21 Pat Pinkman
Class Height
Junior 6-0
Position Weight
Pitcher 185
Bat/Throw Hometown
L/L Reston, Va.
photo       Is expected to sit out the 2000 season after posting all-star numbers for the Hokies the past two years ... Was named Co-Pitcher of the Year in the Cape Code League last summer ... Was the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year in 1998 and a freshman All-America pick ... Already holds the Tech career record for pickoffs with 29 ... Has served as an instructor in his father's pitching school, Pinkman Pitching ...

1998-99: Shared the team lead with 15 starts in 21 appearances ... Worked a team-high 118.2 innings with a 9-5 record ... Also added two saves ... Held the opposition to a .276 batting average ... Collected 94 strikeouts ... Led the team in complete games (9), shutouts (2) and earned run average (3.72) ... Posted a season-high 10 strikeouts versus Rollins for his first victory of the season ... Gave up just two hits in a complete-game win against St. Bonaventure ... Posted five straight wins after opening with a 4-4 record ... Hurled a three-hitter against Dayton and a four-hitter at Duquesne ... Collected saves against Old Dominion and Richmond ... Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Championship team after pitching a complete game for a 4-3 win versus Temple ... Allowed only one earned run against the Owls while striking out six ...

1997-98: Was named to the 1998 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team selected by Collegiate Baseball ... Also honored as the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year ... Finished the season 7-2 with two saves and a team-leading 3.97 earned run average ... Set school freshman records for innings pitched (88.1), strikeouts (82) and complete games (7) ... His seven wins tied the school freshman mark for pitching victories set by Todd Trickey in 1981 ... Turned in six consecutive complete-games during the month of April ... Held opponents to a team-low .235 batting average and hurled a pair of shutouts ... Lasted just three innings against Georgia Southern in his first start of the season ... Came out of the bullpen to post saves against Old Dominion and Campbell in his first two relief appearances ... Allowed just five hits over nine innings against Liberty in his second start, striking out a season-high 12 batters and walking just one ... Gave up just one earned run in 6.2 innings against Toledo but did not get a decision ... Won his first five starts in the month of April before losing at James Madison on the final day of the regular season ... Pitched a one-hit shutout versus Xavier and a two-hit shutout against Duquesne ... Retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced in a six-hit win against Virginia ... Faced just four batters over the minimum in a nine-inning victory at Dayton ... Registered 10 strikeouts in back-to-back wins over UVa and Dayton ... Suffered losses to Radford and James Madison ... Appeared in 17 games, 13 as a starter ... Issued two walks or less in 14 of his 17 appearances ... Posted a 4-0 mark in A-10 regular-season play with a 2.57 ERA ... Added a win over UMass in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament ... League teams hit just .168 against him ... Allowed only 20 hits in 35 innings of regular-season work against Atlantic 10 teams ... Led the team in ERA, pitching starts, strikeouts, shutouts and complete games ... Tied for the lead in pitching appearances and saves ...

High School: Turned in an outstanding senior season for Coach Scott Rowland at South Lakes High ... Helped the team to the state final four with a 12-2 record, including a 6-0 mark in postseason play ... Struck out 140 batters in 87 innings of work ... Threw back-to-back one hitters and allowed a total of just seven hits over one four-game stretch ... Posted a 1.30 earned run average on the way to all-district, all-region and all-Metro honors ... Was named the Journal Newspapers Player of the Year and was an honorable mention selection on the USA Today All-USA high school baseball team ... Set a state record for most wins in a regional tournament with four ... Picked off 18 runners during his junior year when he was 4-5 with a 2.10 ERA ... Five of his pickoffs came in one game ... Struck out 66 men on the season and won all-district honors ... Helped the Fairfax County Eagles to the championship bracket of the Continental Amateur Baseball Association High School World Series last summer, winning nine games along the way ...

Personal: Patrick Sean Pinkman ... Born 9/24/79 in Reston, VA ... Son of John Pinkman and Susan Pinkman ... Enrolled in art.

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