Michael Baumann P

Michael Baumann  P

2019
♦ Split the year between Bowie and Frederick, going 7-6 with a 2.98 ERA in 22 starts.
♦ Ranked among Orioles minor leaguers in shutouts (T-1st, 2), complete games (T-1st, 2), strikeouts (2nd, 142), and innings pitched (6th, 124).
♦ Named an Orioles Organizational All-Star after the season by MiLB.com.
♦ Allowed three or less earned runs in 19 of 22 starts. Went at least five innings in 17 starts. 
♦ Opened the year with Frederick, going 1-4 with a 3.83 ERA in 11 starts. 
♦ Named a Carolina League Midseason All-Star and started the All-Star Game, pitching a scoreless first inning.
♦ Led the Carolina League with 77 strikeouts before the All-Star break.
♦ Honored as Carolina League Pitcher of the Week on 5/5 after tossing a career-high 12 strikeouts vs Wilmington on 4/30. 
♦ Promoted to Double-A Bowie on 6/21 and finished the season for the Baysox, going 6-2 with a 2.31 ERA in 11 starts.
♦ Led the Eastern League in wins (6) and shutouts (2) after the All-Star break. 
♦ Went 2-1 with a 1.38 ERA in July, tallying 31 strikeouts in 32.2 innings. Posted a 0.67 WHIP and held opponents to a .148 average in five starts.
♦ Threw a nine-inning no-hitter against Harrisburg on 7/16, striking out 10 and allowing two walks over 28 batters faced. It was the 10th no-hitter in Bowie's 27-year history, and just the third in a nine-inning game. Bowie's most recent nine-inning no-hitter was pitched by Radhames Liz on 6/1/07 - also against Harrisburg. 
♦ Earned Eastern League Pitcher of the Week after his no-hit performance.
♦ Tossed his second shutout on 8/14 vs Richmond, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out seven. Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for a second time on 8/18.

2018
♦ Split the year between Frederick and Delmarva, going 13-5 with a 3.17 ERA in 24 starts.
♦ Ranked among Orioles minor leaguers in wins (2nd, 13) and ERA (4th, 3.17).
♦ Opened the year with Delmarva, going 5-0 with a 1.42 ERA in seven starts. 
♦ Held South Atlantic League hitters to a .180 average while registering more than twice as many strikeouts (47) as hits allowed (23) in 38.0 innings with the Shorebirds. 
♦ Struck out a career-high 10 batters in his first start of the year, 4/5 vs. Asheville.
♦ Allowed two earned runs or less in each of his seven starts with Delmarva. 
♦ Did not yield a home run in his seven outings with the Shorebirds (144 batters faced).
♦ Promoted to Frederick on 5/20 and spent the rest of the season with the Keys, going 8-5 with a 3.88 ERA in 17 starts. 
♦ Registered a complete game win in his Frederick debut, 5/20 vs. Myrtle Beach (7.0 IP).
♦ Allowed three earned runs or less in 14 of his 17 starts with Frederick, including seven outings in which he yielded one earned run or less.
♦ Limited Carolina League hitters to a .238 average, with right-handers batting .206.
♦ Despite not joining Frederick until 5/20, ranked 2nd on the Keys with eight victories.
♦ Named Carolina League Pitcher of the Week on 9/3 after firing 7.0 shutout innings in his final start of the season, 8/30 at Potomac. 

2017
♦ In first pro season, went 4-2 with a 1.28 ERA in 11 games (10 starts).
♦ Spent majority of the season with Aberdeen, going 4-2 with a 1.31 ERA.
♦ Earned first professional victory, 8/2 at Staten Island. 
♦ Went 4-0 with a 0.70 ERA (2 ER, 25.2 IP) over five starts in August. 
♦ Limited New York-Penn League batters to a .168 average, with right-handers batting just .133 (10-75) against him. 
♦ Allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of his 10 appearances with the IronBirds. 

PERSONAL
♦ Selected by Baltimore in the 3rd round of the 2017 draft. Was chosen by Minnesota in the 34th round of the 2014 draft but did not sign. 
♦ Attended Jacksonville University, where he was a teammate of O's farmhand Austin Hays.
♦ Named Preseason All-Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Year as a junior (2017).
♦ Attended Mahtomedi High School (MN), helping lead the team to a 24-3 record and the school's first-ever appearance in the state tournament his senior season.
♦ Also played football in high school as an offensive and defensive lineman.