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2024 Youngstown State Baseball Roster

Robert Hayes

31 Chase Franken

31 Chase Franken

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    185
  • Bats/Throws:
    L/R
  • Year:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Salem, Ohio
  • High School:
    Columbiana
  • Position:
    RHP/OF
  • Major:
    Public Health

Summary

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2024 (R-Junior): Played in 32 games and made 21 starts as a position player… Made 17 starts in left field and four in right field… Also made nine relief appearances on the mound… At the plate, batted .215 and slugged .392 with 17 hits, two doubles, four home runs and nine RBIs… Recorded 15 runs scored, nine walks, 31 total bases, a .347 on-base percentage and two stolen bases in four attempts… Committed two errors in 60 chances for a .967 fielding percentage… Credited with one assist and 57 putouts… Batted .182 and slugged .455 with eight hits, four home runs and six RBIs over 17 games played in Horizon League action… Hit a solo home run and scored two runs at Wright State (4/5)… Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs at Wright State (4/6)… Went 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored at Ohio State (5/8)… Hit a home run and scored two runs at Milwaukee (5/18)… Went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs vs. Purdue Fort Wayne in the Horizon League Tournament (5/23)… Went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored vs. Wright State in the Horizon League Tournament (5/24)… On the mound, finished with an 0-1 record and a 17.25 ERA in 12 innings pitched… Struck out seven batters while walking nine… Tossed a scoreless inning with a season-high two strikeouts at College of Charleston (2/24)… Pitched a season-high three innings while matching his season high with two strikeouts at Ohio (3/5).

2023 (R-Sophomore): Played in 21 games and made 10 starts as a position player… Made seven starts in right field and three in left field… Also made five relief appearances on the mound… At the plate, batted .063 and slugged .125 with two hits in 32 at bats… Recorded one triple, one RBI, six runs scored, six walks and a .268 on-base percentage… Did not commit an error in 32 chances in the field… Credited with one assist and 31 putouts… Batted .077 and slugged .231 with one hit and an RBI in 13 at bats over 10 games played and three starts in Horizon League play… Drew a pair of walks and scored a run at Wake Forest (2/17)… Went 1-for-3 with a walk in the first game of a doubleheader at Memphis (2/25)… Went 1-for-3 with a triple, a walk and a run scored vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (3/31)… On the mound, finished with a 0-0 record and a 7.94 ERA in 5.2 innings pitched… Struck out two batters while walking nine… Limited opponents to a .238 batting average… Tossed a season-high two innings of relief at Bowling Green (3/22)… Pitched a scoreless inning of relief vs. Pitt (4/4)… Worked a scoreless inning of relief vs. Akron (5/16).

2022 (R-Freshman): Played in 32 games and made 18 starts… Made 15 starts in right field and three as the designated hitter… Batted .164 and slugged .197 with two doubles and six RBIs… Recorded eight runs scored, 12 walks, 12 total bases, a .293 on-base percentage and four stolen bases in six attempts… Batted .205 and slugged .231 with one double and five RBIs over 16 games played and 12 starts in Horizon League play… Committed two errors in 25 chances in the field for a .920 fielding percentage… Credited with one assist and 22 putouts… Recorded three multi-hit games… Reached base safely in seven straight contests at one point… Went 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI in the first game of a doubleheader at West Virginia (3/25)… Went 1-for-3 with a walk at Michigan State (3/30)… Went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored at Oakland (4/1)… Went 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored vs. Northern Kentucky (4/10)… Went 3-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored vs. Milwaukee (4/15)… Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a walk and three runs scored vs. Milwaukee (4/16).

2021 (Freshman): Did not see action in any games… Redshirted.

High School: Three-time all-conference honoree at Columbiana High School… Three-time All-Northeast Inland District selection… Honorable Mention All-Ohio pick in 2019… Owns career records for runs scored, doubles and triples… Also owns the school record for triples in a season... Batted .443 with two home runs, 12 doubles, six triples, 21 steals and 21 RBIs to go with a .531 on-base percentage and .823 slugging percentage in 2019.… Also led his team in wins (6), ERA (0.74) and strikeouts (75) in 11 games and nine starts on the mound… Coached by Ryan Wolf at Columbiana… Played travel ball for the Astro Falcons under coach Don Pletcher… Also a standout football player for the Clippers… Two-time all-conference honoree… Two-time All-Northeast Inland District selection… Two-time Quad-County Football Coaches Association All-Star… Two-time All-Columbiana County selection… Owns school records for career and single-game receiving yards as well as career receiving touchdowns.

Personal: Parents are Mark and Melody... Has a brother (Bryce)... Major is sports broadcasting... Recipient of the 2022-23 West Coast Chill Scholarship.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2021Freshman

    IF/OF
    5'9" 160 lbs
    15
  • 13

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    IF/OF
    5'9" 175 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    OF
    5'9" 175 lbs
    13
  • 31

    2024Redshirt Junior

    RHP/OF
    5'9" 185 lbs
    31