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Jersey Number 48
Collin Baumgartner
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 250
- Hometown:
- Brighton, Ill.
- High School:
- Southwestern Piasa
- Prev School:
- SIU-Edwardsville
Bio
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Innings pitched: 7.1, at The Citadel, Mar 17, 2023
- Walks allowed: 5, at Stephen F. Austin, Feb 21, 2020
- Strikeouts: 12, Tennessee Tech, Mar 6, 2020
- Batters faced: 30, Baylor, Mar 31, 2023
- Field chances: 2, 8 times
- Putouts: 1, 11 times
- Assists: 2, at Austin Peay, Apr 26, 2019 ; at West Virginia, Apr 07, 2023
- Runners CS: 1, 10 times
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
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