Gene Cone

Gene Cone’s Career Stats  

AWARDS/HONORS/CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Earned first-team All-SEC honors (2016)
• 2016 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
• Ranked by Baseball America as No. 6 best prospect in 2015 in the Coastal Plain League
• 2014 Coastal Plain League Hitter of the Year
• 2014 Coastal Plain League All-Star
• 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• Fall 2013 Dean’s List

2016 (JUNIOR)

• Played in 59 games with 57 starts, hit .363 (78-for-215) with 53 runs scored, 13 doubles, two triples, four homers and 30 RBI; 45 walks to 26 strikeouts with a .474 on-base percentage and a .498 slugging mark
• Team’s leading hitter in Columbia Regional with a .500 average (10-for-20) with a homer, seven runs scored and eight RBI as well as a .583 on-base percentage
• 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and three RBI in 10-1 win over UNCW (6/5)
• 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI in 23-2 win over Rhode Island (6/5)
• 2-for-4 with a run scored in 4-2 win over Duke (6/4)
• 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored in 4-1 loss to Texas A&M at SEC Tournament (5/26)
• 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored in 10-4 loss to Ole Miss at SEC Tournament (5/25)
• Owned a 31-game hitting streak, longest hitting streak in school history and the longest this year in Division I baseball, also reached base safely in 34 straight games, streak ended on May 7 at Kentucky
• 2-for-3 with two runs scored in 16-4 win over The Citadel (5/17)
• 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored in 10-7 win over Texas A&M (5/15)
• 2-for-5 with a RBI in 5-4 loss at Kentucky (5/8)
• 2-for-3 with a double and a solo home run in 2-1 win over Florida (4/30)
• National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball and SEC Player of the Week after hitting .833 (10-for-12) in a sweep of Missouri with six RBI and seven runs scored
• 5-for-5 with two doubles, a triple, three runs scored and three RBI in 9-2 win over Missouri (4/24)
• 2-for-3 with two runs scored in 5-1 win over Missouri (4/23)
• 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored, a stolen base and three RBI in 8-5 win over Missouri (4/22)
• 1-for-4 with a RBI triple and two runs scored in 14-4 win at Furman (4/20)
• 2-for-4 with a season-high three runs scored in 5-3 loss at Georgia (4/17)
• Two-run homer in 13-4 loss at Georgia (4/16)
• 2-for-4 in 3-1 win at Georgia (4/15)
• 1-for-4 with two runs scored in 7-6 win vs. Tennessee (4/8)
• 2-for-5 with two runs scored in 4-0 win at Vanderbilt (4/1)
• Top weekend at the plate for the Gamecocks at Ole Miss as he hit .462 (6-for-13) with four runs scored, three doubles, a homer and two RBI
• 2-for-5 with a double, a RBI and a run scored in 9-5 win at Ole Miss (3/25)
• 3-for-4 with a double, a homer a RBI and two runs scored in 5-1 win at Ole Miss (3/24)
• 2-for-4 with two runs scored in 10-6 win over Arkansas (3/18)
• 2-for-5 with a double and a career-high four RBI in 15-2 win over Davidson (3/16)
• 2-for-6 with a double and two runs in 12-6 win over USC Upstate (3/15)
• 2-for-3 in 9-0 win over Charleston Southern (3/11)
• 1-for-3 with two runs in 16-5 win over Penn State (2/27)
• Tied career-high in hits with 3-for-4 day at the plate with two runs in 5-0 win over Appalachian State (2/23)
• A run scored and two RBI in 8-1 win over Albany (2/21)

2015 (SOPHOMORE)

• Started all 57 games, hit .257 (55-for-214) with 48 runs scored, four doubles, two triples, two homers and 12 RBI
• Walked 35 times and was hit by pitch seven times as well, .377 on-base percentage, also stole 13 bags
• 3-for-4 in 5-1 loss vs. Missouri at SEC Tournament (5/19)
• 1-for-1 with two walks and two runs scored as well as two stolen bases in 17-0 win over USC Upstate (5/12)
• 1-for-4 with two runs scored in 8-7 win over Texas A&M (5/10)
• 2-for-5 with a double in 4-3 loss at Tennessee (4/25)
• 2-for-4 with a triple and run scored in 2-1 loss at Furman (4/21)
• Two runs along with an RBI and a walk in a 5-2 win over Vanderbilt (4/17)
• Solo homer in 12-2 loss at Florida (4/12)
• Tied career-high in hits and runs batted in going 3-for-3 with a run scored and three RBI in 11-1 win over Appalachian State (4/7)
• Reached base four times and scored four runs in 13-7 win at Mississippi State (4/4)
• 8-for-13 (.615) in the Georgia series with four runs scored
• 3-for-5 with a double and two runs in 8-5 win over Georgia (3/29)
• 3-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored in 4-3 loss to Georgia (3/28)
• 2-for-4 with a run scored in 6-5 loss vs. Georgia (3/27)
• 2-for-4 with two RBI including a RBI triple in 7-5 win at Missouri (3/22)
• 1-for-3 with two runs scored in 10-1 win over Kentucky (3/13)
• 2-for-3 with two runs scored in 13-3 win over Penn State (3/11)
• Two walks and two runs scored in 5-3 win over Miami (Ohio) (3/8)
• Three walks and three runs scored in 11-3 win over High Point (3/4)
• 3-for-5 tying career-high with in hits and also scoring a career-high three runs in 10-4 win over Charleston Southern (3/3)
• Solid series vs. Northeastern batting .583 (7-for-12) with two runs scored, a homer and two RBI
• 2-for-5 with a run scored in 6-4 win over Northeastern (2/22)
• 3-for-3 tying career-high in hits in 6-0 win over Northeastern (2/21)
• 2-for-4 with a run scored, two RBI and first career homer in 10-1 win over Northeastern (2/21)
• 1-for-3 with two runs scored in 5-2 win over Furman (2/17)
• 1-for-5 with a RBI and a run scored in 7-1 win over College of Charleston (2/14)

2014 (FRESHMAN)

• Played in 45 games with 30 starts, hit .221 (23-for-104) with a .371 on-base percentage, tallied three doubles, a team-high two triples, drove in 18 runs and scored 22 runs as well
• 2-for-3 in 5-2 win over Campbell (5/30)
• 1-for-3 with team-leading second triple in 7-2 loss vs. Florida at SEC Tournament (5/22)
• 1-for-2 with a walk, two sac bunts and a run scored in 6-3 win over Vanderbilt (5/17)
• 1-for-3 with a run scored in 4-3 win over Vanderbilt (5/15)
• Three-run double and a run scored in 8-2 win over Missouri (5/9)
• Two runs scored and two RBI in 15-1 win over Wofford (5/7)
• Key two-out two-run single in 9-3 win vs. Alabama (4/27)
• Reached base four times with three walks and a three-run triple in 9-3 win over Alabama (4/25)
• 3-for-5 with two runs scored and a RBI in 6-1 win over USC Upstate (4/23)
• RBI and a run scored in 8-0 win vs. Davidson (4/22)
• 1-for-3 with game-winning sac fly in 4-3 win at Auburn (4/20)
• 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI in 3-2 win at Auburn (4/19)
• 1-for-3 with a walk in 6-5 loss to Florida (4/13)
• 1-for-4 with first career double and a walk in 4-3 loss to Florida (4/12)
• First career start in 8-3 win at Kentucky (3/23)
• A walk and a run scored in 13-0 win over Brown (3/8)
• 1-for-2 with a run scored in 7-1 win over Stetson (3/4)
• First career run scored in 12-2 win over Bucknell (2/15)
• First career RBI in 17-4 win over Bucknell (2/15)

HIGH SCHOOL

• Rated No. 12 best high school prospect in South Carolina and No. 470 best high school prospect in the nation by Perfect Game USA
• Rated No. 13 best high school prospect in South Carolina and No. 2 best outfielder in South Carolina by Diamond Prospects
• 2013 South Carolina AAAA All-State
• 2013 SC/NC Select All-Star
• 2013 Diamond Prospects Gold Glove team
• Hit .405 as a sophomore in 2011 at Spring Valley HS
• Played for Diamond Devils AAU team; named to All-Tournament Team at 2012 WWBA World Championship

PERSONAL

• Born on September 21, 1994
• Parents are Gene and Laurie Cone
• Major is business