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2014 RIT Baseball Roster

19 Michael Burns

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rochester, NY
  • Highschool Rush-Henrietta
  • Major Accounting

Biography

2014: Served as one of RIT’s four captains … appeared in seven games, starting five  … had 18 strikeouts… allowed nine hits and struck out four batters in 5 1/3 innings for his lone win of the season against Skidmore … allowed four hits and struck out three batters in 3 1/3 innings against Clarkson ... fired 111 pitches over eight innings in his final collegiate start against St. John Fisher … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team. STATS

2013: Led all RIT pitchers in innings pitched (55), strikeouts (33) and wins (3) named Liberty League Pitcher of the Week, April 8earned Liberty League All-Academic Team honors … made nine starts … hurled at least five innings in eight of his nine starts …  needed just 79 pitches, allowing six hits, while walking zero to earn his first nine-inning collegiate shutout in a 7-0 win over Clarkson … faced just four batters over the minimum in that contest, recording first pitch outs 10 times … tied career-high with seven strikeouts in a game against Farmingdale State and Rochester … earned a win over Brockport, scattering four hits over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, as RIT won, 3-2 … won his season-opening start against Farmingdale State … hurled 7 2/3 innings in a no-decision against Rochester … walked just 11 batters in 55 innings … went 24 consecutive innings without walking a batter, March 29 to April 27. STATS

2012: Earned Liberty League All-Academic Team honors … appeared in 10 games on the mound … made eight starts … tied for the team lead with three wins … earned his first win of the season, allowing zero earned runs in five innings of a 14-3 win over SUNY IT … hurled eight innings, allowing three earned runs, while striking out a season-best seven batters in a 5-4 win over Rensselaer … allowed just one earned run in his next start over 7 2/3 innings to pick up the win, as RIT defeated Union, 6-5 … opened the season with a 2.55 earned run average over his first 24 2/3 innings … struck out 31 batters in 46 2/3 innings. Click HERE for 2012 Stats

2011:
Appeared in nine games in the field and seven on the mound… made his collegiate debut against Augustana, hurling two scoreless innings … recorded his first collegiate win against Hilbert, pitching two innings in relief and giving up just one hit… made his first start against Stevens, allowing five runs in six innings, as RIT rallied from a 7-6 win … had four hits in a double-header against Utica, scoring three runs … had two hits, one RBI and scored twice against St. Vincent. STATS

Before RIT: Played two years of varsity baseball for Rush-Henrietta High School … two-time Monroe County Division 1 All Star … selected to play in the Monroe County Exceptional Senior Game.

Personal: Accounting major … son of Heather and Michael Burns.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2011First Year

    Third Base/Pitcher
    6'0" 0 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2012Sophomore

    Third Base/Pitcher
    6'0" 0 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2013Junior

    Pitcher
    6'0" 180 lbs
    19
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    C

    2014Senior

    Pitcher
    6'0" 205 lbs
    19
    C