2008 Season
Appeared in 27 games, making 13 starts ... Batted .167 with four doubles, four home runs, 13 RBIs and four runs scored ... Battled foot ailments all season ... at No. 15 Baylor (Feb. 22-24): Started two games and went 2 for 10 (.200) with an RBI and a run scored ... at Western Kentucky (Feb. 29-March 2): Batted .273 ( 3 for 11) with two doubles and a run scored ... at No. 4 Kentucky (March 9-10): Appeared in all three game, starting two ... Drove in a run on a sacrifice fly ... at Ohio (March 15-16): Started both games and went hitless in five at bats ... Northwestern (March 28-30): Appeared in one game as a reserve ... at Iowa (April 4-6): Played in two games as a reserve ... at Ohio State (April 18-20): Started two games and went 1 for 6 (.167) with a double and a run scored ... Minnesota (April 25-27): Appeared in three games, making one start ... Went 1 for 3 (.333) with two RBIs ... at Indiana (May 3-5): Appeared in two games as a reserve ... at Illinois (May 16-17): Played in two games as a reserve ... Big Ten Championship (May 22-24): Played in two games, making one start ... Went 2 for 4 (.500) with double and a run scored.
2007 Season
Appeared in 50 games, making 41 starts ... Batted a career-high .308 with eight doubles, a triple, two home runs, 20 RBIs and 26 runs scored ... at Georgia (Feb. 23-25): Appeared in all three games, making one start ... Went 1 for 6 (.167) ... at Western Kentucky (March 2-4): Started all three games and went 4 for 13 (.308) with an RBI and a run scored ... at No. 13 Auburn (March 9-11): Batted a team-best .444 (4 for 9) with a double, an RBI and a run scored ... at Alabama-Birmingham (March 13-14): Appeared in both games, making one star ... at Samford (March 16-18): Made one start and appeared in two other games as a reserve ... Went 2 for 5 (.400) with a triple, an RBI and two runs scored ... at Western Illinois (March 24-25): Played in all three games, making two starts ... Batted .500 (3 for 6) with an RBI and a run scored ... Illinois (March 30-April 1): Opened Big Ten play 5 for 16 (.313) with two doubles, an RBI and three runs scored ... at Michigan State (April 8-9): Batted . 182 (2 for 11) with an RBI and a run scored ... Indiana (April 13-15): Hit a team-high .588 (10 for 17) in four starts ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week after finishing the series with a double, two home runs, seven RBIs and eight runs scored ... at No. 17 Michigan (April 20-22): Went 1 for 13 (.077) with a run scored in four starts ... Ohio State (April 27-29): Batted .143 ( 2 for 14) with an RBI and three runs scored ... at Penn State (May 5-6): Hit .133 (2 for 15) with a double and a run scored ... Iowa (May 11-13): Appeared in two games as a defensive replacement... at Northwestern (May 18-20): Wrapped up the season by hitting .417 (5 for 12) with a double, two RBIs and a run scored.
2006 Season
Appeared in 35 games, making 18 starts ... Hit .270 with one home run, six RBIs and 16 runs scored ... at #18 Missouri (March 10-12): Appeared in all three games, including his first collegiate start ... Collected his first collegiate hit and went 2 for 7 with three runs scored ... at Missouri State (March 14-15): Appeared in both games, making one start ... Went 1 for 4 (.250) with two runs scored ... at Saint Louis (March 17-19): Started two of three games and batted .200 (1 for 5) ... Chicago State (March 25-26): Appeared in two games and went 1 for 5 (.200) ... at Illinois (March 31-April 2): Pinch ran and came around to score in his only action in the series ... Michigan State (April 7-9): Appeared in two games as a reserve ... Scored the game-winning run in the ninth inning of the series finale after entering the contest as a pinch runner ... at Indiana (April 14-16): Appeared in two games as a reserve ... Michigan (April 21-23): Made one start and went 1 for 2 (.500), hitting his first collegiate home run ...Valparaiso (April 26): Started and went 1 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored ... at Ohio State (April 28-30): Appeared in two games as a defensive replacement ... Penn State (May 6-8): Appeared in three games as a reserve ... Went 1 for 3 (.333) with two runs scored ... at Iowa (May 12-14): Started two games and went a combined 1 for 4 (.250) with two RBIs ... at Western Michigan (May 16-17): Batted .143 (1 for 7) with a run scored in two starts ... Northwestern (May 19-21): Started all four games of the series and went 3 for 8 (.375) with an RBI and three runs scored ... Big Ten Championship (May 24-26): Started all three games and hit .333 (4 for 12) with an RBI and a run scored.
High School
Three-year letterwinner at Coronado High School ... All-district and all-state honoree as a senior, and was named by the Texas Baseball News as one of the Top 25 Players to Watch in East and West Texas ... Batted .509 during his senior campaign, with 10 extra-base hits and 21 stolen bases, earning a place on the El Paso All-Star West team ... Named as an academic all-state selection as a senior ... Was an all-district utility player during his junior year, batting .441, with 17 stolen bases ... A member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Full name is Alex Daniel Jaffee ... Born: March 6, 1987, in El Paso, Texas ... Son of Mike and Susan Jaffee ... Has two sisters, Lindsay and Melissa ... Majoring in management.