2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Gingery, Steven

Jersey Number 47
Steven Gingery
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Marina
Bio
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MLB DRAFT
Selected with the 123rd overall pick in the fourth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft.
JUNIOR SEASON (2018)
RECORDS … set the school record with a 2.09 Big 12 ERA over his career, smashing the previous-best of 3.34 from Duke von Schamann in 2011-12 … won seven conference games over his career, which ranks eight among Texas Tech pitchers …NON BIG 12 GAMES… Pitched 2.1 innings against Maine on Feb. 17 totaling 3 strikeouts
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017)
Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year by the league’s coaches … earned unanimous First Team All-Big 12 accolades … received Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors … National Pitcher of the Year by the College Baseball Foundation … Unanimous First Team All-American … first in program history … ABCA First Team All-American … Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American … NCBWA First Team All-American … Baseball America First Team All-American … D1 Baseball First Team All-American … Perfect Game First Team All-American … started in all 15 games he pitched during his sophomore campaign at Texas Tech … put together a team-leading 1.58 ERA … lowest at Tech since Corey Taylor’s 0.31 in 2015 … sixth-lowest in school history … achieved a 10-1 record, also a team-high … second-straight year a Red Raider had posted 10 wins … 10th time Tech has had pitchers register 10-win seasons in consecutive years … tossed a program-most 91.1 innings last season … rattled off 107 strikeouts, which also led the squad … first Red Raider with 100+ strikeouts since Chad Bettis (102) in 2010 … most in a season at Tech since Monty Ward had 151 in 1998 … issued only 29 walks and gave up just 16 earned runs on 60 hits .. 16 of his 60 hits allowed were for extra bases, as opponents hit just .186 against him … helped Tech post one of its two shutouts on the season … recorded 10 strikeouts on two separate occasions … struck out double digit hitters at Oklahoma on April 1 and at Kansas State on April 14 … had five or more strikeouts in all but one of his 15 appearances … gave up five of fewer hits in 11 of his 15 starts, including a two-hit game against Sam Houston State in his final appearance of the year on June 3 … one of four games giving up just two hits … RANKINGS … led the conference in ERA (1.58) … fifth in the NCAA in ERA … finished second among Big 12 pitchers and 13th in the country in wins (10) … had a WHIP of 0.97, putting him at second in the league and 26th in the NCAA … opponents had the second-worst batting average against him among conference hurlers at .186 … his 5.91 hits allowed per game ranked second in the Big 12 and 17th in the NCAA … had the third-most strikeouts in the conference and 46th in the country at 107 … started the third-most games among Big 12 pitchers (15), which ranked 76th in the NCAA … his 10.54 strikeouts per nine innings finished fourth in the conference and 60th in the country … posted a strikeout-to walk ratio of 3.69, good for fifth in the Big 12 and 135th in the NCAA … his 91.1 innings were the sixth-most pitched among conference pitchers … had a conference ERA of 2.32, good for third in the league … his four wins in Big 12 play ranked second … also had the second-most strikeouts in conference action with 54 … Big 12 hitters had a .195 batting average against him, which ranked third among conference pitchers … had the ninth-most innings pitched in Big 12 play with 42.2 … BIG 12 GAMES … started against all eight teams in conference play … put together a 4-1 record with a 2.32 ERA after 42.2 innings pitched … struck out 54 batters, while walking only 14 … gave up only 11 earned runs on 31 hits, as opponents hit only .195 against him … NON-BIG 12 GAMES … started in seven games against non-conference foes … put together a spotless 6-0 record … compiled a 0.92 ERA over 48.2 innings of work … rung up 53 hitters and walked only 15 … gave up just five runs on 29 hits, with eight going for extra bases … opponents mustered up a measly .177 against him … HOME GAMES … pitched in seven starts at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in 2017 … helped put together one shutout at home against Sam Houston State in the NCAA Lubbock Regional on June 3 … compiled a spotless 3-0 record with a 1.98 ERA over 41.0 innings pitched … struck out a team-high 47 batters and only walked 13 … gave up nine earned runs on 25 hits, with just five going for extra bases … held opponents to a .176 at the plate against him … AWAY GAMES … started in six games, putting together a 5-1 record … had a 1.49 ERA over 36.1 innings of work … struck out 46 hitters and walked 11 … allowed just six earned runs on 23 hits, with only six going for extra bases … held opponents to a .174 batting average ... NEUTRAL SITE GAMES … made two starts on a neutral mound … posted a 2-0 record with a 0.64 ERA behind 14.0 innings pitched … rung up 14 batters and walked five … gave up 12 hits but only one run … BIG 12 TOURNAMENT … started Tech’s second game against Baylor in Oklahoma City on May 25 … picked up the win after tossing 6.0 scoreless frames with six strikeouts … NCAA TOURNAMENT … started Tech’s second game of the NCAA Lubbock Regional against Sam Houston State on June 3 … picked up the win over SHSU after 6.0 shutout innings … struck out eight, walked two and allowed only two hits as opposing hitters pieced together a measly .105 average against him … AGAINST NATIONALLY-RANKED OPPONENTS … started six games against ranked foes, finishing off with a 3-1 record … tossed 33.0 innings, striking out 36 and walking 11 … allowed just four earned runs on 23 hits for an ERA of 1.09 and an opponent BA of .189 … SITUATIONAL … held left-handed hitters to a .196 average & right-handed batters to a .181 clip at the plate … batters hit .153 against him with runners on base … only gave up 20 hits in 104 at-bats for a .192 average with two outs.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016)
Started in 14 of his 15 appearances on the mound in his first year at Texas Tech … named Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American … one of 14 players in school history to garner Freshman All-America awards … All-Big 12 Second Team Pitcher … Big 12 All-Freshman Team Pitcher … member of the 2016 Big 12 Championship winning team … helped Texas Tech clinch its second College World Series berth in three years … posted a 4-2 record along with a 3.18 ERA … tossed 68.0 innings, allowing only 24 earned runs and striking out 63 … his strikeout total was a team-high … held opponents to a .246 batting average … averaged 4.53 innings per appearance, which ranked second among Tech pitchers … opponents held to a .214 average with two outs … induced 57 fly outs and 67 ground outs … averaged 8.34 strikeouts per game with a 2.0 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Tech went 9-5 in games he started … recorded four or more strikeouts in eight of his 14 starts … tallied a season-high 12 strikeouts at home against New Mexico State on March 2 over 5.1 innings … notched two shutout performances, both on the road at Baylor (March 19) and at Kansas (May 7) ... BIG 12 RANKINGS … put together the top conference ERA at 1.85 … had the seventh-best opponent batting average at .245, while his conference opponent average of .199 ranked second in the league … tied for sixth in total strikeouts with 38 and eighth in strikeouts per game at 7.83 … IN BIG 12 PLAY … posted a spotless 3-0 record in conference play over eight starts … notched a 1.85 ERA over 43.2 innings pitched … rung up 38 batters while allowing only nine earned runs … held opponents to a .200 batting average … HOME GAMES … tallied a 3-1 record at home in eight appearances … put together a 3.72 ERA over 38.2 innings pitched … averaged about a strikeout per inning pitched with 39 total … ROAD/NEUTRAL SITE GAMES … recorded a 2.45 ERA en route to a 1-1 record over seven starts … struck out 24 batters over 29.1 IP … NCAA SUPER REGIONAL … made one start during the Lubbock Super Regional, tossing 5.0 innings, allowing only one run … struck out five batters for a 1.80 ERA against East Carolina … COLLEGE WORLD SERIES … made one start at the 2016 College World Series against TCU … pitched 4.1 innings, allowing only two runs, one earned, while striking out two for a 2.08 ERA … AGAINST NATIONALLY RANKED OPPONENTS … put together a 2.08 ERA in four starts against ranked foes … struck out 17 batters over 17.1 IP.
MARINA HIGH SCHOOL
Helped lead Marina High School to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Finals as only a sophomore ... game was held at Dodgers Stadium ... played under head coach Bob Marshall, father of former Red Raider catcher, Nick Marshall ... earned first team All-Sunset League honors as a senior ... finished 2-4 with an impressive 1.30 ERA as a senior ... totaled 55 strikeouts in 49 innings pitched that year ... also hit .383 overall at the plate ... previously garnered second team All-Sunset League accolades as a sophomore ... named a Marina Scholar-Athlete his senior year (3.0 GPA and above).
PERSONAL
Son of Omayra Gingery ... has an older brother, Ricky Valverde ... multidisciplinary sciences major ... hopes to one day join the coaching profession.
Photo Gallery (2017)
Photo Gallery (2016)
MLB DRAFT
Selected with the 123rd overall pick in the fourth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft.
JUNIOR SEASON (2018)
RECORDS … set the school record with a 2.09 Big 12 ERA over his career, smashing the previous-best of 3.34 from Duke von Schamann in 2011-12 … won seven conference games over his career, which ranks eight among Texas Tech pitchers …NON BIG 12 GAMES… Pitched 2.1 innings against Maine on Feb. 17 totaling 3 strikeouts
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017)
Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year by the league’s coaches … earned unanimous First Team All-Big 12 accolades … received Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors … National Pitcher of the Year by the College Baseball Foundation … Unanimous First Team All-American … first in program history … ABCA First Team All-American … Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American … NCBWA First Team All-American … Baseball America First Team All-American … D1 Baseball First Team All-American … Perfect Game First Team All-American … started in all 15 games he pitched during his sophomore campaign at Texas Tech … put together a team-leading 1.58 ERA … lowest at Tech since Corey Taylor’s 0.31 in 2015 … sixth-lowest in school history … achieved a 10-1 record, also a team-high … second-straight year a Red Raider had posted 10 wins … 10th time Tech has had pitchers register 10-win seasons in consecutive years … tossed a program-most 91.1 innings last season … rattled off 107 strikeouts, which also led the squad … first Red Raider with 100+ strikeouts since Chad Bettis (102) in 2010 … most in a season at Tech since Monty Ward had 151 in 1998 … issued only 29 walks and gave up just 16 earned runs on 60 hits .. 16 of his 60 hits allowed were for extra bases, as opponents hit just .186 against him … helped Tech post one of its two shutouts on the season … recorded 10 strikeouts on two separate occasions … struck out double digit hitters at Oklahoma on April 1 and at Kansas State on April 14 … had five or more strikeouts in all but one of his 15 appearances … gave up five of fewer hits in 11 of his 15 starts, including a two-hit game against Sam Houston State in his final appearance of the year on June 3 … one of four games giving up just two hits … RANKINGS … led the conference in ERA (1.58) … fifth in the NCAA in ERA … finished second among Big 12 pitchers and 13th in the country in wins (10) … had a WHIP of 0.97, putting him at second in the league and 26th in the NCAA … opponents had the second-worst batting average against him among conference hurlers at .186 … his 5.91 hits allowed per game ranked second in the Big 12 and 17th in the NCAA … had the third-most strikeouts in the conference and 46th in the country at 107 … started the third-most games among Big 12 pitchers (15), which ranked 76th in the NCAA … his 10.54 strikeouts per nine innings finished fourth in the conference and 60th in the country … posted a strikeout-to walk ratio of 3.69, good for fifth in the Big 12 and 135th in the NCAA … his 91.1 innings were the sixth-most pitched among conference pitchers … had a conference ERA of 2.32, good for third in the league … his four wins in Big 12 play ranked second … also had the second-most strikeouts in conference action with 54 … Big 12 hitters had a .195 batting average against him, which ranked third among conference pitchers … had the ninth-most innings pitched in Big 12 play with 42.2 … BIG 12 GAMES … started against all eight teams in conference play … put together a 4-1 record with a 2.32 ERA after 42.2 innings pitched … struck out 54 batters, while walking only 14 … gave up only 11 earned runs on 31 hits, as opponents hit only .195 against him … NON-BIG 12 GAMES … started in seven games against non-conference foes … put together a spotless 6-0 record … compiled a 0.92 ERA over 48.2 innings of work … rung up 53 hitters and walked only 15 … gave up just five runs on 29 hits, with eight going for extra bases … opponents mustered up a measly .177 against him … HOME GAMES … pitched in seven starts at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in 2017 … helped put together one shutout at home against Sam Houston State in the NCAA Lubbock Regional on June 3 … compiled a spotless 3-0 record with a 1.98 ERA over 41.0 innings pitched … struck out a team-high 47 batters and only walked 13 … gave up nine earned runs on 25 hits, with just five going for extra bases … held opponents to a .176 at the plate against him … AWAY GAMES … started in six games, putting together a 5-1 record … had a 1.49 ERA over 36.1 innings of work … struck out 46 hitters and walked 11 … allowed just six earned runs on 23 hits, with only six going for extra bases … held opponents to a .174 batting average ... NEUTRAL SITE GAMES … made two starts on a neutral mound … posted a 2-0 record with a 0.64 ERA behind 14.0 innings pitched … rung up 14 batters and walked five … gave up 12 hits but only one run … BIG 12 TOURNAMENT … started Tech’s second game against Baylor in Oklahoma City on May 25 … picked up the win after tossing 6.0 scoreless frames with six strikeouts … NCAA TOURNAMENT … started Tech’s second game of the NCAA Lubbock Regional against Sam Houston State on June 3 … picked up the win over SHSU after 6.0 shutout innings … struck out eight, walked two and allowed only two hits as opposing hitters pieced together a measly .105 average against him … AGAINST NATIONALLY-RANKED OPPONENTS … started six games against ranked foes, finishing off with a 3-1 record … tossed 33.0 innings, striking out 36 and walking 11 … allowed just four earned runs on 23 hits for an ERA of 1.09 and an opponent BA of .189 … SITUATIONAL … held left-handed hitters to a .196 average & right-handed batters to a .181 clip at the plate … batters hit .153 against him with runners on base … only gave up 20 hits in 104 at-bats for a .192 average with two outs.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016)
Started in 14 of his 15 appearances on the mound in his first year at Texas Tech … named Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American … one of 14 players in school history to garner Freshman All-America awards … All-Big 12 Second Team Pitcher … Big 12 All-Freshman Team Pitcher … member of the 2016 Big 12 Championship winning team … helped Texas Tech clinch its second College World Series berth in three years … posted a 4-2 record along with a 3.18 ERA … tossed 68.0 innings, allowing only 24 earned runs and striking out 63 … his strikeout total was a team-high … held opponents to a .246 batting average … averaged 4.53 innings per appearance, which ranked second among Tech pitchers … opponents held to a .214 average with two outs … induced 57 fly outs and 67 ground outs … averaged 8.34 strikeouts per game with a 2.0 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Tech went 9-5 in games he started … recorded four or more strikeouts in eight of his 14 starts … tallied a season-high 12 strikeouts at home against New Mexico State on March 2 over 5.1 innings … notched two shutout performances, both on the road at Baylor (March 19) and at Kansas (May 7) ... BIG 12 RANKINGS … put together the top conference ERA at 1.85 … had the seventh-best opponent batting average at .245, while his conference opponent average of .199 ranked second in the league … tied for sixth in total strikeouts with 38 and eighth in strikeouts per game at 7.83 … IN BIG 12 PLAY … posted a spotless 3-0 record in conference play over eight starts … notched a 1.85 ERA over 43.2 innings pitched … rung up 38 batters while allowing only nine earned runs … held opponents to a .200 batting average … HOME GAMES … tallied a 3-1 record at home in eight appearances … put together a 3.72 ERA over 38.2 innings pitched … averaged about a strikeout per inning pitched with 39 total … ROAD/NEUTRAL SITE GAMES … recorded a 2.45 ERA en route to a 1-1 record over seven starts … struck out 24 batters over 29.1 IP … NCAA SUPER REGIONAL … made one start during the Lubbock Super Regional, tossing 5.0 innings, allowing only one run … struck out five batters for a 1.80 ERA against East Carolina … COLLEGE WORLD SERIES … made one start at the 2016 College World Series against TCU … pitched 4.1 innings, allowing only two runs, one earned, while striking out two for a 2.08 ERA … AGAINST NATIONALLY RANKED OPPONENTS … put together a 2.08 ERA in four starts against ranked foes … struck out 17 batters over 17.1 IP.
MARINA HIGH SCHOOL
Helped lead Marina High School to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Finals as only a sophomore ... game was held at Dodgers Stadium ... played under head coach Bob Marshall, father of former Red Raider catcher, Nick Marshall ... earned first team All-Sunset League honors as a senior ... finished 2-4 with an impressive 1.30 ERA as a senior ... totaled 55 strikeouts in 49 innings pitched that year ... also hit .383 overall at the plate ... previously garnered second team All-Sunset League accolades as a sophomore ... named a Marina Scholar-Athlete his senior year (3.0 GPA and above).
PERSONAL
Son of Omayra Gingery ... has an older brother, Ricky Valverde ... multidisciplinary sciences major ... hopes to one day join the coaching profession.
Highlights: Cincinnati (Big 12 Tournament)
Wednesday, May 21
Behind the Mic - UC vs TTU
Wednesday, May 21
Preview Presser: Cincinnati (B12 Tournament)
Tuesday, May 20
Highlights: BYU (Game Three)
Saturday, May 17