2025 Baseball Roster
Putnam, Eli
Jersey Number 11
Eli Putnam
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Cabin John, Md.
- High School:
- Walt Whitman
Bio
Career Highlights
• Atlantic 10 First Team (2024)
• Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team (2024)
2024: Had a breakthrough campaign, resulting in Atlantic 10 First Team and A-10 All-Academic Team honors • Played in and started 51 games, including 48 at first base • Led the A-10 with 16 home runs and a .679 slugging percentage, while ranking second with a 1.135 OPS • Ranked fourth in the league with 57 runs and 58 RBIs • Also led Davidson with a .352 average, 16 doubles, 133 total bases and 13 hit-by-pitches • Had a team-best 21 multi-hit games, including four against Richmond (4/20) • Led Davidson with 16 multi-RBI games, including five against Brown (3/10) • Also had a team-high 31-game reached base streak and a nine-game hit streak • Hit his first college home run against Morehead State (2/18) • Hit his first grand slam against Penn State (3/3) • Delivered a walk-off RBI-single to lift Davidson to a 9-8 win over Saint Joseph’s (3/28) • Had two-homer games in consecutive midweek matchups against Winthrop (4/16) and N.C. A&T (4/23) • Was named A-10 Player of the Week (4/22) after hitting .625 with a 2.042 OPS and three homers in a four-game week • Hit a grand slam against St. Bonaventure (5/9).
2023: Played in eight games, starting one • Had a single against N.C. State (4/18) in Charlotte.
2022: Played in 13 games, making four infield starts • Earned his first college hit with a double against Lehigh (2/18) • Drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk against Rhode Island (4/23).
Before Davidson: Played at Walt Whitman High, helping the team win the 2019 Maryland 4A West Regional championship • Earned 2021 4A West All-Division First Team honors • Named MSABC Preseason All-State.
Personal: Son of Jon and Wendy • Born Aug. 29, 2002 • Has a brother, Ethan.
• Atlantic 10 First Team (2024)
• Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team (2024)
2024: Had a breakthrough campaign, resulting in Atlantic 10 First Team and A-10 All-Academic Team honors • Played in and started 51 games, including 48 at first base • Led the A-10 with 16 home runs and a .679 slugging percentage, while ranking second with a 1.135 OPS • Ranked fourth in the league with 57 runs and 58 RBIs • Also led Davidson with a .352 average, 16 doubles, 133 total bases and 13 hit-by-pitches • Had a team-best 21 multi-hit games, including four against Richmond (4/20) • Led Davidson with 16 multi-RBI games, including five against Brown (3/10) • Also had a team-high 31-game reached base streak and a nine-game hit streak • Hit his first college home run against Morehead State (2/18) • Hit his first grand slam against Penn State (3/3) • Delivered a walk-off RBI-single to lift Davidson to a 9-8 win over Saint Joseph’s (3/28) • Had two-homer games in consecutive midweek matchups against Winthrop (4/16) and N.C. A&T (4/23) • Was named A-10 Player of the Week (4/22) after hitting .625 with a 2.042 OPS and three homers in a four-game week • Hit a grand slam against St. Bonaventure (5/9).
2023: Played in eight games, starting one • Had a single against N.C. State (4/18) in Charlotte.
2022: Played in 13 games, making four infield starts • Earned his first college hit with a double against Lehigh (2/18) • Drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk against Rhode Island (4/23).
Before Davidson: Played at Walt Whitman High, helping the team win the 2019 Maryland 4A West Regional championship • Earned 2021 4A West All-Division First Team honors • Named MSABC Preseason All-State.
Personal: Son of Jon and Wendy • Born Aug. 29, 2002 • Has a brother, Ethan.
2024 Davidson Baseball Alumni Game Will DuBose message
Wednesday, August 14
Baseball Wins at Kannapolis
Thursday, March 16
Baseball - A-10 Regular Season Champions
Monday, January 30
Baseball - Parker Nolan Mic'd Up
Monday, January 30
