2022 Baseball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 16
Tyler Thomas
- Position:
- Left-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Keller, Texas
- High School:
- Keller HS
CAREER HONORS
• 2022 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (SP)
• 2022 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
• 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2022 Shriners Children's College Classic Most Outstanding Player
• 2022 Shriners Children's College Classic All-Tournament Team
• Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 7, 2022)
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll - Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• 2021 All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2018 All-Big 12 Freshman Team
2022 (SENIOR): All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (SP) … Senior CLASS Award Finalist … CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree … 2022 Shriners Children’s College Classic Most Outstanding Player and All-Tournament Team … Went 4-4 with a 2.45 ERA before suffering a season-ending injury … Struck out 51 batters and walked just nine … Didn’t allow more than three earned runs in any of his nine starts … Posted a previous career-high nine strikeouts in Opening Day start vs. Maryland (2/18) in six innings of work … Went six scoreless innings vs. Duke (2/25) and collected first win of the season … Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (3/7) after tossing 8.2 innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts against No. 23 UCLA (3/4) … Defeated Columbia (3/12) with scoreless eight-inning outing while striking out seven.
2021 (FOURTH-YEAR JUNIOR): All-Big 12 Second Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Led the Baylor starters with a 2.49 ERA in 11 starts … Boasted a 5-2 record … Led the team with 65 innings pitched and 66 strikeouts … Third in the Big 12 in ERA … Third in the Big 12 in opponent batting average (.202) … Threw six scoreless innings while allowing two hits and striking out a career-high nine vs. Memphis (3/6) … Hurled another six innings while allowing two runs and striking out nine vs. Xavier (3/12) … Threw 6.2 innings and gave up two runs with seven strikeouts at TCU (3/26) … Hurled a complete-game shutout against NC A&T (4/1), allowed four hits and three walks while striking out eight … Threw six innings while giving up two runs and striking out seven at Texas Tech (4/23).
2020 (JUNIOR): Made seven relief appearances on the shortened year ... Did not allow a run in his 6.2 innings of work for the season ... Struck out nine batters while allowing just three hits and three walks ... Held opponents to a .130 batting average ... 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
2019 (SOPHOMORE): Made 14 appearances including seven starts … Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Owned a 1-1 record with a 5.46 ERA … 44 strikeouts in 31.0 innings pitched … Before his start at UCLA in the NCAA Regional, did not allowed a run in his last four regular season outings, going a combined 9.1 innings with 17 strikeouts and just five hits allowed … Earned the win vs. UTA (5/14) throwing two innings with one hit and no runs allowed, while racking up six punchouts.
2018 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 16 games and made 14 starts … All-Big 12 Freshman Team … Made Baylor debut vs. HBU (2/17) with two scoreless innings of relief and two strikeouts … Made first-career start vs. Louisiana Tech (3/4) and went 3.2 scoreless innings with five punchouts … Posted six scoreless outings … Notched six starts with at least five strikeouts … Struck out 59 batters in 53.1 innings … Held opposing batters to just a .209 batting average, which ranks eighth all-time on Baylor’s leaderboard … Made three starts of five innings or more with no earned runs … Recorded first-career win at Memphis (4/15) after throwing five scoreless innings and striking out four batters, allowing just one hit … Earned second win of season vs. Prairie View A&M (5/8) with four scoreless innings and five strikeouts on three hits … Picked up win number three vs. Oklahoma State (5/13) in which he struck out a career-high seven batters over five scoreless innings and allowed just two hits.
HIGH SCHOOL: One-year letterwinner at Keller High School for Coach Rob Stramp ... Spent year on varsity as pitcher but also played first base and outfield ... Named to Perfect Game's All-Tournament Team three times ... 2016 Perfect Game Honorable Mention ... 2016 Rawlings/Perfect Game Underclassman All-American.
PERSONAL: Son of Chad and Candice Thomas ... Has a younger brother, Mason, and younger sister, Haley ... Graduated with degree in health, kinesiology and leisure studies ... Currently pursuing his master's in sport management.
• 2022 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (SP)
• 2022 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
• 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2022 Shriners Children's College Classic Most Outstanding Player
• 2022 Shriners Children's College Classic All-Tournament Team
• Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 7, 2022)
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll - Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• 2021 All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2018 All-Big 12 Freshman Team
2022 (SENIOR): All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (SP) … Senior CLASS Award Finalist … CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree … 2022 Shriners Children’s College Classic Most Outstanding Player and All-Tournament Team … Went 4-4 with a 2.45 ERA before suffering a season-ending injury … Struck out 51 batters and walked just nine … Didn’t allow more than three earned runs in any of his nine starts … Posted a previous career-high nine strikeouts in Opening Day start vs. Maryland (2/18) in six innings of work … Went six scoreless innings vs. Duke (2/25) and collected first win of the season … Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (3/7) after tossing 8.2 innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts against No. 23 UCLA (3/4) … Defeated Columbia (3/12) with scoreless eight-inning outing while striking out seven.
2021 (FOURTH-YEAR JUNIOR): All-Big 12 Second Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Led the Baylor starters with a 2.49 ERA in 11 starts … Boasted a 5-2 record … Led the team with 65 innings pitched and 66 strikeouts … Third in the Big 12 in ERA … Third in the Big 12 in opponent batting average (.202) … Threw six scoreless innings while allowing two hits and striking out a career-high nine vs. Memphis (3/6) … Hurled another six innings while allowing two runs and striking out nine vs. Xavier (3/12) … Threw 6.2 innings and gave up two runs with seven strikeouts at TCU (3/26) … Hurled a complete-game shutout against NC A&T (4/1), allowed four hits and three walks while striking out eight … Threw six innings while giving up two runs and striking out seven at Texas Tech (4/23).
2020 (JUNIOR): Made seven relief appearances on the shortened year ... Did not allow a run in his 6.2 innings of work for the season ... Struck out nine batters while allowing just three hits and three walks ... Held opponents to a .130 batting average ... 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
2019 (SOPHOMORE): Made 14 appearances including seven starts … Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Owned a 1-1 record with a 5.46 ERA … 44 strikeouts in 31.0 innings pitched … Before his start at UCLA in the NCAA Regional, did not allowed a run in his last four regular season outings, going a combined 9.1 innings with 17 strikeouts and just five hits allowed … Earned the win vs. UTA (5/14) throwing two innings with one hit and no runs allowed, while racking up six punchouts.
2018 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 16 games and made 14 starts … All-Big 12 Freshman Team … Made Baylor debut vs. HBU (2/17) with two scoreless innings of relief and two strikeouts … Made first-career start vs. Louisiana Tech (3/4) and went 3.2 scoreless innings with five punchouts … Posted six scoreless outings … Notched six starts with at least five strikeouts … Struck out 59 batters in 53.1 innings … Held opposing batters to just a .209 batting average, which ranks eighth all-time on Baylor’s leaderboard … Made three starts of five innings or more with no earned runs … Recorded first-career win at Memphis (4/15) after throwing five scoreless innings and striking out four batters, allowing just one hit … Earned second win of season vs. Prairie View A&M (5/8) with four scoreless innings and five strikeouts on three hits … Picked up win number three vs. Oklahoma State (5/13) in which he struck out a career-high seven batters over five scoreless innings and allowed just two hits.
HIGH SCHOOL: One-year letterwinner at Keller High School for Coach Rob Stramp ... Spent year on varsity as pitcher but also played first base and outfield ... Named to Perfect Game's All-Tournament Team three times ... 2016 Perfect Game Honorable Mention ... 2016 Rawlings/Perfect Game Underclassman All-American.
PERSONAL: Son of Chad and Candice Thomas ... Has a younger brother, Mason, and younger sister, Haley ... Graduated with degree in health, kinesiology and leisure studies ... Currently pursuing his master's in sport management.
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