2017 Baseball Roster
Luke Heimlich
- Position:
- Left Handed Pitcher
- B/T:
- L/L
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Puyallup, Wash.
- High School:
- Puyallup
2017
• Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year.
• Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (2/21).
• Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (4/24).
• Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (5/8).
• Collegiate Baseball All-America First Team.
• All-Pac-12 Conference First Team.
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
• Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist.
• College Baseball Hall of Fame National Collegiate Pitcher of the Year Finalist.
• Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist.
• Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team.
• Made 16 starts, going 11-1 with a national low 0.76 ERA (school record) in 118 1/3 innings. Struck out 128 and held opponents to a .172 batting average.
• Won his 11th game of the season with seven shutout innings against Yale, striking out eight (6/3).
• Closed out the regular season with eight shutout innings against Abilene Christian for his 10th win of the year (5/25).
• Scattered seven hits and a run with seven strikeouts in six innings at Oregon, picking up his eighth win (5/11).
• Set a career-best with 12 strikeouts over eight shutout innings against California, earning his seventh win of the season (5/5).
• One-hit USC over eight innings, allowing one run with seven strikeouts, to earn his sixth win (4/28).
• Held UCLA to two hits and three walks, with 10 strikeouts, in 7 1/3 innings, but did not get the win (4/21).
• Threw his second career complete game, holding Stanford to four hits and a run, for the win in the season opener (3/31).
• Earned his fourth win of the season after holding Arizona State to two hits and two walks in the Pac-12 opener. Struck out eight (3/16).
• Struck out 11 and held Ball State to just two hits in eight innings for his third win of the season (3/10).
• Allowed just three hits over eight innings, and struck out 10 UC Davis batters, to earn the win, improving to 2-0 (3/4).
• Scattered seven hits over seven innings, striking out four, to earn the win against Nebraska (2/23).
• Struck out a career-high 11 over 5 2/3 innings, and allowed just four hits, but did not figure in the decision in the 2017 opener against Indiana (2/17).
2016
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
• Made 20 appearances, including 11 starts, and went 7-4 with a 3.53 ERA in 86 2/3 innings. Struck out 63 to 25 walks and held opponents to a .237 batting average against.
• Named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week on May 30.
• Struck out a career-high eight in his first career complete game, a shutout of UCLA to complete the regular season (5/29).
• Started, and threw a career-long 8 1/3 innings at Utah, scattering six hits and a run with four strikeouts. Earned his fifth win (4/22).
• Tied a career-high with seven strikeouts in a career-long 7 2/3 innings for the victory against Central Arkansas (4/10).
• Started, allowing four hits and a run in 6 1/3 innings against Washington, but did not figure in the decision (4/3).
• Allowed two hits and one run while striking out five in 4 2/3 innings of relief in the finale against Cal (3/26).
• Tossed three scoreless innings in relief against San Francisco, striking out three, and earned his third win (3/12).
• Held Kansas to four hits in seven scoreless innings, striking out three, to improve to 2-0 (2/28).
• Limited Utah to four hits, two runs and a walk with seven strikeouts in a career-best 6 1/3 innings in his first start of the season (2/22).
2015
• Pitched in 29 games, making two starts, and posted a 2-5 record and 3.61 ERA in 52 1/3 innings.
• Recorded four saves and struck out 35.
• Opponents batted .226.
• Earned his fourth save after two scoreless innings against Stanford (5/15).
• Tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings against Oregon, striking out one, for his third save of the season (5/5).
• Earned his second win of the season after limiting USC to just two hits with three strikeouts in four innings of relief in the series finale (4/26).
• Completed his second save of the season with 1 1/3 innings in the opener against UCLA, allowing one hit and one run (4/2).
• Earned his first career win after holding Washington State to just two hits while striking out six in 5 1/3 innings of relief (3/22).
• Faced one batter and got a hold in the win over Arizona State (3/13).
• Worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief against Portland (3/10).
• Picked up his first career save after holding Fresno State scoreless while striking out two (3/8).
• Threw 12 pitches and struck out three in an inning of relief against Portland (3/4).
• Took the loss after allowing eight hits and eight earned runs over five innings against Oklahoma (2/21).
• Scattered four hits and a run in 4 1/3 innings against New Mexico, his first career start, but did not figure in the decision (2/15).
Puyallup High School
• Lettered in 2014 for head coach Marc Wiese.
• Named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Washington as a junior and was league MVP, a Louisville Slugger All-American and first-team all-area and all-league.
• Went 11-0, sporting a 0.66 earned run average in 78 innings.
• Struck out 106.
Personal
• Majoring in speech communication.
• Born February 3, 1996.
• Son of Meri Lee and Mark Heimlich.
• Favorite professional athlete is Clayton Kershaw.
• Favorite movie is The Dark Knight.
• Chose Oregon State because of “the coaches.”
Heimlich’s Career Single-Game Highs
Innings pitched: 9.0, at Stanford, Mar 31, 2017 ; Washington State, May 19, 2017 ; UCLA, May 29, 2016
Walks allowed: 5, at USC, May 21, 2016
Strikeouts: 12, California, May 05, 2017
Batters faced: 36, Washington State, May 19, 2017
Field chances: 4, at Utah, Apr 22, 2016 ; Washington State, Mar 22, 2015
