BluGrass Baseball Pitching Leaderboard: May 10

College Baseball

In the second weekly leaderboard post we’ll look at the top pitching statistics through 10 weeks of the college baseball season. To be eligible for the ERA and batting average against categories, pitchers must have at least one inning per team game. Eligible players attend a Kentucky college or graduated from a Kentucky high school. Stats are current through Sunday’s games.

ERA

Derek Self — UofL — 1.25 (57.2)
Justin Amlung — UofL — 1.58 (85.1 IP)
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 2.24 (80.1 IP)
Alex Meyer — UK — 2.98 (87.2 IP)
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — 3.23 (64 IP)

Wins

Justin Amlung — UofL — 8-1
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 8-2
Justin Hageman — WKU — 8-4
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 6-3
Jake Donze — Murray St. — 6-4
Stephen Hefler — EKU — 6-4

Strikeouts

Alex Meyer — UK — 96
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — 75
Justin Hageman — WKU — 73
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 67
Justin Amlung — UofL — 63

Innings Pitched

Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X HS) — 88.0
Alex Meyer — UK — 87.2
Justin Amlung — UofL — 85.1
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 80.1
Justin Hageman — WKU — 80.0

Saves

Tony Zych — UofL — 11
Mike Kaczmarek — UK — 4
Cameron Finch — Murray St. — 4
Phil Wetherell — WKU — 4
Ryne Purcell — EKU — 4

Batting Average Against

Derek Self — UofL — .186
Justin Amlung — UofL — .187
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — .215
Alex Meyer — UK — .220
Tanner Perkins — WKU — .232

Appearances

Phil Wetherell — WKU — 25
Nick Maronde — Florida (Lexington Catholic) — 24
Alex Phillips — UK — 23
Taylor Haydel — WKU — 22
Tony Zych — UofL — 22

BluGrass Baseball Pitching Leaderboard: May 4

College Baseball

ERA

Derek Self — UofL — 1.49 (48.1)
Justin Amlung — UofL — 1.64 (76.2 IP)
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 2.07 (74.0 IP)
Alex Meyer — UK — 3.32 (78.2 IP)
Justin Hageman — WKU — 3.42 (71.0 IP)

Wins

Justin Amlung — UofL — 8-0
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 8-2
Justin Hageman — WKU — 7-4
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 6-2
Jake Donze — Murray St. — 6-3

Strikeouts

Alex Meyer — UK — 91
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — 72
Justin Hageman — WKU — 69
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 63
Justin Amlung — UofL — 60

Innings Pitched

Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X HS) — 79.0
Alex Meyer — UK — 78.2
Justin Amlung — UofL — 76.2
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 74.0
Justin Hageman — WKU — 71.0

Saves

Tony Zych — UofL — 11
Mike Kaczmarek — UK — 4
Cameron Finch — Murray St. — 4
Phil Wetherell — WKU — 4
Ryne Purcell — EKU — 4

Batting Average Against

Derek Self — UofL — .182
Justin Amlung — UofL — .191
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — .211
Tanner Perkins — WKU — .221
Alex Meyer — UK — .225

Appearances

Nick Maronde — Florida (Lexington Catholic) — 23
Phil Wetherell — WKU — 22
Alex Phillips — UK — 22
Taylor Haydel — WKU — 21
Matt Harris — EKU — 20
Trevor Gott — UK — 20
Tony Zych — UofL — 20

BluGrass Baseball Pitching Leaderboard: April 26

College Baseball

ERA

Justin Amlung — UofL — 1.42 (69.2 IP)
Derek Self — UofL — 1.55 (40.2)
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 1.88 (67.0 IP)
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — 3.19 (53.2 IP)
Justin Hageman — WKU — 3.23 (64.0 IP)

Wins

Justin Amlung — UofL — 7-0
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 7-2
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 6-2
Jake Donze — Murray St. — 6-2
Justin Hageman — WKU — 6-4

Strikeouts

Alex Meyer — UK — 81
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — 66
Justin Hageman — WKU — 63
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 56
Justin Amlung — UofL — 53

Innings Pitched

Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X HS) — 72.0
Alex Meyer — UK — 71.2
Justin Amlung — UofL — 69.2
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 67.0
Justin Hageman — WKU — 64.0

Saves

Tony Zych — UofL — 10
Mike Kaczmarek — UK — 4
Cameron Finch — Murray St. — 4
Phil Wetherell — WKU — 4
Ryne Purcell — EKU — 4

Batting Average Against

Derek Self — UofL — .181
Justin Amlung — UofL — .187
Tanner Perkins — WKU — .210
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — .216
Alex Meyer — UK — .230

Appearances

Phil Wetherell — WKU — 21
Alex Phillips — UK — 20
Taylor Haydell — WKU — 20
Nick Maronde — Florida (Lexington Catholic) — 20
Matt Harris — EKU — 19
Trevor Gott — UK — 19
Tony Zych — UofL — 19

BluGrass Baseball Pitching Leaderboard: April 19

Uncategorized

In the second weekly leaderboard post we’ll look at the top pitching statistics through nine weeks of the college baseball season. To be eligible for the ERA and batting average against categories, pitchers must have at least one inning per team game. Eligible players attend a Kentucky college or graduated from a Kentucky high school. Stats are current through Sunday’s games.

ERA

Justin Amlung — UofL — 1.29 (62.2 IP)
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 1.95 (60.0 IP)
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — 2.41 (52.1 IP)
Justin Hageman — WKU — 2.44 (59 IP)
Matt Koch — UofL — 3.52 (53.2 IP)

Wins

Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 7-1
Justin Amlung — UofL — 6-0
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 6-1
Justin Hageman — WKU — 6-3
Jake Donze — Murray St. — 5-2
Taylor Haydel — WKU — 5-3

Strikeouts

Alex Meyer — UK — 71
Justin Hageman — WKU — 58
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — 56
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 50
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 47

Innings Pitched

Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X HS) — 64.0
Alex Meyer — UK — 62.2
Justin Amlung — UofL — 62.2
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 60.0
Justin Hageman — WKU — 59.0

Saves

Tony Zych — UofL — 9
Mike Kaczmarek — UK — 4
Cameron Finch — Murray St. — 4
Phil Wetherell — WKU — 4
Ryne Purcell — EKU — 4

Batting Average Against

Justin Amlung — UofL — .183
Tanner Perkins — WKU — .212
Brandon Boling — Gardner Webb (Bryan Station HS) — .216
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — .224
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — .230

Appearances

Phil Wetherell — WKU — 20
Matt Harris — EKU — 18
Alex Phillips — UK — 18
Taylor Haydell — WKU — 18
Ross Hammonds — WKU — 17
Nick Maronde — Florida (Lexington Catholic) — 17
Trevor Gott — UK — 17

BluGrass Baseball Pitching Leaderboard: April 12

College Baseball

In the second weekly leaderboard post we’ll look at the top pitching statistics through eight weeks of the college baseball season. To be eligible for the ERA and batting average against categories, pitchers must have at least one inning per team game. Eligible players attend a Kentucky college or graduated from a Kentucky high school. Stats are current through Sunday’s games.

ERA

Justin Amlung — UofL — 1.14 (55.1 IP)
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 2.03 (53.1 IP)
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — 2.31 (46.2 IP)
Mike Nastold — UofL — 2.60 (34.2 IP)
Justin Hageman — WKU — 2.65 (51 IP)

Wins

Justin Amlung — UofL — 6-0
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 6-1
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 6-1
Jake Donze — Murray St. — 5-1
Justin Hageman — WKU — 5-3

Strikeouts

Alex Meyer — UK — 64
Justin Hageman — WKU — 50
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — 48
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 45
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 44

Innings Pitched

Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X HS) — 55.2
Alex Meyer — UK — 55.1
Justin Amlung — UofL — 55.1
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 53.1
Justin Hageman — WKU — 51.0

Saves

Tony Zych — UofL — 9
Mike Kaczmarek — UK — 4
Cameron Finch — Murray St. — 4
Rye Davis — WKU — 3
Ross Hammonds — WKU — 3
Phil Wetherell — WKU — 3
Matt Cartwright — Morehead St. — 3

Batting Average Against

Justin Amlung — UofL — .192
Tanner Perkins — WKU — .207
Brandon Boling — Gardner Webb (Bryan Station HS) — .217
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — .224
Mike Nastold — UofL — .234

Appearances

Phil Wetherell — WKU — 17
Matt Cartwright — Morehead St. — 16
Matt Harris — EKU — 16
Nick Maronde — Florida (Lexington Catholic) — 16
Alex Phillips — UK — 16

BluGrass Baseball Pitching Leaderboard: April 5

College Baseball

In the second weekly leaderboard post we’ll look at the top pitching statistics through seven weeks of the college baseball season. To be eligible for the ERA and batting average against categories, pitchers must have at least one inning per team game. Eligible players attend a Kentucky college or graduated from a Kentucky high school. Stats are current through Sunday’s games.

ERA

Justin Amlung — UofL — 0.92 (48.2 IP)
Mike Nastold — UofL — 1.74 (31.0 IP)
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 2.09 (47.1 IP)
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — 2.09 (38.2 IP)
Jack Snodgrass (Austin Peay, Bowling Green HS) — 2.88 (34.1 IP)

Wins

Justin Amlung — UofL — 6-0
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 6-1
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 5-1
Corey Littrell — UK — 4-1
Jake Donze — Murray St. — 4-1
Justin Hageman — WKU — 4-3

Strikeouts

Alex Meyer — UK — 62
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 43
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — 42
Justin Hageman — WKU — 40
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 37

Innings Pitched

Alex Meyer — UK — 49.1
Justin Amlung — UofL — 48.2
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 47.1
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X HS) — 46.2
Tyler Beers — Murray St. — 43.0

Saves

Tony Zych — UofL — 7
Mike Kaczmarek — UK — 4
Cameron Finch — Murray St. — 4
Rye Davis — WKU — 3
Ross Hammonds — WKU — 3

Batting Average Against

Justin Amlung — UofL — .182
Tanner Perkins — WKU — .200
Mike Nastold — UofL — .211
Alex Meyer — UK — .214
Brandon Boling — Gardner Webb (Bryan Station HS) — .220
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — .220

Appearances

Matt Cartwright — Morehead St. — 14
Phil Wetherell — WKU — 14
Matt Harris — EKU — 14
Ross Hammonds — WKU — 13
Nick Maronde — Florida (Lexington Catholic) — 13
Tyler Hieneman — Morehead St. — 13
Taylor Haydel — WKU — 13
Alex Phillips — UK — 13

BluGrass Baseball Pitching Leaderboard: March 29

Uncategorized

In the second weekly leaderboard post we’ll look at the top pitching statistics through six weeks of the college baseball season. To be eligible for the ERA and batting average against categories, pitchers must have at least one inning per team game. Eligible players attend a Kentucky college or graduated from a Kentucky high school. Stats are current through Sunday’s games.

ERA

Justin Amlung — UofL — 0.65 (41.2 IP)
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — 2.05 (30.2 IP)
Mike Nastold — UofL — 2.10 (25.2 IP)
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 2.45 (40.1 IP)
Alex Meyer — UK — 3.05 (41.1 IP)

Wins

Justin Amlung — UofL — 5-0
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 5-1
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 5-0
Justin Hageman — WKU — 4-2
Seven players tied with three wins.

Strikeouts

Alex Meyer — UK — 54
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 35
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 34
Justin Hageman — WKU — 33
Justin Amlung — UofL — 30
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X) — 30

Innings Pitched

Justin Amlung — UofL — 41.2
Alex Meyer — UK — 41.1
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 40.1
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X HS) — 39.2
Tyler Beers — Murray St. — 36.0

Saves

Tony Zych — UofL — 6
Mike Kaczmarek — UK — 4
Rye Davis — WKU — 3
Ross Hammonds — WKU — 3
Cameron Finch — Murray St. — 3

Batting Average Against

Justin Amlung — UofL — .168
Brandon Boling — Gardner Webb (Bryan Station HS) — .180
Tanner Perkins — WKU — .204
Alex Meyer — UK — .214
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — .221

Appearances

Tyler Hieneman — Morehead St. — 12
Ross Hammonds — WKU — 12
Phil Wetherell — WKU — 12
Nick Maronde — Florida (Lexington Catholic) — 11
Matt Harris — EKU — 11
Matthew Robertson — Morehead St. — 11
Matt Cartwright — Morehead St. — 11

BluGrass Baseball Pitching Leaderboard: March 22

College Baseball

In the second weekly leaderboard post we’ll look at the top pitching statistics through four weeks of the college baseball season. To be eligible for the ERA and batting average against categories, pitchers must have at least one inning per team game. Eligible players attend a Kentucky college or graduated from a Kentucky high school. Stats are current through Sunday’s games.

ERA

Justin Amlung — UofL — 0.50 (35.2 IP)
Derek Self — UofL — 0.92 (19.2 IP)
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — 1.01 (26.2 IP)
Mike Nastold — UofL — 1.74 (20.2 IP)
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 2.43 (33.1 IP)

Wins

Justin Amlung — UofL — 4-0
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 4-0
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 4-1
Brian Edelen — WKU — 3-0
Justin Hageman — WKU — 3-2
Alex Meyer — UK — 3-2

Strikeouts

Alex Meyer — UK — 46
Jeremy Dobbs — Austin Peay (Daviess Co. HS) — 31
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 28
Justin Hageman — WKU — 25
Chris Hord — EKU — 25

Innings Pitched

Justin Amlung — UofL — 35.2
Alex Meyer — UK — 34.2
Damon McCormick — Valpo (St. X HS) — 33.2
Tanner Perkins — WKU — 33.1
Tyler Beers — Murray St. — 32.2

Saves

Tony Zych — UofL — 6
Mike Kaczmarek — UK — 4
Rye Davis — WKU — 3
Cameron Finch — Murray St. — 3
Ryne Purcell — EKU — 2
Matt Cartwright — Morehead St. — 2

Batting Average Against

Justin Amlung — UofL — .146
Brandon Boling — Gardner Webb (Bryan Station HS) — .169
Derek Self — UofL — .172
Tanner Perkins — WKU — .195
Mike Nastold — UofL — .200
Chad Martin — Indiana (PLD) — .200
Alex Meyer — UK — .200

Appearances

Tyler Hieneman — Morehead St. — 11
Brian Edelen — WKU — 9
Matthew Robertson — Morehead St. — 9
Matt Cartwright — Morehead St. — 9
Josh Schneider — Morehead St. — 9
Tony Zych — UofL — 9
Ross Hammonds — WKU — 9
Phil Wetherell — WKU — 9

BluGrass Baseball Preseason Pitching Leaderboard

College Baseball

Throughout the college baseball season BluGrass Baseball publishes a weekly statistics leaderboard for Kentucky collegians. As part of the 2011 college baseball preview we’ll begin the weekly leaderboard series with a look at the top five returners in each statistical category from 2010. Yesterday we looked at the top returning hitters, so today we give the pitchers their turn. To qualify for the ERA and batting average against, pitchers must have a minimum of 1.0 IP per team game.

ERA

Justin Amlung — UofL — 4.01
Damon McCormick — Valparaiso (St. X) — 5.35
Anthony Bazzani — EKU — 5.47
Jordan Cooper — UK — 5.71
Jake Donze — Murray St. — 6.02

Wins

Derek Self — UofL — 7-0
Damon McCormick — Valparaiso (St. X) — 7-1
Josh Schneider — Morehead St. — 7-5
Jake Donze — Murray St. — 6-6
6 players tied with 5 wins each

Strikeouts

Jake Donze — Murray St. — 71
Rye Davis — WKU — 63
Alex Meyer — UK — 63
Justin Amlung — UofL — 55
Casey Lucchese — College of Charleston (PLD) — 52

Innings Pitched

Jake Donze — Murray St. — 83.2
Taylor Rogers — UK — 83.0
Anthony Bazzani — EKU — 77.1
Stephen Hefler — EKU — 70
Damon McCormick — Valparaiso (St. X) — 67.1

Saves

Ryne Purcell — EKU — 12
Rye Davis — WKU — 9
Gabriel Shaw — UofL — 3
Cody Gibson — Morehead St. — 3
Braden Kapteyn — UK — 2
Matt Harris — EKU — 2

Batting Average Against

Jake Donze — Murray St. — .278
Anthony Bazzani — EKU — .282
Justin Amlung — UofL — .286
Damon McCormick — Valparaiso (St. X) — .289
Jordan Cooper — UK — .303

Appearances

Rye Davis — WKU — 33
Ryne Purcell — EKU — 30
Matt Harris — EKU — 29
Gabriel Shaw — UofL — 28
Derek Self — UofL — 27

Draft Preview: Ky. Alumni

Major League Baseball

Zack Cox; University of Arkansas photo

The Major League Baseball amateur player’s draft kicks off tonight with the first round in primetime so we’ll spend the day preview Kentucky players that might hear their names called at some point in the 50-round draft. First we’ll look at alumni of Kentucky high schools playing elsewhere in college baseball and players that have spent some time at a Kentucky college who figure to be drafted:

First Round Talent

The crown jewel of the Kentucky draft class is without a doubt Pleasure Ridge Park alumni Zack Cox, currently a third baseman for the University of Arkansas. Cox is ranked by many as the best college bat in the entire draft and should last no longer than the first 10 picks. Several mock drafts have him going to the Mets at No. 7 overall. Since Cox is a draft-eligible sophomore he is considered a tougher sign than your average top-ten pick and could be pushed back to college if a team isn’t willing to meet his reportedly high contract demands.
Since former University of Kentucky senior left-handed pitcher James Paxton was drafted in the supplemental first round by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2010, Paxton has been busy. First he shocked the baseball world by returning to UK for his senior season, then he became the subject of an NCAA investigation after comments from a Blue Jays official in a Canadian newspaper implicated him of violating the NCAA’s no-agent rule, sued UK for holding him out of competition and finally left school to prepare for this year’s draft in the independent American Association. After all that, Paxton appears likely to end up where he started as a supplemental-round pick. He could slide to the second round after missing so much time and would need to grant his home-country Blue Jays permission to draft him for a second consecutive year.

Other prospects of note:

Danville native and former Eastern Kentucky University pitcher Patrick Cooper was selected in the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 34th round in 2009, but opted to follow through with his commitment to Bradley University, where he struggled at times as a junior. Cooper was a Cape Cod League All-Star last summer and could improve his draft status to the first 10 rounds after improving down the stretch for Bradley. In his last three starts Cooper, a right-handed pitcher who touched 93 mph with his fastball in the Cape, surrendered just four earned runs in his last three starts.
Paducah native and Michigan St. junior shortstop Jonathan Roof will look to follow his two brothers, Eric and Shawn, into professional baseball. Roof was an All-Big Ten shortstop for Michigan St. in 2010 and profiles as an excellent defender. Baseball America projects Roof to go somewhere around the 10th round.

Eligible Juniors

RHP/INF Damon McCormick — St. X — Valparaiso
C Wes Wilson — Bryan Station — Indiana

Eligible Seniors

LHP David Vicini — Lexington Catholic — Austin Peay
LHP Jack Snodgrass — Bowling Green HS — Austin Peay
RHP Tyler Gatrell — Boyd County — Marshall
RHP Chad Edwards — Reidland — Middle Tennessee