2014 Baseball Roster
Roster
Brett Pirtle
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 174
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tyler, TX
- High School/Previous School:
- Tyler Lee HS
2014: Member of the 2014 ABCA All-South Region Second Team • Named to the 2014 All-SEC Second Team and the All-SEC Defensive Team • Earned NCAA Lafayette Regional All-Tournament Team honors after going 11-for-17 (.647) in four games with four RBIs and three runs • Led the SEC in overall hitting with a .363 average • Also led the league with 211 assists • Finished 22nd nationally and tied for fifth in the SEC with a team-high 87 hits • Ranked third in the SEC in on-base percentage (.437) and hit by pitches (17) • Also led the Bulldogs in slugging (.438), runs (35), doubles (10), total bases (105), plate appearances (287) and at bats (240) • Also tallied 31 RBIs, 18 walks and four stolen bases • Started all 63 games at second base, the only Bulldog to start every game of the season • Hit safely in 54 of 63 games, tallying multiple hits a team-best 23 times and driving in multiple runs on six occasions • Reached base safely in 39-straight games from March 11-May 22, falling four games short of his career-best stretch set in 2013 • Collected a .500 average in eight postseason games with eight RBIs and eight runs • Hit .405 as a switch hitter against left-handed pitching • Led the team with 15 two-out RBIs, hitting .375 with two outs and .524 (11-for-21) with runners on third and less than two outs • Raked at a .360 clip in 35 games against SEC opponents, including a team best .354 average in the 30-game regular season SEC slate • Went 7-for-10 in two games at No. 1 Louisiana-Lafayette in the final two games of the NCAA Lafayette Regional (June 1-2) • Hit .333 at the 2014 SEC Tournament with four RBIs and five runs in four games • Launched a three-run home run in the May 20 SEC Tournament run-rule win vs. No. 6 South Carolina • Hit .333 in the series win at No. 19 Alabama • Tallied two hits and a walk May 10 in the win vs. Tennessee May 10 • Went 1-for-2 with a career-high tying two walks in the season opener vs. UT May 9 • Raked at a .385 clip with three RBIs in the three-game series sweep at Auburn May 2-4 • Recorded a career-long 14-game hitting streak from April 5-26 • Hit .500 (6-for-12) in the series vs. Texas A&M, including tying a career high with two doubles against the Aggies April 26 • Went 2-for-3 with two runs, an RBI, a walk and a hit by pitch against Top-15 Ole Miss April 22 in the Governor’s Cup win at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss. • Had his best game of the season April 20 in the win at Missouri, going 3-for-6 with three runs, a homer and a double • Recorded an RBI base hit, a walk and a run in the April 15 win vs. Alcorn State • Raked at a .615 clip (8-for-13) for the week of April 7-13, including a pair of three-hit games • Went 3-for-4 with an RBI in front of an NCAA record 15,586 fans April 12 against No. 13 Ole Miss • Went 3-for-5 with a run in the 4-3 win vs. Southern Miss April 8 • Tallied four hits in 11 ABs in the series win vs. Arkansas March 29-30 (.364) • Hit .400 against No. 3 Vanderbilt in MSU’s series win March 21-23 • Scored twice and had an RBI single in the March 22 victory against the No. 3 Commodores on ESPNU • Tied a season high with three hits and two runs in the televised win vs. No. 3 Vanderbilt March 21 • Hit a game-winning two-RBI single in the home win vs. SIU March 11 • Went 5-for-8 (.625) in the two-game sweep vs. Mount St. Mary’s, driving in three, scoring twice and stealing once • Drove in a career-high three runs on his third career triple Feb. 16 vs. Western Carolina •Started the season on an 11-game hitting streak • Named the 41st-best senior in the country by Baseball America • Named the 93rd-best senior in America by Perfect Game • Member of the 2014 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2013: Named to the All-SEC Second Team in a vote by the league’s 14 head baseball coaches after hitting .336 in 30 conference games (28 starts) • Inside SEC play, recorded 23 RBIs, 16 runs, nine walks and seven doubles • Overall hit .310 in 68 games played (60 starts), registering 40 runs, 33 RBIs, 20 walks, nine doubles, nine stolen bases, two triples and two homer • Reached base in 60 of his 67 total games with plate appearances, including reaching base safely in a team season-best 43-consecutive games • The streak was snapped on the last game of the season vs. UCLA June 25 in the NCAA CWS Championship Series • During the streak, reached base 34 times via a base knock, five due to a walk and four as a hit batsman • Ended his SEC season with a 24-game on-base streak • Member of the 2013 College World Series All-Tournament Team after raking at a .412 clip (7-for-17) in five starts with four runs scored • Also named to the NCAA Starkville Regional All-Tournament squad after going 5-for-16 (.313) with three RBIs, three runs, a triple and a walk in four starts • Broke the single-season school record for assists by a second baseman with 185, passing Scott Davidson’s record of 181 set in 1994 • Tied a single-season school record by getting hit by a pitch 20 times • Part of an infield that turned a school-record 80 double plays (second nationally) • Drove in the game-winning run in a team-best six games: April 20 vs. Auburn, April 23 at Memphis, May 16 vs. South Carolina, May 23 vs. Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament, June 1 vs. South Alabama in the NCAA Starkville Regional and June 3 vs. Central Arkansas in the NCAA Starkville Regional • Recorded a hit in 44 of 71 games, with multiple hits in 21 of those contests • Tallied RBIs in 25 of 71 games played (second-highest total on team), including eight multiple-RBI games • Cranked out his first dinger of the season March 5 vs. Mississippi Valley State, finishing 2-for-4 with an RBI, run scored and a double • Hit another round-tripper March 15 vs. LSU and wrapped up the three-game series against the No. 2 Tigers 4-for-10 (.400) with three RBIs and three runs scored • Swiped a career-high two bases vs. Austin Peay March 26 at home, going 2-for-3 with a double, walk, two runs and an RBI • Raked at a .417 clip (5-for-12) in the three-game home series against Florida April 5-7, driving in a pair, doubling once, walking once and scoring a run • Notched his best game of the season April 23 at Memphis, collecting career highs with four hits and three runs, falling a home run short of the cycle • Hit .600 (6-for-10) the following weekend at No. 2 Vanderbilt April 26-28, collecting two RBIs, a run and a double • Finished the regular season going 5-for-11 (.455) at home against No. 12 South Carolina May 16-18, driving in four and scoring twice • Along with Adam Frazier, tied the MSU single-game school record with eight at-bats in a 17-inning game May 21 vs. Missouri in the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala. • Came back the next day in Hoover to record a career-best two doubles vs. the Gamecocks, finishing 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored • Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs in a win vs. Texas A&M May 23 • In all, tallied a season-long nine-game hitting streak May 11-23, going 14-for-39 (.359) at the dish with seven RBIs and seven runs scored during the span • Had two hits in five-straight games during the streak (May 17-23), with three of those games coming during the SEC Tournament • Member of the 2013 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll • Played for Wareham Gateman of the Cape Cod League in summer ball.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Switch-hitting middle infielder at Panola College • Coached by Todd Shelton • Started 50 of 52 games and hit .222 with 20 RBIs • Posted a .345 slugging percentage with nine doubles and a team-best four home runs • Drew a team-leading 33 walks and 13 HBPs • Hit .325 with 63 hits and 12 RBIs in 55 games as a freshman • Selected to play in the 2011 Texas-New Mexico Junior College All-Star Game • Hit .314 in 2012 summer league baseball competition with the Hoptown Hoppers of the Ohio Valley League.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year starter and four-time letter man as a shortstop and second baseman at Lee High School in Tyler Texas • Coached at TLHS by his father, Mike Pirtle, a member of the East Texas Baseball Hall of Honor • Earned Second-Team American Baseball Coaches Association honors as a senior • Hit .431 with 30 RBIs for the Red Raiders, setting a school record with 56 hits and 22 doubles • Finished with 28 extra-base hits and 13 stolen bases as a senior in 2010 • Texas High School 5A/4A All-Star Game selection and Second-Team Texas 5A All-State pick • Honor Roll student and member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes • Played summer league baseball with the DBAT Mustangs, coached by Kermit Dow, and the Dallas Patriots, coached by Logan Stoudt.
PERSONAL: Born Brett Austin Pirtle on March 23, 1991 in Longview, Texas • Son of Andrea and Mike Pirtle of Tyler, Texas • Older brothers Drew (Dallas Baptist) and Tyler (Vanderbilt) also played collegiate baseball • Majoring in business administration.
BRETT PIRTLE’s CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF SH SB-SA SLG OBP E FLD
2013 .310 68-60 229 40 71 9 2 2 33 20 20 27 3 2 9-9 .393 .408 10 .967
2014 .363 63-63 240 35 87 10 1 2 31 18 17 22 4 8 4-9 .438 .437 6 .981
Career .337 131-123 469 75 158 19 3 4 64 38 37 49 7 10 13-18 .416 .423 16 .974
BRETT PIRTLE’s SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS
YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF SH SB-SA SLG OBP E FLD
2013 .336 30-28 107 16 36 3 0 1 16 8 12 15 0 0 4-4 .393 .441 2 .896
2014 .354 30-30 113 13 40 6 0 1 10 12 8 8 2 3 1-4 .434 .444 4 .973
Career .345 60-58 220 29 76 9 0 2 26 20 20 23 2 3 5-8 .414 .443 6 .935
Career Highs
AB: 8 vs. Missouri, 5/21/13
R: 3, 2x, last at Missouri, 4/20/14
H: 4, 2x, last vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 6/1/14
RBI: 3, 3x, last vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 6/1/14
2B: 2, 2x, last vs. Texas A&M, 4/25/14
3B: 1, 3x, last vs. Western Carolina, 2/16/14
HR: 1, 4x, last vs. South Carolina, 5/21/14
BB: 2, 3x, last vs. Tennessee, 5/9/14
SB: 2 vs. Austin Peay, 3/26/13
