2008 Baseball Roster
Roster
Mace Thurman
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Austin, TX
- Prev School:
- McLennan CC
• 2008 MLB Draft Pick (Cincinnati Reds, 19th Round)
• One-time Big 12 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2008 (JUNIOR)
Made 20 appearances with one start ... Shared staff lead in appearances and ranked second in relief appearances ... Posted a 3-1 record with a 3.18 ERA and two saves ... Had 42 strikeouts against 27 walks over 39.2 innings and held opposing batters to a .209 average ... Led staff in ERA and opponents’ batting average ... Ranked second on staff in strikeouts per nine innings (9.53), best among relievers ... Allowed staff-low one home run among pitchers with at least 15.0 innings ... Appeared in eight Big 12 games, all in relief ... Second on staff in relief appearances in league play ... Was 1-1 with a 3.45 ERA and one save in conference action ... Recorded 18 strikeouts against 13 walks over 15.2 innings in Big 12 games with a .175 opponents’ batting average ... Led staff in ERA and opponents’ batting average in league action ... Big 12 opponents’ batting average ranked third in Baylor history for a reliever ... Second on staff in strikeouts per nine innings in Big 12 action (10.34), best among relievers ... Big 12 strikeouts per nine innings ranked ninth in Baylor history among releivers ... Held opponents to a .192 average (15-for-78) with runners on base, including a .138 (4-for-32) mark in conference games ... Both marks were staff bests ... Held opponents to a staff-best .118 average (2-for-17) with two outs in league play ... Was 2-0 with a 2.73 ERA, two saves, 32 strikeouts over 26.1 innings and a .208 opponents’ batting average in 11 outings at Baylor Ballpark ... Made first career appearance against Purdue in season’s second game (2/23) ... Recorded four strikeouts and allowed only two hits over 4.1 innings in that outing ... Allowed one unearned run on one hit with two strikeouts in 1.0 inning against Texas Southern (2/26) ... Surrendered two unearned runs on three hits with two strikeouts over 2.0 innings against Texas Southern to earn first career victory (3/2) ... Posted a 4.63 ERA in 11.2 innings over first eight outings ... Recorded a 2.57 ERA in 28.0 innings over 12 appearances the rest of the season ... Did not allow more than two earned runs in any of the last 12 outings ... Earned victory in relief against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, holding Islanders scoreless on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts over 4.1 innings (3/26) ... Made lone start at TCU (4/1) ... Allowed one run on two hits and two walks with two strikeouts over 3.0 innings but did not factor in the decision ... Held Kansas scoreless and hitless with a walk and three strikeouts over 2.0 innings (4/5) ... Notched first career save against Dallas Baptist (4/15) ... Held DBU to a pair of runs on three hits and no walks with three strikeouts over 3.0 innings ... Earned second save after holding Nebraska to one run on one hit and two walks with career-high seven strikeouts over 4.0 innings in Bears’ 8-3, series-finale victory (4/27) ... Held Texas scoreless on one hit and two walks with three strikeouts over 1.2 innings (5/4) ... Allowed one run on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts over 4.1 innings at Texas Tech (5/17).
FALL 2007
Went 1-2 with two saves and a 4.71 ERA in seven appearances, all in relief ... Recorded 31 strikeouts, a team high, against 12 walks in 21.0 innings ... Allowed one run on three hits and a walk with one strikeout over 2.0 innings of relief against Texas (10/14).
SUMMER 2007
Played for Weatherford of the Texas Collegiate League ... Pitched three games, all starts ... Went 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA.
JUNIOR COLLEGE (McLENNAN CC)
Pitched for head coach Pete Mejia at McLennan Community College in Waco ... Pitching coach freshman year was current Baylor pitching coach Chris Clemons ... Led McLennan to a 44-16 record and a regional finals appearance as a freshman ... Helped MCC to a conference title with 24-8 record that season ... Participated in the 2006 Junior College All-Star Game ... Two-time all-conference selection ... Went 8-1 with a 2.18 ERA during freshman season ... Logged 57.2 innings that season with 57 strikeouts against 21 walks ... Earned victory over Odessa Junior College in the 2006 NJCAA Regional Tournament ... Was 6-4 with a 3.98 ERA as a sophomore and threw a no-hitter against Weatherford (3/21) ... Recorded 73 strikeouts against 34 walks over 74.2 innings that season ... 2007 teammate of fellow Bears Howell Finch and Adam Hornung ... Drafted in the 46th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Westlake High School in Austin, Texas ... Pitched for head coach Jim Darilek ... Led Westlake to bi-district championship as a senior ... Two-time all-district selection ... 2005 honorable mention Super CenTex ... 2005 Austin Area Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game, earning the game[apos]s Fireman Award ... Posted a 1.30 ERA with 130 strikeouts as a senior ... Established district record with 18 strikeouts in a game in 2005 ... Drafted in the 36th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
PERSONAL
Full name is Mace Baxter Thurman ... Born April 5, 1987, in Austin, Texas ... Son of Mace and Connie Thurman ... General studies major.
