Ulrich Bojarski

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.

• Born September 15, 1998 in East London, East Cape South Africa

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Biographical Information

Ulrich Bojarski played in the minors and for the Australian national team.

Bojarski was born in South Africa and moved to Australia as a little kid. He was signed by Detroit Tigers scouts Kevin Hooker and Glenn Williams in 2016. He made his pro debut with the Perth Heat in the 2016-2017 Australian Baseball League, hitting .243/.268/.360.

In 2017, he batted .225/.298/.333 for the GCL Tigers West. He followed with a .307/.367/.553 winter for Perth. He split 2018 between the GCL Tigers East (.225/.330/.429 in 29 G), Connecticut Tigers (.162/.241/.243 in 21 G) and West Michigan Whitecaps (.222/.216/.444 in 10 G). He was Australia's starting right fielder in the 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup, hitting .379/.400/.897 with four homers and eleven RBI in eight games; he had nine putouts, two assists and no errors. He tied Isan Díaz for the tourney home run lead, led in RBI and led in slugging.

Only playing 12 games for Perth in the 2018-2019 ABL, he hit .286/.333/.457. The following summer, he was with West Michigan (.271/.304/.409, 10 HR in 104 G) and the Lakeland Flying Tigers (.182/.200/.260 in 22 G). He batted .240/.322/.490 with six homers in 104 at-bats for the 2019-2020 Heat. He tied for 9th in the league in home runs.

After the 2020 minor league season was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, he batted .193/.217/.228 for Perth in 2020-2021. In '21, he played for Lakeland (.157/.233/.174 in 35 G), West Michigan (.159/.211/.304 in 29 G) and the Erie SeaWolves (3 for 7, 2B); his K rate was concerning with 95 whiffs in 197 at-bats. The 2021-2022 ABL season was then canceled due to the pandemic. Returning to the US in '22, he played 33 games for West Michigan (.170/.255/.426 in 33 G) and one for Erie (0 for 3, BB).

With Perth in 2022-2023, he produced at a .352/.404/.628 clip with 33 runs and 35 RBI in 38 games, with 21 extra-base hits. He was second in average (.008 behind Alex Hall), tied T.J. Bennett for second with 51 hits (3 behind Nick Ward), tied for fifth with ten doubles, led with three triples, tied for 6th with 8 home runs, was fourth in RBI, made the top ten in OBP, was 3rd in slugging (after Bennett and Ward), trailed only Hall and Ward in OPS and was 4th with 91 total bases (between Junior Caminero and Hall).

Playing for Australia in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, he singled off South Korea's Young-pyo Ko his first plate appearance. He finished the tourney 3-for-14 with two walks and two runs.