Elijah Dunham #58

Full name is Elijah Zechariah Dunham…in three seasons at Indiana University (2018-20), batted .312 (88-for-282) with 67R, 25 doubles, nine HR, 48 RBI and 53 BB over 94 games…earned Third-Team All-Big Ten honors as a sophomore in 2019…was originally selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 40th round of the 2019 First-Year Payer Draft, but did not sign…graduated from F.J. Reitz (Ind.) H.S. in 2017.

2022

Spent the entire season with Double-A Somerset, hitting .248 (103-for-415) with 67 R, 26 doubles, three triples, 17 HR, 63 RBI, 59 BB and 37 SB in 110 games…among Yankees Minor Leaguers, was tied for the third-most in XBH (46), ranked fourth in RBI and was tied for fifth in runs scored…ranked third in stolen bases and fifth in walks among Eastern League players…recorded a 12-game hitting streak from 7/27-8/14, hitting .386/.491/.614 (17-for-44) with nine runs, four doubles, two HR, seven RBI, nine BB and four SB in that stretch…reached base safely in 19 straight games from 7/27-8/23…was named the Eastern League “Player of the Week” for 8/8-14 after hitting .450 (9-for-20) with four runs, one double, two HR, seven RBI and two BB…hit .368 (7-for-19) with three runs, one HR, four RBI, four BB and one SB in five postseason games for the Patriots…was selected as an Eastern League Postseason All-Star…was also named an Organization All-Star by MiLB.com.

2021

Made his professional debut, combining to hit .263 (89-for-339) with 72R, 25 doubles, 2 triples, 13HR, 57RBI, 47BB and 28SB in 93 games between Low-A Tampa (29G) and High-A Hudson Valley (64G)…among Yankees minor leaguers, was tied for fourth in runs scored and doubles, while ranking sixth in stolen bases…following the season, hit .357 (30-for-84) with 15R, 6 doubles, 3 triples, 2HR, 14RBI and 14BB for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League…led the AFL in stolen bases (11), while ranking tied for second in hits, third in triples, fourth in OPS (1.036) and total bases (48), fifth in OBP (.465) and sixth in batting average…was named an Arizona Fall League Rising Star and the AFL Breakout Player of the Year…was ranked as the No. 24 prospect in the Yankees system by MLB Pipeline.