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At Miami
Erick San Pedro returns as the Hurricanes' starting catcher in 2004 after a breakout season in 2003 ... San Pedro is regarded as one of the nation's top catchers ... he boasts an outstanding throwing arm with a quick trigger ... he works well with the pitching staff ... has excellent receiving skills and blocks the ball well ... San Pedro will contend for All-America honors behind the plate and the Johnny Bench Award, given annually to the nation's top collegiate catcher ... he exploded at the plate last season, hitting .317 with 43 RBI and 13 doubles ... started all 53 games that he played ... set a Miami position record for catchers with 12 pickoffs, while throwing out 15 runners on the base paths... started 16 of 24 games played as a true freshman in 2002 ... UM went 11-5 in his starts at catcher ... played during the offseason with the Staunton Braves of the Virginia Valley League...was an all-star selection for the Valley League's Northern Division and named the No. 3 professional prospect in the league after batting .300 with four home runs, 16 RBI and seven stolen bases.
Sophomore (2003)
San Pedro spent most of the early portion of the season in a battle for the starting catching job, but his steady improvement at the plate and strong arm won him the job ... started 50 games behind the dish and three at DH ... picked off 12 runners, a Miami position record ... thrown out 15 base runners ... finished with a .317 batting average ... batted over .350 since opening the season in a 6-for-31 slump ... finished the season with 43 RBI (5th), 13 doubles (4th), a .467 slugging percentage (5th) and a .406 on-base percentage (5th) ... collected his first two hits of the season against Campbell on Feb. 8 with a 2-for-5 performance with three RBIs ... hit the first two home runs of his career against The Citadel on March 2 ... drove in two runs against the Bulldogs on that day, while scoring three times ... went 1-for-3 in the series opener against Tennessee on March 7 ... started his hot streak at the plate against South Florida on March 12 with the first three-hit game of his career ... followed with a 2-for-4 night with three RBIs against Rutgers on March 14 ... went 2-for-4 the following game on March 16 against the Scarlet Knights with one RBI and one run scored ... went 3-for-5 with three RBIs against Stony Brook on March 19 ... picked up one hit in the series opener against Boston College on March 21 ... went 1-for-2 versus the Eagles on March 22, while collecting one RBI and scoring two runs ... collected two hits, including the first triple of his career, with an RBI against Harvard on March 26 at the Papa John's Homestead Challenge ... went 2-for-3 a run scored versus Georgia Tech on March 28 ... collected two hits in five at bats against GT on March 29, including a double and a RBI ... went 2-for-3, scoring a run and driving in another as UM clipped the Yellow Jackets, 17-16 ... hit his third home run of the season against Oral Roberts on April 4 ... went 1-for-4 in the series finale on April 6 versus ORU ... got one hit in each game at Virginia, including a double and a RBI in game two of the series ... collected an RBI single at FIU ... went 1-for-3 in the series opener with FSU in Coral Gables ... picked up a hit and a walk in the April 20 game with the Seminoles ... collected one hit in both the April 25 and April 26 games at Tallahassee with one RBI ... went 2-for-5 with a RBI and two runs scored at Jacksonville on May 10th ... went 1-for-3 with a RBI on May 17th versus Savannah State ... collected three hits in the Long Beach State series, including two on May 23rd. 2003 NCAA Coral Gables Regional: Went 5-for-14, including three doubles, in the Coral Gables Regional ... Drove in two runs and with a double in the Regional opening win over Bethune-Cookman on May 30th ... went 3-for-4 in the Regional Championship game victory over Florida on June 1st ... doubled twice and scored twice in the decisive win over the Gators to advance to the Super Regional round. 2003 NCAA Coral Gables Super Regional: Went 3-for-7 with six RBIs with a home run and a double in the Super Regional against North Carolina State ... was 1-for-3 with two RBIs in the 10-9 win over the Wolfpack ... hit a clinching grand slam home run in the 11th inning of Miami's 11-5 win over North Carolina State to solidify UM's CWS berth ... was 2-for-4 with four RBIs overall in the second game. 2003 College World Series: Was the Hurricanes' most consistent hitter it the CWS, going 4-for-11 in the series ... opened with a 1-for-3 performance and one RBI against Texas on June 14 ... collected two singles and one RBI in UM's 7-5 win over SMS on June 16 ... added a single in the second game with Texas.
Freshman (2002)
Batted .217 (13-for-16) with seven runs scored, two doubles and seven RBI ... had three multi-hit outings and two multi-RBI games ... made his collegiate debut in the Minnesota series (Feb. 15-17)...went 2-for-3 in his collegiate debut against the Golden Gophers on Feb. 15 with a run scored and six putouts ... longest hitting streak was three games ... went 1-for-2 off the bench in game one against New York Tech with a two-RBI single ... came off the bench in the first and third game against Bethune-Cookman ... went 1-for-2 in game three with a run scored ... started game one at North Carolina ... went 1-for-4 in game two versus Long Beach State with a RBI ... went 2-for-4 in game three against Florida State in Coral Gables with a run scored and a RBI ... had two hits and two runs scored in the Elon series ... had a double off UW-Milwaukee ... batted a season-best .500 in the Minnesota series, going 5-for-10 with three RBI ... did not appear in the postseason.
Monsignor Edward Pace High School
Coached by Tom Doffin in high school and Mark Cuseta with the Bayside Yankees ... was a three-year letterwinner at catcher and played JV as a freshman. Senior (2001): Batted .350 with 18 RBI, two home runs, eight doubles and six sacrifice bunts ... served as team captain and was a first-team All-Dade County pick by the Miami Herald ... assisted team to regional competition. Junior (2000): Batted .310 with eight RBI and two home runs ... assisted team to the district championship and region title game. Sophomore (1999): Batted .600 (3-of-5) in his first season on varsity with two RBI in two starts ... team was state runner-up. Freshman (1998): Batted .470 for the JV.
Personal
Son of Oscar and Maria San Pedro ... has one sister, Katherine ... majoring in entrepreneurship ... was a four-year member on the Honor Roll.
San Pedro's Best
Hits: 3 (three times), last vs. Florida, 6/1/03
RBI: 4 (twice), last vs. NC State, 6/8/03
Runs Scored: 3 vs. The Citadel, 3/2/03
Home Runs: 2 vs. The Citadel, 3/2/03
Walks: 3 at FIU, 4/16/03
Stolen Bases: none
Strikeouts: 3 (three times), last at Long Beach St., 5/24/03
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