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2017 EKU Baseball Roster

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31 Caleb Johnson

  • Position RHP
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lexington, Ky.
  • High School Tates Creek HS
  • Previous Tates Creek HS

Biography

AS A SENIOR IN 2017
Appeared in 23 games while making two starts … struck out 49 batters in 56 innings pitched … had a 5.14 ERA … led the team with seven saves on the year … threw three shutout innings while striking out five batters and only letting up one hit against Chicago State (March 19th) … picked up the win after throwing six and one-third innings allowing two runs and tying a career-high in strikeouts with six at SIU Edwardsville (April 9th) … threw four innings while allowing one run and striking out five batters while picking up the win against Austin Peay (April 13th) ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2016
Appeared in 22 games with four starts … 3.93 ERA through 55 innings … posted a 3-4 record with 44 strikeouts … had the sixth-best ERA in the Ohio Valley Conference … was nearly unhittable in upset of No. 13 Mississippi State (March 15), shutting out the Bulldogs on one hit while striking out four over the final three innings … went three and two-third innings striking out six batters against Maryland Eastern Shore (March 6) … struck out five batters over four innings of action against Southeast Missouri (March 11) … pitched four innings while only giving up one earned run in a win against Evansville (March 26) … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2015
Appeared in 11 games and produced a 1-0 record … recorded nine strikeouts in 14 innings of work … allowed no earned runs in three and two-thirds innings against Austin Peay (April 17) … allowed no earned runs in two innings at Miami (April 29) … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2014-15 Colonel Scholar.
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2014
Ohio Valley Conference All-Freshman Team … posted a perfect 5-0 record … started 10 games and made 13 appearances … recorded a 4.34 ERA and 26 strikeouts … pitched the third most innings on the team with 56 … retired all seven batters he faced against No. 5 South Carolina (February 21) … had three quality starts … one run on just five hits in six and two-thirds innings against Tennessee Tech (March 9) … no runs on just four hits and six strikeouts in six innings against Belmont (March 23) … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2013-14 Colonel Scholar.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Won nine games and posted a 1.30 ERA in senior season … named 43rd district tournament MVP … selected to first team all-region team … also named to second team all-state squad … named region pitcher of the year … earned academic all-state honors in junior and senior seasons.

PERSONAL
Full name is Caleb Fleming Johnson … son of Todd and Julie Johnson … majoring in accounting.
 
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2014Freshman

    RHP
    6'2" 185 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2015Sophomore

    RHP
    6'2" 185 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2016Junior

    RHP
    6'2" 200 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2017Senior

    RHP
    6'2" 200 lbs
    31