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Returns for his senior year after an outstanding junior season in which he was one of 10 semifinalists for the Johnny Bench Award as the nation's top collegiate catcher...for the 2003 season had two game-tying home runs, a game-winning home run and a game-winning RBI single…had an impressive game Mar. 14 versus UC Irvine, going 4-for-6 with four RBI, including a solo home run in the seventh inning, a game-tying two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the game-winning RBI single in the 12th inning…is a good receiver with a strong arm…at the plate has the ability to hit for both power and average...redshirted during the 2000 season after joining the Bears in January of that year...
AS A JUNIOR (2003): Started 50 games behind the plate, batting .341 (72-for-211, .348 versus Pac-10) with 16 doubles, eight home runs and 45 RBI…led the Bears in hits (72), multiple hit games (15), doubles (16) and total bases (112)…had a career-high 11-game hitting streak from Apr. 4-25 (18-for-43, .419, 6-2B, HR, 11 RBI)…went 3-for-5 with two RBI May 13 versus San Francisco and 3-for-4 with a double May 9 versus Stanford…was 2-for-6 with a home run May 4 at Arizona…went 2-for-4 with a double and home run Apr. 27 at Washington and 3-for-5 with two RBI Apr. 29 versus UC Davis…was 4-for-13 with two doubles and five RBI Apr. 17-19 versus USC…went 6-for-12 with three doubles, a home run and five RBI Apr. 4-6 at UCLA…was 6-for-15 with five RBI Mar. 28-30 at Oregon State, going 4-for-6 with two RBI Mar. 30…went 5-for-12 with two doubles and four RBI Mar. 21-23 versus Washington State…was 5-for-14 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI Mar. 14-16 versus UC Irvine…went 4-for-6 with a double, two home runs and four RBI, including game-winning RBI in the 12th inning Mar. 14 versus the Anteaters…was 5-for-13 with a double and two-run homer Mar. 7-9 at Stanford…had a key home run in the eighth inning Feb. 11 versus San Jose State…went 5-for-13 with a double, home run and two RBI Feb. 7-9 versus Loyola Marymount, hitting the game-winning home run in the ninth inning Feb. 7 versus the Lions… was 4-for-11 Jan. 31-Feb. 2 versus UNLV, including 2-for-4 with three RBI in Jan. 31 season-opener…batted .328 (22-for-67) with runners in scoring position…was Pac-10 honorable mention…
AS A SOPHOMORE (2002): Saw action in 31 games with five starts at catcher, three starts as a designated hitter and a start in right field…batted .208 with a double, two home runs and nine RBI...had a spectacular game Apr. 16 versus Fresno State, going 2-for-5 with two home runs and a career-high five RBI…
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2001): Batted .254 (15-for-59, 4-2B, HR, seven RBI), getting a hit in his first five at bats of the season…believed to be first Bear to start career with five consecutive hits...started 13 games, seven at catcher, three in left field and three as a designated hitter…began year on seven-game hitting streak (11-for-23, .478, 2-2B, HR, five RBI) from Feb. 4-18...had key walk in 10th inning in Cal's 5-4 victory Apr. 14 versus USC…went 4-for-12 with a double and three RBI Feb. 16-18 at Loyola Marymount…had the game-winning RBI Feb. 20 versus Saint Mary's…went 2-for-5 with first collegiate home run Feb. 13 at Pacific…in first collegiate game Feb. 4 at Santa Clara, went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI…
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Monte Vista High School was an All-East Bay Athletic League catcher as a senior, batting .434 with 11 doubles, a triple and three home runs…this past summer was a member of the Santa Barbara Foresters, helping his team advance to a runner-up finish at the NBC World Series in Wichita, Kansas...in the summer of 1999 played on the Danville American Legion team that captured the California state title and were runners-up in the American Legion Regional Tournament in Klamath Falls, Oregon…majoring in American studies...father, William, played volleyball at Ohio State...parents are William and Carolyn Grossman...born February 3, 1981 in Palo Alto, CA.
Grossman's Career Statistics
YEAR AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB
2001 .254 21 59 5 15 7 4 0 1 6 9 1
2002 .208 31 48 5 10 9 1 0 2 1 11 0
2003 .341 52 211 32 72 45 16 0 8 14 23 0
Total .305 104 318 42 97 61 21 0 11 21 43 1
Career vs. the Pac-10
AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB TB SLUG
vs. UA .143 4 14 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 .357
vs. ASU .222 4 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 .222
vs. OSU .353 5 17 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 .353
vs. Stan .267 5 15 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 .333
vs. UCLA .400 6 15 6 6 5 3 0 1 2 1 0 12 .800
vs. USC .333 6 15 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 .467
vs. UW .308 5 13 2 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 8 .615
vs. WSU .412 5 17 4 7 5 4 0 0 2 1 0 11 .647
Career Bests
Most Hits: 4, twice, last time Mar. 30, 2003 at Oregon State (4-for-6, 2 RBI)
Most Runs: 3, twice, last time Apr. 6, 2003 at UCLA
Most RBI: 5, Apr. 16, 2002 vs. Fresno State (2-for-4, 2-HR)
Career Grand Slams: None
Longest Hitting Streak: 11, Apr. 4-25, 2003 (18-for-43, .419, 6-2B, HR, 11 RBI)
