2008 Baseball Roster
Roster
Tyler Whitney
- Position:
- LHP
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 172
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lakeland, TN
- High School/Previous School:
- home-schooled
CAREER:
Southpaw who enters his senior season with 33 career mound appearances and 25 starts in three seasons at State • Sports an 8-7 record with a 6.22 earned run average in 131.2 innings of pitching • The loneTennesseean on the 2010 team • First home-schooled Diamond Dog and three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection • Serves as president of MSU's M-Club for 2009-10 • Earned his undergraduate diploma in December.
2009:
Pitched in a career-high 13 games as a junior, ranking second on the MSU staff with 11 starts • Compiled a 3-4 record with a 5.18 earned run average • Totaled 46 strikeouts in 66.0 innings, both career-highs and second-most on the staff • Earned wins at Hawaii (Mar. 5), vs. South Carolina (Mar. 14) and at Ole Miss (May 8) • Worked seven innings or better in three games, including a career-longest 7.2 innings at Tennessee (Apr. 10) • Also pitched seven innings against Kentucky (Apr. 17) and at Ole Miss (May 8) • Set a career-high with nine strikeouts over 6.1 innings against Auburn (April 3) • Second on the staff with three quality starts (six or more innings pitched and three or fewer earned runs allowed) • Carded his first career complete game (6.0 innings) but took the loss in the opening game of a weather-created twinbill at Arkansas (Mar. 29) Committed one error in 16 defensive chances (.938) • MSU's lead weekend starter in eight of 10 SEC weekends • Notched a 2-4 record with a 5.83 ERA in 10 SEC games played (nine starts) • Among MSU's SEC-leading 19 players earning berths on the 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2008:
Appeared in 10 games as a sophomore, drawing starts in five of his final six games • Posted an 0-2 record with a 10.80 earned run average with 20 strikeouts in 20 innings pitched • Tossed 2-2/3 innings of scoreless relief against South Alabama (Mar. 25) in his longest relief stint of the campaign • Drew his first career SEC start three days later with 1-1/3 innings pitched against Georgia (Mar. 28) • Worked a season-best 5.0 innings in a no-decision start against Ole Miss in MSU's win in the inaugural Governor's Cup (Apr. 15) in Pearl, Miss. • Absorbed losses in his final two outings, midweek starts against Southern Miss (Apr. 22) and Middle Tennessee State (May 6) • Posted a 3.00 ERA with no decisions in two SEC appearances and a .540 ERA in appearances out of the bullpen • Among 23 Bulldogs named to the 2008 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll • During the summer pitched for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots (2-0, 2.43 ERA) in the Alaska Collegiate League.
2007:
Took the mound for 11 games, drawing 10 midweek starts and making one relief appearance • Compiled a 5-1 record with a 5.72 earned run average, tallying 43 strikeouts in 45-2/3 innings • Made his collegiate debut and earned his first career win with a five-inning start against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 27) • Earned other midweek wins against UL-Monroe (Apr. 3), South Alabama (Apr. 11), Governor's Cup opponent Ole Miss (Apr. 17) and Southern Miss (Apr. 24) • Yielded eight runs and absorbed his lone loss in an 11-8 setback at Dallas Baptist (Mar. 14) • Pitched six innings and registered a season-high eight strikeouts in the wins against South Alabama and Southern Miss • Worked a season-longest seven innings and struck out seven in a solid no-decision start at Austin Peay (May 8) • Logged 1.1 innings of scoreless one-hit relief against Louisville (June 17) in the NCAA College World Series • Among five Baseball Bulldog rookies named to the 2007 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Played varsity baseball for four years for the Memphis Home Education Association (MHEA) Eagles • Coached his senior season by Rick Jones • Led his team with a 7-2 record, a sterling 0.92 earned run average and 76 strikeouts in 38 innings of work • Also played in the outfield and compiled a .430 batting average in 2006 • Three-year member of the Memphis Tigers summer league baseball team coached by Keith Hagan • Posted a 10-1 record with 82 strikeouts in 53 innings of mound duty • Fashioned a 9-2 record and an 0.92 ERA with 90 strikeouts in 70 innings in 2005.
PERSONAL:
Born Tyler Richard Whitney on August 12, 1987 in Memphis, Tenn. • Son of Cindy and Jeff Whitney of Lakeland, Tenn. • December 2009 graduate now pursuing graduate studies in business administration.
