Biography
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 34th Round (1,034 overall) in 2013
2013 All-District
2013 All-Southern Conference
2013 All-Southern Conference Tournament Team
2012 All-Southern Conference
2010 Freshman All-America (First in Program History)
Career: Appalachian State’s all-time leader in career in games played (225) and stolen bases (101). Finished his career second all-time in at-bats (874), runs scored (208), hits (283), and walks (124). Crespo is also tied for eighth all-time in doubles (47) and triples (9).
2013: Named All-District and All-Conference following an outstanding senior season for the Mountaineers. He was the only player to start all 54 games for the Mountaineers. Led the team in runs (48), hits (79), doubles (14), and was tied for first in RBI (40) while ranking second in triples (3) home runs (4), and stolen bases (22), while hitting .336 on the year. Defensively Crespo committed just 6 errors in nearly 300 chances in the infield. Crespo was also named to the All-Conference tournament squad.
2012: Named second-team all-Southern Conference by the league’s coaches and media ... started all 59 games at second base and as Appalachian State’s leadoff hitter (tied for third-most games played in school history) ... ranked 19th nationally in stolen bases (30), 22nd in runs scored (63) and 28th in walks (45) ... led SoCon in steals ... ranked among Appalachian State’s all-time single-season leaders with 30 stolen bases (third), 45 walks (fourth), 63 runs (seventh) and 234 at-bats (t-10th) ... hit .346 in SoCon games, good for second on the team and ninth in the conference ... hit safely in 17 of the first 18 conference games of the season and 27-of-30 overall ... ranked third on the team with 21 multi-hit games ... reached base safely in 53-of-59 games ... reached base at a .436 clip when leading off an inning (47-for-108) ... 15-of-23 RBI (65.2 pct.) came with two outs ... stole multiple bases nine times ... stole two bases in 1-0 win at No. 7 LSU (Feb. 25) ... reached base four times with two hits and two walks and scored three runs in 11-1 win that clinched series victory over LSU (Feb. 26) ... went 3-for-6 with a double, home run, three runs scored and career-high five RBI in win over Rider (March 4) ... hit .333 (12-for-36) with four mult-hit games during a season-best eight-game hitting streak from March 9-18 ... went 5-for-13 with two doubles, four RBI and fives runs scored in three-game sweep over Davidson (March 9-11) ... went 6-for-13 with five runs scored in series victory over eventual SoCon co-champion College of Charleston (April 6-8) ... went 6-for-13 and scored one run in each game of three-game series at Georgia Southern (April 13-15) ... went 5-for-9 with two doubles and three runs scored in final two games of three-game series sweep at Wofford (April 28-29) ... hit safely in 3-of-4 games at NCAA Charlottesville Regional with three walks, two doubles, and two runs scored.
2011: Caught fire in the second half of the season to finish as the team’s third-leading hitter with a .316 average … ranked second on squad with a .429 on-base percentage (good for 15th in SoCon), 18 stolen bases (tied for 10th in SoCon) and 42 runs scored … led club and tied for sixth in SoCon with 38 walks … led ASU with .385 average with two outs (25-for-65) and 18 two-out RBI … became progressively hotter at the plate as the season went on, hitting .217 in February, .291 in March, .328 in April and .375 in May … started 58 games, all at second base … after spending his freshman campaign at third base, made the transition to second flawlessly and put together a sterling .980 fielding percentage with just five errors in 253 chances … ranked ninth in SoCon with 145 assists … opened the season with a terrific series versus Maryland-Eastern Shore, going 4-for-8 with a triple, five runs scored and three stolen bases in the three-game sweep (Feb. 18-20) … drew an astounding seven walks in the three-game set, including five in the middle game of the series (0-for-0, 5 BB, 2 R) … hit safely in 16-of-18 games from March 2-April 2 but notched just three multi-hit outings and had only two extra-base hits and two RBI during that span … had just four hits during an eight-game span from April 2-April 13 and batting average dipped to low point of .250 … emerged from the early April slump to embark on a season-best 12-game hitting streak from April 15-May 8 and went on to hit safely in 22 of the final 25 games of the season … the turning point of Crespo’s and ASU’s seasons perhaps came on April 21 at Davidson, when he delivered a two-out, two-run single in the top of the 12th inning to lift the Mountaineers to a crucial 3-1 victory … went on to go 5-for-8 over the final two games of the Davidson series, including another game-winning, two-out RBI single in the ninth inning of Game 2 … capped a five-run sixth inning with a three-run homer to help pace a 10-5 series-opening victory over Western Carolina (May 7) … the three-run shot was his only homer of the season and the three RBI were a season high … put together three-straight two-hit games at College of Charleston (May 13-15), batting .750 (6-for-8) with three walks and six runs scored in the series … walked three times in series opener versus Georgia Southern (May 19) … went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double vs. GSU in the last meaningful game of the regular season (May 20) … hit safely in each of ASU’s first three SoCon Tournament contests, including a two-run triple in a 5-0 win over Furman (May 27) that lifted the Mountaineers to the semifinals for the second-straight year.
2010: Turned in one of the most impressive campaigns by a freshman in program history ... named third-team freshman all-American by Ping!Baseball, becoming the first freshman all-American in ASU’s 108-year baseball history ... also earned all-freshman and all-tournament recognition from the SoCon ... was expected to serve mainly in a reserve role as a true freshman but went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in ASU’s second game of the season at USC Upstate (Feb. 20) and almost never relinquished the starting position the rest of the year ... went on to start at third base in 54 of ASU’s 57 games ... led all NCAA Division I freshmen with 31 stolen bases ... 31 steals ranked second in the SoCon and 27th nationally overall ... the 31 stolen bases were the second most in school history and just three shy of the school record set by future major-leaguer Mike Ramsey in 1974 ... hit .335, good for fifth on the team ... ranked third on the squad with 72 hits ... tied for second on the team with 24 multi-hit games (17 two-hit, six three-hit and one four-hit performances) ... scored 55 runs, second-most on the club ... hit leadoff 26 times and got on base 49 percent of the time (33-of-68) when leading off an inning ... hit .364 (36-of-99) with runners on base and .419 (26-of-62) with runners in scoring position ... followed up 3-for-4 outing in collegiate debut by scoring a season-high-tying three runs in win over Niagara (Feb. 26) ... put together a season-best nine-game hitting streak from March 9-21, capped by recording multiple hits in 4-of-5 games (two vs. Columbia - March 16-17 and two vs. Western Carolina - March 20-21) ... rebounded from back-to-back hitless outings (one of only four times it occurred all season) to put together seven-straight multi-hit performances from March 28-April 6 ... scored at least one run in six of the seven multi-hit efforts while leading ASU to a 6-1 record during the stretch ... capped the impressive stretch by collecting a walkoff double into the right-field corner in a 3-2 win over North Carolina A&T (April 6) ... went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run in win over Davidson (April 11) ... hit second home run of year in win over UNC Greensboro (April 17) ... went 3-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored in 11-10 win over East Tennessee State (April 21) ... closed the season by hitting safely in eight of the final nine games of the year ... banged out a season-high four hits in SoCon Tournament opener versus College of Charleston, going 4-for-7 with a double, home run and three RBI in 12-11, 11-inning loss ... also displayed one of the SoCon’s top gloves at third base, making several highlight-reel defensive plays throughout the season despite coming into the season touted mainly as a middle infielder ... finished season with a .919 fielding percentage (11 errors in 136 chances) ... played summer ball in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League, appearing in 13 games for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks.
High School: Hit .535 with two home runs and 23 RBI as a senior second baseman for one of Florida’s top high-school programs ... named all-state as a senior ... was a four-time all-Dade County honoree (honorable mention as a freshman and sophomore, second team as a junior and first team as a senior) ... stole over 60 bases during prep career ... coached by Ernie Padron.
Personal: Full name is Hector Daniel Crespo ... born Aug. 30, 1991 (21 years old) ... son of Karen and Hector Crespo ... while in high school, started and conducted “Hecky’s Hit and Run,” a donation program in Dade County that collects and delivers new and used baseball equipment to underserved youth programs ... majoring in management.
