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Santa Clara University

2015 Baseball Roster

31 T.J. Braff

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 208
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Palo Alto, Calif.
  • High School Palo Alto HS
  • Position 1B/OF

Biography

2015 Action Photos

AS A SENIOR (2015): Walked and scored a run in a 7-6 victory at defending national champion and unanimous preseason No. 1 Vanderbilt Feb. 14 (Game 1 of a doubleheader) … went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Cincinnati Feb. 20 … went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and an RBI vs. Cincinnati Feb. 21 (Game 1 of a doubleheader) … drove in a run on a single vs. Cincinnati Feb. 21 (Game 2 of a doubleheader) … singled and drove in two runs vs. Eastern Michigan Feb. 27 … went 3-for-5 and homered, drove in and scored a run vs. Eastern Michigan March 1 (Game 1 of a doubleheader) … tripled and scored at Cal Poly March 3 … tripled, scored twice and stole a base at Kansas State March 7 … doubled and scored at LMU March 13 … went 3-for-4 with a walk and three RBIs at LMU March 14 … doubled at LMU March 15 … singled, walked twice and drove in a run vs. No. 30 San Diego March 20 … singled, drove in a run, scored a run and walked vs. No. 30 San Diego March 22 … went 4-for-5 with a home run, a double, three RBIs and three runs scored at Grand Canyon March 25 … went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored vs. Pacific March 27 … singled and walked at Pepperdine April 11 … went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI at Pepperdine April 12 … went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Stanford April 14 … went 2-for-3 with a run scored at No. 6 TCU April 19 … tripled, scored and drove in a run vs. Gonzaga April 25 … doubled, scored and drove in a run vs. Gonzaga April 26 … went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs and a run scored vs. UC Davis April 28 … singled, drove in two runs and scored once at St. Mary’s May 2 … walked twice at Stanford May 5 … went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, one RBI and two runs scored at Portland May 8 … went 2-for-5 with a run scored at Portland May 9 … went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple and an RBI vs. BYU May 14 … walked twice and scored a run vs. BYU May 15.   

2014 Action Photos

JUNIOR (2014): Made 35 appearances and 22 starts … finished third on the team with a .309 batting average, drove in 21 runs and scored 11 while posting a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage at first base … his 17 RBIs in WCC play were second-most on the team … was the only Bronco to record four RBIs in a single game during the 2014 campaign ... recorded his first hit of the season Feb. 21 vs. Incarnate Word ... pinch hit and scored a run Feb. 27 vs. Arizona State ... added a walk March 9 vs. Washington ... pinch hit and walked March 14 vs. Penn State … went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored April 11 at Gonzaga … went 4-for-5 with a three-run homer, four RBIs and two runs scored April 17 at San Diego … notched a game-winning RBI single as part of a2-1 victory April 18 at San Diego … went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a double and a walk April 22 vs. Stanford … went 1-for-2 with two RBIs, a walk and a run scored April 25 vs. LMU … drove in a run April 27 vs. LMU … went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored April 29 at San Jose State … went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, an RBI, a run scored and a walk May 2 at San Francisco … drove in two runs and scored a run May 3 at San Francisco … added a hit May 4 at San Francisco … singled and drove in a run May 6 at Stanford … reached base three times and drove in two runs May 8 at BYU … added a hit May 16 vs. Saint Mary’s … went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored May 17 vs. Saint Mary’s … hit a walkoff RBI single with two outs in the ninth to clinch a spot in the 2014 WCC Baseball Championship May 18 vs. Saint Mary’s … added a hit and scored a run May 22 vs. Pepperdine at the WCC Baseball Championship … went 2-for-5 with an RBI to finish the regular season on a five-game hitting streak May 23 vs. Gonzaga at the WCC Baseball Championship.

2013 Action Photos

SOPHOMORE (2013): Finished the season with 35 hits, 10 runs and 14 RBI ... Went 1-3 with a walk, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI vs. Seattle on Feb. 15 … went 1-4 with a walk, a run scored and a RBI vs. Seattle on Feb. 16 … was 0-1 with a walk vs. Seattle on Feb. 17 … was 1-2 with a run scored vs. San Diego State on Feb. 27 … was 1-1 vs. Northern Colorado on March 1 … was 1-4 with a RBI vs. Northern Colorado on March 2 … was 1-4 vs. Northern Colorado on March 3 … drew a walk vs. San Jose State on March 9 … was 1-4 vs. Cal on March 12 … was 1-4 vs. Michigan state on March 16 in the first game of a double header … was 1-3 vs. Michigan State on March 16 in the second game of a double header ... was 2-4 with a run scored at Pepperdine on March 23 ...was 2-4 with two RBI and a SB in the second game of a doubleheader at Pepperdine on March 23 ... was 1-3 with a SB and a run scored on March 24 at Pepperdine ... picked up three hits in a doubleheader at Portland on March 28 ... was 2-2 with a RBI and a walk vs. BYU on April 5 ... was 4-6 with a run scored, 2 RBI a SB and his first career home run on April 13 vs. USF ... had a RBI on April 14 vs. USF ... 2-4 with a 2B and 2 RBI on April 20 vs. San Diego ... had two hits and a RBI on May 11 at Cincinnati ... went 2-4 with a RBI on May 12 at Cincinnati ... was 2-4 with a run at Stanford on May 14. 

2012 Action Photos

FRESHMAN (2012): Went 2-6 with 1 R, 1 RBI, and 1 SB at Texas State … was 1-4 with 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, and 1 SB vs. Wichita State … recorded two hits and 2 RBI vs. Illinois-Chicago … hit his first 2B at San Jose State … recorded his first three-hit game with one SB at CSU Bakersfield … had a pair of hits vs. Pepperdine ... had 1 RBI and 1 hit vs. Saint Mary's  ... knocked in a run at Seattle ... had a career-high 4 RBI on 2 hits at Pacific. scored a run at BYU.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, Calif. … batted .437, had seven home runs, was named first team All-League and team MVP and helped his team to the CCS Championship … hit .405 and was named to All-League first team as a junior … batted .390 with three home runs and received first team All-League accolades as a sophomore … played for the California Smoke and batted .308 with seven triples en route to offensive MVP team honors … coached by Erick Raich … also played football in high school where he was the MVP on a state championship team in addition to winning CCS Defensive Player of the Year honors … also was a two-year varsity basketball team member.

PERSONAL: Born in Palo Alto, Calif. … parents are Jon and Colleen Braff … father played football at Saint Mary’s … has one brother: Austin … hobbies include other sports and video games … He will be studying in the School of Business. 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2012Freshman

    1B
    6'4" 205 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2013Sophomore

    1B/OF
    6'4" 210 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2014Junior

    1B/OF
    6'4" 203 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2015Senior

    1B/OF
    6'4" 208 lbs
    31