2018 Baseball Roster
Beckett, Taylor

Jersey Number 7
Taylor Beckett
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Wellesley, Mass.
- High School:
- Phillips Academy Andover
Bio
At Princeton:
2020: Started two games and had one hit.
2019: Played in 35 games, starting all but one … Produced a .288/.390/.360 slash line … Second on the team in on-base percentage … Hit .300 in Ivy League action … Stole two bases and had two hits at George Mason (Mar. 3) … Scored a run and had a RBI at Georgetown (Mar. 15) … Multi-hit outing at Harvard (Mar. 30) … Consecutive multi-hit outings vs. Columbia (Apr. 7) and at Penn (Apr. 12) … Remarkable six hits, four runs and three RBI in doubleheader at Cornell (Apr. 20) … Snagged three hits in doubleheader vs. Brown (Apr. 27).
2018: Saw time in 27 games with 26 starts … Finished third on the team with a .269 average … Tied for the team lead with a .387 slugging percentage … Impressive Ivy season that included a .304/.409/.464 slash line … Modest four-game hitting streak (Mar. 3-10) … Scored twice at UNCW (Mar. 4) … Multi-hit outing at South Carolina (Mar. 10) … Opened Ivy play with first career home run vs. Cornell (Mar. 31) … Touched home twice vs. Cornell (Apr. 1) … Ripped his second career home run and reached base three times at Brown (Apr. 7) … Finished the season with hits in 10 of his last 12 games … Season-best three hits with two doubles vs. Penn (Apr. 14) … Continued with five-game hit streak in Ivy action (Apr. 14-22) … Completed campaign on a five-game hitting streak (Apr. 28-May 6) … Had two hits in season finale at Dartmouth (May 6).
Before Princeton:
Phillips Academy Andover: A senior captain that led the team in average, OPS, doubles, RBI and hits, leading to him being named the Harrison Award Winner … Selected as the 2017 Raymond Trippet Award winner for outstanding member of the baseball or football teams … Was a two-time Central New England Prep School Baseball League (CNEPSBL) All-Conference player … Team won the CNEPSBL in 2016 and was the runner-up in 2015 and 2017 … Also lettered in football.
Personal: Son of Pamela and Grant Beckett … Has two sisters, Nicole and Charlotte.
2020: Started two games and had one hit.
2019: Played in 35 games, starting all but one … Produced a .288/.390/.360 slash line … Second on the team in on-base percentage … Hit .300 in Ivy League action … Stole two bases and had two hits at George Mason (Mar. 3) … Scored a run and had a RBI at Georgetown (Mar. 15) … Multi-hit outing at Harvard (Mar. 30) … Consecutive multi-hit outings vs. Columbia (Apr. 7) and at Penn (Apr. 12) … Remarkable six hits, four runs and three RBI in doubleheader at Cornell (Apr. 20) … Snagged three hits in doubleheader vs. Brown (Apr. 27).
2018: Saw time in 27 games with 26 starts … Finished third on the team with a .269 average … Tied for the team lead with a .387 slugging percentage … Impressive Ivy season that included a .304/.409/.464 slash line … Modest four-game hitting streak (Mar. 3-10) … Scored twice at UNCW (Mar. 4) … Multi-hit outing at South Carolina (Mar. 10) … Opened Ivy play with first career home run vs. Cornell (Mar. 31) … Touched home twice vs. Cornell (Apr. 1) … Ripped his second career home run and reached base three times at Brown (Apr. 7) … Finished the season with hits in 10 of his last 12 games … Season-best three hits with two doubles vs. Penn (Apr. 14) … Continued with five-game hit streak in Ivy action (Apr. 14-22) … Completed campaign on a five-game hitting streak (Apr. 28-May 6) … Had two hits in season finale at Dartmouth (May 6).
Before Princeton:
Phillips Academy Andover: A senior captain that led the team in average, OPS, doubles, RBI and hits, leading to him being named the Harrison Award Winner … Selected as the 2017 Raymond Trippet Award winner for outstanding member of the baseball or football teams … Was a two-time Central New England Prep School Baseball League (CNEPSBL) All-Conference player … Team won the CNEPSBL in 2016 and was the runner-up in 2015 and 2017 … Also lettered in football.
Personal: Son of Pamela and Grant Beckett … Has two sisters, Nicole and Charlotte.
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