CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2020 All-Fitt Team (D1Baseball)  • 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll  • 2020 SEC Player of the Week (Week 1)  • 2020 Golden Spikes Award Performance of the Week (Week 1)

2021 (Senior*): Appeared in 52 games, making 44 starts (43 at first base, one at DH) ... Hit .208 with four doubles, five home runs, 25 runs scored and 28 RBI ... Missed three weeks in late March/early April with broken hamate bone ... Went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in season debut vs. Arkansas State (2/24) ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI in series-opener vs. Belmont (3/5) ... Drove in career-high six RBI, homered and doubled as part of 4-for-4 day vs. Austin Peay (4/13) ... Went 4-for-11 with three runs scored, a double and two RBI in Mississippi State series (4/16-18) ... Went 3-for-5 in series-opener vs. LSU (4/22) ... Homered and went 2-for-5 in series-opener vs. Texas A&M (5/7) ... Hit three-run home run in series-finale victory vs. Vanderbilt (5/16) ... Homered and scored two runs vs. UT Martin (5/18) ... Scored two runs and went 2-for-4 in NCAA Oxford Regional opener vs. Southeast Missouri (6/4).

2020 (Junior): Season cut short due to the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 … Started in 15 games (13 at first base, two at DH) … Hit .220 with four home runs, eight runs, and 15 RBI … Was named SEC Player of the Week and Golden Spikes Award Performance of the Week in week one after dominating performance vs. No. 1 Louisville … Had two home runs, four hits, and four RBI on Saturday vs. Louisville (2/15) … Hit two home runs, four RBI in Xavier series (2/21-23) … Recorded second career multi-hit game vs. Princeton (3/7).

Junior College (2019): Attended Wabash Valley College in Mount Carmel, Illinois for one year … Named best player in Junior College with 2019 NJCAA Player of the Year award … Named top Junior College player of 2019 by Perfect Game … 2019 Junior College First-Team All-American … 2019 Conference, District, and Regional Player of the Year … Batted .506 with 101 RBI, 25 HR, 80 R, .596 OBP, 1.051 SLG last season.

Cincinnati (2018): Appeared in 14 games, starting five at Cincinnati ... Hit .074 with three runs scored, a triple and two RBI.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Gahanna Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio under head coach Bruce Ward … Played baseball and football … Named the 2017 State Player of the Year … 2017 District Player of the Year … 2017 First-Team All-Conference … 2017 Second-Team Maxpreps All-American … Named Ohio Player of the Year as a junior … Batted .517 as a senior … Finished with a career batting average of .426 with 19 HR and 125 RBI.
 
Personal: Full name is Cael John Baker … Son of Jay and Monica Baker … Born on March 14, 1999 … Multi-Disciplinary Studies major.