The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2009 Baseball Roster
Roster
Sam Stafford
- Position:
- LHP
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Spring, Texas
- High School:
- Klein Collins
Updated 7/11/11
JUNIOR (2011)
2011 honors
• Drafted in the 2nd round of the 2011 MLB First-Year?Player Draft by the New York Yankees.
2011 highlights
• Pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and four walks, while striking out 10, earning the win against Hawai[apos]i (2/27).
• Logged a win with 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits, two walks and striking out seven against Stanford (3/6).
• Pitched 6.0 innings giving up only one run on five hits and five walks while striking out seven against Brown (3/12).
• Earned the win pitching 4.0 scoreless innings scattering two hits and one walk while striking out six against Houston Baptist (3/23).
• Threw 4.0 innings only allowing one run off of three hits and four walks and striking out four, garnering the win against Oral Roberts (3/29).
• Remained perfect on the season, improving to 4-0 with 7.0 no-hit innings, allowing only four walks while striking out 11 against Texas A&M Corpus Christi (4/5).
• Pitched 2.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts against Dallas Baptist (4/12).
• Recorded a no-decision after allowing only one run off of five hits and two walks with four strikeouts against Texas Tech (4/17).
• Pitched 3.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts against Texas State (4/26).
• Tossed 5.0 scoreless inning scattering three hits and three walks while striking out five in a no-decision against Texas A&M (5/21).
• Recorded the win in the opening game of the NCAA Baseball Austin Regional, pitching 7.0 innings, allowing only one run off of two hits and three walks while striking out six against Princeton (6/3).
• Pitched 3.2 scoreless innings on short rest, allowing only three hits and one walk while striking out five in the NCAA Baseball Austin Regional clinching win against Kent State (6/6).
SOPHOMORE(2010)
2010 season
• Made eight appearances, including seven starts as a sophomore, posting a 0-0 record with a 2.61 ERA and 29 strikeouts (13 walks) in 20.2 innings.
• Also saw action as a pinch-runner in eight games, scoring one run.
2010 highlights
• Worked 1.0 inning of scoreless relief, walking one against Iowa (3/14).
• Pitched 3.0 no-hit, scoreless innings in a designated start against Rice (3/23), striking out two.
• Logged a career-high eight strikeouts and allowed one run on two hits and three walks in 3.0 innings of work against Oral Roberts (3/30).
• Allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits and two walks while striking out four over 4.1 innings against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4/6).
• Yielded one unearned run on one hit and two walks while striking out four in 3.0 innings of work against UT Arlington (4/20).
• Pitched 4.1 scoreless innings against Prairie View A&M (5/4), scattering two hits and three walks while striking out seven.
• Pitched in seven games, including six starts, for the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League, posting a 3-0 record with a 0.51 ERA and 60 strikeouts (20 walks) in 35.0 innings and holding opponets to a .126 batting average.
• Named the Eric Pintard Pitcher of the Year Award, the CCL Top MLB Pitcher Prospect and first-team All-CCL by the California Collegiate League.
FRESHMAN(2009)
2009 honors
• Spring 2009 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll
• Fall 2008 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll
2009 season
• Made three appearances as a freshman, posting a 0-0 record with a 10.12 ERA and one strikeout in 2.2 innings.
2009 highlights
• Pitched 1.0 shutout inning against Penn State (2/27), allowing one hit and one walk.
• Worked 1.0 scoreless inning versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4/15), yielding one hit and one walk while striking out one.
• Pitched in nine games, including eight starts, for the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League, posting a 3-1 record with a 2.74 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 46.0 innings.
HIGH?SCHOOL
• A three-year letterwinner as a pitcher for Coach Kent Meador at Klein Collins High School in Spring, Texas.
• Named second-team All-District 16-5A as a senior.
• Tabbed to the Louisville Slugger?All-America team prior to his senior season.
• Ranked as the?No. 6 recruit in the state on Inside Prep Baseball[apos]s Texas Top 25 list.
• Named to the Houston Area Baseball Coaches Association?Junior All-Stars Team in 2007.
• Member of the Texas?Rangers Area?Code Team in 2007.
• Logged a 7-1 record with a 1.38 ERA and 92 strikeouts in 50.2 innings as a junior to earn All-District 16-5A honors.
• Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 40th round of the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
PERSONAL
Born Samuel Eliot Stafford on April 27, 1990 ... parents are Ed and Stephanie Stafford ... majoring in applied learning & development with a minor in communication.
