2011 Baseball Roster
Garrett Baker
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- LHP
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 215
- Prev School:
- Rome Free (Chipola CC)
- Hometown:
- Rome, N.Y.
Previous Schools: Played last season at Chipola College …posted a 4-2 record and one save with 5.30 ERA in 54 1/3 innings … made 17 appearances, with six starts … pitched one complete game … struck out 41 and walked 22 … pitched at Western Carolina in 2009 … made 10 appearances, with one start … had a 8.04 ERA in 15 2/3 innings … had 16 strikeouts and six walks.
Prep: Graduate of Rome Free Academy … three-time RFA Pitcher of the Year … among the top three pitchers on the school's all-time career strikeouts list with 200 ... as a senior, struck out 65 batters (2nd in the Central New York Country League) in 51 innings pitched, posting a 1.64 ERA ... hit .439 in his final season with three doubles ... rated as the 19th-best player in the state of New York by Perfect Game ... was selected to play in the 2007 and 2005 East Coast Professional Baseball Showcases ... one of 16 players from the Northeast region to play against Team Japan at Doubleday Field in the Goodwill Games XVII ... also was the captain and three-time MVP of the basketball team.
Personal: Son of Gordon and Ruth Baker … brothers Steve (‘99-'02) and Jason ('93-'95) played baseball for the Flames … brothers Todd, Matthew and Joshua played collegiate baseball at Wheaton … majoring in sports management … birthday is Aug. 1.
