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At Stanford: Versatile infielder is a key to the Stanford infield...held down bulk of the starting shortstop duties in 2007, before being used more in a utility role in 2008...can play second base, third and short, but concentrated heavily on the hot corner during fall ball...has worked very hard, and enters his junior campaign as a bigger and stronger player...has developed some pop, and will be a factor in 2009. As a Sophomore in 2008: Had playing time limited due to emergence of shortstop Jake Schlander at short and MLB draft choice Cord Phelps at second base...however, still played a valuable role off the Cardinal bench...appeared in 16 games, including three starts...was in the lineup at third base May 19 at Arizona, and went 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI...started at third in consecutive games at Washington (May 24 and 25). As a Freshman in 2007: Played a huge role on the club in his rookie collegiate season, starting 38 of Stanford's 56 games at shortstop...played in a total of 47 contests, hitting a respectable .283 (32-for-113) with 10 RBI... added five doubles, a triple, six walks, three hit by pitches and three sacrifice bunts (tied for second on the club)...was the Cardinal's Opening Day shortstop, and went 1-for-3 at Cal State Fullerton...in fact, opened his Stanford career by hitting safely in his first nine games from February 2-23... posted a .936 fielding percentage, committing 10 errors in 154 total chances...went 13 straight games without making an error from April 5-May 1...had a season-high three hits on two occasions, going 3-for-4 on March 25 at Sacramento State and 3-for-3 on May 1 vs. Santa Clara...played in 19 of the 24 Pac-10 contests, including 19 starts. High School: Graduated in 2006 from La Mirada (Calif.) High School...named first-team All-CIF Southern Section, first-team All-Area by the Whittier Daily News and second-team All-Area by the Long Beach Press Telegram as a senior in 2006, when he also won Suburban League Most Valuable Player honors and a team coaches award...hit .393 with two home runs and 21 RBI to go along with 31 runs scored, 44 hits and eight doubles as a senior...twice named Student-Athlete of the Week during 2005 and 2006 by the Long Beach Press Telegram...hit .342 with one homer and 29 RBI and eight stolen bases to go along with 21 runs scored, 28 hits and nine doubles to earn 2005 first-team All-Suburban League shortstop, Team MVP and first team All-Region shortstop honors from the Whittier Daily News...named the first-team All-Suburban League designated hitter, second-team all-region by the Whittier Daily News and team Rookie of the Year in 2004 when he hit .312 with a homer and 18 RBI...helped his team to a 66-26-1 overall record during his three prep campaigns and three consecutive Suburban League titles (2004-06)...led his team to a 24-7 record and the CIF Southern Section Division III quarterfinals during his senior year as well as the 2006 Bishop Gorman Easter Classic title...helped his squad to a 19-10-1 record in 2005 and a CIF Southern Section second round appearance...member of a 2004 squad that went 23-9 and made the CIF Southern Section semifinals...three-time winner of the Team Scholar-Athlete Award in baseball (2004-06)...also lettered in football at wide receiver and quarterback...had 12 receptions for 220 receiving yards during the 2004 season, when he helped his squad to the second round of the 2004 CIF Southern Section playoffs...won his football team's Scholar-Athlete Award in 2004...graduated with highest honors and was voted Male Athlete of the Year in 2006...also earned his school's PTSA Scholar Award in 2006...was honored with the school's El Toro Award for graduating with more than 250 hours of community service through the Positive Alternatives student organization...coached in baseball by Kim Brooks. Other Amateur Baseball: Played for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks during the 2008 summer campaign, batting .269 (21-for-78) with 11 runs, three doubles, one home run, 10 RBI and three stolen bases in 25 games...spent the 2007 summer season with the Waterloo Bucks of the Northwoods League, where he hit .280 with seven doubles and 19 RBI...played on the California Birds Connie Mack squad during the summer of 2006, hitting .355 with 21 RBI, three stolen bases and 10 doubles...spent four summers (2002-05) with the La Mirada American Legion team. Personal Information: Son of Ken and Debbie Gaylord...was born in Long Beach, Calif....has one sister, Jennifer, and one brother, Brian...father, Ken, was a first baseman at UCLA (1975-76), earning First Team All-Pac-8 honors in 1976...Ken has also been the head baseball coach at Cerritos Community College since 1993...lists classic baseball tale For Love of the Game as his favorite movie...majoring in political science. Gaylord's Career Stats YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2007 .283 47-38 113 17 32 5 1 0 10 39 .345 6 3 22 3 .336 0 3 0-1 48 96 10 .935 2008 .067 16-3 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .067 0 0 2 0 .067 0 1 0-0 0 8 2 .800 TOTALS .258 63-41 128 18 33 5 1 0 11 40 .313 6 3 24 3 .307 0 4 0-1 48 104 12 .927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
