Collin Baumgartner

Position RHP

B/T L/R

Class Gr.

Height 6-6

Weight 250

Hometown Brighton, Ill.

High School Southwestern Piasa

Previous School SIU-Edwardsville

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SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS

GRADUATE – 2023

All-Big 12 Second Team starting pitcher
Started 15 games on the mound
6-1, 3.62 ERA, 79.2 IP, 22 BB, 74 SO
Six quality starts
Went 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA (28.2 IP/6 ER) in his final five starts, which included four quality starts (at Oklahoma, vs. Texas, at Samford and vs. Texas in the Big 12 Championship); 25 SO/4 BB during those final five starts
Friday starter; led the team in wins (6), quality starts (6), strikeouts (74), ERA (3.62), innings pitched (79.2) and strikeout/walk ratio (3.36)
Fifth in the Big 12 during the regular season in innings pitched and ERA and 10th in the conference in strikeouts
Allowed three runs or less in 11 of his 15 starts
Tossed at least 5.0 innings in 11 of his 15 starts
His 3.62 ERA was the best by a Kansas starting pitcher since Taylor Turski in 2017 (3.51)
W, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO vs. Texas 5/24/23
6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 3 SO at Samford 5/11/23
W, 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO vs. Texas 5/5/23
W, 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 9 SO at Oklahoma 4/28/23
W, 6.2 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 SO vs. Baylor 3/31/23
Tossed a career-high 7.1 innings at The Citadel 3/17/23
Won his first two starts of the season
W, 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 SO vs. Oakland 2/24/23
W, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 SO vs. Valparaiso 2/17/23
No. 18 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big 12 by Perfect Game
No. 39 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big 12 by D1 Baseball
No. 40 senior prospect by Perfect Game
Transferred to Kansas with one year of eligibility remaining
Committed in July 2022

SIU-EDWARDSVILLE – 2018-22

Spent five years in the SIU-Edwardsville program
Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference selection in 2021
Career: 7-11, 5.43 ERA, 187.2 IP, 83 BB, 177 SO in 50 appearances (38 starts) over four seasons
2022: 4-2, 6.50 ERA, 54.0 IP, 19 BB, 38 SO in 13 appearances (13 starts) as a senior
Missed the 2021 season with an injury
2020: 1-1, 3.05 ERA, 20.2 IP, 9 BB, 31 SO in 4 appearances (4 starts) as a junior
Averaged 13.50 strikeouts per nine innings which was second best in the Ohio Valley Conference in 2020
Opponents’ batting average of .190 was fourth-best in the OVC in 2020
2019: 2-5, 4.72 ERA, 74.1 IP, 30 BB, 82 SO in 15 appearances (15 starts) as a sophomore
Led the Ohio Valley Conference with 15 regular season starts, which was among the top 10 in NCAA Division I in 2019
Fifth in the OVC at season’s end with 9.93 strikeouts per nine innings in 2019
2018: 0-3, 6.57 ERA, 38.1 IP, 25 BB, 26 SO in 18 appearances (6 starts) as a freshman

HIGH SCHOOL

Played four seasons of varsity baseball for Southwestern High School in Piasa, Illinois
Class 2A All-State selection as a junior and senior as chosen by the Illinois Baseball Coaches Association (2016, 2017)
Three-time All-South Central Conference selection (2015, 2016, 2017)
2017 Player of the Year as a senior by the Alton Telegraph
St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Team (2017)
Owns Southwest High career records for innings pitched (206.2), earned run average (1.15), strikeouts (280), wins (22), and games started (32)
Helped his team win the conference championship three times (2014, 2015, 2016) and regional championship three times (2015, 2016, 2017)
8-3 with a 0.43 ERA as a senior
Struck out 117 compared to just eight walks his senior season
Also played four seasons of both basketball and golf
Holds the school record in basketball for rebounds (756) and blocks (194); ranks No. 3 all-time with 1,389 career points
Played club ball for the St. Louis Naturals

PERSONAL

Son of Steve and Kristie Baumgartner
Has one younger sister, Sydney
Chose Kansas because, “Coach Fitzgerald and his staff’s expectation of the program impressed me greatly. I was also amazed on my visit of how supportive and invested the people of Lawrence are towards the Jayhawks. I am extremely excited to play in front of them.”
Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science in May 2020 from SIU-Edwardsville
Obtained his MBA in August 2021 from SIU-Edwardsville
Plans to attend law school and become an attorney after baseball
Currently working on his second master’s degree in sport management