Statistics: Career |
20142014 (JUNIOR): Made 12 appearances with 11 starts...Posted a 2-4 record with a 5.00 earned run average...Recorded one save...In 54 innings of work he struck out 39 batters...Picked off 12 runners...Struck out a season-high six batters in six scoreless innings where he allowed one hit at then-No. 20 Lander (Feb. 16).
BEFORE FLAGLER: Attended Florida State University in Tallahassee...Pitched two seasons for the Seminoles.
2013 (SOPHOMORE): Made 12 relief appearances, all in relief...Tallied 10.1 innings of work with 10 strikeouts...Worked a season-high 2.0 shutout innings against Presbyterian (Mar. 5)...Held the opposition scoreless in his first five relief appearances - a span covering 5.1 innings of work...Struck out a season-high two batters three times, including two in an inning vs. Duke (Apr. 12) and two more in 1.1 innings against Clemson (May 16).
2012 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 22 games, all in relief...Compiled 27 strikeouts in 22.2 innings of work...Posted a 0-1 record...Helped preserve four of the seven shutouts registered by the staff in 2012...First collegiate appearance came on opening day against Hofstra (Feb. 17) where he allowed a run on one hit, a walk and he struck out one in one inning of work...Recorded at least one strikeout in his first 10 appearances...Tossed 2.0 shutout innings at UCF (Mar. 7) as he finished with two strikeouts...Worked a career-high 3.0 innings at Florida (Mar. 13)...Struck out a career-high four batters in game one of a doubleheader at Clemson (May 14)...Fanned three in 1.2 scoreless innings at Wake Forest (Mar. 24)...Pitched twice in the ACC Tournament and worked a combined 1.1 innings...Pitched a scoreless inning against Georgia Tech (May 23) with two strikeouts, while allowing a run on one hit in 0.1 innings against Virginia (May 26)...Appeared in the second game against Arizona (June 21) at the College World Series and faced two batters...Played summer ball with the Sanford (Maine) River Rats of the Florida Collegiate League.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Clay High School in Green Cove Springs, Fla...Lettered in baseball all four years...Member of the basketball team as a freshman and sophomore...Posted a 9-1 record on the mound en route to earning first team all-district and all-state honors...Named a first team all-district honoree as a junior after recording an 8-1 mark.
PERSONAL: Son of Ron and Mariann Bird...A business major..Has a sister...Likes to fish, hunt and play whiffle ball in his spare time...His favorite athlete is Bo Jackson..."Glory Road" is his favorite movie...
