2011 Baseball Roster
Roster
Caleb Reed
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cleveland, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Bayou Academy
CAREER:
Veteran right-hander and team
co-captain with a staff-leading 65 career mound appearances and 12 saves •
Sports a 4-10 career record with a 4.90 earned run average and 125 strikeouts
in 148.2 innings pitched • Three-time
SEC Academic Honor Roll selection •
Preseason All-American after earning second-team All-SEC honors in 2011 • On
the watch list for the NCBWA's
2012 Stopper of the Year Award.
2011:
Ace of the
MSU bullpen, finishing third in the SEC with a 1.55 earned run average and 12
saves • Appeared in 29 games, registering 66 strikeouts in 64.0 innings • Second-team All-Southeastern Conference team selection • Retired 29 of the first 32
batters he faced in 2011 (14 via strikeout) and worked 11.1 innings of shutout
relief over his first seven games while picking up his first three saves •
Touched for four runs (three earned) at No. 1 Vanderbilt (Mar. 20) and then reeled off another 18 consecutive
innings of scoreless relief work that spanned his next nine appearances •
Picked up save No. 4 to preserve a 5-4 win over No. 14 USM (Apr. 5), then
earned his next seven saves against SEC foes • Notched his 12th save in State's
3-0 shutout of USM (June 3) in
the NCAA Atlanta
Regional to pull
within one of the MSU single-season record for saves • Picked up the win with a
gutsy 5.1-inning pitching performance at No. 1 national seed Florida (June 11) to send the Bulldogs to the
championship game of the NCAA Gainesville Super Regional • Pitched an inning
and took the loss in the Sunday title game against Florida • Allowed just two runs in 9.1 innings (1.93
ERA) of NCAA postseason tournament relief work • Recorded a season-high six
strikeouts at Vanderbilt
(Mar. 20) and again in a season-longest 7.0-inning relief stint in MSU's home
finale against LSU (May 21)
Earned seven saves in 17 SEC appearances, finishing with an 0-1 record and 1.88
ERA and 41 strikeouts over 38.1 innings • Earned a berth on the 2011 SEC Academic
Honor Roll and
represented Mississippi State on the 2011 SEC Community Service team • Teamed with fellow Bulldog hurlers Chris Stratton and Nick Routt in summer league competition with the Cape Cod League champion Harwich (Mass.) Mariners.
2010:
Made 25
mound appearances, all but three in relief • Finished with a 1-7 record and a
6.99 earned run average • Ranked second on the staff with 67.0 innings pitched
and 51 strikeouts, both career-bests • After 23 straight career relief
appearances made his debut as a starter with a trio of mid-season Friday night
starts --- vs. Arkansas
(Apr. 9), vs. Tennessee
(Apr. 16) and at Alabama
(Apr. 23) • Pitched five innings with a season-high seven strikeouts in his
sophomore season debut against Rhode Island (Feb. 19) • Set a career high with eight innings of
relief in the series-opener against eventual national champion South Carolina (Apr. 3) in Columbia, S.C. • Also registered
5.1-inning relief stints at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Mar. 14) and at Florida (Mar. 21) • In 22 relief appearances
compiled a 1-5 mark and a 5.99 ERA • Earned a win with 2.2 innings of relief
against Northwestern
State (May 12) • Carded an
0-6 worksheet with a 9.00 ERA in 16 appearances (three starts) facing SEC
competition • Second-most innings pitched (43.0) on staff vs. SEC foes •
Registered 26 strikeouts with an 0.82 ERA in 22 innings of relief pitching with
the San Luis Obispo
Blues of the California
Collegiate League
• Baseball representative on MSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Council
2009:
Took the
hill for 11 relief appearances in 2009 • Made 11 relief appearances (17.2
innings), posting a 2-1 record with a 9.17 earned run average and earning his
first varsity letter • Made his Mississippi State debut with 1.2 innings of
relief work against Northern Illinois (Feb. 21) • Worked a season-longest 4.0 innings and earned his first
career win in a 6-3 decision over Memphis (Mar. 25) • Also picked up a victory with 1.2 innings in
relief against Middle Tennessee State (Apr. 22) • Registered two of his eight strikeouts in
2009 at Hawaii
(Mar. 8) • Took the hill
in five SEC games, registering three strikeouts in 6.2 innings • Joined four
other MSU freshmen on the 2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL:
All-state performer as a pitcher
and infielder at Bayou
Academy • Coached by Rodney Martin • Compiled an 11-0 record with a save, an 0.57 earned run average
and 151 strikeouts in 67-1/3 innings as a senior • Issued only eight walks and
allowed five earned runs • Also notched a .538 batting average with 50 hits, 57
RBI, 14 doubles and 11 home runs as a senior •
Helped guide the BA Colts to a 29-2 record and a second consecutive MPSA
Class A state title • Earned Clarion-Ledger all-state and "Dandy Dozen" honors and Mississippi Private School Association all-state
selection • Chosen MVP of the 2008 MPSA North A All-Star Game • MPSA all-state
and second-team all-state selection as a junior • Helped lead Bayou Academy to
a 24-6 mark and MPSA state championship in 2007 with a career-high .577 batting
average, 46 RBI and eight home runs • Also posted a 13-1 record with one save,
an 0.98 ERA and 182 strikeouts in 85 innings pitched • Compiled a 39-6 record
with 544 strikeouts over his final four seasons at BA and earned Bolivar
Commercial Player of the Year honors in 2005, 2007 and 2008 • Four-time
all-county, all-conference and team MVP honoree • Played summer league baseball
in 2006 and 2007 with the Jackson
96ers, coached by Derek Topik • Also starred for Bayou Academy in football, basketball and
track • Two-time conference MVP in football • Honors graduate at Bayou Academy
and recipient of BA's Colt Award in 2008 • Member of Mu Alpha Theta and the
Community Service Club at Bayou Academy.
PERSONAL:
Born Caleb Martin Reed on April 24, 1990 in Greenville, Miss. • Son of Teresa
and Bob Reed of Cleveland, Miss. • Brother of former Mississippi College
outfielder Will Reed and nephew of former MSU pole vaulter Tommy Shook • Majoring in business administration.
