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Jersey Number 31
Reese Dutton
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Hometown:
- Kenosha, Wis.
- High School:
- Kenosha Tremper HS
- Prev School:
- Heartland Community College/USC Upstate
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Innings pitched: 8.0, Winthrop, Mar 31, 2023 ; at BYU, Mar 28, 2024
- Walks allowed: 4, Campbell, May 18, 2023 ; Texas Southern, Mar 01, 2024 ; at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
- Strikeouts: 12 [t-6th], at BYU, Mar 28, 2024
- Batters faced: 33 [t-38th], at BYU, Mar 28, 2024 ; at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
- Field chances: 4, at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
- Putouts: 3, at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
- Assists: 3, at UNC Asheville, Apr 14, 2023
- Runners CS: 1, 5 times
SENIOR – 2024
- Signed a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Phillies
- All-Big 12 Second Team (starting pitcher)
- Big 12 Pitcher of the Week & Co-Newcomer of the Week (March 11)
- Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week (April 1)
- NCBWA Preseason All-America Second Team
- 7-5, 3.78 ERA, 85.2 IP, 33 BB, 82 SO in 15 starts
- Won six consecutive starts from Feb. 23-March 28; first KU pitcher with six-straight wins since Jamie Splittorff, who won his first eight starts to begin the 1994 season
- Second in the Big 12 in innings pitched (80.1), tied for third in wins (7) and eighth in ERA (3.59) and strikeouts (76) in the regular season
- Led the team in innings pitched (85.2) and strikeouts (82)
- Recorded six straight quality starts 3/1-4/5/24; eight quality starts this season
- First KU pitcher to have six wins in his first seven starts since Pete Smart in 2001 (6-0)
- W, 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 6 SO vs. Pacific 4/12/24
- W, 8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 12 SO (career high) at BYU 3/28/24
- W, 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 2 SO vs. UCF 3/22/24
- W, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO at Cincinnati 3/15/24
- W, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 8 SO vs. #3 TCU 3/8/24
- W, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 SO vs. Texas Southern 3/1/24
- W, 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO vs. Texas State 2/23/24
- Starting pitcher on Opening Day
- No. 85 starting pitcher for 2024 by D1Baseball
- No. 123 impact transfer for 2024 by D1Baseball
- Transferred to Kansas with one year of eligibility remaining
- Committed in June 2023
USC UPSTATE – 2023
- Spent one year in the USC Upstate program
- 10-3, 3.29 ERA, 90.1 IP, 30 BB, 102 SO in 15 appearances (15 starts)
- All-Big South First Team
- Big South All-Tournament Team
- Set the single-season program record with 102 strikeouts and tied the single-season program record with 10 wins
- One of 22 Division I pitchers with 10 or more wins in 2023
- His 102 strikeouts were the 41st most in the country in 2023
- Named to the College Baseball Foundation Pitcher of the Year watch list in April 2023
HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 2020-22
- Spent three years in the Heartland program
- Went 16-1 with a 3.55 ERA in 134.1 innings pitched with 44 walks and 178 strikeouts in 26 career appearances (22 starts) at Heartland
- Posted a 10-0 record with a 1.51 ERA in 65.2 innings pitched with 23 walks and 91 strikeouts in 11 starts in 2022; opponents hit .174 against him
- NJCAA Division II Pitcher of the Year in 2022
- NJCAA First Team All-American in 2022
- NJCAA Region 24/Mid-West Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2022
- NJCAA Region 24/MWAC First Team in 2022
- Helped Heartland to the No. 3 Seed in the NJCAA DII JUCO World Series in 2022
- Helped Heartland to a NJCAA Region 24/Mid-West Athletic Conference Championship in 2022
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Kenosha Tremper High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Named the 2019 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I Southeast Conference Player of the Year
- Named a 2018 WIAA D1 Southeast Conference First Team selection
- Two-time Second Team All-State selection (2018 & 2019)
- Two-time First Team All-County selection (2018 & 2019)
- Helped the Trojans to a pair of WIAA D1 Southeast Conference Championships (2017 & 2018)
- Posted a 2.24 ERA and .337 batting average as a senior
- Also was a member of the wrestling team for four years at Kenosha Tremper
- Two-time WIAA State Wrestling Tournament qualifier (2015-16 & 2018-19)
- Earned a sixth-place finish in the 160 pounds division at the 2018-19 WIAA State Wrestling Tournament
- Crafted a 172-48 career wrestling record
- Owns the school single-season takedowns record
PERSONAL
- Son of Joel and Kathy Dutton
- Has two younger brothers, Riley and Rory
- His brother, Riley played baseball at UW Platteville
- His mother, Kathy played softball at UW Parkside
- His father, Joel wrestled at UW Parkside
- Chose Kansas because, “I wanted to be apart of something special and continue to build the long standing history within the baseball program. I also wanted to develop & challenge myself in the Big 12 Conference, be the best student, athlete, and person as a Jayhawk.”
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Friday, May 30
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Tuesday, May 27
