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Jersey Number 18
Kannon Carr
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Poplar Bluff, Mo.
- High School:
- Poplar Bluff HS
- Prev School:
- Jefferson College
Get to Know Kannon ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?
- I started playing at three years old. My brothers played so my parents started me.
How would you describe your game to someone who has never seen you play?
- Quick, by the book.
- Football, I played all growing up and through high school.
- My dad, he has always set a good example of what a man, a father, and a husband should look like.
- Albert Pujols, but I model my game after Tim Lincecum.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
JUNIOR – 2025
- 5-1, 4.42 ERA, 55.0 IP, 28 BB, 50 SO in 18 appearances (10 starts)
- His .833 win percentage is tied for the seventh best in a season in KU history
- Moved into the Sunday starter role for the final 10 weeks of the regular season
- W, 5.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO at West Virginia 5/17/25
- W, 7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 5 SO at Arizona State 3/22/25; his seven innings were a career high
- Made his first start of the season vs. Baylor 3/15/25 (4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 5 SO)
- Earned the win in each of his first two appearances
- Did not allow an earned run in his first 11.0 IP
- W, 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 SO out of the bullpen at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2/16/25
- Committed in March 2024
JEFFERSON COLLEGE – 2023-24
- Spent two years in the Jefferson program
- All-Region Second Team in 2023
- NJCAA All-Academic First Team in 2023
- Career: 11-2, 4.19 ERA, 109.1 IP, 57 BB, 132 SO, 1 SV in 24 appearances (two starts)
- 2024: 9-2, 4.08 ERA, 53.0 IP, 30 BB, 58 SO, 1 SV in 11 appearances (one start)
- Posted a 2-0 record with a 4.31 ERA in 56.1 innings pitched in 13 appearances (one start) as a freshman in 2023
- Recorded 74 strikeouts and 11.82 strikeouts per nine innings along with a 1.35 WHIP in 2023
- Helped Jefferson become Midwest Community College Athletic Conference Champions in 2023
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Poplar Bluff High School in Poplar Bluff, Missouri
- Ranked the No. 23 right-handed pitcher in Missouri, and the No. 74 overall prospect in the state by Perfect Game in 2022
- Selected to the all-conference and all-district teams his junior and senior years
- Set a single-season record for innings pitched
- Threw an 8-inning complete game against the No. 1 team in his district junior year
- Senior year threw a 6-inning shutout with 12 strikeouts against a state-ranked opponent
- Played four years of football and two years of basketball in addition to baseball
- Earned all-conference and all-district honors in football his junior and senior years
- Threw for five touchdowns in a game his junior year
- Threw for 427 yards in a game his senior year
- Top 30 in his graduating class
- Scholar Athlete of the Year in all of southeast Missouri
PERSONAL
- Son of Richard and Shanna Carr
- Has two older brothers, Kyler and Keaton
- Picked Kansas over Purdue, Jacksonville State, SEMO, Rutgers, Nebraska, UNC Charlotte and Long Island
- Chose Kansas because, “They offer a great education, they have a great baseball program, and they gave me a great scholarship offer.”
- Majoring in accounting
Baseball Highlights vs St. Thomas
Friday, March 06
Kansas Baseball Press Conference
Wednesday, March 04
Dan Fitzgerald Preseason Press Conference
Thursday, February 05
Baseball 2026 Preseason Press Conference
Tuesday, February 03
