Luke Ritter #56

Full name is Lucas Aaron Ritter...He is the son of Ty and Mindy Ritter and he has one brother, Austin and one sister, Paige...Played both football and baseball at Rockhurst High School...He was a linebacker in football and he earned all-state honors in both sports during his time there...Attended Wichita State where he majored in Finance...Was named to the American first team all-conference as a utility player in both his junior and senior seasons...Finished his collegiate career batting .299 with 22 HR and 116 RBI over his four seasons...In his senior year, he played and started in all 59 of his team's games and hit a team-best .333 with a team-high 74 hits, going along with 16 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 12 stolen bases...Drafted in the seventh round by the Mets in the 2019 First-Year Player Draft.

2024

Played in 134 games with Syracuse (AAA) and hit 26 home runs and 93 RBI...Both were team highs.

2023

Played in 107 games split between Syracuse (AAA) and Binghamton (AA) and between the two clubs he hit .244 and hit 27 home runs with 64 RBI... He was named EAS Player of the week on June 11 while he was with Binghamton.

2022

Split his season between Syracuse (AAA) and Binghamton (AA) and he played in 126 total games...He hit .204 and hit 15 home runs and drove in 62 runs.