eight playoff games...Helped Falmouth advance to the Championship Series of the playoffs.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Infielder from Oviedo High School who played for head coach Jason Fossβ¦Was chosen in the 39th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Yankees at No. 1,173 overallβ¦Was the Class 7A Player of the Year, the Orlando Sentinel Player of the Year and the Class 7A Florida Dairy Farmers Player of the Yearβ¦Member of the First-Team All-USA Today Florida Baseball Teamβ¦Ranked as the No. 11 shortstop in the state of Florida by Perfect Gameβ¦Batted .473 with 33 runs, 16 RBI, 13 doubles, four homers and two triples in his final prep season as the Lions captured their first state titleβ¦Went 4-for-7 with a walk, two steals and two runs in the Final Four as Oviedo (25-5) won the Class 7A state championship with a 7-0 run through the playoffsβ¦Liput was an Honorable Mention Preseason All-American and was named to the Florida All-Region Second Team by Rawlings/Perfect Game prior to his senior yearβ¦Participated in the 2015 Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Gameβ¦Was a 2014 Perfect Game Underclass Third-Team All-American and a 2013 Perfect Game Underclass High Honorable Mention All-American.
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| Year | Avg | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OB% | SF | SH | SB | ATT | PO | A | E | FLD% |
| 2016 | .270 | 68 | 67 | 241 | 39 | 65 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 96 | .398 | 34 | 2 | 44 | 5 | .363 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 96 | 181 | 5 | .982 |
| 2017 | .227 | 70 | 68 | 255 | 32 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 80 | .314 | 32 | 1 | 67 | 6 | .313 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 87 | 204 | 3 | .990 |
| 2018 | .285 | 56 | 56 | 228 | 48 | 65 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 109 | .478 | 31 | 3 | 49 | 3 | .375 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 71 | 122 | 6 | .970 |
| TOTAL | .260 | 194 | 191 | 724 | 119 | 188 | 38 | 7 | 15 | 111 | 285 | .394 | 97 | 6 | 160 | 14 | .349 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 53 | 254 | 507 | 14 | .982 |
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SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 4, Harvard, Mar 11, 2016 ; Jacksonville, Mar 21, 2018 ; Arkansas, Mar 24, 2018
Doubles: 2, at Kentucky, Apr 19, 2018 ; Florida Gulf Coast, Feb 21, 2016
Triples: 1, 7 times
Home runs: 1, 15 times
Total bases: 7, at Mississippi State, May 19, 2018
RBI: 4, 4 times
Runs scored: 3, 5 times
Walks: 3, LSU, Mar 25, 2017
Hit by pitch: 2, USF, May 10, 2016
Struck out: 3, 8 times
Sac flies: 2, Kentucky, May 19, 2017
Sac bunts: 1, 9 times
At bats: 7, at Vanderbilt, Apr 15, 2017
Stolen bases: 3, LSU, Mar 25, 2017
Caught stealing: 2, vs LSU, May 25, 2016
Field chances: 12, vs LSU, May 25, 2016 ; vs Texas A&M, May 29, 2016
Putouts: 5, UCF, Feb 28, 2017 ; at Auburn, Mar 19, 2017 ; at Alabama, May 14, 2017
Assists: 9, Mississippi State, Apr 09, 2016 ; vs Texas A&M, May 29, 2016
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