Klein's 2011 Game-By-Game Stats
Career Notes: Drafted in the 30th Round(924 overall) by the Texas Rangers in the 2011 Major LeagueBaseball First-Year Player Draft... Set YSU's single-season recordwith 15 starts in 2011... Also in 2011, recorded 105 strikeouts,the second-highest total for a season in school history... His 92.1innings in 2011 also ranks as the fifth-most in a season by a YSUpitcher... Finished his career ranking second in strikeouts (258)and sixth in innings pitched (252.0)... Was three careerstrikeouts shy of finishing in the top 10 in Horizon Leaguehistory.
2011 | Senior: Named Second-TeamAll-Horizon League... Led the Horizon League in strikeouts with 105in 92.1 innings (10.2 per nine innings)... Went 5-5 with a 3.61ERA... In league games, went 2-2 with a 2.61 ERA and 57strikeouts in 51.2 innings... His 105 strikeouts are thesecond-most by a Penguin in a single season... Former first-rounddraft pick Brad Hennessey had 126 in 2001... Set YSU's singleseason record for games started by a pitcher with 15... Set newcareer highs in games started, innings, strikeouts, ERA andbatting average against (.244)... Earned Academic All-HorizonLeague accolades... Was extraordinary in April when he went 2-0with a 1.71 ERA in four starts... Posted nine straight qualitystarts from March 20 to May 13, and his ERA was 2.26 over his final12 starts... Pitched at least six innings in the last 10contests... Defeated Milwaukee in the Horizon League Tournament,allowing two runs on six hits and three walks while striking out 10in eight innings... His other wins came in four straightstarts from March 20 to April 9... Defeated Toledo, WrightState, Le Moyne and Butler... Struck out a career-high 13 and threwa season-long eight innings in win over Toledo... Held Wright Stateto two earned runs on six hits while fanning six (3/26)... Allowedone run on five hits and no walks in seven innings (4/2)... Did notallow an earned run and struck out 10 in the win over Butler(4/9)... Named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week twice - onApril 11 and March 21... All three of the home runs he allowedcame in one inning at the College of Charleston (2/25)... Allowednine extra-base hits in his last 74.2 innings.
2010 | Junior: Appeared in 17 games andmade 11 starts... Was 2-4 with a 6.51 ERA... Aside from athree-start rough patch from April 25 to May 8, he had a 4.71ERA... Struck out 57 batters while walking 26 in 65 innings...Struck out 7.9 batters per nine innings... Earned wins againstWalsh and Butler... Allowed two earned runs in five innings whilefanning five against Walsh on March 14... Also allowed five runs infive innings to defeat Butler on March 27...n Had his best start atSaint Joseph’s when he struck out 10 batters while allowingjust four hits in 5.2 innings... His ERA stood at 3.92 after thatstart, and it was still at 4.43 on April 17... Did not allow anearned run in either of his final two outings, both of which werein relief in the Horizon League Tournament... Left with leads of atleast three runs against both Saint Joseph's and UIC but did notfactor in the decision... His first two losses came when YSU wasshut out against Valparaiso and scored one run against LeMoyne.
2009 | Sophomore: Made 11 starts and made sixappearances out of the bullpen... Named First-Team All-HorizonLeague, joining Aaron Swenson as back-to-back Penguin hurlers toearn first-team honors... Went 5-2 with a 4.62 ERA overall... Was5-1 with a save and a 4.19 ERA during the regular season...Finished 4-0 with a 3.83 ERA in Horizon League regular seasoncontests... Developed into a power pitcher, striking out 80 battersin 76 innings... Fanned 61 in 56.1 innings in conference games...Struck out 38 in his final 29 innings... His 9.5 strikeouts pernine innings led all Horizon League starters... Won fiveconsecutive decisions from April 5 to May 13, including earning thewin each of the last three times he took the mound in the regularseason... Struck out 22 batters in 13.2 innings in his final tworegular season starts - both came against Valparaiso... Fanned 10in 6.2 innings at Valpo on May 2... Struck out 12 and allowed tworuns on two hits - one a wind-aided homer that broke up his shutoutin the fifth - against Valpo on May 9... The other hit was a softsingle to right... More Crusaders struck out in his seven inningsthan put the ball in play... Threw 3.2 innings of scoreless reliefto beat Buffalo in the regular season finale (5/13)... Went atleast six innings in each of his last seven starts of the regularseason... Held Butler to one run on six hits in six innings onApril 5 to earn his first win... Threw seven scoreless innings andallowed five hits in a combined 1-0 shutout against Cleveland State(4/12)... Was the Horizon League Scholar-Athlete of the Month forApril, posting a 3.81 GPA to go with his talent on the mound... Hada 1.00 ERA in nine innings out of the bullpen... Earned his save atMarshall (3/15).
2008 | Freshman: Went 1-1 with an 11.09 ERA in18.2 innings... Made nine appearances, three of which werestarts... Surrendered just three extra-base hits but walked 19... The Penguins went 2-1 in his three starts... Made hiscollegiate debut at Georgia Tech, allowing five runs in 1.2 innings(Feb. 22)... Rebounded to throw a scoreless inning at Alabama(March 9)... Made his first start against Xavier and earned hisfirst career victory... Allowed one run on four hits and struck outa season-high five batters in 6.1 innings (March 13)... Alsostarted at Akron, allowing four runs in 3.2 innings in a losingeffort (March 26)... Allowed two runs and struck out four in threeinnings against Duquesne (April 2)... Did not take the mound afterMay 9.
High School: Was a two-year letterwinner forthe Golden Lions... Was Lincoln’s ace his senior year, going4-2 with a 1.92 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 43.2 innings pitched...Had a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.91:1... Went 6-1 with a 2.48 ERAand 78 strikeouts in 62 innings during the summer... Earnedhonorable mention all-district honors... Was on the merit roll orhonor roll every year.
Personal: Awarded the Lester DonnellScholarship for the 2009-10 academic year... Son of Brian and CindiKlein... Has one brother (Mitchell)... Major is finance... Born May30, 1989...recipient of the 2010-11 Stephen Bartolin, Sr.Scholarship.
