2020 (Senior - Season Shortened by COVID 19):
Received a medical redshirt in 2020
2019 (Junior):
2019 Pre-Season D1 Baseball Potential Draft Pick ... One of four Cardinals who successfully pinch hit in 2019 ... Appeared in 36 games including 25 starts at catcher and designated hitter ... Had 13 hits in 2019 including a double and a home run ... Drove in eight RBIs and scored another eight runs ... Drew 12 walks ... Had a three-game hit streak from Feb. 24- Mar. 1 ... Had a four-game reached base streak ... Made a splash in his Cardinal debut with a 2-for-4 day against LIU Brooklyn ... Had one multi-RBI game on the year, smashing a two-run homer at his former school, Texas A&M ... Led the team in runners picked off with two on the year ... Co-Host of the 2019 Lamar University Athletics Cardinal Choice Awards
Prior to Lamar (Alvin Community College):
Hit .295 / .614 / .391 in 42 games as a Dolphin with 39 hits, including seven doubles, one triple, and 11 homers ... Scored 25 runs and drove in 40 RBIs ... Drew 21 walks ... 1-of-2 in stolen base attempts ... Had a .979 fielding percentage in 233 total chances ... Recorded a 25.8 caught stealing percentage, picking off eight runners ... Teammate of former Cardinal Noah Sills and current Cardinal JC Correa
Prior to Lamar (Texas A&M):
Appeared in 37 games for the Aggies, including 22 starts (13 DH, 4 1B, 2 2B, 3 3B) ... Hit .214 (18-for-84) with 13 runs, three doubles, one triple, four home runs, 16 RBI and two stolen bases ... Registered a .337 on-base percentage and .417 slugging percentage ... Batted .333 (10-for-30) with runners in scoring position on the year ... Tallied three multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games ... Appeared in 12 SEC games, including six starts ... Batted .222 (6-for-27) with four runs, three doubles, one home run and six RBI in league play ... Hit 4-for-5 with five runs, one triple, two home runs, three walks, one stolen base and three RBI in the opening series of the season against Bowling Green (2/17-18) ... Drew a pinch-hit walk and scored a run in the series opener against the Falcons (2/17) ... Batted 2-for-2 with two home runs in his first two at-bats and three RBI in the Saturday game vs. Bowling Green (2/18) ... Capped off series with the Falcons by going 2-for-3 with one triple, two walks, two runs and one stolen base in his first career start ... Batted 1-for-2 with one walk, one HBP, one home run and two RBI in midweek game against Stephen F. Austin (2/21) ... As a pinch hitter against Vanderbilt walked twice scoring once (3/25) ... Drove in a run in three straight starts (4/18-28) ... Hit 4-for-8 with two runs, two doubles, one home run, one walk and two RBI in series at Ole Miss (5/12-14) ... Batted 2-for-5 with two doubles, one run and one RBI in the series opener against the Rebels (5/12) ... Had a pinch-hit homer in the series finale at Ole Miss (5/14) ... Reached on the decisive play that gave the Aggie their final lead in the Super Regional clinching game against Davidson (6/10) ... Played for the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League ... Appeared in 36 games for the Loggers, batting .242 (30-for-124) with 13 runs, three doubles, one triple, three home runs and 16 RBI
High School:
Lettered at Kempner High School as a junior and senior after spending his freshman and sophomore campaigns at Clements High School... Earned all-district first team recognition his last three seasons, including All-District 23-6A First Team as a junior and senior... Hit .302 with two home runs and 15 RBI as a senior, earning Perfect Game All-Texas Region Team... Earned All-Greater Houston as a junior and senior... Tabbed the District 23-6A MVP as a junior in 2015... Named District 23-5A Newcomer of the Year in 2014
Personal:
Born November 16, 1997 to Evelyn VIlchez and Jesus Gutierrez in Maracaibo, Venezuela ... Father played professional baseball in Venezuela ... Has one younger sister, Camila ... Played for the Pearland, Texas, team that represented the Southwest in the USA portion of the 2010 Little League World Series, batting .278 (5-for-18) with two doubles, one home run and six RBI ... Majoring in business management ... Became a United States citizen in September 2016 ... After college he would like to become a successful husband and father
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LU Head Coach Will Davis on Gutierrez:
"Getting Jorge on campus will be huge for this program. He already has Division I experience at the highest level, played in the SEC, helped his team reach an NCAA Super Regional, and went to Omaha. He fills two immediate needs in being able to come in and catch and hit in the middle of our order with power from both sides of the plate."
