McCarty Returns to Face Fightin Phils

Abington, Pa. – Former Division III National Player of the Year, Ryan McCarty, returns to Southeast, Pennsylvania as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats face the Reading Fightin Phils in a six-game series starting Tuesday night at FirstEnergy Stadium. McCarty, who was promoted to Double-A New Hampshire earlier this summer, signed as an undrafted free agent with the Toronto Blue Jays organization following the 2022 season. McCarty was the first player at Abington to sign professionally.

McCarty, in 45 games with the Fisher Cats this season, is batting .236 with 39 hits, 11 doubles, seven home runs to go along with 26 runs and 19 RBI.

In his final season at Abington, McCarty won the Division III regular season triple crown leading the nation in batting average, home runs and RBI. He led Division III in several offensive categories, including batting average (.529), RBI (91), total bases (220) and slugging percentage (1.164). He finished second nationally with 100 hits, 27 doubles, 89 runs and a .591 on-base percentage. McCarty set the Division III single season record with 220 total bases and his 89 runs are second most in a single season. In addition, McCarty was the second Division III player to ever record 100-plus hits in a single season.

McCarty received several awards in his final season, including United East Conference (UEC) Player of the Year, All-UEC first team, D3Baseball.com Region 4 Player of the Year, D3Baseball.com All-Region 4 first team, ABCA/Rawlings Region 4 Player of the Year and All-Region 4 first team. He was also named the ABCA/Rawlings National Player of the Year with All-America first team honors as well as being named D3Baseball.com National Player of the Year with All-America first team status. In addition, McCarty was named a semifinalist for USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award.

McCarty is Abington's all-time leader in batting average (.439), hits (284), doubles (77), triples (11), home runs (42), RBI (210), runs scored (222) and walks (94).

Tickets to the six-game series in Reading can be purchased by visiting the Reading Fightin Phils website by clicking here.

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