2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Spencer Price
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 222
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Olive Branch, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- DeSoto Central
Career Notes & Records
Career: Ranks tied for No. 7 on the career saves chart (16) with Bryan Hardwick (1979-80, 82) and former teammate Cole Gordon (2016-19)...Went 1,055 days between saves after missing the 2018 season due to injury and not collecting a save during the 2019 season (4/20/2017-3/10/2020).
Season: 2017: Ranks No. 2 on the single season saves charts (14).
2020 (Senior Season)
Awards: Named SEC Pitcher of the Week following his two-save performance versus Texas Tech in the two-game, neutral site midweek series…Earned College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District first team.
Season: Appeared in eight games...All eight appearances came in relief...Recorded the final out in all eight appearances...Picked up his first save in three seasons versus Texas Tech (3/10) in the first game of the two-game, neutral site series...Led the team in appearances (8) and saves (2)...Posted saves in both games versus Texas Tech (3/10-11)...Did not allow a run of his own in all eight appearances...Didn’t walk a batter in seven of eight appearances...Allowed one of two inherited runners to score.
Rankings: Tied for the SEC lead in games finished (8)...Finished No. 80 nationally and No. 7 in the SEC in saves (2)...Ended the season No. 96 in the NCAA and No. 2 in the SEC in appearances (8).
Wright State (2/14-16): Appeared in the series finale and struck out the side in the ninth inning. Oregon State (2/21-23): Appeared in the series opener and tossed a clean ninth inning with one strikeout. Texas Southern (2/25): Struck out two and walked one in a scoreless ninth inning. at Long Beach State (2/28-3/1): Recorded the final out of the series finale...Allowed one of two inherited runners to score...Allowed one hit. Quinnipiac (3/6-8): Appeared in the series opener and series finale...Tossed scoreless ninth innings in each appearance...Didn’t allow a hit or a walk...Struck out one in the series finale. vs. Texas Tech (3/10-11): Appeared in both games of the two-game, neutral site series...Collected saves in each game...Struck out two in a clean ninth inning of the series opener...Struck out one in a clean ninth inning of the series finale.
2019 (Redshirt-Junior Season)
Awards: Named to the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Season: Made 12 appearances...All 12 appearances came in relief...Pitched a scoreless inning of relief against Youngstown State (2/16) in first appearance since 2017...Posted one hold...Collected a hold against Arkansas-Pine Bluff...Stranded both inherited runners on the season.
Youngstown State (2/15-16): Made first appearance since June 11, 2017 in relief...Struck out two in a scoreless inning of work. Jackson State (2/26): Allowed one unearned run on one hit...Threw one inning. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/6): Worked a scoreless inning...Issued a pair of walks. Grambling (3/13): Struck out two and allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth inning. at Florida (3/15-16): Pitched a scoreless inning in game three. Auburn (3/22-24): Allowed three runs on two hits in the series finale without recording an out. Mississippi Valley State (3/26): Threw a scoreless ninth inning...Struck out one. LSU (3/28-30): Appeared in the middle game of the series...Threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings and didn’t allow a hit. Georgia (4/26-28): Appeared in the series opener and allowed one run on two hits...Also walked one batter. South Carolina (5/16-18): Threw a hitless, scoreless inning in the series opener...Walked one. SEC Tournament (5/22-24): vs. LSU (5/24): Threw 1 1/3 innings and allowed just one hit...Struck out one to strand both inherited runners.
2018 (Junior Season)
Season: Missed the season due to injury.
2017 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Tabbed third-team All-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association...Earned SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
Season: Made a team-high-tying 31 appearances on the mound...All 31 appearances came in relief...Led the team in saves (14), converting all 14 save opportunities...Claimed four victories...Added one hold...Mississippi State won 20 of his 31 appearances...Factored into the decision in six-straight appearances from March 24-April 5 (4 saves, 1 win)...Picked up a save in five-straight appearances from April 11-20...Did not allow a run of his own in 23 of 31 appearances...Posted victories against Western Illinois (2/19), versus Columbia (3/12), against FIU (4/5) and at Southern Miss (6/5) in the final game of the NCAA Hattiesburg Regional...Claimed saves against Marist (2/25), at Oregon (3/4), versus South Alabama (3/10), against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/14), two in a series versus Tennessee (3/24 & 3/26), in all three games of the series at Ole Miss (3/30-4/1), against Kentucky (4/9), versus Mississippi Valley State (4/11), in two games at South Carolina (4/14 & 4/15) and versus Alabama (4/20)...Picked up a hold against UIC (6/4) in the NCAA Hattiesburg Regional...Stranded 23 of 33 inherited runners...Was 1-for-1 as a pinch hitter, collecting his first collegiate hit at South Alabama (4/18).
Rankings: Finished tied for No. 10 nationally and stood alone at No. 2 in the SEC in saves (14)...Sat tied for No. 36 in the NCAA and No. 3 in the SEC in appearances (31).
Western Illinois (2/19): Made his Mississippi State debut and collected a win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings of work...Allowed one hit, walked one and struck out two...Stranded his lone inherited runner. Morehead State (2/21): Allowed two runs in 1 2/3 innings of work...Surrendered three hits and didn’t walk a batter...Fanned three...Allowed one of two inherited runners to score. Marist (2/25): Earned the first save of his Mississippi State career with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless, hitless relief...Walked two and struck out five. at Oregon (3/3-5): Appeared in two games of the series...Collected the save in the middle game of the series by retiring the only batter he faced via strikeout...Stranded both inherited runners in the middle game of the series...Threw 2 1/3 innings and allowed one run on one hit in the series finale...Walked three and struck out one...Took the loss in the series finale. Louisiana Tech (3/7): Struck out both batters he faced to close out the game...Allowed one of two inherited runners to score. South Alabama (3/10): Tossed a perfect inning to pick up the save...Struck out one. Columbia (3/12): Claimed the victory with two scoreless innings of work...Allowed one hit, walked two and struck out three...Stranded his lone inherited runner. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/14): Closed out a victory by retiring the lone batter he faced to collect the save...Stranded both inherited runners. at Arkansas (3/17-19): Didn’t allow a base runner in two-thirds of an inning of work. Tennessee (3/24-26): Appeared in two games in the series...Posted saves in the series opener and finale...Did not allow a run or hit in two innings of work in the series...Did not inherit any base runners...Threw one perfect inning with two strikeouts in a series-opening save...Walked one and struck out one to collect the save in the series finale. at Ole Miss (3/30-4/1): Closed out all three games in the series to earn three saves...Totaled 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief...Stranded all three inherited runners in the series...Walked one and struck out one in one-third inning of work in the series opener...Stranded two inherited runners in the opener to earn the save...Earned the save with one scoreless inning of work in the middle game of the series...Allowed one hit and struck out one...Tossed one scoreless inning to earn the save in the series finale...Allowed one hit and intentionally walked a batter...Stranded his lone inherited runner in the finale. FIU (4/4/5): Claimed the victory in the second game of the two-game series...Tossed 2 1/3 innings and allowed one hit...Walked one and struck out three...Allowed one of three inherited runners to score. Kentucky (4/7-9): Appeared in the series opener and series finale...Allowed two runs – one earned – in one-third of an inning in the series opener...Allowed one hit, walked two and struck out one...Allowed his lone inherited runner to score...Threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the series finale to convert the save...Allowed one hit and struck out three...Stranded both inherited runners in the series finale. Mississippi Valley State (4/11): Earned the save with 1 1/3 innings of perfect relief...Struck out one...Stranded all three inherited runners. at South Carolina (4/14-16): Appeared in the first two games of the series and recorded two saves...Retired both batters he faced in a save of the series opener...Struck out one...Stranded his lone inherited runner...Allowed two runs on one hit and walked one batter in one inning of the middle game in the series. Alabama (4/20-21): Appeared in the series opener and series finale...Threw 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief in the series, collecting one save...Stranded his lone inherited runner in the series...Earned the save with two-thirds of an inning of scoreless relief...Allowed two hits and fanned one in the series opener...Tossed 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in the series finale...Allowed one hit and struck out one...Stranded his lone inherited runner in the series finale. Auburn (4/28-29): Threw one innings of scoreless relief in the series finale...Allowed one hit and struck out one. at Georgia (5/12-14): Tossed one inning in the series finale...Allowed one run on two hits...Struck out one...Allowed his lone inherited runner to score. LSU (5/18-20): Tossed 1 2/3 innings of relief in the series finale...Allowed one unearned run and both inherited runners to score...Allowed two hits, walked three – one intentionally – and struck out three...Also hit one batter. SEC Tournament (5/24-26): Appeared in one game. vs. Florida (5/26): Didn’t record an out...Allowed one run on one hit. NCAA Hattiesburg Regional (6/2-5): Appeared in three games...Allowed one run in 4 1/3 innings of work in the regional. vs. South Alabama (6/2): Tossed one perfect inning. vs. UIC (6/4): Collected a hold with one-third of an inning of scoreless relief...Allowed one hit...Stranded his lone inherited runner. at Southern Miss (6/5): Threw three innings to earn the win in the final game of the regional...Allowed one run on two hits...Struck out one. NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional (6/10-11): Appeared in the series finale...Allowed two runs on one hit...Hit one batter...Surrendered all three inherited runners.
2016 (Freshman Season – Meridian C.C.)
Awards: Earned first-team All-Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges...Region 23 nominee for the American Baseball Coaches Association Gold Glove Award, fielding a perfect 1.000.
Season: Appeared in a team-high 18 games...All 18 appearances came in relief...Led the team in victories (18), saves (6) and ERA (1.54)...Converted all six save opportunities...Tossed 41 innings with 52 strikeouts...Ten of 18 outing were scoreless...Collected wins versus Coastal Alabama East C.C. (2/20), Coastal Alabama South C.C. (3/7), at Southwest Mississippi C.C. (4/2), versus East Mississippi C.C. (4/5), at Pearl River C.C. (4/9), against Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C. (4/23), at Northwest Mississippi C.C. (5/1) and versus Itawamba C.C. (5/6)...Owned saves against Jefferson (Mo.) College (2/13), at Shelton State C.C. (3/2), versus Hinds C.C. (3/16), at Northeast Mississippi C.C. (3/29), versus Holmes C.C. (4/16) and against Itawamba C.C. (5/7)...Tossed a season-best five innings in the season finale versus Northwest Mississippi C.C. (5/13)...Struck out a season-high seven batters on two occasions; against Coastal Alabama East C.C. (2/20) and versus Northwest Mississippi C.C. (5/13).
High School
Lettered three years for head coach Mark Monaghan at DeSoto Central High School...Helped lead the Jaguars to the Mississippi High School Activities Association 6A state title as a senior...Tabbed Underclass honorable mention All-America by Perfect Game as a junior...Earned a place on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10 fan-generated plays for a barehanded grab to turn a double play in the state championship series...Chose MSU over Alabama and Southern Miss.
Personal
Born Spencer Carlton Price on June 27, 1997 in Memphis, Tennessee...Son of Teresa and David Price...His grandfather, great grandfather, and great aunt graduated from Mississippi State... Earned his bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State in 2019...Earned his master’s degree in workforce education leadership in December 2020.
