UC Santa Barbara
Career Stats: .268/.378/.326, 162 games, 399 at-bats, 60 runs, 107 hits, 16 doubles, two triples, one home run, 49 RBIs, 59 walks, 72 strikeouts, 4-6 stolen bases, .452 career average as a pinch-hitter (UCSB record)
2017: As a true senior, appeared in 53 games with a career-high 46 starts ... Started in left field 43 times and as the DH three times ... Slashed .272/.376/.335 for the year with one home run, eight doubles, 17 RBIs, and 23 walks over 173 at-bats ... Had 11 multi-hit games ... Had eight sacrifice bunts on the year, fifth most in the Big West ... Had a 10-game hitting streak from Mar. 31 to Apr. 14, a personal career-best and second longest on the team in 2017 ... Ended his career on a high-note, going 4-5 with a double and three RBIs in the season finale at Hawai'i on May 27 ... Ripped his first career home run on Apr. 28 at UC Riverside, a solo shot over the right-center fence ... Went 3-7 on the year as a pinch-hitter, bringing his career average in pinch-hit ABs to .452 (19-42), a UCSB all-time record (10+ at-bats) ... Batted .302 against right-handed pitchers ... Had a team-high 24 productive outs (runners advance) ... Hit .244 in Big West competition ... Started off hot, batting .322 in the first two months of the season ... Went 3-3, reached four times, and drove in four runs against Tulane on Feb. 25 ... Made just one error on the season for a .988 fielding percentage ... Had two doubles on Mar. 9 at BYU ... Batted .295 at home compared to a .244 average away from Caesar Uyesaka Stadium ... Normally the two-hole hitter (team-high 34 starts there), also hit leadoff seven times, hit fifth on three occasions, and batted sixth twice.
2016: Part of UCSB's corner outfield/DH rotation, Fredrick made 50 appearances in his junior season including 34 starts ... Made 31 starts in left field and three as the designated hitter ... Hit in every spot of the lineup 2-8 ... Slashed .231/.318/.291 with seven extra-base hits and 18 RBIs in 134 at-bats ... Batted .250 (1-4) overall in the postseason ... Went 1-3 in the College World Series, lining a pinch-hit single against Oklahoma State before drawing a start against Miami, where he drove in the game-winning run with a squeeze bunt ... Made one appearance in the Louisville Super Regional, drawing a pinch-hit walk to load the bases and set up Sam Cohen's walk-off grand slam ... Made one appearance in the Nashville Regional, a pinch-hit AB against Washington ... Had nine multi-hit games ... Was 4-11 (.364) as a pinch-hitter in 2016, moving his career average to .457 (16-35) in pinch-hit ABs as of the conclusion of the 2016 season ... Struggled in conference play, hitting just .094 against Big West opponents ... Batted .311 in February and March, finished with a .166 BA in April and May ... Went 3-4 with a double and two RBIs against Gonzaga on May 23 ... Scored two runs and had a triple in the Tony Gwynn Classic opener against Kentucky on Feb. 26 ... Played summer ball with the Medford Rogues of the newly-formed Great West League ... Hit .250 in 60 at-bats over 19 games with the Rogues.
2015: Entered 34 games in his sophomore season, with 11 starts ... After serving mostly as a designated and pinch-hitter in 2014, made five starts in the field (two at second base, three in left field) ... Ended the year with a .321/.506/.339 slash line, notching 18 hits (one double) in 56 at-bats ... Was 6-14 as a pinch-hitter ... Had multi-hit games on three occassions ... Drove in a season-high two runs in a 8-7 win over Cal Poly on Apr. 17 ... Was retired just twice over February and March, reaching base in 15 of his first 17 plate appearances for an .882 OBP ... Had a .409 batting average in two-out situations ... Had a .250 average in conference play, but a .415 OBP ... Went 0-2 in the Lake Elsinore Regional ... In summer, played 35 games for the Medford Rogues of the West Coast League, batting .315 with a .407 OBP and 25 RBIs.
2014: Made 25 appearances as a true freshman for UCSB, including seven starts ... Ended the season with a .306/.381/.389 slash line, seven RBIs, six strikeouts, four walks, three runs, and 11 hits in 36 at-bats ... Was usually Coach Checketts' first option off the bench, leading the team with 15 pinch-hit at-bats and six pinch hits (.400 average in such situations) ... On the very first pitch he saw in his collegiate career, he lined an RBI triple off the right field wall against San Jose St. on Feb. 22 ... Lined a walk-off, pinch-hit double into the right-center field gap in the ninth inning of a Mar. 16 rubber match with Wichita State ... All seven of his starts came at DH ... Had quite the start to his career, as he recorded hits in his first three at-bats and five of his first seven for a four-game hitting streak ... Named to California Collegiate League All-Star Team after leading the league with a .567 batting average through first half of the season for the Santa Paula Halos.
High School: Played four years under coach Scott Drootin at Golden Valley High School ... played middle infield, third base, and outfield for the Grizzlies ... Led the league in steals as a senior with 16 ... Had a .468 average his junior year, earning the league batting championship ... Also led the league in slugging, on-base percentage, doubles, and extra base hits as a junior, earning team MVP honors and being named a So Cal All-Area All-Star ... Hit .427 as a freshman, striking out just three times all year and being named to the All-League and All-City teams ... Named a scholar athlete in 2012 ... Has school records in career hits and doubles, as well as single-season marks for average, hits, doubles, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and walks.
Personal: William Fredrick was born on Jan. 24, 1995 in Santa Clarita, Calif. ... Parents are Bob and Yuko Fredrick ... Aspires to play baseball professionally ... Has one younger brother, Bobby ... Is majoring in geography ... Roots for the Dodgers and Lakers ... Cites his game-winning home run in the championship game of the 2011 Coachella Valley Baseball Tournament as his favorite pre-UCSB sporting moment ... Saving Private Ryan is his favorite movie ... Listens to the Red Hot Chili Peppers ... Likes to drum and rap in his free time ... Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier is his favorite athlete ... Calls The Office and Seinfeld his favorite TV shows.
