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7 Butch Baird

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 167
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Big Prairie, Ohio
  • Highschool West Holmes
  • Position LHP

Biography

2017: Member of MAC tournament championship team ... Made 16 appearances on the mound with 12 starts, with the latter ranking third on the team ... Posted a 4-3 record with a 5.67 ERA ... Threw 66.2 innings, which ranked third on the team ... Struck out 59 batters to rank second on the team ... Picked up his first career win in a 14-5 victory over LaSalle (Feb. 18), fanning three in six innings of work ... Struck out two while scattering four hits and two walks over 6.2 scoreless frames to earn the win on the mound in a 2-0 shutout of Western Kentucky (March 4) ... Named MAC East Division Pitcher of the Week on March 6 ... Fanned a career-high seven in six innings of work in a 4-3 victory at Wright State (March 10) ... Struck out seven for a second-straight start to match his career high in 5.1 frames on the mound to earn his third win in a 7-4 victory over Siena (March 18) in the second game of a doubleheader. 

Prior to Ohio: Played at Wabash Valley in 2016, going 11-3 over 15 appearances -- including a team-high five starts -- and 73.2 innings pitching, tallying a team-high 136 strikeouts and posting a 2.08 ERA ... Made 14 relief appearances in first collegiate season at Louisville in 2015, finishing with a 1-0 record and a 3.52 ERA over 7.2 innings pitched ... Was a four-year letterwinner as a pitcher for West Holmes High School, where he was a key contributor to his team's fourth-place finish in the state of Ohio in 2012 ... Won more than 20 games as a prep pitcher for the Knights and ranked as a top-25 player in the state of Ohio by Perfect Game ... Was also named All-Central Region honorable mention by Perfect Game ... Was ranked the 12th-best player in the state of Ohio by Prep Baseball Report in 2014.

Personal: Born July 18, 1995 ... Son of Mike and Charlotte ... Has two sisters, Haley and Hannah ... Majoring in Pre-Specialized Studies.

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2017Junior

    LHP
    5'9" 155 lbs
    11
  • 7

    2018Senior

    LHP
    5'9" 167 lbs
    7