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Jersey Number 8
Johnny Adams
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 194
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Walpole, Mass.
- High School:
- Walpole
Bio
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Hits: 4 (5x) last vs. Tulane (6/5/16)
Runs: 4 at Northeastern (3/24/15)
RBIs: 4 (2x) last at Notre Dame (4/17/16)
Hit Streak: 14 games (4/24/16 – 5/21/16)
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NOTES
Drafted in the 22nd round by the Seattle Mariners of the 2017 MLB First-Year Players Draft … the first two-time recipient of the No. 8 jersey, worn in honor of Peter "Sonny" Nictakis, for battling adversity and representing the best qualities of BC Baseball … was the first junior selected to wear No. 8 in 2016 … voted a team captain … ranked on five career record lists including at bats (seventh – 696), games played (tied third – 203), games started (tied third – 201), sacrifice hits (fourth – 24) and strikeouts (third – 143) … career-long, 14-game hit streak tied for sixth in BC history … recorded 168 assists in 2015, third on BC’s single-season record list, 163 assists in 2016 ranked fourth and 154 in 2017 tied for sixth … turned 42 double plays in 2017, third all-time, while 39 double plays in 2015 tied for fourth.
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AS A SENIOR (2017)
Started all 53 games at shortstop … was the player to start all games at the same position … one of two players to start all 53 games … led the Eagles with eight sacrifice hits … third on the team with 10 doubles and 11 stolen bases, fourth with 26 runs, fifth with 38 hits and 53 total bases and tied for fifth with 20 RBIs and 22 walks … recorded a .211 batting average and a .962 fielding percentage with nine errors … registered seven multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games … reached base safely in 13 straight games, tied for the third-longest streak of the season … scored the game-winning run twice and drove in the game-winner once … recorded six assists – tying for a team season high – three times (Bethune-Cookman, 2/19; Wake Forest, 5/6; Maine 5/16) … was not caught stealing in final eight attempts … recorded two five-game hit streaks … tied for first in the ACC with 42 double plays turned, ranked third with 154 assists and tied for sixth for sacrifice hits … led the conference with 27 double plays in league play … recorded 19 hits, including six doubles and one triple, 13 runs, 11 RBIs and 11 walks in ACC action … tallied a hit in all three games in the Notre Dame series, including an RBI triple in the series finale to go along with bringing in the game-winning run on a bases-loaded walk (5/20) … went 1-for-3 with a run, RBI and two stolen bases in the series-opening win against the Irish (5/18) … hit a solo home run in the first game of the doubleheader victory over Quinnipiac (5/13) and stole two bases in the second game … went 1-for-3 with a run and double in the series opener at No. 17 Wake Forest (5/5) … scored two runs on a 1-for-3 day with a double in the victor against Miami (4/30) … drove in two and scored twice in the 15-6 win at Duke (4/15) … was 2-for-4 with two runs, an RBI and stolen base in the win against Harvard (4/11) … drove in two at Virginia Tech (4/1) … batted 2-for-4 with a stolen base against No. 6 Clemson (3/26) … also went 2-for-4 with a run and RBI at No. 1 Louisville (3/18) … turned in a 2-for-3 day with a run, walk, two RBIs and two stolen bases in the 5-4 win over Central Michigan (3/3) … doubled, walked, scored and drove in one at Bethune-Cookman (2/19) … Boston College’s male recipient of the Unsung Hero Award … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... earned the Athletics Director’s Award for Academic Achievement.
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AS A JUNIOR (2016)
Started all 57 games at shortstop … one of four players to start every game of the season and one of two to start at the same position … named to the 2016 Oxford All-Regional Team and Most Outstanding Player ..  led the Eagles with 17 doubles, second with 60 hits and 80 total base, tied for second with 33 runs scored and third with 26 RBIs and a .284 batting average … second on the Eagles with 16 multiple-hit games … also tallied six multiple-RBI games and 14 two-out RBIs … 4-for-9 with the bases loaded … recorded a team-long and career-long 14-game hit streak from April 24 to May 21, racking up 20 hits, nine runs, 13 RBIs, five doubles and four walks, and reached base in 19 straight games … drove in the game-winning run three times and scored the winning run a team-high six times … recorded a .275 batting average in ACC action – second-best on the team – with 10 runs, 28 hits, including seven doubles and a home run – 16 RBIs and six walks … led BC with a .360 batting clip in the postseason with nine hits and four doubles … walked and scored a run in the Super Regional loss at No. 3 Miami (6/12) … also drove in one and scored in the opening game against the Canes (6/10) … led the Eagles at the Oxford Regional, going 7-for-12 with four doubles, three runs and three RBIs … tied a career high with a 4-for-4 day in the regional championship against No. 15 Tulane (6/5), with a team season-high three doubles, three RBIs and two runs … tied the team season high with seven total bases on the day … went 2-for-4 with a run and double against Utah (6/4) … went 2-for-4 in the ACC Tournament first-round game against Georgia Tech in Durham, N.C. (5/24) … turned in a 2-for-4 day with two runs, an RBI and double in the first game of the doubleheader at the No. 22 Yellow Jackets (5/21) … went 3-for-7 with three runs, including a three-RBI day, in two games against Niagara (5/14-15) … tallied six hits in 13 at bats with five RBIs in the three-games series against Wake Forest (5/6-7), highlighted by a 3-for-5 day with three RBIs and two doubles in the first game of the doubleheader sweep … recorded one of the Eagles’ 11 stolen bases in the victory at Northeastern (5/4), setting a program record … drove in two in the rubber match victory against Virginia Tech (5/1) … tallied four hits in 12 at bats in the three-game series with the Hokies (4/29-5/1) … went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a walk in the series-opening victory over No. 4 Louisville (4/22) … tied a career high with four RBIs and four hits in a 4-for-5 outing, launching a solo home run and tying a team season high with seven total bases at Notre Dame (4/17) … went 3-for-5 with two runs and a stolen base in the win at Harvard (4/12) … turned in a 2-for-4 day with two runs and a double at Massachusetts (3/30) … had a 2-for-4 day in the series-opening win at Pittsburgh (3/24) with a run, walk and stolen base … tallied a hit in the first two games at No. 19 Clemson (3/18-19), notching a double … hit two doubles and scored twice in the series finale against Northern Illinois (2/21) … voted the winner of the Cape Cod’s Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award by the league’s umpires.
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AS A SOPHOMORE (2015)
Started all 54 games at shortstop … one of two BC players to start all games in 2015 … recorded a .240 batting average with 28 runs, 42 hits – including seven doubles, two triples and a home run – 21 RBIs, 21 walks and 10 stolen bases … tallied a .970 fielding percentage, making just eight errors in 271 chances … led the Eagles with eight sacrifice hits, tied for second for stolen bases, third for runs and at bats (175), tied for fourth in RBIs and fifth in walks … also recorded eight multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI games … tied for sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference for sacrifice hits and ranked sixth with 168 assists and eighth for double plays fielded … put together a season-long, seven-game hit streak – including 10 hits – from April 24 to May 2 and recorded at least one hit in 12 of 13 games from April 14 to May 2, reaching base safely in all 13 games, tallying 17 hits, six runs and nine RBIs … only of two Eagles to score four runs in a game and also one of two to hit three doubles in a game, both against Northeastern on March 24 … scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th against No. 24 Notre Dame (5/15), going 1-for-3 with an RBI double and two walks … tied a career high with four hits, going 4-for-4, scoring two runs, driving in two and recording a double against Maine (5/12) … went 4-for-5 with an RBI at Virginia Tech (5/2) … tallied a hit in each game at No. 18 North Carolina (4/24-26) … went 5-for-10 with three RBIs, two runs and a triple in the three-game series with No. 24 Georgia Tech (4/17-19) … tallied a career-high four RBIs and blasted first career homer – a three-run bomb – against Harvard (4/15) … recorded a team season-high seven assists at Dartmouth (4/7) … went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored against Connecticut (3/31) … recorded a hit in the three-game sweep of Duke (3/27-29) … tied a career high with four hits – including three doubles - and drew a walk in the victory at Northeastern (3/24) … hit an RBI triple on a 1-for-3 day with a run and walk at No. 8 Louisville (3/14) … went 6-for-15 with five runs and four RBIs over four games at the Snowbird Classic (2/27-3/2) … stole two bases in a 2-for-4 performance with two runs, an RBI and a walk against North Dakota State (2/28) … went 1-for-3 with a run, RBI, walk and stolen bases against Xavier (2/15) … earned the Cape Cod League’s Manny Robello 10th Player Award, given to a player who has shown dedication both on and off the field and all to the game.Â
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AS A FRESHMAN (2014)
Played in 39 games, making 37 starts, including 18 at third, 10 at short and nine as the designated hitter … tied for second on the team with five sacrifice hits … recorded a .223 batting average with 29 hits, 13 runs, three doubles, 12 RBIs and 16 walks … also tallied four multiple-hit games … recorded a career-long, 10-game hit streak – the third longest of the season for the Eagles – from April 25 to May 15, tallying one hit in each game and notched a hit in 12 of the final 14 games of the season … recorded 68 assists on the year, good for third on the team … turned six double plays … drove in a season-high two runs in a 1-for-2 performance, notching a double and a walk in the 4-3, six-inning win at Rhode Island (4/29) … stole first career base in the first game of the double header, going 1-for-3 with an RBI in the 7-2, eight-inning win … tied a team-high by drawing three walks at Harvard (4/9) … started career with hits in first six games played, including going 2-for-4 against Villanova (3/1) and Central Michigan (2/28) and 2-for-3 at Stetson (2/23) … recorded first career double against CMU … notched first career hit, run and RBI in first career start in the 7-3 victory against Nevada (2/15).
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BEFORE BC
Four-year varsity letter winner at Walpole … helped the Rebels to two Bay State League Championships … three-time First-Team Bay State League All-Star … named a captain as a senior … earned first-team all-state honors and Rawlings Northeast All-Regional Second-Team accolades in 2013 … earned Walpole’s Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year … made USA Baseball NTIS North Atlantic Team roster in 2011 … also a four-year varsity letter winner in basketball and a two-time captain … Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Student Ambassador as a junior and senior … four-year honor roll student.
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PERSONAL
Graduated with a communication degree from the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … Johnny is one of Jay and Linda Adams’ four children … father played baseball at Boston College for four years under head coach Eddie Pellagrini and captained the 1987 team … member of the Little League World Series team that advanced to Williamsport in 2007.
Hits: 4 (5x) last vs. Tulane (6/5/16)
Runs: 4 at Northeastern (3/24/15)
RBIs: 4 (2x) last at Notre Dame (4/17/16)
Hit Streak: 14 games (4/24/16 – 5/21/16)
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NOTES
Drafted in the 22nd round by the Seattle Mariners of the 2017 MLB First-Year Players Draft … the first two-time recipient of the No. 8 jersey, worn in honor of Peter "Sonny" Nictakis, for battling adversity and representing the best qualities of BC Baseball … was the first junior selected to wear No. 8 in 2016 … voted a team captain … ranked on five career record lists including at bats (seventh – 696), games played (tied third – 203), games started (tied third – 201), sacrifice hits (fourth – 24) and strikeouts (third – 143) … career-long, 14-game hit streak tied for sixth in BC history … recorded 168 assists in 2015, third on BC’s single-season record list, 163 assists in 2016 ranked fourth and 154 in 2017 tied for sixth … turned 42 double plays in 2017, third all-time, while 39 double plays in 2015 tied for fourth.
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AS A SENIOR (2017)
Started all 53 games at shortstop … was the player to start all games at the same position … one of two players to start all 53 games … led the Eagles with eight sacrifice hits … third on the team with 10 doubles and 11 stolen bases, fourth with 26 runs, fifth with 38 hits and 53 total bases and tied for fifth with 20 RBIs and 22 walks … recorded a .211 batting average and a .962 fielding percentage with nine errors … registered seven multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games … reached base safely in 13 straight games, tied for the third-longest streak of the season … scored the game-winning run twice and drove in the game-winner once … recorded six assists – tying for a team season high – three times (Bethune-Cookman, 2/19; Wake Forest, 5/6; Maine 5/16) … was not caught stealing in final eight attempts … recorded two five-game hit streaks … tied for first in the ACC with 42 double plays turned, ranked third with 154 assists and tied for sixth for sacrifice hits … led the conference with 27 double plays in league play … recorded 19 hits, including six doubles and one triple, 13 runs, 11 RBIs and 11 walks in ACC action … tallied a hit in all three games in the Notre Dame series, including an RBI triple in the series finale to go along with bringing in the game-winning run on a bases-loaded walk (5/20) … went 1-for-3 with a run, RBI and two stolen bases in the series-opening win against the Irish (5/18) … hit a solo home run in the first game of the doubleheader victory over Quinnipiac (5/13) and stole two bases in the second game … went 1-for-3 with a run and double in the series opener at No. 17 Wake Forest (5/5) … scored two runs on a 1-for-3 day with a double in the victor against Miami (4/30) … drove in two and scored twice in the 15-6 win at Duke (4/15) … was 2-for-4 with two runs, an RBI and stolen base in the win against Harvard (4/11) … drove in two at Virginia Tech (4/1) … batted 2-for-4 with a stolen base against No. 6 Clemson (3/26) … also went 2-for-4 with a run and RBI at No. 1 Louisville (3/18) … turned in a 2-for-3 day with a run, walk, two RBIs and two stolen bases in the 5-4 win over Central Michigan (3/3) … doubled, walked, scored and drove in one at Bethune-Cookman (2/19) … Boston College’s male recipient of the Unsung Hero Award … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... earned the Athletics Director’s Award for Academic Achievement.
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AS A JUNIOR (2016)
Started all 57 games at shortstop … one of four players to start every game of the season and one of two to start at the same position … named to the 2016 Oxford All-Regional Team and Most Outstanding Player ..  led the Eagles with 17 doubles, second with 60 hits and 80 total base, tied for second with 33 runs scored and third with 26 RBIs and a .284 batting average … second on the Eagles with 16 multiple-hit games … also tallied six multiple-RBI games and 14 two-out RBIs … 4-for-9 with the bases loaded … recorded a team-long and career-long 14-game hit streak from April 24 to May 21, racking up 20 hits, nine runs, 13 RBIs, five doubles and four walks, and reached base in 19 straight games … drove in the game-winning run three times and scored the winning run a team-high six times … recorded a .275 batting average in ACC action – second-best on the team – with 10 runs, 28 hits, including seven doubles and a home run – 16 RBIs and six walks … led BC with a .360 batting clip in the postseason with nine hits and four doubles … walked and scored a run in the Super Regional loss at No. 3 Miami (6/12) … also drove in one and scored in the opening game against the Canes (6/10) … led the Eagles at the Oxford Regional, going 7-for-12 with four doubles, three runs and three RBIs … tied a career high with a 4-for-4 day in the regional championship against No. 15 Tulane (6/5), with a team season-high three doubles, three RBIs and two runs … tied the team season high with seven total bases on the day … went 2-for-4 with a run and double against Utah (6/4) … went 2-for-4 in the ACC Tournament first-round game against Georgia Tech in Durham, N.C. (5/24) … turned in a 2-for-4 day with two runs, an RBI and double in the first game of the doubleheader at the No. 22 Yellow Jackets (5/21) … went 3-for-7 with three runs, including a three-RBI day, in two games against Niagara (5/14-15) … tallied six hits in 13 at bats with five RBIs in the three-games series against Wake Forest (5/6-7), highlighted by a 3-for-5 day with three RBIs and two doubles in the first game of the doubleheader sweep … recorded one of the Eagles’ 11 stolen bases in the victory at Northeastern (5/4), setting a program record … drove in two in the rubber match victory against Virginia Tech (5/1) … tallied four hits in 12 at bats in the three-game series with the Hokies (4/29-5/1) … went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a walk in the series-opening victory over No. 4 Louisville (4/22) … tied a career high with four RBIs and four hits in a 4-for-5 outing, launching a solo home run and tying a team season high with seven total bases at Notre Dame (4/17) … went 3-for-5 with two runs and a stolen base in the win at Harvard (4/12) … turned in a 2-for-4 day with two runs and a double at Massachusetts (3/30) … had a 2-for-4 day in the series-opening win at Pittsburgh (3/24) with a run, walk and stolen base … tallied a hit in the first two games at No. 19 Clemson (3/18-19), notching a double … hit two doubles and scored twice in the series finale against Northern Illinois (2/21) … voted the winner of the Cape Cod’s Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award by the league’s umpires.
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AS A SOPHOMORE (2015)
Started all 54 games at shortstop … one of two BC players to start all games in 2015 … recorded a .240 batting average with 28 runs, 42 hits – including seven doubles, two triples and a home run – 21 RBIs, 21 walks and 10 stolen bases … tallied a .970 fielding percentage, making just eight errors in 271 chances … led the Eagles with eight sacrifice hits, tied for second for stolen bases, third for runs and at bats (175), tied for fourth in RBIs and fifth in walks … also recorded eight multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI games … tied for sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference for sacrifice hits and ranked sixth with 168 assists and eighth for double plays fielded … put together a season-long, seven-game hit streak – including 10 hits – from April 24 to May 2 and recorded at least one hit in 12 of 13 games from April 14 to May 2, reaching base safely in all 13 games, tallying 17 hits, six runs and nine RBIs … only of two Eagles to score four runs in a game and also one of two to hit three doubles in a game, both against Northeastern on March 24 … scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th against No. 24 Notre Dame (5/15), going 1-for-3 with an RBI double and two walks … tied a career high with four hits, going 4-for-4, scoring two runs, driving in two and recording a double against Maine (5/12) … went 4-for-5 with an RBI at Virginia Tech (5/2) … tallied a hit in each game at No. 18 North Carolina (4/24-26) … went 5-for-10 with three RBIs, two runs and a triple in the three-game series with No. 24 Georgia Tech (4/17-19) … tallied a career-high four RBIs and blasted first career homer – a three-run bomb – against Harvard (4/15) … recorded a team season-high seven assists at Dartmouth (4/7) … went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored against Connecticut (3/31) … recorded a hit in the three-game sweep of Duke (3/27-29) … tied a career high with four hits – including three doubles - and drew a walk in the victory at Northeastern (3/24) … hit an RBI triple on a 1-for-3 day with a run and walk at No. 8 Louisville (3/14) … went 6-for-15 with five runs and four RBIs over four games at the Snowbird Classic (2/27-3/2) … stole two bases in a 2-for-4 performance with two runs, an RBI and a walk against North Dakota State (2/28) … went 1-for-3 with a run, RBI, walk and stolen bases against Xavier (2/15) … earned the Cape Cod League’s Manny Robello 10th Player Award, given to a player who has shown dedication both on and off the field and all to the game.Â
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AS A FRESHMAN (2014)
Played in 39 games, making 37 starts, including 18 at third, 10 at short and nine as the designated hitter … tied for second on the team with five sacrifice hits … recorded a .223 batting average with 29 hits, 13 runs, three doubles, 12 RBIs and 16 walks … also tallied four multiple-hit games … recorded a career-long, 10-game hit streak – the third longest of the season for the Eagles – from April 25 to May 15, tallying one hit in each game and notched a hit in 12 of the final 14 games of the season … recorded 68 assists on the year, good for third on the team … turned six double plays … drove in a season-high two runs in a 1-for-2 performance, notching a double and a walk in the 4-3, six-inning win at Rhode Island (4/29) … stole first career base in the first game of the double header, going 1-for-3 with an RBI in the 7-2, eight-inning win … tied a team-high by drawing three walks at Harvard (4/9) … started career with hits in first six games played, including going 2-for-4 against Villanova (3/1) and Central Michigan (2/28) and 2-for-3 at Stetson (2/23) … recorded first career double against CMU … notched first career hit, run and RBI in first career start in the 7-3 victory against Nevada (2/15).
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BEFORE BC
Four-year varsity letter winner at Walpole … helped the Rebels to two Bay State League Championships … three-time First-Team Bay State League All-Star … named a captain as a senior … earned first-team all-state honors and Rawlings Northeast All-Regional Second-Team accolades in 2013 … earned Walpole’s Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year … made USA Baseball NTIS North Atlantic Team roster in 2011 … also a four-year varsity letter winner in basketball and a two-time captain … Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Student Ambassador as a junior and senior … four-year honor roll student.
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PERSONAL
Graduated with a communication degree from the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … Johnny is one of Jay and Linda Adams’ four children … father played baseball at Boston College for four years under head coach Eddie Pellagrini and captained the 1987 team … member of the Little League World Series team that advanced to Williamsport in 2007.
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