Kansas Jayhawks
Collin Baumgartner - Baseball - Kansas Jayhawks
48

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
bio stats

 

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