2006 Baseball Roster
Roster
Tyler Pittman
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
2006: Tied the MSU single-season doubles record with 21 two-baggers...started in all 54 games played...led the team in hits (55), doubles (21), runs (32) and RBIs (35)...had 22 walks and 22 strikeouts...3-for-4 in stolen bases...had five assists from center field...had a season-high four hits three times...went 4-for-4 with a triple, two runs and three RBIs against Akron on March 12...went 4-for-4 with two RBIs against Tennessee-Martin on May 6...had a season-high five RBIs in a 3-for-5 game against Akron on March 13.
2005: One of three pitcher/fielders on the roster, along with Jamie Leidolf and Mike Perconte...was fifth among regular starters with a .306 batting average...led the team with six home runs...second on the team, tops among returnees with 42 RBIs...had a team-best .481 slugging percentage...had 88 total bases, tops among returnees...had a season-high four hits against Akron...had a season-high five RBIs against Tennessee Tech...had 131 putouts, most among returnees...made five pitching appearances, starting three games...went 1-0 with a 5.06 earned-run average...opponents hit .250 against him...struck out a season-high five batters in his first appearance of the season against Missouri, where he got his win in a two-hit, six-inning performance.
2004: Earned All-OVC Honorable Mention honors...led MSU with eight home runs, three triples and 94 total bases...led the ?Breds in slugging at .519...4-for-4 in stolen bases...on the mound, had nine appearances and five starts...had 28 strikeouts to four walks (7.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio)...had season-high four hits twice...drove in four runs at Eastern Kentucky on April 9...scored a season-high three runs against Tennessee-Martin...pitched a season-high eight strikeouts against Morehead State on April 18.
BEFORE MSU: Batted .556 in his senior season (2002) at Ballard Memorial High...went 7-2 on the mound that season with a 2.02 earned-run average...named the Region I Most Valuable Player...was a Top 10 prospect at the Teamone Showcase...also played four years of football and three years of basketball at BMHS...a member of the Dulin’s Dodgers AAU team that won the 2002 AAU World Series...named to all-district and All-Western Kentucky Conference honors in football.
PERSONAL: Born Tyler John Pittman on Nov. 24, 1983, in Wickliffe, Ky., the son of Neil and Linda Pittman...has one sister, Amanda (17)...graduated first in a class of 110 with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average...enjoys hunting and fishing...majoring in finance.
