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Jersey Number 29
Clayton Beeter
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Colleyville, Texas
- High School:
- Birdville
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020)
The hard-throwing right-hander transitioned from the closer role, where he won Freshman All-American honors in 2019, to the Friday night starter for the Red Raiders in 2020 … helped lead Tech to a 16-3 record before the season was shortened due to the COVID-19 Pandemic … key to the club’s strong start, which placed them at No. 1 in a national poll for the first time since 1997 … finished 2-1 in four starts with a 2.14 ERA … showed tremendous improvement in his command as he struck out a team-high 33 batters to just four walks over a team-high 21.0 innings … held opponents to .169 hitting … allowed seven runs (five earned) on 13 hits … delivered 5.0 or more innings in three of his four starts … did not allow an earned run or a walk in his last two starts while striking out 19 batters … retired the first 13 batters he faced against Florida Atlantic in Tallahassee, Fla., carrying a perfect game into the fifth before three-straight defensive errors allowed a run to score and ended his effort (Feb. 28) … followed up with a 12-strikeout performance in 6.0 IP against Rice (Mar. 6) … the 12 strikeouts were the most by a Red Raider since Corey Taylor against Utah Valley in 2013 … the 12 strikeouts also set a single-game high by a Big 12 pitcher at that time … his 6.0 IP against Rice and the 6.0 IP on Opening Day against Houston Baptist marked career highs … 2020 MLB DRAFT … selected in the Competitive Balance Round B with the No. 66 overall pick by the Los Angeles Dodgers … becomes the sixth highest Red Raider ever drafted and the third highest pitcher … HONORS … Academic All-Big 12 First Team with a 3.94 GPA as a Mechanical Engineering major … CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team … ranked as the No. 27 starting pitcher in the country by D1Baseball.com following the shortened season … also named the No. 5 overall prospect in the Big 12 and No. 53 nationally in D1Baseball.com’s conference wrap … prior to the season, was named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team as well as the Stopper of the Year watch list … RECORDS … his 2.81 career ERA is tied for ninth on the school’s all-time list (min. 40 IP) … his eight career saves, all from 2019, are tied for eighth in the school record book … became the fourth Red Raider to strikeout a Rip Griffin Park-record 12 batters in a game, doing so against Rice (Mar. 6) … BIG 12 LEADER … tied for third in the league in strikeouts … third in strikeouts looking … tied for second in fewest hits allowed … ranked fourth in lowest opposing batting average … TEAM LEADER … led the team in strikeouts (33) and innings pitched (21.0) … tied for the team lead with three others in starts (4) … HOME GAMES … went 2-0 in two starts with a 0.75 ERA … struck out 18 and allowed a walk in 12.0 innings pitched … allowed two runs (one earned) on eight hits … allowed just two extra base hits … held opponents to .182 hitting … NEUTRAL SITE … went 0-1 in two starts with a 4.00 ERA … compiled 15 strikeouts and three walks in 9.0 innings of work … allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits … held opponents to .152 hitting … left-handed hitters went 0-for-18 against him … DAY GAMES … went 1-0 in two starts with a 0.82 ERA … struck out 13 and walked one in 11.0 innings pitched … allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits … posted a .054 opposing batting average … left-handed hitters went 0-for-18 against him … allowed just one leadoff batter to reach in 11 innings and allowed only one two-out hit in 12 opportunities … NIGHT GAMES … went 1-1 in two starts with a 3.60 ERA … struck out 20 and walked three over 10.0 innings … allowed five runs (four earned) on 11 hits … opposing batters hit .275 against him.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)
A hard-throwing right-hander … stepped into the role of closer as a redshirt freshman … appeared in 21 games and combined for one shutout … led the team with eight saves … helped the Red Raiders to a 46-20 overall record, their third Big 12 title in four years and their fourth College World Series in six seasons … helped Tech to a No. 8 national seed and its deepest run in Omaha in program history, posting a No. 4 final ranking to match the highest final ranking in team history … finished 0-3 with a 3.48 ERA … struck out 40 in 20.2 innings of work … did not allow a run in his first six outings … later went nine-straight outings without allowing a run … recorded a season-high 2.0 innings pitched on three occurrences … racked up a season-high four strikeouts at Texas (Mar. 16) and against Kansas (Apr. 7) … HONORS … tabbed a freshman All-American by two publications … Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America … Baseball America Freshman All-America (second team) … recognized on the All-Big 12 second team … named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … RECORDS … with eight saves on the year, he was two back of matching the school record and ranked tied for fourth in the Red Raider record book … heads into 2020 tied for eighth on the school’s career list with eight saves, needing nine to match the school record … his three saves during Big 12 play were tied for ninth in the school record book … BIG 12 LEADER … tied for third in the conference with eight saves … TEAM LEADER … led all Red Raider pitchers by limiting opponents to .167 hitting … led the Red Raiders with 17.42 strikeouts per nine innings … led the team by allowing just 5.23 hits per nine innings … COLLEGE WORLD SERIES … made one appearance … pitched 1.0 innings in the semifinal game against Michigan (June 21) … allowed a run on one hit and struck out one … NCAA TOURNAMENT … made two appearances with a 13.50 ERA … struck out one in the Super Regional against Oklahoma State (June 8) … allowed a run on one hit against the Cowboys … later allowed a run in 1.0 innings against Michigan in the CWS (June 21) … BIG 12 GAMES … recorded a team-high three saves, which ranked tied for fourth in the league … made seven appearances and went 0-1 with a 2.70 ERA … combined for a shutout … struck out 16 and walked 10 in 6.2 innings … allowed three runs on three hits … limited opponents to .130 hitting …made his Big 12 debut with a two-inning save at Texas (Mar. 16) … struck out the side to pick up a save at K-State (Mar. 30) … struck out the side again in a save over No. 16 Oklahoma State (Apr. 28) … recorded a season-high four strikeouts both at Texas (Mar. 16) and against Kansas (Apr. 7) … NON-BIG 12 GAMES … made 14 appearances … went 0-2 with five saves …. Posted a 3.86 ERA with six runs allowed in 14.0 innings … struck out 24 and allowed 10 walks … led the team by holding opponents to .184 hitting … made his debut by striking out the only two batters he faced and pick up the save in a 12-11 win over Oregon (Feb. 16) … made two appearances in the Big 12 Championship … allowed a walk and did not register an out against K-State (May 22) … struck out three in 2.0 frames against West Virginia (May 25) … AGAINST NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS … tallied three saves in six appearances … went 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA … struck out 14 over 8.0 innings of work … allowed two runs on three hits and seven walks … posted saves at No. 10 Texas (Mar. 16), No. 22 Michigan (Mar. 23) … and No. 16 Oklahoma State (Apr. 28) … AGAINST UNRANKED TEAMS … made 15 appearances and recorded five saves … went 0-2 overall with a 4.26 ERA … struck out 26 against 13 walks over 12.2 innings … allowed opponents to hit .191 … HOME GAMES … recorded six saves in 12 appearances … posted an 0-3 mark with a 3.65 ERA … struck out 24 and walked nine over 12.1 innings … held opponents to .143 hitting … AWAY GAMES … recorded two saves in six appearances … went 0-0 with a 3.38 ERA … struck out 12 and walked eight in 5.1 innings … held opponents to .158 hitting … DAY GAMES … posted seven saves in 16 appearances … went 0-2 with a 4.02 ERA … struck out 30 in 15.2 innings … NIGHT GAMES … recorded one save in five appearances … went 0-1 with a 1.80 ERA … allowed just one run on three hits in 5.0 total innings … struck out 10 and walked five … SITUATIONAL … during Big 12 play, struck out a ridiculous 21.60 batters per nine innings and allowed just 4.05 hits per nine innings.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2018)
Redshirt season.
BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at Birdville High School in Colleyville, Texas … played under head coach Vance Bonner, who played JUCO ball under Texas Tech head baseball coach Tim Tadlock in 1996 … helped lead team to a District Championship in 2014 as well as two Bi-District Championships in 2015 and 2017 … earned first-team All-District honors his senior season with an ERA of 0.81 and 106 strikeouts in 55 innings pitched … also had a batting average .417 with two home runs … Area Code tryout participant in 2016 ... ranked as the 125th best high school prospect in Texas by Perfect Game … played summer ball under coach Pat Woods as a member of the NTXBC Dirtbags … Beeter is also a three-year football letter winner and was named first team All-District in his freshman and sophomore seasons. CHOOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and Air Force
PERSONAL
Born in Fort Worth, Texas… son of Mike and Lana Beeter…brother to Jaclyn.
The hard-throwing right-hander transitioned from the closer role, where he won Freshman All-American honors in 2019, to the Friday night starter for the Red Raiders in 2020 … helped lead Tech to a 16-3 record before the season was shortened due to the COVID-19 Pandemic … key to the club’s strong start, which placed them at No. 1 in a national poll for the first time since 1997 … finished 2-1 in four starts with a 2.14 ERA … showed tremendous improvement in his command as he struck out a team-high 33 batters to just four walks over a team-high 21.0 innings … held opponents to .169 hitting … allowed seven runs (five earned) on 13 hits … delivered 5.0 or more innings in three of his four starts … did not allow an earned run or a walk in his last two starts while striking out 19 batters … retired the first 13 batters he faced against Florida Atlantic in Tallahassee, Fla., carrying a perfect game into the fifth before three-straight defensive errors allowed a run to score and ended his effort (Feb. 28) … followed up with a 12-strikeout performance in 6.0 IP against Rice (Mar. 6) … the 12 strikeouts were the most by a Red Raider since Corey Taylor against Utah Valley in 2013 … the 12 strikeouts also set a single-game high by a Big 12 pitcher at that time … his 6.0 IP against Rice and the 6.0 IP on Opening Day against Houston Baptist marked career highs … 2020 MLB DRAFT … selected in the Competitive Balance Round B with the No. 66 overall pick by the Los Angeles Dodgers … becomes the sixth highest Red Raider ever drafted and the third highest pitcher … HONORS … Academic All-Big 12 First Team with a 3.94 GPA as a Mechanical Engineering major … CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team … ranked as the No. 27 starting pitcher in the country by D1Baseball.com following the shortened season … also named the No. 5 overall prospect in the Big 12 and No. 53 nationally in D1Baseball.com’s conference wrap … prior to the season, was named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team as well as the Stopper of the Year watch list … RECORDS … his 2.81 career ERA is tied for ninth on the school’s all-time list (min. 40 IP) … his eight career saves, all from 2019, are tied for eighth in the school record book … became the fourth Red Raider to strikeout a Rip Griffin Park-record 12 batters in a game, doing so against Rice (Mar. 6) … BIG 12 LEADER … tied for third in the league in strikeouts … third in strikeouts looking … tied for second in fewest hits allowed … ranked fourth in lowest opposing batting average … TEAM LEADER … led the team in strikeouts (33) and innings pitched (21.0) … tied for the team lead with three others in starts (4) … HOME GAMES … went 2-0 in two starts with a 0.75 ERA … struck out 18 and allowed a walk in 12.0 innings pitched … allowed two runs (one earned) on eight hits … allowed just two extra base hits … held opponents to .182 hitting … NEUTRAL SITE … went 0-1 in two starts with a 4.00 ERA … compiled 15 strikeouts and three walks in 9.0 innings of work … allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits … held opponents to .152 hitting … left-handed hitters went 0-for-18 against him … DAY GAMES … went 1-0 in two starts with a 0.82 ERA … struck out 13 and walked one in 11.0 innings pitched … allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits … posted a .054 opposing batting average … left-handed hitters went 0-for-18 against him … allowed just one leadoff batter to reach in 11 innings and allowed only one two-out hit in 12 opportunities … NIGHT GAMES … went 1-1 in two starts with a 3.60 ERA … struck out 20 and walked three over 10.0 innings … allowed five runs (four earned) on 11 hits … opposing batters hit .275 against him.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)
A hard-throwing right-hander … stepped into the role of closer as a redshirt freshman … appeared in 21 games and combined for one shutout … led the team with eight saves … helped the Red Raiders to a 46-20 overall record, their third Big 12 title in four years and their fourth College World Series in six seasons … helped Tech to a No. 8 national seed and its deepest run in Omaha in program history, posting a No. 4 final ranking to match the highest final ranking in team history … finished 0-3 with a 3.48 ERA … struck out 40 in 20.2 innings of work … did not allow a run in his first six outings … later went nine-straight outings without allowing a run … recorded a season-high 2.0 innings pitched on three occurrences … racked up a season-high four strikeouts at Texas (Mar. 16) and against Kansas (Apr. 7) … HONORS … tabbed a freshman All-American by two publications … Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America … Baseball America Freshman All-America (second team) … recognized on the All-Big 12 second team … named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … RECORDS … with eight saves on the year, he was two back of matching the school record and ranked tied for fourth in the Red Raider record book … heads into 2020 tied for eighth on the school’s career list with eight saves, needing nine to match the school record … his three saves during Big 12 play were tied for ninth in the school record book … BIG 12 LEADER … tied for third in the conference with eight saves … TEAM LEADER … led all Red Raider pitchers by limiting opponents to .167 hitting … led the Red Raiders with 17.42 strikeouts per nine innings … led the team by allowing just 5.23 hits per nine innings … COLLEGE WORLD SERIES … made one appearance … pitched 1.0 innings in the semifinal game against Michigan (June 21) … allowed a run on one hit and struck out one … NCAA TOURNAMENT … made two appearances with a 13.50 ERA … struck out one in the Super Regional against Oklahoma State (June 8) … allowed a run on one hit against the Cowboys … later allowed a run in 1.0 innings against Michigan in the CWS (June 21) … BIG 12 GAMES … recorded a team-high three saves, which ranked tied for fourth in the league … made seven appearances and went 0-1 with a 2.70 ERA … combined for a shutout … struck out 16 and walked 10 in 6.2 innings … allowed three runs on three hits … limited opponents to .130 hitting …made his Big 12 debut with a two-inning save at Texas (Mar. 16) … struck out the side to pick up a save at K-State (Mar. 30) … struck out the side again in a save over No. 16 Oklahoma State (Apr. 28) … recorded a season-high four strikeouts both at Texas (Mar. 16) and against Kansas (Apr. 7) … NON-BIG 12 GAMES … made 14 appearances … went 0-2 with five saves …. Posted a 3.86 ERA with six runs allowed in 14.0 innings … struck out 24 and allowed 10 walks … led the team by holding opponents to .184 hitting … made his debut by striking out the only two batters he faced and pick up the save in a 12-11 win over Oregon (Feb. 16) … made two appearances in the Big 12 Championship … allowed a walk and did not register an out against K-State (May 22) … struck out three in 2.0 frames against West Virginia (May 25) … AGAINST NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS … tallied three saves in six appearances … went 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA … struck out 14 over 8.0 innings of work … allowed two runs on three hits and seven walks … posted saves at No. 10 Texas (Mar. 16), No. 22 Michigan (Mar. 23) … and No. 16 Oklahoma State (Apr. 28) … AGAINST UNRANKED TEAMS … made 15 appearances and recorded five saves … went 0-2 overall with a 4.26 ERA … struck out 26 against 13 walks over 12.2 innings … allowed opponents to hit .191 … HOME GAMES … recorded six saves in 12 appearances … posted an 0-3 mark with a 3.65 ERA … struck out 24 and walked nine over 12.1 innings … held opponents to .143 hitting … AWAY GAMES … recorded two saves in six appearances … went 0-0 with a 3.38 ERA … struck out 12 and walked eight in 5.1 innings … held opponents to .158 hitting … DAY GAMES … posted seven saves in 16 appearances … went 0-2 with a 4.02 ERA … struck out 30 in 15.2 innings … NIGHT GAMES … recorded one save in five appearances … went 0-1 with a 1.80 ERA … allowed just one run on three hits in 5.0 total innings … struck out 10 and walked five … SITUATIONAL … during Big 12 play, struck out a ridiculous 21.60 batters per nine innings and allowed just 4.05 hits per nine innings.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2018)
Redshirt season.
BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at Birdville High School in Colleyville, Texas … played under head coach Vance Bonner, who played JUCO ball under Texas Tech head baseball coach Tim Tadlock in 1996 … helped lead team to a District Championship in 2014 as well as two Bi-District Championships in 2015 and 2017 … earned first-team All-District honors his senior season with an ERA of 0.81 and 106 strikeouts in 55 innings pitched … also had a batting average .417 with two home runs … Area Code tryout participant in 2016 ... ranked as the 125th best high school prospect in Texas by Perfect Game … played summer ball under coach Pat Woods as a member of the NTXBC Dirtbags … Beeter is also a three-year football letter winner and was named first team All-District in his freshman and sophomore seasons. CHOOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and Air Force
PERSONAL
Born in Fort Worth, Texas… son of Mike and Lana Beeter…brother to Jaclyn.
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