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Tyler Gentry

Position:
OF
Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Arlington, Tenn.
High School:
Arlington
Prev School:
Walters State C.C.

Career Accolades (at Alabama)

Selected in the third round of the 2020 MLB Draft (Kansas City Royals)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2020)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2019)

Junior (2020)

Started all 17 games in right field for the Crimson Tide
Batted .429 (24-56) with six doubles, four home runs, 21 RBI and 19 runs scored
Added 10 walks and seven hit-by-pitch to go with a pair of stolen bases
Reached base safely in 16 of 17 games as a junior, including the final 12 matchups of the 2020 campaign
Ranked second in on-base percentage (.554) among SEC hitters, good for 18th nationally
Finished fourth in the league and 36th in Division I in batting average
Maintained a team-high .750 slugging percentage, a number that was fifth in the SEC and 28th nationally
Ranked second on UA and tied for sixth in the league in RBI
Collected 42 bases to tie for eighth in the conference while his hit total tied for ninth in the SEC
Tied for 10th in the conference in runs scored
Recorded a five-game hitting streak from Feb. 21-28, batting .733 (11-15) with a double, two home runs, seven RBI, eight runs scored, two walks and a pair of hit-by-pitch
Put together a huge game against South Alabama on March 3, going 3-for-5 with two home runs, three runs scored and an Alabama single-game season-high six RBI

Sophomore (2019)

Played in all 56 games with 55 starts and led UA in nearly every offensive category
Paced UA in average (.310), hits (65), home runs (13), RBI (42), slugging (.552) and total bases (116) while tying for the team lead in doubles (12) and runs scored (37)
Totaled a team-best 12 multi-RBI games and matched the team-high mark for multi-hit efforts (17)
His 13 home runs tied for seventh while his 116 total bases ranked 14th among league hitters during the regular season
In SEC play, led the Crimson Tide in average .310 (35-113), RBI (14), slugging (.496) and total bases (56) and tied for the team lead in hits (35), doubles (6) and home runs (5)
Added 17 runs against conference foes, good for second among Tide hitters
Totaled at least one hit in 25 of his 30 SEC games played, including nine multi-hit outings to rank second on Alabama in that category
Ended the 2019 season riding a 14-game hitting streak in SEC play, batting .385 (20-52) with four doubles, four home runs, eight RBI, 10 runs scored, five walks, three hit-by-pitch and two stolen bases during that time
Recorded a 10-game hitting streak from April 26-May 12, batting .410 (16-39) with four doubles, three homers, 10 RBI, eight runs, four walks, a pair of hit-by-pitch and two stolen bases during that stretch
Put together a nine-game hitting streak from April 2-16, going 14-of-37 (.378) with three doubles, three home runs, six RBI, six runs, a walk, two hit-by-pitch and a stolen base across that time
Collected a five-game hitting streak from March 19-26, batting .368 (7-19) with a double, one home run, three RBI, six runs scored and a walk during that stretch
Reached base safely in 10 straight games from Feb. 26-March 10
Recorded the Crimson Tide’s first grand slam of the season when he homered against South Carolina in the series opener on April 5

Freshman - Walters State Community College (2018)

Recorded one standout season at Walters State
Played in 64 games for the Senators, batting .379 with 77 totals hits, including 11 doubles, three triples and a team-high 18 home runs
Added 72 RBI and 71 runs scored to go with his 32 walks and seven stolen bases
Helped WSCC advance to the Junior College Baseball World Series in 2018, falling one win short of the title
Selected to the JUCO World Series All-Tournament Team as an outfielder, joining current Tide teammate Morgan McCullough on the list

Prep Highlights

Attended Arlington High School in Arlington, Tenn.
Tabbed a Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American following his senior season
Rated as the No. 7 outfielder in Tennessee and the No. 33 overall player in the state by PG coming out of AHS
Earned 2015 and 2016 Underclass Honorable Mention All-America accolades from PG USA
Selected as an all-state honoree by the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association in 2015