2010 Baseball 2010 RETURNING PLAYERS: KYLE WINKLER 2009 (Freshman): • Earned an invite to the Team USA tryouts in June. • Made 17 appearances and started 14 games. • Posted a 7-1 record to go along with a 4.15 ERA. • Team held a 12-5 record in games he pitched and a 10-4 record in games he started. • Struck out 48 batters in 73 2/3 innings pitched. er kl in #8 - Kyle W 190 • 1 5-1 • R/R • • Got a no-decision in first So. • P RH ner HS) Sugar Land, Texas (Kemp career start at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 22. • Allowed just one earned run in three innings pitched. • Recorded two outs in his first relief appearance against Texas State on Feb. 25. • Earned first career win with eight strong innings of work against Minnesota on March 16. • Allowed a run on six hits with a career-high 10 strikeouts. • Was solid in a no-decision against San Diego State on March 29. • Didn’t allow a run in 7 2/3 innings of work with three walks and three strikeouts. • Picked up second win of the season against New Mexico on April 5. • Allowed three runs on three hits with three strikeouts in five innings of work. • Tossed 1 1/3 innings of relief at UT Pan American on April 9. • Improved to 3-0 with a win over Texas Tech on April 13. • Surrendered just two runs on three hits in five innings. • Went 4-0 in the month of May. • Gave up two runs in six innings with five strikeouts against Utah on May 10. • Allowed just two runs on four hits with seven Ks in six innings at UNLV on May 16. • Pitched first career complete game against BYU on May 21 in the MWC Tournament. • Earned a spot on the MWC All-Tournament team. • Allowed just two runs on 11 hits with no walks and six strikeouts. • Limited Oregon State to just a run on two hits in eight innings in the Fort Worth Regional on May 30. • Selected to the Fort Worth All-Regional team. • Lone loss of the season came on June 6 against Texas in the Super Regional. • Allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits in 5 1/3 innings of work. • Posted a 4.08 ERA as a starter.
Kempner High School • Was a three-time letterwinner at Kempner for head coach J.D. Sellers. • Tabbed by Baseball America as the 167th top prospect in the nation and 19th best recruit in Texas. • Inside Prep Baseball also tabbed him as the 19th top high school recruit in Texas. • Selected by Milwaukee in the 37th round of the 2008 MLB Draft. • Earned first-team all-state and all-district honors as a senior. • Named to the Rawlings All-region team. • Also a first-team all-district performer as a junior. • Played in the Area Code games for the Arizona Diamondbacks scout team. • Participated in the Texas Scouts Association games at Minute Maid Park. • Was a second-team all-Houston Area player following his junior campaign. • Named District 23-5A MVP as a junior. • Participated with the 2006 USA Youth National Team that won the Pan Am Championships in Venezuela. • Earned the tournament award for the lowest ERA (1.29). • Selected to play on the Texas Sunbelt Tournament team in 2007. • Named second-team all-district and Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore. • Played in the Kyle Chapman All-Star games in 2005, 2006 and 2007. • Tossed a no-hitter in the summer of 2007 at the Perfect Game Wood Bat tournament in Atlanta. Personal: • Parents are Michael and Suzanne. • Has a younger sister, Kellsie. • Plans on majoring in psychosocial kinesiology.
Winkler’s Career Stats
Overall Year ERA 2009 4.15
W-L G-GS CG 7-1 17-14 1
SH/CB 0/0
SV 0
IP 73.2
H 70
R 43
ER 34
BB 35
SO 48
WP 4
HB 7
Conference Year ERA 2009 6.00
W-L G-GS CG 3-0 6-6 0
SH/CB 0/0
SV 0
IP 27.0
H 28
R 19
ER 18
BB 14
SO 19
WP 3
HB 1
TCU Baseball | 2009 Fort Worth Regional Champions | 2006-09 MWC Champions
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