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Jersey Number 9
Cade Baldridge
- Position:
- INF/OF
- B/T:
- S/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Roff, Okla.
- High School:
- Roff HS
- Prev School:
- Cowley County CC
Get to Know Cade ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?- I started playing baseball when I was four years old. My dad was a baseball coach when I was a child.
- I love to chew as much bubble gum as possible before and during the game.
- Jose Altuve because I’m taller than him.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
JUNIOR – 2026
- Committed in October 2024
COWLEY COUNTY CC – 2024-25
- Spent two years at Cowley County Community College
- All-KJCCC Honorable Mention in 2024
- Gold Glove recipient at second base after committing only three errors in 223 opportunities in 2024
- Slashed .333/.470/.528 (139-for-417), with 28 doubles, four triples, 15 home runs, 92 RBIs, 133 runs, 62 walks and 30 stolen bases in 112 career games
- 2025: .328/.475/.544 (67-for-204), 12 2B, 1 3B, 10 HR, 42 RBI, 73 R, 33 BB, 24 SB in 57 games
- Most HBP (25) and tied for the most walks on the team in 2025
- 2024: .338/.464/.512 (72-for-213), 16 2B, 3 2B, 5 HR, 50 RBI, 60 R, 29 BB, 6 SB in 55 games as a freshman
- Led the team in doubles and tied for the team lead in triples in 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Roff High School in Roff, Oklahoma
- Ranked the No. 6 shortstop in the state of Oklahoma, and the No. 21 overall prospect in the state by Prep Baseball Report in 2023
- Oklahoma Class B Baseball Player of the Year in 2022
- OBCA All State Small East Infielder in 2023
- SBLive Oklahoma All State Infielder in 2023
- Small Town, All America Baseball Team in 2023
- Daily Oklahoman's All State First Team Second Baseman in 2023
- Oklahoma CLASS B East All Star Team in 2023
- Helped Roff become state champions his sophomore and junior years
- Also played four years of basketball
PERSONAL
- Son of Danny Baldridge and April Babb
- Has one older brother, Connor, and one older sister, Maddie
- His father, Danny, played baseball at East Carolina
- Picked Kansas over Oral Roberts, Wichita State, Nebraska, Washington, Ohio State, Austin Peay and Western Kentucky
- Chose Kansas because, “I felt that Kansas was the best fit for me."
- Majoring in liberal arts & sciences
Dan Fitzgerald Press Conference
Thursday, February 05
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Tuesday, February 03
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Friday, January 23
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Friday, January 16
